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Speedway Junky
from Wolfe Video
starring Jesse Bradford, Jordan Brower, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Daryl Hannah, Tiffani Thiessen
directed by Nickolas Perry

Features:

• Color
• DVD-Video
• Widescreen
• NTSC

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• why
  this is what you think it is not you have a movie that just makes you want to shut it off every five seconds

• A street-smart love story with a hot edge
  "Speedway Junky" is a street-smart love story with a gritty, queer edge.
  Executive Producer Gus Van Sant (My Own Private Idaho, Tarnation, Good
  Will Hunting, Elephant...) hands out another brilliant one here.
  "Speedway Junky" is about a young tough guy, Johnny (Jesse Bradford), who
  runs away toward North Carolina in hopes of becoming a race car driver. He
  stops short in Las Vegas when he gets mugged for everything he owns.
  Quickly introduced to life on the streets by Eric... more info

• Misses it's mark by a longshot.......
  This movie is not that good. There are plenty of reviews that describe perfectly where this movie fails and where it succeeds.
  Unfortunately; it fails more often than not.
  There are good performances mixed with bad performances- cliches mixed with some truth- and a weak script with a few high points.
  Overall, the film just isn't edgy or honest enough. The characters and performances (with the exception of Jordon Brower) just arent fleshed out realistically ...and others are just downright... more info

• Viva Lost Vegas
  Some have said this movie isn't "real" enough . . . but it needn't be. What it is, is a film with a lot of heart and if one approaches it as a fable, you'll find it works. It's a heartbreaker of a movie with strong, committed performances by everyone involved. Dreams of NASCAR collide with male prostitution, shattered dreams and street life in Vegas for a gripping, sometimes unsettling, beautiful little movie.
  

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