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...virtually unchanged since his first year. A few pounds heavier, possibly. Bigger hair, most definitely. His once red-hot ambition to dance back-up for Britney has cooled and his choice of headwear become more daring. (The most infamous he favored for a spell was a trucker hat that declared, “I Love Intercourse”—picked up in Intercourse, Penn...
...this was supposed to be a rock show, and the glorious reentrance of the Flaming Lips during the bittersweet song “The Golden Age” did little to lift Beck’s spirits. During “Lord Only Knows”, a kitchy trucker rap from Odelay, Coyne lifted his arms in desperate appeal for the applause he apparently knew Beck needed. The crowd cheered loudly in loving spurts; but all attempts to make the singer say something were met only by reticent nods and waves. Beck did start to break out of his shell...
...gear, by train to Rutland, Vt. Studying his map, he calculated that he could ride the 45 miles to his destination that night. But his map did not show a little local landmark known as Sherburne Pass. After a few miles of steady climbing, he rested and asked a trucker where it leveled off. The answer: After 12 more miles. Ward considered turning back--often. But he pressed on, pushing the bike uphill the last three miles. At the top he felt exhausted--and immensely satisfied. He downed two hearty bowls of clam chowder at the mountaintop Inn at Long...
ALTERNATE ENDING In the original, three young adults on a road trip anger a trucker, who then seeks revenge. The four additional climaxes feature new action scenes; one ending showcases the heroine taking a more active role...
...scenes are completely unnecessary. Dahl did not view his film so much as a teen thriller than as part of the great tradition of “road movies,” including films likeEasy Rider and Steven Spielberg’s Duel (similarly about a crazy, road raging trucker). However, this movie’s plot does not allow that distinction to be made. It carries all the gimmicks of the recent horror films, which by now bring groans of boredom as opposed to thrills and chills. Just when things could not get worse, the car runs...