Highway
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.
Plot
Set in 1994, the film opens in Las Vegas with Pilot Kelson (Jake Gyllenhaal), 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 (Jared Leto) is a self-employed pool cleaner, who gets caught having sex with Jilly Miranda (Kimberley Kates), the wife of Burt Miranda (Mark Rolston), an organized crime figure. While Jack escapes the initial confrontation with Miranda unharmed, Miranda sends a trio of goons (referred to throughout the remainder of the film as "Miranda's Pandas") 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.
More details
author | Scott Rosenberg |
---|---|
contentLocation | Seattle |
director | James Cox |
editor | Craig Wood |
genre | crime drama |
keywords | assault best friend drug dealer kurt cobain las vegas valley organized crime parking lot pool cleaner rolls-royce rolls-royce car |
musicBy | Rich Robinson |
producer | Guy Riedel Scott Rosenberg |
publisher | New Line Cinema |
recordedAt | Las Vegas Seattle |
theme | high school road movie |