Interstate 60: Have any of you guys seen this one?

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I bought this during the DDD 20% sale and it was a total blind buy. I had never heard of it, and only bought it because it was so cheap. Ok, so I watched this last night, and was just blown away. It's a very cheap DVD, so if I were you I'd seek it out and pick it up. If I could compare it to anything, I'd say it's something of a current day Wizard of Oz. The story just pulls you in, and as you go along for the "ride", you run into all these different very well developed wacky and wild characters.

 

It didn't hurt matters that one of those characters is a very big slut, played by Amy Jo Johnson, the pink Power Ranger...trust me, the segment that she is in almost makes the entire movie.

 

But beyond that, it's just a mad, wacky, going in all different directions type of film. The screenwriter (and the creator of the series, from story, to characters, etc...) of the Back to the Future trilogy, Bob Gale, wrote and directed it. So that alone should tell you what kind of charm this movie has as well. It came out in 2002, and it's a shame that it couldn't get any type of wide release in theaters. Michael J. Fox is also in the film (although just one scene really) and Christopher Lloyd is one of the stars. Gary Oldman is also one of the stars, and just steals every scene that he is in, his character is one that you'll remember forever, O. W. Grant.

 

Heck James Marsden (Cyclops from the X-Men movies) was even great as the lead, Neal. Chris Cooper is also fantastic as Bob Cody, a very odd and twisted character himself.

 

Buy it, you just might love it, end of story. It's only $5.90 at DDD, so pick it up. I can't believe that I got it for only $4.79 during the 20% off sale. This has got to be my favorite blind buy ever.

 

http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/dvd.cfm?itemID=MCA023824

 

Sincerely,

...Downhome...

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I liked it quite a bit.

 

Didn't deserve the Best Live-Action DVD Premiere Film of the 2003 Award from DVD Exclusive by any means, but still a damn good movie.

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On the subject of Amy Jo Johnson, she's one of the few actresses in the direct-to-video world who seems to be selective in the roles she takes.

 

She's been in very few clunkers. Not all great movies by any means, but some actresses take ridiculously bad films because of a guaranteed paycheck. Amy seems to look around.

 

She's in a quirky little romantic comedy called Pursuit of Happiness, Killing Mr. Griffin, and quite a few others.