https://hitchwiki.org/en/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=The+O+08&feedformat=atomHitchwiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T21:39:12ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.32.3https://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Hitchhiking_in_movies&diff=69248Hitchhiking in movies2013-04-28T23:35:01Z<p>The O 08: </p>
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<div>At times people '''[[hitchhiking|hitchhike]] in movies'''. Some give a bad impression of hitchhiking, some are good. Some movies (such as ''The Hitcher'') have perpetuated a strong anti-hitchhiking attitude among more impressionable people.<br />
<br />
== Good ==<br />
These are the movies we like. Hitchhiking is fun, adventurous and lets people live their lives out of the ordinary.<br />
<br />
=== Documentaries & short movies ===<br />
* [http://www.tramprennen.org tramprennen.org] published a movie about their Hitchhiking race for the NGO [[Viva con Agua]] in August 2009: [http://vimeo.com/26199622 on Vimeo]<br />
* [http://www.tramprennen.org tramprennen.org] published a movie about their 60-hours-non-stop-hitchhiking-race in April 2011: [http://vimeo.com/23627583 on Vimeo]<br />
* The [[project 888|888-Project]] produced a Video on their gathering [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sufvptk_5lI Trailer] | [http://www.no-comment.dk/index_paris.html Video]<br />
* [http://www.hitchhikingmovie.com The Hitchhiking Movie]<br />
* In 2011 Helin and Jan made a hitchhiking documentary of their trip to [[Istanbul]] from [[Berlin]]. Read stories and watch videos at [http://berlin-istanbul.com/ berlin-istanbul.com] / [http://vimeo.com/channels/berlinistanbul Vimeo]<br />
<br />
=== Full length movies ===<br />
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! style="vertical-align: top;"| Year <br />
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| Avé || Bulgarian movie || 2011 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1833647/ 6.9] || <br />
|-<br />
| The Motorcycle Diaries || Che Guevara's trip throughout South America. || 2004 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318462/ 7.8] || [[:wikipedia:The Motorcycle Diaries (film)|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| The Forest Prince and the Pig Man || Hitchhiking in America. Documentary. || 2011 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1974392/] || |{{en}}<br />
|-<br />
| Turkish Delight || "Turks Fruit". A Dutch movie from the 1970s || 1973 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070842/ 7.2] || [[:wikipedia:Turkish Delight (film)|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| Podróż za jeden uśmiech || A Polish movie from the 1970s, comedy || 1972 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069104/ 8.0] || [[:wikipedia:Podróż za jeden uśmiech (film)|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| Le Corniaud || "The sucker". A French comedy. The main hero takes the hitch-hiker who later saves his life. || 1965 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057967/ 7.4] || [[:wikipedia:Le Corniaud (film)|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| Travellers and Magicians|| Bhutanese movie. || 2003 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378906/ 7.3] || [[:wikipedia:Travellers and Magicians|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| Und nächstes Jahr am Balaton || Comedy from East Germany. || 1980 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081680/ 6.4] || <br />
|-<br />
| Into the Wild || A guy hitchhiking in the US and finally through Canada to Alaska, where he lives in the wild. || 2007 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758758/ 8.2] || [[:wikipedia:Into the Wild (film)|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| EuroTrip || Teen comedy. || 2005 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0356150/ 6.5] || [[:wikipedia:EuroTrip|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| Friendship! || A German movie. something similar to Eurotrip || 2010 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1247657/ 6.7] || [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship! {{de}}]<br />
|-<br />
| Im Juli || Germany. Featuring the main actor hitchhiking from [[Hamburg]] to [[Istanbul]], following the girl he loves. || 2000 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177858/ 7.8] || [[:wikipedia:Im Juli|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| Drôle de Félix || A french movie about a guy hitching across France to meet his father, whom he never knew. || 2000 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0228242/ 7.1] || [[:wikipedia:Drôle_de_Félix|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| Snow cake || Movie starts with a girl hitchhiking and dying in a car accident. || 2006 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448124/ 7.5] || [[:wikipedia:Snow cake|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| Even cowgirls get the blues || A Gus Van Sant's movie about a girl who was born with incredibly big thumbs. Based on the eponymous book, by Tom Robbins. || 1993 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106834/ 4.0] || [[:wikipedia:Even_Cowgirls_Get_the_Blues_(film)|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| Kiki's Delivery Service || Miyuzaki's film (briefly) shows young females hitchhiking in a carefree, positive light. || 1989 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097814/ 7.9] || [[:wikipedia:Kiki's_Delivery_Service|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| Reiseziel Erfurt || A pioneer is hitch hiking from Elsterwerda to Erfurt after he was missing his train. GDR movie for children, so some kind of strange, but nothing bad about hitch hikers || 1962 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379469/ no] || <br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Bad ==<br />
Avoid. Silly. Puts hitchhiking in a bad light.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"<br />
! style="vertical-align: top;"| Title <br />
! style="vertical-align: top;"| Description <br />
! style="vertical-align: top;"| Year <br />
! style="vertical-align: top;"| IMDB<br />
! style="vertical-align: top;"| Wikipedia<br />
|-<br />
| The Hitcher || Horror. || 1986 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091209/ 7.2] || [[:wikipedia:The Hitcher (1986 film)|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| The Hitcher || Horror. || 2007 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455960/ 5.5] || [[:wikipedia:The Hitcher (2007 film)|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| Wolf Creek || Horror. || 2005 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416315/ 6.3] || [[:wikipedia:Wolf Creek (film)|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back || USA Comedy. || 2001 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0261392/ 6.8] || [[:wikipedia:Jay_and_Silent_Bob_Strike_Back|{{en}}]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== To sort or unclear ==<br />
If you've seen some of these, could you tell us: was it good or bad?<br />
<br />
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101458/ Until the End of the World (1991)]<br />
* [[:wikipedia:Detour (1945 film)|Detour]]<br />
* [[:wikipedia:Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle|Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle]]<br />
* [[:wikipedia:Highway (film)|Highway]]<br />
* [[:wikipedia:Knife in the Water (film)|Knife in the Water]]<br />
* [[:wikipedia:Sweet Movie|Sweet Movie]]<br />
* [http://www.aaltra.de Aaltra]<br />
* [[:wikipedia:Pee-wee's_Big_Adventure|Pee-wee's Big Adventure]]<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
* [http://www.imdb.com/keyword/hitchhiking/ Hitchhiking movies listed in IMDB]<br />
* [http://www.digihitch.com/road-culture/hitchhiking-movies/ Hitchhiking movies in Digihitch.com]<br />
* [[Media]]<br />
* [[Multimedia]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:General info]]<br />
<br />
[[de:Medien#Filme]]<br />
[[fi:Liftaus elokuvissa]]<br />
[[pt:Carona nos filmes]]</div>The O 08https://hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Hitchhiking_in_movies&diff=69247Hitchhiking in movies2013-04-28T23:32:35Z<p>The O 08: </p>
<hr />
<div>At times people '''[[hitchhiking|hitchhike]] in movies'''. Some give a bad impression of hitchhiking, some are good. Some movies (such as ''The Hitcher'') have perpetuated a strong anti-hitchhiking attitude among more impressionable people.<br />
<br />
== Good ==<br />
These are the movies we like. Hitchhiking is fun, adventurous and lets people live their lives out of the ordinary.<br />
<br />
=== Documentaries & short movies ===<br />
* [http://www.tramprennen.org tramprennen.org] published a movie about their Hitchhiking race for the NGO [[Viva con Agua]] in August 2009: [http://vimeo.com/26199622 on Vimeo]<br />
* [http://www.tramprennen.org tramprennen.org] published a movie about their 60-hours-non-stop-hitchhiking-race in April 2011: [http://vimeo.com/23627583 on Vimeo]<br />
* The [[project 888|888-Project]] produced a Video on their gathering [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sufvptk_5lI Trailer] | [http://www.no-comment.dk/index_paris.html Video]<br />
* [http://www.hitchhikingmovie.com The Hitchhiking Movie]<br />
* In 2011 Helin and Jan made a hitchhiking documentary of their trip to [[Istanbul]] from [[Berlin]]. Read stories and watch videos at [http://berlin-istanbul.com/ berlin-istanbul.com] / [http://vimeo.com/channels/berlinistanbul Vimeo]<br />
<br />
=== Full length movies ===<br />
<br />
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|-<br />
| TITLE || DESCRIPTION || YEAR || [http://www.imdb.com/title/MOVIEID/ voting] || [[:wikipedia:ARTICLENAME|{{en}}]]<br />
--><br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"<br />
! style="vertical-align: top;"| Title <br />
! style="vertical-align: top;"| Description <br />
! style="vertical-align: top;"| Year <br />
! style="vertical-align: top;"| IMDB<br />
! style="vertical-align: top;"| Wikipedia<br />
|-<br />
| Avé || Bulgarian movie || 2011 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1833647/ 6.9] || <br />
|-<br />
| The Motorcycle Diaries || Che Guevara's trip throughout South America. || 2004 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318462/ 7.8] || [[:wikipedia:The Motorcycle Diaries (film)|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| The Forest Prince and the Pig Man || Hitchhiking in America. Documentary. || 2011 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1974392/] || |{{en}}<br />
|-<br />
| Turkish Delight || "Turks Fruit". A Dutch movie from the 1970s || 1973 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070842/ 7.2] || [[:wikipedia:Turkish Delight (film)|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| Podróż za jeden uśmiech || A Polish movie from the 1970s, comedy || 1972 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069104/ 8.0] || [[:wikipedia:Podróż za jeden uśmiech (film)|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| Le Corniaud || "The sucker". A French comedy. The main hero takes the hitch-hiker who later saves his life. || 1965 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057967/ 7.4] || [[:wikipedia:Le Corniaud (film)|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| Travellers and Magicians|| Bhutanese movie. || 2003 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378906/ 7.3] || [[:wikipedia:Travellers and Magicians|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| Und nächstes Jahr am Balaton || Comedy from East Germany. || 1980 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081680/ 6.4] || <br />
|-<br />
| Into the Wild || A guy hitchhiking in the US and finally through Canada to Alaska, where he lives in the wild. || 2007 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758758/ 8.2] || [[:wikipedia:Into the Wild (film)|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| EuroTrip || Teen comedy. || 2005 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0356150/ 6.5] || [[:wikipedia:EuroTrip|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| Friendship! || A German movie. something similar to Eurotrip || 2010 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1247657/ 6.7] || [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship! {{de}}]<br />
|-<br />
| Im Juli || Germany. Featuring the main actor hitchhiking from [[Hamburg]] to [[Istanbul]], following the girl he loves. || 2000 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177858/ 7.8] || [[:wikipedia:Im Juli|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| Drôle de Félix || A french movie about a guy hitching across France to meet his father, whom he never knew. || 2000 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0228242/ 7.1] || [[:wikipedia:Drôle_de_Félix|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| Snow cake || Movie starts with a girl hitchhiking and dying in a car accident. || 2006 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448124/ 7.5] || [[:wikipedia:Snow cake|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| Even cowgirls get the blues || A Gus Van Sant's movie about a girl who was born with incredibly big thumbs. Based on the eponymous book, by Tom Robbins. || 1993 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106834/ 4.0] || [[:wikipedia:Even_Cowgirls_Get_the_Blues_(film)|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| Kiki's Delivery Service || Miyuzaki's film (briefly) shows young females hitchhiking in a carefree, positive light. || 1989 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097814/ 7.9] || [[:wikipedia:Kiki's_Delivery_Service|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| Reiseziel Erfurt || A pioneer is hitch hiking from Elsterwerda to Erfurt after he was missing his train. GDR movie for children || 1962 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379469/ no] || <br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Bad ==<br />
Avoid. Silly. Puts hitchhiking in a bad light.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"<br />
! style="vertical-align: top;"| Title <br />
! style="vertical-align: top;"| Description <br />
! style="vertical-align: top;"| Year <br />
! style="vertical-align: top;"| IMDB<br />
! style="vertical-align: top;"| Wikipedia<br />
|-<br />
| The Hitcher || Horror. || 1986 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091209/ 7.2] || [[:wikipedia:The Hitcher (1986 film)|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| The Hitcher || Horror. || 2007 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455960/ 5.5] || [[:wikipedia:The Hitcher (2007 film)|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| Wolf Creek || Horror. || 2005 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416315/ 6.3] || [[:wikipedia:Wolf Creek (film)|{{en}}]]<br />
|-<br />
| Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back || USA Comedy. || 2001 || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0261392/ 6.8] || [[:wikipedia:Jay_and_Silent_Bob_Strike_Back|{{en}}]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== To sort or unclear ==<br />
If you've seen some of these, could you tell us: was it good or bad?<br />
<br />
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101458/ Until the End of the World (1991)]<br />
* [[:wikipedia:Detour (1945 film)|Detour]]<br />
* [[:wikipedia:Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle|Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle]]<br />
* [[:wikipedia:Highway (film)|Highway]]<br />
* [[:wikipedia:Knife in the Water (film)|Knife in the Water]]<br />
* [[:wikipedia:Sweet Movie|Sweet Movie]]<br />
* [http://www.aaltra.de Aaltra]<br />
* [[:wikipedia:Pee-wee's_Big_Adventure|Pee-wee's Big Adventure]]<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
* [http://www.imdb.com/keyword/hitchhiking/ Hitchhiking movies listed in IMDB]<br />
* [http://www.digihitch.com/road-culture/hitchhiking-movies/ Hitchhiking movies in Digihitch.com]<br />
* [[Media]]<br />
* [[Multimedia]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:General info]]<br />
<br />
[[de:Medien#Filme]]<br />
[[fi:Liftaus elokuvissa]]<br />
[[pt:Carona nos filmes]]</div>The O 08