Episode 628: Human Highway (1982)

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The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2023

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

Co-directed by Neil Young (as Bernard Shakey) and Dean Stockwell, Human Highway stars Russ Tamblyn as Fred Kelly, a gas jockey and mechanic who gets a new job working for Young Otto (Dean Stockwell).

Released in 1982, the film ties into Neil Young’s Rust Never Sleeps punk era of his career.

Darren Williams and Heather Drain join Mike to discuss the film while actress Charlotte Stewart talks about the unusual way in which Human Highway was made.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks.
0:06.8	It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.1	Shut it off.
0:25.5	Turn it off.
0:26.6	Turn it off.
0:31.6	Hey, Nice day we're having.
0:43.3	Yes, there's a lovely rosy glow in the valley.
0:52.6	Oil rich Indians in space. I was just looking for you, Fred. Oil rich Indians in space.
0:55.4	I was just looking for you, Fred.
0:56.9	Oil rich Indians in space.
0:59.4	The facts regarding the situation remain the same, state the authorities.
1:03.5	Lionel, I said back up.
1:06.3	The facts regarding the situation remain the same, state authorities.
1:10.2	Don't you know what that
1:10.9	means I'm proud of you boys I'm proud of the job that you're doing for your country
1:15.0	go with the glow boys go with the glow good gas oh it's bird gas it's the best
1:24.9	you make it yourself?
1:31.1	Nah, it's come from first.
1:34.2	You know how to pucker up, don't you?
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