The Getaway (1994 film) The Getaway (1994 film) The Getaway is a 1994 crime film directed by Roger Donaldson. The screenplay was written by Walter Hill and Amy Holden Jones, based on Jim Thompson’s 1958 novel of the same name. The film stars Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, with Michael Madsen, James Woods, and Jennifer Tilly in supporting roles. Carter "Doc" McCoy and his wife Carol are taking target practice with pistols when Rudy arrives to propose they break a Mexican drug lord's nephew out of jail for a $300,000 payment. The job is successful, but it turns out the drug lord wanted his
The Things of Life actor Romy Schneider again on a number of further projects, including Sautet's next feature ""(aka "Max and the Junkmen"). The car crash scene was shot on a crossroads specifically created for the purpose, and took three weeks to shoot. The film was released by Compagnie Française de Distribution Cinématographique in France and Columbia Pictures in the United States. "The Things of Life" was remade by American director Mark Rydell in 1994 as "Intersection" with Richard Gere, Lolita Davidovich (as the girlfriend) and Sharon Stone (as the ex partner). The remake did not win many positive reviews. The Things of Life