Rating: PG
Genre: Action
Release Date: 02/07/2006
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: DD2/DD1
Run Time: 94 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence, Brief Nudity, Nudity, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox

Lamont Johnson's subtle direction graces this true-life success story about racecar driver Junior Jackson (Jeff Bridges), based on stock-car champion Junior Johnson. As a child in North Carolina, Jackson stays one step ahead of reform school until his father (Art Lund) is thrown in prison for moonshining. Seeing the error of his ways, Jackson begins to concentrate his driving skills, hoping to become a professional stock car racer to raise money to get his father released from jail. Jackson rises from the ranks into the highest rung of professional stock car racing, but Jackson finds his independent nature is compromised by the corporate realities of the professional sports world. The real Junior Johnson served as technical advisor on the film.

~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Jeff Bridges - Elroy Jackson Jr.
Valerie Perrine - Marge
Geraldine Fitzgerald - Mrs. Jackson
Ned Beatty - Hackel
Art Lund - Elroy Jackson Sr.
Gary Busey - Wayne Jackson

Production:
Lamont Johnson - Director
Joe Wizan William Roberts John Cutts - Producer
Charles Fox - Composer
Robbe Roberts Tom Rolf - Editor
William Roberts - Screen Writer
James I. Berkey - Set Designer
Lawrence G. Paull - Art Director
George Silano - Cinematographer
Norman Gimbel - Songwriter
Bud Alper - Sound/Sound Designer
Don Bassman - Sound/Sound Designer
Fred Brost - First Assistant Director

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