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Nov 30, 2023 · Silver produced the original “Road House” for United Artists. He is also no longer producing “Play Dirty,” a Wahlberg vehicle that will mark the first project adapted from the series of ...
Mar 25, 2024 · Directed by Rowdy Herrington, the film was about bouncer James Dalton (played by Swayze) brought in to protect a small town in Missouri from a local businessman and gangster. A blend of rowdy...
- Annette Bening Was Originally Going to Play Doc.
- No Parts of The Movie Were Actually Filmed in Missouri.
- Swayze’s Handsomeness Caused Problems During production.
- He Was Working with A Bad knee.
- Red Was Played by A Long-Time Friend of Elvis Presley’S.
- All of The Actors Did Their Own Stunts.
- The Director Tried to Make The Fights A Little Funny.
- Lynch Spent A Month Learning How to Sew Stitches.
- Sam Elliott Said He Gets Recognized Most from Road House.
- The NYPD Uses A Scene from The Movie as Part of Its Retraining Course.
Kelly Lynch, who played Dr. Elizabeth Clay (a.k.a. "Doc") wasn't the producers' first choice. In an interview with The A.V. Club, Lynch shared that Annette Bening had originally been cast, "but she was fired. Patrick just didn’t feel any chemistry with her or something."
Though the film is set in Jasper, Missouri, it was shot in California. The crew was forced to make the Double Deuce look more like a dive bar on the orders of Joel Silver, who thought it looked “too nice.”
A pickup truck containing a group of middle-aged blonde women attempted to drive right up to the star’s trailer to meet the actor. During the big fight by the river, a raft of Swayze-loving ladiessailed by. A female extra playing a waitress was too busy staring at Swayze to watch where she was going and tripped, spilling all of her drinks on anothe...
After the five-day long shoot fighting Marshall Teague’s Jimmy, Swayze needed 2.5 ounces of fluid drained from his left knee. He apparently had been suffering through knee problems before, needing a similar procedure during production on Dirty Dancing.
Red West, who played Red Webster, the auto parts store owner, went to high school with The King, and was a member of his “Memphis Mafia.” West was a songwriter who acted in some of Elvis’ movies and also worked as a stuntman. Also featured in Road House is The Jeff Healey Band, led by Jeff Healey, who went blind at the age of one and began playing ...
"You hear all that bullsh** about 'It’s all stunt doubles' and all that sh**. Well, it isn’t," Sam Elliott told The A.V. Club. "All the actors, as far as I know, did their own fighting. I f**king got the sh** kicked out of me for the entire film." They were all trained by Benny “The Jet” Urquidez, a holder of nine black belts in nine different disc...
The movie's humor is somewhat intentional; director Rowdy Herrington said he wanted to make the fights “like a Keystone Cops melee.”
Only for her to be given a staple gun on set . She was upset about the apparent waste of timeresearching her rolein an emergency room for one month.
Though he has nearly 90 credits to his name, in 2007 Elliott told Collider that he's most recognized from Road House. Earlierthis year, he admittedto Vulture that he “wasn’t so good” in the film. Joel Silver cast him due to his “baggage.”
The scene where Dalton lectures the Double Deuce staff about the three simple rules (i.e. "Be nice") is shown to police officers. This started after it was reported that cops were falling asleepduring the lectures.
- Roger Cormier
Road House: Directed by Rowdy Herrington. With Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch, Sam Elliott, Ben Gazzara. A legendary bouncer comes to restore order at a notorious bar but runs afoul of a ruthless crime boss who controls the town.
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- Action, Thriller
- Rowdy Herrington
- 1989-05-19
Dec 2, 2023 · Producer Joel Silver originally intended Gyllenhaal’s Road House to receive a major, theatrical release. But, suddenly, the reimagining is heading for streaming instead amid controversy and...
- Steven Thrash
- Senior Staff Writer
Mar 26, 2024 · The original Road House was produced by a man who, in the economic sense, was the ultimate wizard of action films in the United States of the 1980s: Joel Silver, who already had credits under...
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May 15, 2024 · Road House director Rowdy Herrington breaks down the movie’s most absurd scenes — including, of course, the throat rip.
