- Rebel Highway
"Rebel Highway" was a short-lived revival of
American International Pictures created and produced by Lou Arkoff, the son ofSamuel Z. Arkoff andDebra Hill for theShowtime channel in 1994. The concept was 10-week series of 1950s "drive-in classic" B-movies remade "with a '90s edge."cite news | last = Corliss | first = Richard | coauthors = | title = I Was a Teenage Teenager | work = | pages = | language = | publisher = Time | date =August 15 ,1994 | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,981251,00.html | accessdate = 2007-06-23 ] Originally, Arkoff wanted to call the series, "Raging Hormones" but Showtime decided on "Rebel Highway" instead.cite news | last = Brennan | first = Patricia | coauthors = | title = Fast Cars, Fast Girls and Raging Hormones | work = | pages = | language = | publisher =Washington Post | date =July 17 ,1994 | url = | accessdate = ] Arkoff and Hill invited several directors to pick a title from one of Samuel Arkoff's movies, hire their own writers and create a story that could resemble the original if they wanted. Each director was given a $1.3 million budget and 12 days to shoot it with a cast of young, up and coming actors and actresses. According to Arkoff, the appeal to directors was that, "They weren't hampered by big studios saying, 'You can't do this or that.' And all the directors paid very close attention to the detail of the era. We want these shows to be fun for the younger generation and fun for the older generation."The series premiered with
Robert Rodriguez 's "Roadracers " onJuly 22 ,1994 .Films
*"Girls in Prison" - Directed by
John McNaughton and starringAnne Heche andIone Skye .
*"Dragstrip Girl " - Directed byMary Lambert and starringMark Dacascos andNatasha Gregson Wagner .
*"Shake, Rattle and Rock! " - Directed byAllan Arkush and starringRenée Zellweger andHowie Mandel .
*"Runaway Daughters " - Directed byJoe Dante and starringJulie Bowen andPaul Rudd .
*"Roadracers " - Directed byRobert Rodriguez and starringDavid Arquette andSalma Hayek .
*"Reform School Girl " - Directed byJonathan Kaplan and starringAimee Graham andMatt LeBlanc .
*"Motorcycle Gang " - Directed byJohn Milius and starringGerald McRaney andJake Busey .
*"Jailbreakers " - Directed byWilliam Friedkin and starringAntonio Sabato Jr. andShannen Doherty .
*"Cool and the Crazy " - Directed byRalph Bakshi and starringAlicia Silverstone andJared Leto .
*"Confessions of a Sorority Girl " - Directed byUli Edel and starringJamie Luner andAlyssa Milano .oundtrack
The soundtrack featured contemporary artists covering classic songs from the 1950s.
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*imdb title|0108902|Rebel Highway
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