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Rolling Thunder (1977, USA) is a Crime-Revenge film directed by John Flynn.

Contents: Watch Trailer | TV Spot | Film Review | Available DVDs | BluRay | Poster Art | Press Kit | Fun Facts
Featured in: 42nd Street Forever: Volume 2 - The Deuce | Trailer Trauma 5: '70s Action Attack (BluRay) | Drive In Delirium: Hi Def Hysteria - 60s & 70s Savagery (BluRay)
Included in: Quentin Tarantino's Top 20 | GCDb Top 20 | GCDB Titles
Featured on the 42nd Street Forever Podcast

The Tarantino Connection
One of Quentin Tarantino's favorite films whose title was used for his DVD distribution label Rolling Thunder Pictures. In Kill Bill, the criminal gang, "The Acuna Boys" that appear in Rolling Thunder are mentioned. "Acuna Boys" is also the name of the fictitious Tex-Mex restaurant "advertised" between the fake trailers for Werewolf Women of the SS and Don't in Grindhouse. In the film Inglourious Basterds, Lt. Aldo Raine is named after Maj. Charles Rane.

Main Details

Released in 1977
Color
Running Time: 95 Min.
Production Co: American International Pictures
Distribution Co.: American International Pictures/Actueel Film (1979) (Netherlands) (theatrical)/ Ambassador Film Distributors (1977) (Canada) (theatrical)
Directed by John Flynn
Written by Paul Schrader & Heywood Gould
Starring: William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Haynes, James Best, Luke Askew, Dabney Coleman
Produced by Lawrence Gordon, Norman T. Herman
Original Music by Barry De Vorzon
Cinematography by Jordan Cronenweth
Film Editing by Frank P. Keller

Plot Summary

A returning war veteran loses his family to a violent home invasion and decides to seek and retaliate against those responsible.

Also known as

Der Mann mit der Stahlkralle (Germany)
El Ex-Preso de Corea (Spain)

Taglines

Major Charles Rane is Coming Home to War!
A Vietnam Vet Kills For Revenge
Major Charles Rane Has Come Home To War!
Another Shattering Experience From The Author Of "Taxi Driver."

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    <div class="large-6 columns">'''[[/Review|Rolling Thunder]]''' ([[:Category:1977|1977]], [[:Category:USA|USA]]) is a [[:Category:Crime|Crime-Revenge]] film directed by John Flynn.
-*'''Contents''': [[/Trailer|Watch Trailer]] | [[/Review|Film Review]] | [[/DVD|Available DVDs]] | [[/BluRay|BluRay]] | [[Rolling Thunder (1977)|Poster Art]] | [[/Press Kit|Press Kit]] | [[/Fun Facts|Fun Facts]]
+*'''Contents''': [[/Trailer|Watch Trailer]] | [[/TV Spot| TV Spot]] | [[/Review|Film Review]] | [[/DVD|Available DVDs]] | [[/BluRay|BluRay]] | [[Rolling Thunder (1977)|Poster Art]] | [[/Press Kit|Press Kit]] | [[/Fun Facts|Fun Facts]]
-*'''Featured in''': [[42nd Street Forever: Volume 2 - The Deuce]] | [[Trailer Trauma 5: '70s Action Attack (BluRay)]]
+*'''Featured in''': [[42nd Street Forever: Volume 2 - The Deuce]] | [[Trailer Trauma 5: '70s Action Attack (BluRay)]] | [[Drive In Delirium: Hi Def Hysteria - 60s & 70s Savagery (BluRay)]]
-*'''Included in''': [[Quentin Tarantino's Top 20 Grindhouse Classics|Quentin Tarantino's Top 20]] | [[GCDb Top 20]]
+*'''Included in''': [[Quentin Tarantino's Top 20 Grindhouse Classics|Quentin Tarantino's Top 20]] | [[GCDb Top 20]] | [[GCDB Titles]]
+* <i class="fa fa-podcast"></i> [[42nd Street Forever Podcast|Featured on the 42nd Street Forever Podcast]]
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-====Main Details====
+<div style="border:1px solid black;padding:10px;"><i class="fa fa-film"> </i> '''The Tarantino Connection'''<br /> One of Quentin Tarantino's favorite films whose title was used for his DVD distribution label [[:Category:Rolling Thunder Pictures|Rolling Thunder Pictures]]. In [https://wiki.tarantino.info/index.php/Kill_Bill Kill Bill], the criminal gang, "The Acuna Boys" that appear in Rolling Thunder are mentioned. [https://wiki.tarantino.info/index.php/Acuna_Boys_Tex-Mex_Food "Acuna Boys"] is also the name of the fictitious Tex-Mex restaurant "advertised" between the fake trailers for ''Werewolf Women of the SS'' and <I>Don't</i> in <I>Grindhouse</i>. In the film Inglourious Basterds, Lt. Aldo Raine is named after Maj. Charles Rane. </div>
-* Released in 1977 | Color
+===Main Details===
+* Released in 1977
+* Color
 * Running Time: 95 Min.
 * Production Co: [[:Category:American International Pictures|American International Pictures]]
-* Distribution Co.: American International Pictures, Actueel Film (1979) (Netherlands) (theatrical), Ambassador Film Distributors (1977) (Canada) (theatrical)
+* Distribution Co.: American International Pictures/Actueel Film (1979) (Netherlands) (theatrical)/ Ambassador Film Distributors (1977) (Canada) (theatrical)
 * Directed by John Flynn
 * Written by Paul Schrader & Heywood Gould
-* Starring: William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones, James Best, Linda Haynes, Dabney Coleman
+* Starring: William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Haynes, James Best, Luke Askew, Dabney Coleman
 * Produced by Lawrence Gordon, Norman T. Herman
 * Original Music by Barry De Vorzon
 * Cinematography by Jordan Cronenweth
 * Film Editing by Frank P. Keller
-====Also known as====
-* Der Mann mit der Stahlkralle (Germany) | El Ex-Preso de Corea (Spain)
+===Plot Summary===
-====Taglines====
+*A returning war veteran loses his family to a violent home invasion and decides to seek and retaliate against those responsible.
+===Also known as===
+* Der Mann mit der Stahlkralle (Germany)
+* El Ex-Preso de Corea (Spain)
+===Taglines===
 * Major Charles Rane is Coming Home to War!
 * A Vietnam Vet Kills For Revenge
 * Major Charles Rane Has Come Home To War!
 * Another Shattering Experience From The Author Of "Taxi Driver."
-====Background====
-Gene Siskel listed Rolling Thunder on his ten best list for 1977. It was the tenth film on the list.
-This is one of Quentin Tarantino's favorite films. [[:Category: Rolling Thunder Pictures|Rolling Thunder Pictures]], a company founded by Tarantino that briefly distributed reissues of cult films, was named after this film. An excerpt from this film is used in the track "Blood Embrace" from the album Superwolf by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Matt Sweeney. The excerpt is Janet telling Rane that she has had an affair with Cliff. It starts with Janet saying, "Charlie, I've...been with another man," and ends with Rane stating, "I'm just gonna sit here." The film was originally written in 1973 for AIP, where Larry Gordon was head of production. Gordon took the script with him when he left for Columbia, and for a time Schrader was going to direct. However that fell through and the film was set up at 20th Century Fox. Schrader's script was rewritten by Heywood Gould. It starred William Devane who John Flynn says "back then they were priming... [him] to be a big film star." The movie was shot in San Antonio Texas in 31 days. Flynn: "We knew we were doing something fairly bold. The producer, Lawrence Gordon, told me to shoot the garbage disposal scene like open-heart surgery, make it as bloody as I possibly could. So I did. When we submitted Rolling Thunder to the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) for a rating, we expected deep cuts, but the censors passed uncut one of the most violent movies in the history of film. Rolling Thunder was given an R rating!" (Wikipedia)
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