Sam Peckinpah’s Cult Convoy Getting A 4K Upgrade

Sam Peckinpah‘s cult action comedy Convoy is getting a brand new restoration in 4K thanks to Studiocanal UK.

Ain’t nothing going to get in the way of Kris Kristofferson (Heaven’s Gate) and Ali MacGraw (Love Story) from the director who put action on the map inn the 1970’s, Sam Peckinpah (The Getaway). All presented in beautifully designed Limited Edition embossed 4K UHD Steelbook edition, packed with brand new extras, the film is also released on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital.

Based upon the smash hit country and western song by C.W.McCall (which reached Number 2 in the UK singles charts), Peckinpah’s road movie about a massive truckers’ convoy features plenty of the director’s trademark slow motion set pieces, a bunch of quotable CB banter (“Breaker one-nine, this here’s the Rubber Duck!“), and a whole lot of smashed-up police cars.

This action favourite – the most successful of Peckinpah’s career – has an incredible ing cast of some of the greatest character actors to grace the screen, including Ernest Borgnine (Escape From New York), Burt Young (Rocky), Seymour Cassell (In The Soup), and Harry Dean Stanton (Alien).

As well as the McCall song, the soundtrack features a host of tunes by country legends including Kenny Rogers, Crystal Gayle, Merle Haggard, Glen Campbell and Billie Jo Spears.

Check out this Trailer, for a reminder of the cult film…

A mighty convoy of dust-raising trucks heads for a state line in South-western America, led by legendary trucker ‘Rubber Duck’ (Kris Kristofferson). The truckers are protesting against police corruption, federal and states laws and shady politicking. The law is bearing down on truckers and forcing them to obey unrealistic speed limitations which rob them of precious time and money. The national guard, the Army, the Police and the feds are all out to halt the truckers, but the truckers don’t want to stop!

SPECIAL FEATURES:
–NEW Interview with Franklyn Ajaye
–NEW Audio Commentary by filmmaker/ Peckinpah scholar Mike Siegel (German & English)
–NEW Video Essay: The Lost Convoy
–NEW The Duck Trucks
–NEW Promoting Convoy: animated gallery of international posters and lobby cards
–NEW Convoy colour stills: 120 rare colour photos
–NEW Filming Convoy pt 1: White Sands & the Truck stop: 100 rare bts photos
–NEW Filming Convoy pt 2: The Trucks are rolling: 100 rare bts photos
–NEW Filming Convoy pt 3: Showdown in Alvarez: 100 rare bts photos
–NEW Original trailer
-Audio commentary by film historians Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons, and Nick Redman
-ion & Poetry – Sam’s Trucker Movie
-U.S. TV Spot
-U.S. Radio Spots x 4
-Three Lost Scenes
-Injokes, Friends & Cameos
-Trucker Notes from Norway

Convoy is available to buy on Limited Edition 4K embossed Steelbook, Blu-ray, DVD and digital from 16th October. Pre-order your copy here.