Freeway (1996 film)

Freeway
Freeway
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Matthew Bright
Written by	Matthew Bright
Produced by	Brad Wyman; Chris Hanley;
Starring	Kiefer Sutherland; Reese Witherspoon; Wolfgang Bodison; Dan Hedaya; Amanda Plummer; Brooke Shields; Michael T. Weiss; Bokeem Woodbine;
Cinematography	John Thomas
Edited by	Maysie Hoy
Music by	Danny Elfman
Production; companies	The Kushner-Locke Company; Illusion Entertainment Group;
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release dates	January 19, 1996 (Sundance); June 8, 1996 (HBO); August 23, 1996 (United States);
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3 million
Box office	$295,493

Freeway is a 1996 American black comedy crime thriller film written and directed by Matthew Bright and produced by Oliver Stone. It stars Kiefer Sutherland, Reese Witherspoon and Brooke Shields. The film's plot is a dark take on the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood".^[2]

The film premiered at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival where it competed for the Grand Jury Prize. It was later screened on HBO on June 8, 1996, and due to favorable reviews, it was given a brief theatrical release. The film has gone on to achieve cult status.

^ ^a ^b "Freeway (1996)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
^ Rabin, Nathan (January 24, 2013). "Reese Witherspoon is a badass Little Red Riding Hood in the sordid, sleazy Freeway". The A.V. Club. Chicago, Illinois: Onion, Inc. Retrieved November 2, 2015.

[mojo-1] "Freeway (1996)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 8, 2011.

[2] Rabin, Nathan (January 24, 2013). "Reese Witherspoon is a badass Little Red Riding Hood in the sordid, sleazy Freeway". The A.V. Club. Chicago, Illinois: Onion, Inc. Retrieved November 2, 2015.

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