Even back in the dark days of 1996 you would have thought that lowbudget bmovie. Space truckers 1997 where to stream and watch decider. The acting and special effects range from great to hilariously bad keep an eye out. Rough times force him to carry suspicious cargo to earth without questions being asked. Naturally i assumed it was a comedy, but the storyboards depicted something also very heavy metalish. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of space truckers. Space truckers script transcript from the screenplay and. Finally, the space truckers script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the stuart gordon movie with dennis hopper. Known space is a 1970s swingers 247 sex party vision of the future with socialized medicine and cheap thrills by the score. Space truckers is a thoroughly enjoyable bit of space silliness from the great stuart gordon.
Starring dennis hopper, tim loane, ian beattie, charles dance, shane rimmer, sandra dickinson, george wendt, stephen dorff, and debi mazar. Space truckers is a 1996 americanbritishirish comic science fiction film directed by stuart gordon and starring dennis hopper, stephen dorff, debi mazar and charles dance. Space truckin is a song by british hard rock band deep purple. His latest assignment is to carry a topsecret shipment and ask no questions. When space pirates hijack them, 5000 disintegrator robots are found in the cargo. Bad times have forced him to carry suspicious cargo to earth without. Comedy trucking movies space truckers, smokey and the. During the flight the cargo turns out to be multitude of unstoppable and deadly killer robots. A space trucker takes on a job to deliver a cargo to earth, unaware that it is a consignment of killer robots. Low budget and low brow, the film is actually very good fun. Is was that june 1995 issue of cinefantastique when i learned director stuart gordon was venturing into what looked like some whacked out science fiction piece called, space truckers.
The characters in alien, ridley scotts 1979 scifi blockbuster, may actually be more akin to future spacefarers than our citizen heroes from nasas apollo era. This video is no longer available due to the shutdown of. Space truckers 1996 by cecil trachenburg november 12, 2012. It was filmed at ardmore studios, county wicklow, ireland the story concerns john canyon, one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. The way truckers are portrayed in this film is as true as it gets. Space truckers is a 1996 americanbritishirish comic science fiction film directed by stuart gordon and starring dennis. Hence this extraspacked bluray release, in which all the tasteless production design, cheap special effects and slightly outoffocus camerawork have nowhere left. It was filmed at ardmore studios, county wicklow, ireland. Truckers helping truckers kfda newschannel 10 amarillo, tx. Gordon also directed a number of scifi movies, including robot jox 1990, fortress 1992, and space truckers 1996. Find out where space truckers 1997 is streaming, if space truckers 1997 is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider.
It is the seventh and final track on the machine head album and its lyrics talk of space travel. When it was first performed live, the band appended an instrumental that was originally. Joined by his girlfriend and a new rookie apprentice, the trio runs into trouble when they cross paths with. Anything i put here is going to be overshadowed by the fact that this movie has a classically trained actor playing a one legged cyborg with an electric penis. The clone returns home 2008 september 5 august 8 july 11 june 5. In the year 2196, freight pilot john canyon dennis hopper, one of the last of the independent truckers competing against the huge megacorporations, is hassled by hightech interference plus corrupt bosses.
It spoofs just about every scifi film from 2001 to scifi spoofs themselves. Dennis hopper is at his usual best in this adventure of trucking in space. Space is like anywhere else the people who are there are underpaid and poorly regarded. You get what you see with space truckers, a film best enjoyed with a beer. Heres another colorful scifi movie about a gang of misfits on a mission in space space truckers 1996. Its cast is great fun well, stephen dorff aside featuring a surprisingly animated dennis hopper, debi mazar, vernon wells aka australias greatest treasure, george wendt, charles dance, and barbara crampton. A wild and whacky adventure into the outer reaches of the galaxy, space truckers is an irreverent sciencefiction trip from cult legend stuart gordon reanimator, in the tradition of ice pirates. Stuart gordon cast tim loane, ian beattie, olwen fouere john canyon is one of the last independent space. I know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me. Space truckers 1996 posters the movie database tmdb. Space truckers 1996 is an adventure, comedy movie starring tim loane and ian beattie. It is also a scifi comedy involving square pigs, truckers in space.
Not like they are in most trucking movies in the last 20 years, including smokey and the bandit if you are, or know a truck driver, you and heshe will enjoy this movie. Space truckers 1996 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Gordons biggest mainstream success came as the cowriter of. Death rides a horse cowboy, english, hd, western movie full length free western movies duration. Filmed at irelands ardmore studios, space truckers was shown at several 1997 film festivals sundance, sitges, vancouver. John canyon is one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Season 8 dvd region 2 uk compatible ice road truckers. You would expect a movie with this title to be a bad bit of scifi bmovie fluff, and its all of that except, in my opinion, actually bad. Lannister shows up to take the iron throne in season 7, all bets. A space trucker and his cute fiancee are on their way from. Space truckers is a 1996 film by stuart gorton starring dennis hopper, stephen dorff, debi mazar and charles dance. First contact 1996 event horizon 1997 enemy mine 1985 moontrap 1989 star trek. The motion picture 1979 lost in space season 1 1965 doctor who silence in the libraryforest of the. A space trucker and his cute fiancee are on their way from a space station to earth with an unknown cargo.
Space truckers released in this time frame a space trucker and his cute fiancee are on their way from a space station to earth with an unknown cargo. Space truckers 1996 more like this john canyon is one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Space truckers aka star truckers 1996 theyve shipped everything from square pigs to antigravity beer, but now theyve got a load of real trouble. Just watch 1996s dennis hopper scifi star feature space truckers and youll get this and more. John canyons a long in the tooth space trucker wholl haul anything anywhere.
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