Breakdown (1997) [R]

Release Date:
May 2, 1997

Original Title:
Breakdown

Alternate Titles:
A félelem országútján
Avaria no Asfalto
Breakdown
Breakdown - Implacável Perseguição
Breakdown - La trappola
Breakdown - Point de rupture
Incydent
Moiraia vlavi
Point de rupture
Sin rastro
Slom
Tuzak
Авария

Genres:
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Production Companies:
Paramount Pictures
Spelling Films
The De Laurentiis Company

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  BR: 14  CZ: 15+  DE: 16  GB: 15  GR: 16  HU: 16  SG: NC-16  SK: 15  US: R 

Runtime: 93

It could happen to you.

On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help. Meanwhile, Jeff is able to fix the car and make his way to the café, but Amy isn't there. He tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff then begins a desperate, frenzied search for Amy.

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ADR Voice Casting:
Barbara Harris

Actor's Assistant:
Jim Petti

Additional Music:
Richard Marvin

Art Department Coordinator:
Jennifer Howard

Art Direction:
Lee Maymen

Assistant Accountant:
Keith Kumamoto
Dennis Cavalier
David Wolf
Mahnaz 'Mary' Mahdavi

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician:
Don Tomich

Assistant Editor:
Neil Greenberg
Lisa Mozden

Assistant Production Coordinator:
Joe Coleman
Kim Horridge
Pamela Hilse

Assistant Property Master:
Bryan Duff

Assistant Sound Editor:
Cindy Jo Hinkleman

Associate Producer:
Artist W. Robinson

Boom Operator:
Albert Aquino

Cableman:
Ronald L. Wright

Camera Loader:
Yusef Edmonds

Camera Operator:
Robert Presley
Cary Fisher
Casey Hotchkiss
Pernell Youngblood Tyus

Casting:
Carol Lewis

Casting Assistant:
Rick Zeiff

Casting Associate:
Jory Weitz

Charge Scenic Artist:
Robert Ellison Knight

Chef:
Gigi Ferraioli
Loris Favaron

Chief Lighting Technician:
Lon Thompson
David Jarrell

Color Timer:
Matvey Shatz

Conductor:
Basil Poledouris

Construction Coordinator:
David Elliott

Construction Foreman:
Mark Thie
David Pessamato

Costume Designer:
Terry Dresbach

Costumer:
Craig Ames
Amy Wetherbee
Tom Houchins
Stacey Seeds-Ferrence

Craft Service:
Jim Wills
Dwayne Abernathy
Eric Turner

Dialogue Editor:
Robert Troy

Director:
Jonathan Mostow

Director of Photography:
Douglas Milsome

Dolby Consultant:
Thom 'Coach' Ehle

Dolly Grip:
Michael Listorti
John O'Grady

Editor:
Kevin Stitt
Derek Brechin

Electrician:
Eli Thompson
Robert Cheung
Mark Sadler
Heather Hillmeyer
Niles McElroy

Executive Producer:
Harry Colomby
Jonathan Fernandez

Extras Casting:
Tony Hobbs

First Assistant Camera:
Richard Mosier
Greg Rhineer
Bill Coss
Larry D. Davis
Greg St. Johns

First Assistant Director:
Artist W. Robinson

First Company Grip:
Lloyd Moriarity
Ron Cardarelli

Foley Artist:
Edward Steidele
Bob Rutledge
Mark McBryde

Foley Editor:
Gillian Johnson

Foley Recordist:
Steve Jaszkowiak
Gary Coppola
Earl Martin

Greensman:
Mark Mauricio
David Tyrone
Frank McEldowney

Grip:
Doug Chartier
Dan Owen
Ron Santoyo
Vincent Torres
Gary Jensen
Steve Titus
Jeff Milewsky
Preston Brown

Hairstylist:
Dionne Dana
Jeri Baker

Helicopter Camera:
Frank M. Holgate

Key Hair Stylist:
Susan Mills

Key Makeup Artist:
Dennis Liddiard

Key Set Painter:
Robert Ellison Knight

Leadman:
Larry Maguire

Line Producer:
Jeffrey Sudzin

Location Manager:
Steve Housewright
Phillips 'Flip' Wylly Jr.
Linda Emmons Cunningham

Main Title Designer:
Robert Dawson

Makeup & Hair:
Malanie J. Romero

Makeup Artist:
Tom Hoerber

Marine Coordinator:
Jim Leabeater

Music Consultant:
Ken Kushnick

Music Supervision Assistant:
Scott Browning

Music Supervisor:
Stuart Boros

Musician:
Steve Forman
Judd Miller
Eric Colvin

Negative Cutter:
Theresa Repola Mohammed

Orchestrator:
Greig McRitchie
Steven Scott Smalley

Original Music Composer:
Basil Poledouris

Payroll Accountant:
Robert Krywicki

Post Production Supervisor:
Teresa Kelly

Producer:
Dino De Laurentiis
Martha De Laurentiis

Producer's Assistant:
Pamela Chess
Hector Freeman
Brent Jose
Christopher Jones

Production Accountant:
Paul Belenardo
Roberta Shintani

Production Assistant:
Deanna Stadler
Gunner Hunneke
Bennie Zura
Torben Bulbring
Shirley Delovich
Adam Press
Cynthia Martinez
Erica Pearce
Alfonso Flores
Jennifer Giancola
Kenneth Roth
Andrea Zuckerman
Brian Mercado
Hal Long
Dale Knight
Lawrence Andrews
Peter Morales

Production Coordinator:
Sue Jennings

Production Design:
Victoria Paul

Production Supervisor:
Pearl A. Lucero

Prop Maker:
Murvel Hanson
Reyes Rodriguez
Tristano Solari

Property Master:
Jimmy Raitt
Richard L. Cowitt
Paul Iannizzotto

Scoring Mixer:
Tim Boyle

Screenplay:
Jonathan Mostow
Sam Montgomery

Script Supervisor:
Steve Gehrke
Cheryl Starbuck

Second Assistant Camera:
Lance Layman
David 'D.R.' Rhineer
Gavin Alcott
Paul Theriault
Jolanda Wipfli

Second Assistant Director:
Adam Druxman

Second Company Grip:
Eugene B. Kerry
Sid Lucero

Second Second Assistant Director:
Charles Simmers

Second Unit Director:
M. James Arnett

Second Unit Director of Photography:
Raymond Stella

Second Unit First Assistant Director:
John Wildermuth

Set Decoration:
Peg Cummings

Set Dresser:
John Graffeo
Gerard Jordan
David L. McGuire
Mark Sakamoto
Gyula Tóth

Set Medic:
Jeffrey D. Stevens

Sound Editor:
Michael Chandler
Greg Teall

Sound Mixer:
Felipe Borrero

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
David J. Hudson
Jeffrey Perkins

Special Effects:
Guy Faria
Tom von Badinski

Special Effects Assistant:
Greg Johnson
Kevin Kern
David A. Poole

Special Effects Supervisor:
Richard Zarro
Ronald Zarro

Still Photographer:
Randy Tepper
Richard Foreman Jr.

Story:
Jonathan Mostow

Storyboard Artist:
Alex Hill

Stunt Coordinator:
M. James Arnett
Pat Romano

Stunt Double:
John Casino

Stunt Driver:
Tom Glass
Carey Loftin
Tommy J. Huff

Stunts:
Ellen Statham
Jimmy Romano
Gene Hartline
Al Jones
Troy Robinson
Diana R. Lupo
Seth Arnett
Kevin L. Jackson
Steve Picerni
James M. Halty
Norm Compton
Shane Dixon
John Casino
Steve Kelso
Mark Ginther
Keii Johnston
Hugh Aodh O'Brien
Eddy Donno
Sven-Ole Thorsen
Bruce Paul Barbour
Michael M. Vendrell
Alexis Scher

Supervising ADR Editor:
Val Kuklowsky

Supervising Music Editor:
Daryl B. Kell

Supervising Sound Editor:
Jon Johnson

Transportation Captain:
Rick Sanders

Transportation Coordinator:
Steve Boyd
Ron Hardman

Underwater Camera:
Jason Poteet

Unit Production Manager:
Jeffrey Sudzin

Unit Publicist:
Cid Swank

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