- Speedway Junky
Infobox Film
name=Speedway Junky
caption =Promotional poster for Speedway Junky
director=Nickolas Perry
writer=Nickolas Perry
edited by=Craig A. Colton starring=Jesse Bradford Jordan Brower Jonathan Taylor Thomas Daryl Hannah
producer=Gus Van Sant Randall Emmett George Furla
distributor=Regent Entertainment
released= October 1999 (USA)
runtime= 105 min.
language= English
budget= $1,000,000
imdb_id=0155197|"Speedway Junky" is a 1999
film written and directed byNickolas Perry . It starsJesse Bradford ,Jordan Brower ,Jonathan Taylor Thomas andDaryl Hannah . The movie received an R rating from the MPAA for violence, pervasive language, sexual content and drug use.Cast
Plot
The movie stars
Jesse Bradford as Johnny, a young man with dreams of becoming astock car racer. After he loses all of his money and possessions in Las Vegas, he drifts into the world of hustling. He meets Eric (Jordan Brower ), agay hustler, who finds himself falling for Johnny.Jonathan Taylor Thomas also stars as Steve, abisexual hustler, andDarryl Hannah plays Veronica, a formershowgirl andprostitute who's served as a surrogate mother figure for Eric since his own mother died. Other than Veronica, the only thing Eric has to remind him of his mother is a silver dollar she gave him that he carries for luck.J.T., a sociopathic
drug dealer , tosses Johnny a package while running from the police. It containscrack cocaine and cash. Steven finds it in their place and steals it. When J.T. shows up looking for it, it's missing. J.T. holds Johnny hostage while Eric looks for Steven. Steven refuses to return the cash and the drugs, so Eric heads to Veronica's place. There he steals the gun belonging to her police officer boyfriend and heads home. J.T. is playingWilliam Tell with Johnny, shooting a can oftomato soup off his head. Eric comes in and thinks Johnny's been shot. He gets into a gun battle with J.T., killing him. Johnny and Eric flee but Eric realizes he's been shot. Eric dies in Johnny's arms, giving Johnny his lucky silver dollar. At the bus station, Johnny puts the dollar in aslot machine and hits a jackpot. He buys a bus ticket and leaves town.A year later, Veronica is working as a cocktail waitress. She glances up at a television and sees Johnny. He's a member of a
pit crew , having taken a step toward realizing his dream.External links
*imdb title|id=0155197|title=Speedway Junky
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