A young punk, recruited by a car repo agency, finds himself in pursuit of a Chevrolet Malibu with a huge, $20,000 bounty--and something otherworldly stashed in its trunk.A young punk, recruited by a car repo agency, finds himself in pursuit of a Chevrolet Malibu with a huge, $20,000 bounty--and something otherworldly stashed in its trunk.A young punk, recruited by a car repo agency, finds himself in pursuit of a Chevrolet Malibu with a huge, $20,000 bounty--and something otherworldly stashed in its trunk.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations
Miguel Sandoval
- Archie
- (as Michael Sandoval)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaWhen filming began, they only had one 1964 Chevy Malibu. It was stolen a couple of days into filming, forcing the film crew to scramble to find a replacement. Shortly after finding a replacement, the original was recovered by the police undamaged. This was fortunate timing because about a day later Fox Harris severely damaged one of the Malibus by accidentally ploughing it into a gasoline pump. In the carwash scene, one of the gas pumps is clearly severely dented up and damaged. This is the pump Fox plowed into in a previous take.
- GoofsWhen the motor-cycle cop walks to the back of the Chevy Malibu to look in the trunk, the number plate is "K8B 283". As the Malibu drives off, leaving the cop's smoking boots, its number plate is "127 GBH". According to the director's voice-over, these takes were months apart because the original Malibu was stolen from the set.
- Crazy creditsCredits scroll down instead of up
- Alternate versionsTelevision version, supervised by director Alex Cox, features alternate footage to the theatrical release.
- ConnectionsEdited into Cent une tueries de zombies (2012)
- SoundtracksRepo Man Theme Song
Written and Performed by Iggy Pop
Featured review
quirky and entertaining
Much of REPO MAN seems improvised, but all in all, this is a good, quirky and entertaining flick. Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton are particularly good as a pair of repo men (car repossesors), though my favorite character is the scene stealing, completely underrated Tracey Walter, playing a kind of street corner philosopher role. It's also a blast seeing remnants of the 1980s California hardcore punk scene, including various musicians in acting roles, as well as seeing some of the less glamorous parts of L.A. captured on film.
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- Mar 29, 2000
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- Also known as
- Конфіскатор
- Filming locations
- Orpheum Theater - 842 South Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA(Bud and Otto drive by the theater early in the film)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $129,000
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $95,300
- Mar 4, 1984
- Gross worldwide
- $129,397
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