Movie

Smash-Up on Interstate 5

1976 · 100 min

A slow-building ensemble drama that interweaves several troubled lives before a catastrophic highway pile-up, mixing tension with melancholy.

Tagline: It was a day just like any other, until 75 people took the wrong route home!
Overview: In this made-for-TV disaster movie, the lives of a group of motorists are chronicled retrospectively after they're involved in a 39-car pile-up on California's Interstate 5 over 4th of July weekend.
How it feels: Tense, melancholic, dark and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Death, survival, love, guilt
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: death
survival
love
guilt
redemption
Places: road trip
big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild