The Sugarland Express Page #3

Synopsis: Lou-Jean, a blonde woman, tells her husband, who is imprisoned, to escape. They plan to kidnap their own child, who was placed with foster parents. The escape is partly successful, they take a hostage, who is a policeman and are pursued through to Texas...
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Steven Spielberg
Production: Universal Pictures
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
65
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
PG
Year:
1974
110 min
2,349 Views


You violated the law.

- Jesus!

- Hey!

- Keep to the right of the truck.

- (truck honks)

Keep to the right...

Open your eyes!

Keep to the right of the truck! Open your...

Goddamn it!

(honking)

God bless me, my wife,

my son John, his wife...

(siren)

(Danials) God bless me, my Lord.

No more.

Oh, my Lord, my Lord.

- 2311, Houston.

- Houston, 2311.

OK. Pursued vehicle done 10-50 major.

Wrecked in woods.

Need an ambulance and a wrecker

on Airline Road three miles north of 90.

Ten-four, 2311. Received. Getting 6580.

- Just shut up and sit where you are.

- I'm all here.

Lady?

- Lady?

- Help me out of here.

Can you move

your toes and fingers, lady?

Am I bleedin'?

- Do you have double vision?

- I don't know.

Does it hurt when you...

All right.

You let me know if it hurts

and I'll stop.

There. OK?

I never shot a man.

Friend, you wanna give that back?

You got no idea

what's gonna happen to you.

- What do we do now?

- I don't know.

If y'all don't give that back voluntarily,

you've committed a felony.

Now, all right.

Now, stick 'em...

Reach for your... Get...

Just get your goddamn hands in the air.

(police radio announcement)

(dogs barking and howling)

(police radio announcement)

I never gave you no lip.

Get on outta here!

God bless you!

Now stop. Stop!

Now get in that car.

(police radio announcement)

Now, you listen, mister.

So far, it's grand theft auto,

speedin',

drivin' to endanger,

you've got resistin' arrest,

threatenin' an officer,

hinderin' an officer

in the performance of his duty,

illegal possession of firearms,

and assault.

But if I get in that car,

you got kidnappin'. That's federal.

Now, Jean, get in the back seat.

Come on. Come on.

- Come on, move it or lose it.

- You arrogant piece of sh*t!

Turn them lights off!

All right, now let's go.

That's better.

You know we are kidnappers?

And he's a state trooper.

I don't know what you're yellin' at.

I got it all worked out.

You're gonna take us to Sugarland.

Yes, ma'am.

Take the 59 through Rosenberg,

where the intersection Y's off.

- 98 goes to the left.

- I'm in big trouble and I don't care if I die.

- So drive or I'll shoot you.

- Shut up!

(siren in distance)

Then we're goin' to Rodrigo.

Where that bus broke down.

- We're almost there.

- (siren)

Then we goin' to Honda,

then to Sugarland and the Rio Grande.

We're in real trouble.

Everything's gonna be just fine.

Now just get down.

Attention:
Ambulance and wreckers.

I need one ambulance and one wrecker.

No sh*t, Lucky. I was rollin'

with a patrolman when the call came in.

- I was here from the start.

- Hey, you fellas flip for it.

Ernest, now I have seen it all. Looks like

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Hal Barwood

Hal Barwood is an American screenwriter, film producer, film director, game designer, game producer, freelancer and novelist best known for his work on LucasArts games based on the Indiana Jones license. more…

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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