Maximum Overdrive Questions

[maximumoverdrivefreak]

hi there
i was wondering what happened to the trucks in Maximum overdrive?
are they owned by someone?
do some of them still drive around?

thanks

[Moderator]

No idea.

[Bev Vincent]

A lot of them didn't fare very well during the movie, and they would be pretty old by now since the movie was shot over 20 years ago, but I suppose it's possible. They may have been purchased or leased by the production company and then resold at the end of filming (assuming there was anything left of them to sell!)

[crazycrashink]

Hopefully their transmissions went KAPLOOY so the people could finally leave that darn diner/rest stop :biggrin2: I based that response on Trucks I can't quite remember Maximum Overdrive's ending!

I thought the scariest part of that movie was the killer coke vending machine :blush: I apparently have odd phobias haha!

[maximumoverdrivefreak]

well i'm a big fan of maximum overdrive and i've dedicated an entire website to it als with other movies from the genre
that's why i don't want any question unanswered
but this one could be a toughy

[bopropadop]

well i'm a big fan of maximum overdrive and i've dedicated an entire website to it als with other movies from the genre
that's why i don't want any question unanswered
but this one could be a toughy


Well, given your name, if you don't have a ready answer, I won't attempt to guess. LOL

[tak113454]

hi there
i was wondering what happened to the trucks in Maximum overdrive?
are they owned by someone?
do some of them still drive around?

thanks

Oh man, for some reason when I first read this, despite you asking if they were owned, I just pictured a Maximum Overdrive freak totally immersed in the world -- like, "are those trucks still driving [themselves] around?! Are they still out there on the prowl?!" :biggrin2:

[Merdoc]

the moment i found out that Stephen King wrote the screenplay and even directed it, it made me really want to rewatch it, but I haven't been able to yet. I watched it several times as a kid, when it was on TNT or whatever channel played it all the time. Good times!

[tillyn]

It would be interesting to find out what happened to the clowns or jester? face on the toy truck, wonder if it is in someone's used truck field somewhere.

[maximumoverdrivefreak]

the green goblin head is actually owned by a friend of mine i met a few yrs ago.
he has a website dedicated to the head
there were 2 more heads made from which one is owned by wilmington studios and the other one is owned in privacy
my friend owns the one that get's blown up at the end of MO and is restoring it.
my website is all about maximum overdrive and other movies from the genre.
PM me for the websites

[maximumoverdrivefreak]

i really wish there existed some photos about the actual state of some trucks.

[Mr. Palmer]

A website dedicated to MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE... that sounds very interesting. I'd PM you, but I don't think I have that "power" just yet.

One question I always had about the film concerns the newlyweds car. How come their car was fine when all else machinery was going haywire? Hmm. I smell a plothole...

[mh130]

Sad day when one of the pop companies did a commercial about this when it had been done before....

[lilydust76]

This movie scared the hell out of me as a kid. Who knew I'd grow up to marry a diesel mechanic?!?!?!