Product Details

• Actors: Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine, Burt Young
• Directors: Sam Pekinpah
• Format: Anamorphic, Color, Digital Sound, Widescreen, Import
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Kinowelt International
• Run Time: 106 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (129 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000RPKS00
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,003 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

All New release from Kinowelt, finally released for everyone to enjoy in it's entirety, Kinowelt brings you the complete Uncut edition of Convoy, this imported release from Germany features a brilliant crisp picture and the correct 2:35 aspect ratio that has been missing from all other DVD releases, now available in a region free format for everyone to enjoy! (The DVD audio is in English language, however the back of DVD cover is in German text, DVD menu is combination German/English) Synopsis: Rubber Duck (Kris Kristofferson) leads a mile-long convoy of protesting truckers speeding along the Arizona highway toward the Mexican border. The tense action builds to an incredible climax in one of the most destructive auto crash scenes ever filmed. This Cult Classic also stars Ali MacGraw as "Melissa", Ernest Borgnine as the corrupt sheriff "Dirty Lyle" and Burt Young as "Pig Pen/Love Machine" Directed by Sam Pekinpah, Based on the country song of same title by C.W. McCall

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

90 of 93 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Movie, Poor DVD, September 22, 2003

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Levent Yurga (Izmir, Turkey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Convoy (DVD)

I have the Parkenfiled VHS Edition (UK) of Convoy and the picture quality is much better than the DVD that I purchased from Amazon.
Amazon is offering two versions of this movie; one being "Cheezy Flicks Entertainment" and the other is the "Triumph Marketing" version.
I ordered the "Cheezy Flicks Entertainment" version of Convoy - it's terrible! I don't have any idea about the "Triumph Marketing" release of this DVD.
If you have VHS version of this great movie don't waste your money ordering the "Cheezy Flicks Entertainment" DVD version.

Movie: Perfect (5 stars)
Action: Good
Year: 1978
Time : 106 minutes
Studio: Cheezy Flicks Entertainment
DVD picture quality: Poor
DVD featurette: None
Subtitles: None
DVD user interface: Non-user friendly
DVD sound: Poor

43 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible squashed transfer, November 15, 2005

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S. Macaulay (LA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Convoy (DVD)

Don't be fooled by the cover. This is NOT a collector's edition letterbox edition. The film's original 2.35:1 widescreen has been bizarrely changed to 1.85:1. The result is an unpleasant warped, squished image. It is such a staggeringly pointless and inept thing to do, I contacted Cheezy Flicks for an explananation. They blamed the "third party" who supplied them with the transfer. If so, shame on them for selling it anyway. A cynical piece of junk. Avoid.

62 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very dissapointed!, February 21, 2004

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Daniel T Herron (Thousand Oaks, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Convoy (DVD)

I mainly purchased this DVD to have an archive of my dad's stunts. He was the stunt double for Ernest Borgnine and worked on this movie for several months in 1977. I am very dissapointed in the sound and picture quality of this movie. "CheesyFlicks" lists this as being digitally remastered... I would hate to have seen it before it was "remastered". The aspect ratio makes it look strange, it looks like it's slightly out of focus, and there are pops and buzzing throughout. I'm going to keep the DVD only because I want a record of my dads stunt work, not because of its' quality. Maybe the "Triumph Marketing" version is better, but wasn't available at the time that I ordered mine.