Breakdown (1997 film)

Breakdown
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJonathan Mostow
Screenplay byJonathan Mostow
Sam Montgomery
Story byJonathan Mostow
Produced byDino De Laurentiis
Martha De Laurentiis
Starring
CinematographyDouglas Milsome
Edited byDerek Brechin
Kevin Stitt
Music byBasil Poledouris
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • May 2, 1997 (1997-05-02)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$36 million[1]
Box office$50.2 million[1]

Breakdown is a 1997 American action thriller film directed and co-written by Jonathan Mostow. It stars Kurt Russell, J. T. Walsh and Kathleen Quinlan.[2] The original music score was composed by Basil Poledouris. The film was produced by Dino De Laurentiis and Martha De Laurentiis. In the film, A man and his wife are driving cross-country from Massachusetts state to San Diego city when their new car mysteriously breaks down. A truck driver stops and assists them by taking his wife to the nearest diner to phone for help but in reality is kidnapping her, causing her husband to track down his wife and the kidnapper himself.

The film was released on May 2, 1997 by Paramount Pictures. It is one of the final films featuring Walsh to be released in his lifetime. The film received positive reviews and gained a strong cult following.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ a b "Breakdown". Box Office Mojo.
  2. ^ Deming, Mark. "Breakdown". AllMovie. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  3. ^ "Breaking Down Breakdown with Jonathan Mostow - Journal". 14 January 2022.
  4. ^ ""Once it Exists Conceptually, it's Just Problem Solving"; Jonathan Mostow on Breakdown".
  5. ^ "Jonathan Mostow on Breakdown and What Really Happened After Terminator 3". 29 September 2021.

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