Sam Peckinpah’s Convoy is back with a new 4K restoration

STUDIOCANAL has announced a fantastic brand-new restoration of the legendary cult action comedy Convoy – ain’t nothing going to get in the way of Kris Kristofferson (Heaven’s Gate) and Ali MacGraw (Love Story) in this 70s classic directed by Sam Peckinpah (The Getaway). As well as a beautifully designed Limited Edition embossed 4K UHD Steelbook edition, packed with brand new extras, the film is also released on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital today.

A mighty convoy of dust-raising trucks heads for a state line in South-western America, led by legendary trucker ‘Rubber Duck’ (Kris Kristofferson). The truckers are protesting against police corruption, federal and states laws and shady politicking. The law is bearing down on truckers and forcing them to obey unrealistic speed limitations which rob them of precious time and money. The national guard, the Army, the Police and the feds are all out to halt the truckers, but the truckers don’t want to stop!

Based upon the smash hit country and western song by C.W.McCall (which reached Number 2 in the UK singles charts), Peckinpah’s road movie about a massive truckers’ convoy features plenty of the director’s trademark slow-motion set pieces, a bunch of quotable CB banter (“Breaker one-nine, this here’s the Rubber Duck!”), and a whole lot of smashed-up police cars.

This action favourite – the most successful of Peckinpah’s career – has an incredible supporting cast of some of the greatest character actors to grace the screen, including Ernest Borgnine (Escape From New York), Burt Young (Rocky), and Seymour Cassell (In The Soup).

As well as the McCall song, the soundtrack features a host of tunes by country legends including Kenny Rogers, Crystal Gayle, Merle Haggard, Glen Campbell and Billie Jo Spears.

CONVOY is available to buy on Limited Edition 4K embossed Steelbook, Blu-ray, DVD and digital from 28th October 2024, and available to pre-order HERE.

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SPECIAL FEATURES:

• NEW Interview with Franklyn Ajaye
• NEW Audio Commentary by filmmaker/ Peckinpah scholar Mike Siegel (German & English)
• NEW Video Essay: The Lost Convoy
• NEW The Duck Trucks
• NEW Promoting Convoy: animated gallery of international posters and lobby cards
• NEW Convoy colour stills: 120 rare colour photos
• NEW Filming Convoy pt 1: White Sands & the Truck stop: 100 rare bts photos
• NEW Filming Convoy pt 2: The Trucks are rolling: 100 rare bts photos
• NEW Filming Convoy pt 3: Showdown in Alvarez: 100 rare bts photos
• NEW Original trailer
• Audio commentary by film historians Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons, and Nick Redman
• Passion & Poetry – Sam’s Trucker Movie
• U.S. TV Spot
• U.S. Radio Spots x 4
• Three Lost Scenes
• Injokes, Friends & CameosTrucker Notes from Norway