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Kwanzoo - Social Inbound Marketing » The Son of Kwanzoo Blog Carnival — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:06:45 +0000

[...] Shaula Evans is collecting a list of the best road movies. “Bonus points for obscure, foreign, and non-English films!” she says. Definitely The Muppet Movie. Not obscure enough? [...]

By: Shaula

Shaula — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:30:07 +0000

Mary, that sounds like Sherman Alexie’s movie “Smoke Signals,” but that’s from about 1998. Any chance that’s it?

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:27:00 +0000

I’m looking for a movie about a couple of Native American teenagers who take a roadtrip in the gas guzzler vehicle owned by one of these young men. From the late 70s or 80s. Anybody know what this movie is?

By: marc

marc — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:02:37 +0000

might as well add The Endless Summer, also Bruce Brown… surfing around the world… africa etc.

By: marc

marc — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:49:26 +0000

Not in particular order, or mentioned above…
Elizabethtown… quirky comedy orlando bloom loses job and father, culture shock from Seattle to Tennessee, last, best part is road trip at the end… also alec baldwin doing his evil thing and kirsten dunst… great rendition of Freebird

Around the Bend is great road trip… michael caine dies and his kids have to take a road trip to all the KFC’s across the southwest… also christopher walken doing his quirky thing, Tom Petty music, etc.

The World’s Fastest Indian… really great, based on true story of older man breaking speed record on ancient Indian motorcycle, travel from New Zealand to Utah via LA culture shock… anthony hopkins wonderful, and so are all the other characters

Bread & Tulips… Italian housewife on a bus tour gets stranded and heads for Venice and new life

The Yellow Rolls Royce all star 60s-style movie, car gets handed over from owner to owner

By: chrisuk

chrisuk — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:58:20 +0000

in terms of slightly more recent indie road trip films there’s-
-in to the wild* a personal favourite
-the go getter
-death proof- not so indie as homage
there’s also a fantastic spanish road film called ‘Y tu tambien mama’ – and your mother to (f0r those curious).
hope this helps

By: Shaula

Shaula — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:33:24 +0000

I’m a big fan of Highway 61. In fact I have the soundtrack…on cassette tape!

Turns out that Nashua, where we spent the last week, is where Kerouac’s family came from, and he spent of lot of time just across the line in Massachusetts in the town of Lowell.

I guess if we’re adding The Wizard of Oz, we have to add The Wiz, too. :)

By: Zoe

Zoe — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:12:18 +0000

Other suggestions:
The Mexican – don’t let the fact that it stars Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt put you off.
Labyrinth
Wizard of Oz
The Dark Crystal
Willow
Time Bandits
Lord of the Rings’s
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
The Incredible Journey
Highway 61 – a MUST see Canadian Indy film but TOTALLY road trippy
Road Kill – same dudes as Highway 61
Rain Man
Ice Age
Stand by Me
Has anybody made a movie of Keruoac’s On The Road?

By: Shaula

Shaula — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:21:25 +0000

Duel goes on the list! Thank you, Liz.

And here’s to paranoid bikers who live to a ripe old age.

By: Neil

Neil — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:31:51 +0000

Any biker has a sense of paranoia on the road. At least…any old biker…