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.
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.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
Subtitles - English, Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - Matthew Bright - Director
Trailer - Original Theatrical Trailer
Director of Photography
John Thomas: Director of Photography
Production Designer
Pam Warner: Production designer
Review 1:
"...A gleeful feminist exploitation movie....Definite Guilty Pleasure..."
Source: Film Comment
p.51-3 03/01/1996
Review 2:
"...Wolfgang Bodison and Dan Hedaya are solid....Danny Elfman's intense score contributes crucial energy, John Thomas' camera work is first-rate..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.F14 10/11/1996
Review 3:
"...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..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.32 01/24/1997
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