Past Film/Video

Juggernaut The Driver

(Richard Lester, 1974)
(Walter Hill, 1978)

a man in blue overralls with a headset working on machinery

One of numerous, star-studded disaster films of the 1970s, Juggernaut is a race-against-time thriller in which a madman has placed bombs aboard a transatlantic ocean liner, threatening to detonate them if his ransom isn’t paid. Directed by Richard Lester (A Hard Day’s Night) and starring Richard Harris, Anthony Hopkins, Omar Sharif, and Shirley Knight. (109 mins., 35mm)

Influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le samouraï (1967)and a strong influence on Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive (2011)—The Driver stars Ryan O’Neal as a mysterious criminal who steals fast cars to use in high-stakes robberies. Directed by Walter Hill (The Warriors) and also featuring Bruce Dern and Isabelle Adjani. (91 mins., 4K DCP)

Film still of a woman and man together on a dark street

The Driver, image courtesy of 20th Century Fox

Film still of two men inspecting a metal barrel

Juggernaut, image courtesy of Park Circus

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Past Film/Video

Juggernaut The Driver