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Movie Description
A hip, darkly comic on-the-road tale about a young woman who has an unfortunate encounter with a figurative big, bad wolf while hitching a ride to grandma's house to escape her abusive family. Little Red Riding Hood it ain't.
Synopsis
Vanessa, a belligerent, unintelligent 16-year-old, hits the road after her law-breaking parents are taken away by the cops. She hitches a ride with Bob Wolverton, who is actually a serial killer. When Wolverton attacks her, the runaway shoots him in self-defense, and leaves him for dead. However, the killer not only survives, he becomes a media sensation. So when he fingers Vanessa, no one believes her story, and she's sent to juvenile hall. Unfortunately, the teen's troubles don't end there, as she must cope with combative and lecherous fellow inmates. Vanessa's downward spiral continues after she's released, as she becomes a thieving prostitute. Meanwhile, two cops make an important discovery in connection to Vanessa's case. Will it finally change her life for the better? Or is it too late for the troubled teenager to be saved?
Film Notes
Released theatrically in New York City October 18, 1996.
Screened at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival.
Presented by Republic Pictures, Kushner-Locke and Samuel Hadida in association with August Entertainment and Davis Films.
An Illusion Entertainment Group and Muse/Wyman production.
The Republic Pictures laserdisc version (Cat. #26248) features audio commentary by the director and the original theatrical trailer.
Additional cast: Kitty Fox (Grandma).
Initially rated MPAA NC-17, but edited and re-rated MPAA R.
Produced by Dayton Way Pictures III, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Freeway Productions, LLC.
Industry Reviews
"...A gleeful feminist exploitation movie....Definite Guilty Pleasure..."
Film Comment - p.51-3 - Gavin Smith (03/01/1996)
"...Wolfgang Bodison and Dan Hedaya are solid....Danny Elfman's intense score contributes crucial energy, John Thomas' camera work is first-rate..."
Los Angeles Times - Kevin Thomas (10/11/1996)
"...FREEWAY illuminates our secret appetites. Like all good satire, it starts where the others end. And its actors wisely never act as if they're in on the joke. Reese Witherspoon is as focused and tightly wound here as a young Jodie Foster..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (01/24/1997)
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