Steelyard Blues
Brief Synopsis
A group of dropouts race to raise money to escape society.
Cast & Crew
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Alan Myerson
Director
Jane Fonda
Iris
Donald Sutherland
Veldini
Peter Boyle
Eagle
Garry Goodrow
Duval
Howard Hesseman
Frank Veldin
Film Details
Also Known As
Final Crash, The
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Crime
Release Date
1973
Distribution Company
Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 32m
Color
Color (Technicolor)
Synopsis
Three wacky misfits band together with the primary purpose of their loose-knit association being to cheat the establishment. One of their crazy ideas involves building an airplane of questionable airworthiness. AKA "The Final Crash."
Director
Alan Myerson
Director
Cast
Jane Fonda
Iris
Donald Sutherland
Veldini
Peter Boyle
Eagle
Garry Goodrow
Duval
Howard Hesseman
Frank Veldin
John Savage
The Kid
Richard Schaal
Zoo Director
Melvin Stewart
Black Man In Jail
Morgan Upton
Police Captain
Crew
Tony Bill
Producer
Mike Bloomfield
Lyrics
Paul Butterfield
Music
Donn Cambern
Editor
Vincent Cresciman
Art Direction
Nick Gravenites
Lyrics
Nick Gravenites
Music
Robert Grovenor
Editor
Laszlo Kovacs
Director Of Photography
Stevan Larner
Cinematographer
Julia Phillips
Producer
Michael Phillips
Producer
Sheldon Schrager
Assistant Director
David Shire
Music
Donald Sutherland
Executive Producer
Barry D Thomas
Sound
David S. Ward
Screenwriter
Videos
Movie Clip
Hosted Intro
Film Details
Also Known As
Final Crash, The
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Crime
Release Date
1973
Distribution Company
Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 32m
Color
Color (Technicolor)
Articles
Steelyard Blues -
Hollywood's affair with the counterculture was brief but painful, marked mostly by flaky epics about sex, drugs and revolution. One of the more notable efforts is 1973's Steelyard Blues, a loose comedy centered on the efforts of a group of social dropouts to escape their various predicaments by flying away in an old Navy PBY flying boat. Jesse (Donald Sutherland) is a loopy demolition derby driver whose stated career goal is to demolish every known kind of car. His even more bonkers pal Eagle Thornberry (Peter Boyle) is a circus performer that the circus left behind; for him life is one long piece of performance art. Call girl Iris (Jane Fonda) has gone commercial and will no longer sleep with Jesse for free. The band of outsiders works and steals to get their flying boat into the air, and off to some La-La Land beyond the reach of extradition. David Ward's screenplay is a collection of skits without a backbone; unkind reviewers called the show 'infantile anarchism' that 'might have provided material for a couple of episodes of TV's The Monkees.' But Peter Boyle's showoff antics attracted praise, especially his send-ups of Marlon Brando characters. The personnel in charge were just as interesting. Director Alan Myerson hailed from the San Francisco satire company 'The Committee,' while the tyro producers included Tony Bill and Julia & Michael Phillips. The teaming of stars Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland is what made the show possible. They had met on Klute (1971) and became an item while touring the country with a Vietnam protest show called FTA, which in its polite interpretation means 'Free the Army.' The mercenary Iris may or may not be an extension of Fonda's Oscar winning call girl in Klute. The most profound thing Iris says is, "When are you going to stop thinkin' that being a criminal is romantic?" Booked into Westwood's biggest theater in anticipation of a cult success, Steelyard Blues closed almost immediately, and is now remembered as a filmic speed bump in the progress of a number of important careers. Trying to make an impression amid the revue's odd dramatic scenes is a young John Savage, just prior to his first starring role in Curtis Harrington's The Killing Kind (1973).
Steelyard Blues -
Hollywood's affair with the counterculture was brief but painful, marked mostly by flaky epics about sex, drugs and revolution. One of the more notable efforts is 1973's Steelyard Blues, a loose comedy centered on the efforts of a group of social dropouts to escape their various predicaments by flying away in an old Navy PBY flying boat. Jesse (Donald Sutherland) is a loopy demolition derby driver whose stated career goal is to demolish every known kind of car. His even more bonkers pal Eagle Thornberry (Peter Boyle) is a circus performer that the circus left behind; for him life is one long piece of performance art. Call girl Iris (Jane Fonda) has gone commercial and will no longer sleep with Jesse for free. The band of outsiders works and steals to get their flying boat into the air, and off to some La-La Land beyond the reach of extradition. David Ward's screenplay is a collection of skits without a backbone; unkind reviewers called the show 'infantile anarchism' that 'might have provided material for a couple of episodes of TV's The Monkees.' But Peter Boyle's showoff antics attracted praise, especially his send-ups of Marlon Brando characters. The personnel in charge were just as interesting. Director Alan Myerson hailed from the San Francisco satire company 'The Committee,' while the tyro producers included Tony Bill and Julia & Michael Phillips. The teaming of stars Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland is what made the show possible. They had met on Klute (1971) and became an item while touring the country with a Vietnam protest show called FTA, which in its polite interpretation means 'Free the Army.' The mercenary Iris may or may not be an extension of Fonda's Oscar winning call girl in Klute. The most profound thing Iris says is, "When are you going to stop thinkin' that being a criminal is romantic?" Booked into Westwood's biggest theater in anticipation of a cult success, Steelyard Blues closed almost immediately, and is now remembered as a filmic speed bump in the progress of a number of important careers. Trying to make an impression amid the revue's odd dramatic scenes is a young John Savage, just prior to his first starring role in Curtis Harrington's The Killing Kind (1973).
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Released in United States Winter January 1, 1973
Original photographer, Stevan Larner, was replaced after being injured.
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1973
