Breakdown

Breakdown is a 1997 film, written and directed by Jonathan Mostow. The film stars Kurt Russell, J.T. Walsh and Kathleen Quinlan. The film was released on May 2, 1997 by Paramount Pictures. It was filmed on location in Sacramento, California, Moab, Utah and Sedona, Arizona. Married couple Jeff and Amy Taylor (Kurt Russell, Kathleen Quinlan) are driving across the country to move to California and almost collide with another truck on the road. Jeff... more

Breakdown is a 1997 film, written and directed by Jonathan Mostow. The film stars Kurt Russell, J.T. Walsh and Kathleen Quinlan. The film was released on May 2, 1997 by Paramount Pictures. It was filmed on location in Sacramento, California, Moab, Utah and Sedona, Arizona. Married couple Jeff and Amy Taylor (Kurt Russell, Kathleen Quinlan) are driving across the country to move to California and almost collide with another truck on the road. Jeff is later confronted by its driver, Earl (M. C. Gainey), at a gas station. A short time afterwards, their car breaks down in the middle of the desert. Amy accepts a ride with a trucker named "Red" Barr (J. T. Walsh) to a small diner to call for help, while Jeff stays with the car. Jeff discovers disconnected wires to be the problem with the car and drives to the diner, but no one there has seen his wife. When he catches up with Barr, the trucker swears that he has never seen her, or Jeff, before. Jeff hails a passing Sheriff, but a brief... less