Breakdown is a 1997 American thriller film, written and directed by Jonathan Mostow. The film stars Kurt Russell, J. T. Walsh and Kathleen Quinlan. The original music score was composed by Basil Poledouris. The film was produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and released on May 2, 1997 by Paramount Pictures and Gramercy Pictures. While driving cross-country from Boston to San Diego in their new 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo, Jeff Taylor and his wife Amy narrowly miss colliding with a beat-up pickup truck that darts in front of them from an intersecting road on a deserted highway.... Later, while stopped at a gas station, the the truck's driver, Earl, exchanges hostile words with Jeff before the couple resume their journey. Shortly afterwards, their Jeep breaks down in the middle of the desert. Leaving Jeff with the car, Amy accepts a ride from a passing big-rig trucker named Red Barr to get to a nearby diner and call for help. Jeff eventually discovers that the Jeep's battery connections have been suspiciously tampered with, and, after reconnecting them, drives to the diner, only to find no one there has seen his wife.
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| Release date: | May 2, 1997 |
| Directed by: | Jonathan Mostow |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 95 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jonathan Mostow, Dino De Laurentiis |
| Editor: | Derek Brechin, Kevin Stitt |
| Music by: | Basil Poledouris, Richard Marvin |
| Cinematography: | Douglas Milsome |
| Screenplay by: | Jonathan Mostow |
| Estimated budget: | $36,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller, Action |