Road House

Road House (1989)

Timing: 1:54 (114 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1989-05-19

Country

United States

Production

United Artists, Silver Pictures, Star Partners II Ltd.

Genre

Action, Thriller

Budget

$17 000 000

Revenue

$30 050 028

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Director

Rowdy Herrington

Actors

Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch, Sam Elliott, Ben Gazzara, Marshall R. Teague, Julie Michaels, Red West, Sunshine Parker, Kevin Tighe, John Doe
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Joel Silver, Steve Perry, Tim Moore

Operator

Dean Cundey

Composer

Michael Kamen

Artist

Audition

Jackie Burch

Editing

John F. Link, Frank J. Urioste
All team (47)

• Red West's auto parts store and the 'Two Deuces' bar were actually just facades, with only two sides. They were built near the city of Fresno, California, where filming took place. The bar's interior was created inside a recording studio.
• Farmer Emmett's house and barn were specially built for the film at a location called Royal Ranch, near Fresno, on the Kings River. The structures were artificially 'aged' for authenticity.
• The car Dalton drove to the bar was a 1965 Buick Riviera.
• The film's soundtrack and all musical performances were provided by renowned Canadian guitarist and bluesman Jeff Healy. Jeff has been blind since childhood, which gives his playing a uniquely personal style, resulting in technically remarkable and unparalleled performance forms in his compositions.
• The band Cruzados participated in the filming of the movie; the lead singer, Tito Larriva, is credited as Humberto Larriva in the credits. Tito Larriva is known to many for his role in 'From Dusk Till Dawn' as the lead singer of Tito & Tarantula.
• The film's soundtrack and all musical numbers were performed by renowned Canadian guitarist and bluesman Jeff Healy. Jeff has been blind since childhood and plays in a manner unique to him.
• Initially, Marshall R. Teague (who played Jimmy) and Patrick Swayze didn't get along, but during the filming of the fight scenes, they both realized they preferred realistic stunts. Teague and Swayze set aside their differences and became such good friends that they even allowed themselves (and each other) to land real blows on their partner. When Teague hit Swayze with a log, he thought it was specially pre-cut prop that would break upon impact. The log turned out to be genuine. By the end of the shooting day, Swayze was covered in bruises and had a couple of broken ribs and a damaged knee.
• Patrick Swayze's popularity caused certain problems during filming. Once, a whole group of middle-aged blondes tried to break into his trailer. During the filming of the fight on the riverbank, a raft with the actor's fans was located on the water near the shore. The actress playing the waitress stared so intently at Swayze that she didn't watch where she was going, tripped, and spilled the contents of the glasses she was carrying on a tray onto another actress.
• In preparation for the role, Kelly Lynch spent a whole month in the hospital's emergency room. She even learned to stitch wounds, which was also required by the script, but at the last moment it was decided to simply staple the edges of the wound together.
• The band Cruzados participated in the filming of the movie, with the lead singer Tito Larriva credited as Humberto Larriva in the credits. Tito Larriva is known to many for his role in 'From Dusk Till Dawn' as the lead singer of Tito & Tarantula.