Breakdown
Date: 1997
Director: James Mostow
Production Company: Dino De Laurentiis Co., Paramount, Spelling
Stars: Kurt Russell, J.T. Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan
Location(s): California, Utah, Nevada
Region(s): N. America
Storyline:
True to the title, a couple have a breakdown in the middle of the desert: a trucker stops by and picks up the wife who then vanishes, and the husband fights to retrieve her. SJ
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Russell and Quinlan's car in Utah.
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Russell at the gas station. This is on 191 north of Moab, and past the entrance to Arches. The rock formation is across the road.
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Another view, very picturesque.
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Site of Russell and Quinlan's breakdown.
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- 17 Mar 2012
I think those rock formations are the Fisher Towers so they break down on route 128, east of Moab, Utah
And yes I was there, one from the archives. SJ
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A different view of the same place. Or is it a cut away?
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A set? It looks more like California, flatter with a Joshua tree. Lancaster area.
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Meeting J.T. Walsh, pretty challenging piece of road to identify.
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Walsh and Russell overlook a little town, near 1-15? California?
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Russell at "Brackett Commerce Bank." Victorville, California.
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Opposite pov.
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Another shot of the town.
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A railroad, supposedly close. Nipton railroad crossing.
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More deserted highway.
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Scene of the finale.
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Overenthusiastic grabbing: still take another look. This bridge may have been condemned as it receives some rough treatment in the film as Russell and Wlash slug it out from suspended vehicles.