The Sugarland Express

The Sugarland Express

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Road Trip | Prison

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  • Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Crime
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Steven Spielberg, James Fargo, Tom Joyner, Ulla Bourne
  • Cast(s): Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks, William Atherton, Gregory Walcott See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 50min
  • Music: Toots Thielemans,John R. Carter,Dennis C. Salcedo,Robert L. Hoyt
  • Award(s): Golden Spike 1975 (Won)
    Saturn 2015 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Coup!, Joyride
  • Story:
    Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking a highway patrolman hostage. As a massive dragnet starts to pursue them across Texas, the couple become unlikely folk heroes and even start to bond with the captive policeman.
    Full Story
6.7/10
IMDb

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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking a highway patrolman hostage. As a massive dragnet starts to pursue them across Texas, the couple become unlikely folk heroes and even start to bond with the captive policeman.
Ratings

6.7/10

IMDb

AWARDS

Won
Golden Spike Award

th Anniversary Prize | 1975 | Steven

Nominations
Saturn Award

Best DVDBluRay Collection For and | 2015

Best DVDBluRay Collection | 2015

Golden Spike Award

Best Film | 1975 | Steven

WGA (Screen) Award

Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen | 1975 | Steven

BOX OFFICE

Budget 3,000,000 USD

Box Office Collection 12,800,000 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

This is the first movie to feature a tracking shot (front seat to back) and a 360-degree pan with dialogue from within a car.

Panavision chose this movie for the launch of Panaflex, a compact camera that enabled Steven Spielberg to shoot complex shots inside a patrol car.

One major challenge facing Steven Spielberg was bringing together the acting styles of Goldie Hawn and William Atherton. The stage-trained Atherton got better with each successive take, but Hawn did her best work on the first two. She did, however, get a second wind if the scene went to 12 takes or more. Spielberg found it best to start with her close-ups. Then he would film Atherton's close-ups until Hawn started to rebound, at which point he could get two shots when they were both at their best.

Thinking he needed to give Steven Spielberg a chance to get his feet wet on his first feature, Richard D. Zanuck instructed the production manager to start the film with relatively simple shots. He also decided to get to the location late that morning so that Spielberg could establish control of the set. When he arrived, however, he discovered the director had set up one of the film's most complicated shots, which he pulled off just fine.

Unable to find a child who looked like he could be the offspring of Goldie Hawn and William Atherton, co-producer Richard D. Zanuck cast his own son, Harrison Zanuck.

Popular Dialogues

"Clovis Poplin: We're in real trouble. Clovis Poplin: Say, I didn't mean what I said. Maxwell Slide: What was that? Clovis Poplin: When I called you a son of a bitch, I didn't mean it Maxwell Slide: And you ain't no mental subject neither."

"Maxwell Slide: Is your name Buster Daniels? Drunk: Well, it was before I married."