The Driver

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The Driver is a 1978 neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Walter Hill, centered on a taciturn, highly skilled getaway driver involved in a tense cat-and-mouse game with a relentless detective.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime thriller film
film
basedOn original screenplay
cinematographyBy Philip H. Lathrop NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
directedBy Walter Hill NERFINISHED
director Walter Hill NERFINISHED
distributor 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED
20th Century Fox Film Corporation NERFINISHED
editedBy Tina Hirsch NERFINISHED
era 1970s American cinema
filmingLocation Los Angeles, California, United States of America
surface form: Los Angeles, California
genre crime
neo-noir
thriller
hasCultFollowing true
hasTheme obsessive police pursuit
professional criminal code of ethics
influenced Baby Driver NERFINISHED
Drive (2011 film) NERFINISHED
mainCharacter The Detective NERFINISHED
The Driver NERFINISHED
The Player NERFINISHED
mpaaRating PG
musicBy Michael Small NERFINISHED
narrativeStyle spare and minimalist
notableFor minimalist dialogue
stylized car chases
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A highly skilled, taciturn getaway driver becomes involved in a cat-and-mouse game with a relentless detective.
productionCompany 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED
protagonistOccupation getaway driver
protagonistTrait taciturn
releaseDate 1978-06-28
releaseYear 1978
runtimeMinutes 91
screenplayBy Walter Hill NERFINISHED
setting Los Angeles
stars Bruce Dern NERFINISHED
Isabelle Adjani NERFINISHED
Joseph Walsh NERFINISHED
Ronee Blakley NERFINISHED
Ryan O'Neal NERFINISHED
title The Driver NERFINISHED
writer Walter Hill NERFINISHED
writtenBy Walter Hill NERFINISHED

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Walter Hill notableWork The Driver
Walter Hill directed The Driver
Walter Hill screenwrote The Driver
Philip H. Lathrop notableWork The Driver
EMI Films notableWork The Driver
Michael Small notableWork The Driver
Shaun Dingwall notableWork The Driver