Convoy 4K 1978

Eternal glory to the enthusiast who managed to 'break through' all the censorship walls in the 80s, presenting 'Convoy' to the strict commission as a film about the class struggle of the workers of the American transportation industry for their rights! Of course, for the Soviet authorities the release of this movie was a big ideological mistake, but what about it now! Back then, we, fifth-graders, received such a powerful 'injection of truth' about American life in an hour and a half of viewing that this immunity works even today, when new ideologists try to impose a prejudiced opinion about Americans as a completely rotten nation of consumers.

Since the days of Jack London and John Steinbeck, the real, authentic American character has not changed a bit! It is still based on a willingness to help, forgetting self-interest, and the eternal 'pioneer' craving for adventure. Kris Kristofferson in the role of 'Rubber Duckie' for many years became a symbol of a real American worker - lean, tanned, able to work - but to work for fun, without losing the taste for life!

Of course, the fed-up existence of Americans and the suspended work of the legendary 'melting pot' slightly dilute the best national qualities - but where is it not?!

Well, and all these American trucks - a separate song! This irrational feeling - love for American cars, with a calculator to such purchases do not approach! Needless to say, all trucks on the background of these beauties looked like.... they didn't look like anything at all! Alas, not much has changed today!

So, 'Convoy' - an unpretentious Hollywood action movie with black-and-white characters - became an ideological movie for the Soviet people. And that's worth a lot!