Release Date: TBA 2001 (formerly listed as a spring, 2001 release, and before that, it was listed for possible releases in November, October, September, and originally, August, 2000)
MPAA Rating: R (for violence, pervasive language, sexual content, and drug use)
Running Time: 102 minutes
Distributor: Regent Entertainment (The Specials, Free Enterprise)
Cast: Jesse Bradford (Johnny), Jordan Brower, Daryl Hannah, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Warren G., Joan Jett, Patsy Kensit, Justin Urich, Brian Stark, Susan Gayle Clay, Shevonne Durkin, Adrienne Frantz, Timothy McNeil, Patrick Renna, Michael Roddy, Nafisah Sayyed, Benjamin Shelfer
Director: Nickolas Perry (codirector of Boys Life 2)
Screenwriter: Nickolas Perry (cowriter of Boys Life 2)
Premise: Johnny (Bradford) runs off to Las Vegas to win enough money to become a race driver, but instead gets beaten up and robbed. Taken in by a young gay man (Brower), he eventually becomes a street hustler…
Filming: Speedway Junky was filmed in the late summer of 1998 on locations in Las Vegas (with interiors done in California) on a budget of $1 million.
Genres: Crime, Drama, Gay, Teen
Review: FileThirteen.com
Official Site: SpeedwayJunky.net
Also at Theaters: TBA 2001
Source: Upcomingmovies.com
Author: Greg Dean Schmitz