Honky Tonk Freeway

The small town of Ticlaw, Florida desperately wants a ramp off of the new freeway, but things don't exactly go their way. So they pull various stunts (like painting the town pink) and eventually devise an off-ramp of their own to trap passersby. It's not the hick movie one would expect from the title. An all-star cast play out disjointed vignettes throughout the movie; the comedy builds and when they all finally convene in Ticlaw, it's gold -- great ending with a fantastically catchy rockish pop song by late disco king Paul Jabara, who has a small but pivotal role as a songwriting trucker. There's bank robbers, nuns, waterskiing elephants, a drug dealer, a pimp and his prostitutes, a Jeepful of gay guys, a carnivorous horse, and many more weirdos and quirky characters.

I'd kill to see the deleted scenes (according to imdb, the rough cut was close to 3 hours!!), but the only DVD extras are a pair of trailers. Stars William Devane, Howard Hessman, Terri Garr, Peter Billingsley, Beau Bridges, Beverly D'Angelo, Daniel Stern, David Rasche, Deborah Rush, Geraldine Page, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, and in bit parts, Anne Ramsey (THE GOONIES), Jeffrey Combs and tons of other familiar faces.