Freeway
Freeway is a 1996 American black comedy crime film written and directed by Matthew Bright and produced by Oliver Stone. It stars Kiefer Sutherland, Reese Witherspoon and Brooke Shields. The film's plot is a dark take on the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood".
Plot
Vanessa Lutz is an illiterate teenager living south of Los Angeles. Her mother, Ramona, is arrested in a prostitution sting, and her stepfather, Larry, is taken in on drug and child abuse charges. Social worker Mrs. Sheets comes to take Vanessa away, but she handcuffs the social worker to a bed and runs away.
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| author | Matthew Bright |
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| contentLocation | California |
| director | Matthew Bright |
| editor | Maysie Hoy |
| events | serial killer |
| genre | comedy-drama crime thriller |
| keywords | arrest bullet wound child abuse child pornography client cove criminal record dead body drive dysfunctional life even flee foster parents gang leader gang member handicap heroin hispanic horrify john kill lesbian los angeles mass murder nothing police detective prostitution richard speck scar security guard sexual abuse shoot social worker string |
| musicBy | Danny Elfman |
| producer | Brad Wyman Chris Hanley |
| productionCompany | Illusion Entertainment Group The Kushner-Locke Company |
| publisher | Republic Pictures |
| recordedAt | California |
| theme | black comedy comedy thriller exploitation independent lgbt-related prison serial killer women in prison |