Product Details

• Actors: Paul Jabara, Howard Hesseman, Teri Garr, Jenn Thompson, Peter Billingsley
• Directors: John Schlesinger
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
• DVD Release Date: January 22, 2002
• Run Time: 107 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005R243
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #55,687 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover
An outrageous trip through roadside America from the Oscar-winning director of Midnight Cowboy and Darling. Welcome to Ticaw, Florida, a tiny town just off the highway with big dreams of attracting huge tourist dollars. But when construction of the new freeway leaves them without a crucial exit ramp, the desperate townsfolk decide to take motor matters into their own hands. Now with the help of a water-skiing elephant, a rampaging rhino, some well-placed explosives and an invasion of very odd travelers, this busy freeway is about to take one extremely strange detour.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Hysterical! Many famous stars!, June 17, 2003

By	Theresa Richardson (Missouri, USA) - See all my reviews

If you are looking for a good laugh, get this movie! An oldie, I've been looking for it on cable for 10+ years. Beverly D'Angelo, Beau Bridges, William Devane, Jessica Tandy, Hume Chroyn, David (?) (the guy who played "Sledgehammer") and other character actors you'll recoznize. One of the funniest scenes has George Dzunda smelling women's panties.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST!, March 16, 2006

By	Roger Morgan "brownduck" (baal, california) - See all my reviews

I love this movie. There is wall-to-wall entertainment; or rather, tire-to-tire. Not one minute leaves you bored. It's a road movie but there is so much more. I love the characters. The actors playing them are all fantastic. I know this is an awful review but if you have ever just wanted to relax, past midnight, to watch a cool movie that will make you laugh but not to where your ribs hurt (the older we get, the harder it is to watch really, really funny movies, isn't it?) then this is your film.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More facts about than a reveiw., March 4, 2006

By	Myakka Chopper "Chopper Zahrndt" (Sarasota Florida) - See all my reviews

Hi im carl and i live in Sarasota florida. When i was young around 1980 or so Interstate 75 was being built down the west coast. Just east of Sarasota there is a town called Fruitville. This is the town they used as Ticlaw. They painted all of the town pink, and erected a false church steeple behind some trees. The overpass that is referenced in the movie was just south of the Fruitville road(SR780) exit and passed over Palmer road. Its close proximity to the SR780 exit made the palmer road overpass not need any exits. But you will have to watch the movie to find out what they do to the overpass(which was a brand new I75 overpass). I rated it as a three as it was a so-so film but has interesting Florida and I75 history. I just ordered my copy for posterity.