“Maximum Overdrive” quotes

(1986)
Movie Maximum Overdrive
Stephen King directed this movie in 1986
Title Maximum Overdrive
Year 1986
Director Stephen King
Genre Sci-Fi, Comedy, Horror, Action
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Plot – On 19 June 1987, on the day of the connection between a mysterious comet’s tail and the Earth, weird events take place. The technological devices revolt against people, causing panic among the characters that appear in the movie. In fact, they see scaring lorries speeding without drivers, ATMs that insult the clients, a bridge that opens in the wrong moment causing a disaster and other oddities. Some people eventually escape through the drainage system, waiting for the disastrous day to end.
All actors – Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Yeardley Smith, John Short, Ellen McElduff, J.C. Quinn, Christopher Murney, Holter Graham, Frankie Faison, Pat Miller, Jack Canon
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  • “- Brett: If you don't get your hand off my leg you're gonna be wiping your ass with a hook the next time you take a dump.
    - Camp Loman: I swear, I never heard no talk like that when I was a boy.”

    Laura Harrington - Brett
    Christopher Murney - Camp Loman
    [Tag:attitude, threat]
  • “- Brett: You think he stole all this?
    - Bill Robinson: No, I think he bought it. That's what a guy like him does.
    - Brett: Buys things?
    - Bill Robinson: Buy cheap and sell dear. It's the American way.”

    Laura Harrington - Brett
    Emilio Estevez - Bill Robinson
  • “- Brett: Maybe tomorrow it will be our world again.
    - Bill Robinson: I don't know. Was it ever?”

    Laura Harrington - Brett
    Emilio Estevez - Bill Robinson
    [Tag:optimism, world]
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