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Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
Directed by
Bret Wood
Not Rated
2003
1h 31m
Documentary
,
History
7.0
75%
64%
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The history of traffic safety educational films and their notoriously lurid content.
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Cast of Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
John P. Butler
Himself
Earle Deems
Himself
John R. Domer
Himself
David Krug
Himself
Eric Krug
Himself
Rick Prelinger
Himself
Mike Vraney
Himself
James Waller
Himself
Bret Wood
Himself / Director / Writer / Producer
Martin Yant
Himself
Helena Reckitt
Narrator
Richard Anderson
Husband (archive footage)
Sonny Bono
Himself (archive footage)
Hans Conried
(archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Himself (archive footage)
Robert F. Simon
Rellik (archive footage)
James Stewart
Narrator (archive footage)
Dick York
Nick (archive footage)
Tommy Gibbons
Producer
Felicia Feaster
Producer
Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films Ratings & Reviews
Lessons of Darkness
Nick Schager
Winds up functioning no differently than the disgraceful, despicable films it scrutinizes.
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
The interviews with Prelinger are especially smart, discussing the ideological agendas frequently lurking in 'educational' materials.
PopMatters
Jake Euker
The real highlights in Hell's Highway are the driver's ed scare films themselves, and [director] Wood has presented a generous sampling of often flabbergasting clips.
Boston Globe
Janice Page
Maybe the next best thing to putting 'Deadman's Curve' on the turntable and cranking up the volume.
Film Journal International
Rod Granger
How effective were the highway safety films in stopping accidents? Opinions differ. How effective is Hell's Highway in curing you of ever wanting to see another one? Completely.
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Ephemeral films expert Rick Prelinger is on hand to situate the films in a larger cultural context but the clips speak louder than any interview, evoking a pre-seatbelt era of highway carnage and celluloid tough love.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
Someday, perhaps, someone will make a documentary of Volvo commercials and Consumers Union test-drive videos, but I doubt it will be as unnerving -- or as much fun -- as Hell's Highway.
E! Online
E! Staff
This not-for-the -squeamish documentary will definitely make you think twice about not buckling up.
Boxoffice Magazine
Jordan Reed
Oddly nostalgic.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Director Bret Wood -- no relation to Ed -- sketches the fascinating history of Wayman's highway safety films.
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
An unfunny comedy and somewhat murky expos.
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