Quicksilver Highway

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Quicksilver Highway
DVD cover
Based on
Screenplay byMick Garris
Directed byMick Garris
StarringChristopher Lloyd
Matt Frewer
Raphael Sbarge
Music byMark Mothersbaugh
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersMick Garris
Ron Mitchell
CinematographyShelly Johnson
EditorNorman Hollyn
Running time90 minutes
Budget$4,000,000 (estimated)
Original release
ReleaseMay 13, 1997 (1997-05-13)[1]

Quicksilver Highway is a 1997 television comedy horror film directed by Mick Garris. It is based on Clive Barker's short story "The Body Politic" and Stephen King's 1992 short story "Chattery Teeth". The film was originally shown on television before being released on home media.

Plot

The main story is centered on Aaron Quicksilver (played by

pickpocket
to whom he tells "The Body Politic", a story about a man whose hands rebel against him.

Cast

Production

urban legends to write about, but Garris had another idea. The series would follow a mysterious character who describes himself as "only a storyteller" but is actually much more than that.[2] Each episode would be set in a different location, with the same actors playing different characters.[2] Just after Brandon Tartikoff signed on as producer, Garris pitched the idea to staff at the American Broadcasting Company; the heads of the network weren't interested as they didn't want any horror material in their broadcast schedule, but a couple of the network's executives like Greer Shephard got on board.[2] After writing a pilot script based on Stephen King's short story "Chattery Teeth," Garris pitched the series to Fox.[2] However, Fox wanted a two-hour television film.[2] He wrote a screenplay of Clive Barker's "The Body Politic" to serve as the film's second part after "Chattery Teeth."[3] Casting director Lynn Kressel, who previously worked with Garris on The Stand (1994) and The Shining (1997), came up with the idea of Christopher Lloyd as Quicksilver; while the network loved the decision, Garris was a bit skeptical, reasoning that he want a "little more seductive" actor to play the part.[3] In the end, however, Garris loved the decision.[3]

The moment Fox began developing the project, McTiernan left the director's seat on the project, leaving Garris to have to direct the screenplay himself.

green screening and footage that matched the background of the shots of Hart's hand, his arm was removed.[4] Four days were spent shooting Hart's hand.[5]

Home media

The home media version of Quicksilver Highway switched the orders of the two stories from the television version, where "The Body Politic" comes first and "Chattery Teeth" last. Fox required this change, which Garris disliked as he felt "The Body Politic" was more climactic than "Chattery Teeth."[1]

See also

  • List of Stephen King films

References

  1. ^ a b Warren (July 1997), p. 48.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Warren (June 1997), p. 40.
  3. ^ a b c d Warren (June 1997), p. 41.
  4. ^ a b c d e Warren (June 1997), p. 42.
  5. ^ a b Warren (June 1997), p. 43.
  6. ^ "Quicksilver Highway". Flash Film Works. Retrieved November 2, 2019.

Works cited

  • Warren, Bill (June 1997). "The Quicksilver Highway to Horror".
    Fangoria
    . No. 163. pp. 40–43.
  • Warren, Bill (July 1997). "Shining Quicksilver".
    Fangoria
    . No. 164. p. 48.

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