It's strange. Considering A) the millions of truck drivers there are, and were; B) the indispensable role trucking has in the economy of modern societies; C) the adventurous, fascinating lifestyle the profession demands and; D) the iconic role big rigs have in the American consciousness (some of the biggest, baddest motors in a motor-obsessed culture)...
I find it amazing that there really haven't been a lot of movies *about* trucking in cinema. A good number of movies with incidental trucks and truck drivers, but so few where the trucking is really what the movie is about. Weird.
But good mentions all! Over the Top and The Wages of Fear are my favourites that I know. I haven't seen Every Which Way.... or Smokey and the Bandit since I was a little kid, I should watch those again!
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
It's strange. Considering A) the millions of truck drivers there are, and were; B) the indispensable role trucking has in the economy of modern societies; C) the adventurous, fascinating lifestyle the profession demands and; D) the iconic role big rigs have in the American consciousness (some of the biggest, baddest motors in a motor-obsessed culture)...
I find it amazing that there really haven't been a lot of movies *about* trucking in cinema. A good number of movies with incidental trucks and truck drivers, but so few where the trucking is really what the movie is about. Weird.
But good mentions all! Over the Top and The Wages of Fear are my favourites that I know. I haven't seen Every Which Way.... or Smokey and the Bandit since I was a little kid, I should watch those again!
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.