Highway is a 2002 American independent drama film written by Scott Rosenberg and directed by James Cox. It stars Jared Leto, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Selma Blair. Set in 1994, the film opens in Las Vegas with Pilot Kelson , a drug dealer, who poses as a valet and takes a customer's Rolls Royce to give his girlfriend a ride to work. His best friend Jack Hayes is a self-employed pool cleaner, who gets caught having sex with the wife of Burt Miranda , an organized crime figure. While Jack escapes the initial confrontation with Miranda unharmed, Miranda sends a trio of goons to break Jack's feet.... Jack convinces Pilot to flee and Pilot proposes they go to Seattle without telling him they're going there to see an old fling of Pilot's. The goons catch wind of where the two are headed and set out to hunt down Jack. While at a diner, Jack and Pilot intervene when they discover Cassie being assaulted in the diner's parking lot. Cassie suggests that she does not know where to go so Jack offers her a lift. On the way to Seattle, they meet Johnny the Fox (John C.
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| Release date: | March 26, 2002 |
| Directed by: | James Cox |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 97 Minutes |
| Producer: | Scott Rosenberg, Michael DeLuca |
| Cinematography: | Mauro Fiore |
| Estimated budget: | $14,000,000 |