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Roadracers the film: Out on Dvd?

antz (Competent) posted this on Monday, 22nd March 2004, 22:57

OK all you film buffs out there, just been watching Roadracers on a video that I taped a couple of years ago off bbc2.

Directed by Robert Rodriguez, (he of Mariachi fame), and starring David Arquette and
Salma Hayek.
Set in the 50`s and about Rock`n`Roll, Fast cars, and Teenagers rebelling.

Does anybody know if it`s out on Dvd anywhere, I`ve looked for it without any success.



Alfred and I would really like to know.

Update: Researched a bit more , seems as this was a tv movie and was also known as Rebel Highway and was made between Robert Rodriguez`s El Mariachi and Desperado films.

Still can`t find any reference to either films at the usual online sites.

This item was edited on Monday, 22nd March 2004, 23:16

RE: Roadracers the film: Out on Dvd?

NoveltyCondomHead (Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 23rd March 2004, 10:58

Never seen the film - been trying to find it for years. Robert Rodriguez wrote a book on the making of the film called:

"Roadracers": the Making of a Degenerate Hot Rod Flick.

Published by Faber.

It`s not as good as "Rebel without a crew" - a lot shorter,but still in diary style - and still interesting.

If you have any luck finding the movie, give me a shout.

This item was edited on Tuesday, 23rd March 2004, 15:27

RE: Roadracers the film: Out on Dvd?

mutoscope (Competent) posted this on Tuesday, 23rd March 2004, 15:56

I saw this on Sky movies a few years back. Its not a particularly great picture but its interesting in following Robert Rodriguez work. This was the first film he made with an actual crew, and a union crew at that. His diary from Faber is better than the film I thought.

RE: Roadracers the film: Out on Dvd?

antz (Competent) posted this on Tuesday, 23rd March 2004, 20:25

Thanks for the feedback, guess I`ll just have to watch it on the vid until somebody brings it out on dvd, I`ll keep checking region1.

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