Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)

Beau Bridges, Hume Cronyn, Beverly D'Angelo, William Devane, George Dzundza ... see more  , Teri Garr , Joe Grifasi , Howard Hesseman , Paul Jabara , Geraldine Page , Jessica Tandy , John Ashton , John Astin , Shelly Batt , Frances Bay , Alice Beardsley , John C. Becher , Peter Billingsley , Leo Burmeister , Jeffrey Combs , Al Corley , Anita Dangler , Martha Gehman , Lois Hamilton , Helen Hanft , Jerry Hardin , Arnold Johnson , Kelly Lange , Gloria Le Roy , Sandra McCabe , Frances Lee McCain , Rollin Moriyama , Jack Murdock , Randy Norton , Nancy Parsons , David Rasche , Ann Risley , Renny Roker , Deborah Rush , James Staley , Jenn Thompson , Celia Weston , Kent Williams , Ronald C. Frazier , Jessica Rains , Daniel Stern , Jack Thibeau , Paul Keenan , Robert Stoneman , Gordon Haight , Kimiko Hiroshige , Loretta Tupper , Davis Roberts , Dick Christie , Don Morgan

In this involved send-up of two American icons -- the automobile and the tourist trap -- the tiny Florida town of Ticlaw strives desperately for success after it has been denied the most essential of ... read more all tourist amenities -- a freeway exit. The insane, and mostly successful, schemes of the mayor (William Devane) and other distinctly unbalanced citizens interrupt, often hilariously, the lives of various eccentric travellers forced into a place they never intended to be. Critics disagree violently on whether this is a neglected classic or sophomoric nonsense. The winning record of director (John Schlesinger) (Midnight Cowboy, Marathon Man, Cold Comfort Farm, etc.,) and first-class performances by William Devane, Beau Bridges, Beverly D'Angelo, Hume Cronyn, JessicaTandy and a plethora of great character actors -- not to mention the water-skiing elephant and the wild rhino -- argue that it's worth a look. ~ Michael P. Rogers, Rovi