Rent Road Games (1981)
3.3 of 5 from 112 ratings
1h 36min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- American truck driver Pat Quid (Stacey Keach), is making his way across Australia's outback for a delivery. He becomes convinced that the driver of a suspicious green van is a serial killer wanted by the cops. After sharing his theory with Pamela (Jamie Lee Curtis) a hitch-hiker he picks up, she decides to investigate the green van at a service station. But when Pamela disappears, Pat becomes the police's prime suspect.
- Actors:
- Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis, Marion Edward, Grant Page, Thaddeus Smith, Steve Millichamp, Alan Hopgood, John Murphy, Bill Stacey, Robert Thompson, Ed Turley, Angelica La Bozzetta, Colin Vancao, Paul Harris, Rochelle Harris, Tony Bishop, Abbe Holmes, Carole-Ann Aylett, Killer, Les James
- Directors:
- Richard Franklin
- Producers:
- Richard Franklin
- Writers:
- Everett De Roche, Richard Franklin
- Aka:
- Roadgames
- Studio:
- Optimum
- Genres:
- Horror, Thrillers
- Collections:
- 10 Films to Watch Next If You Liked The Babadook
- Countries:
- Australia
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 14/12/2020
- Run Time:
- 101 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with director Richard Franklin and film historian Perry Martin (2003)
- Audio commentary with cinematographer Vincent Monton, costume designer Aphrodite Kondos, production secretary Helen Watts, and filmmaker Mark Hartley (2019)
- Audio commentary with writers and programmers Anna Bogutskaya and Olivia Howe (2020) Kangaroo Hitchcock (2003, 20 mins): archival documentary on the making of 'Roadgames'
- Australian Long Haul (2019, 14mins): actor Stacy Reach reflects on the role of Pat Quid and working in Australia
- Archival Interview with Richard Franklin (1981, 26 mins): the director discusses his early films and 'Roadgames'
- Audio interviews with Richard Franklin (2001, 23 mins), Stacy Reach (2016, 10 mins), and stunt co-ordinator Grant Page (2016, 33 mins)
- 'Not Quite Hollywood' Interview Excerpts (2008, 64 mins): over an hour of outtakes from Hartley's acclaimed documentary on Australian cinema, featuring Franklin, Page, actors Reach and Jamie Lee Curtis, screenwriter Everett De Roche, and assistant director Tom Burstall
- 'Roadgames': A Lecture (1980, 131 mins): archival recording of Franklin, co-producer Barbi Taylor and composer Brian May
- Trouble Bound (2020, 13 mins): appreciation by film historian Neil Sinyard
- Script Read (1980, 117 mins): audio recording of a pre-production read-through, featuring Franklin, Reach and Marion Edward
- Music Demos (1980, 5 mins): excerpts from the Brian May score in demo form
- ...And His Ghost May Be Heard (1973, 15 mins): rare short film directed by Franklin
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
