Subj : Convoy
To   : All
From : Avon
Date : Sun Jul 18 2021 20:24:00

I've started watching films that were directed by Sam Peckinpah after
watching a 70's movie the other night on the streaming service called Pluto
TV.

The film was called The Killer Elite and it's a a rather slow and slightly
gory flick with a limited plot. So after watching that I opted to look for
some of his other films. I then watched the movie Convoy which was no where as
good as Smokey and the Bandit. I guess because it didn't have the humor of
the Burt Reynolds film but also because the cop played by Ernest Borgnine was
just plain mean to the truckers.

I've found the movies show their age with respect to the way women are
treated and portrayed. Times have moved on and I think for the better. Time
has moved on for the actors too. The lead actress in Convoy is now 82 while
the lead actor (Kris Kristofferson) is 85 ... Wikipedia tells me the guy was
married three times and has eight kids - yipes :)

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