"The two films ""Pipe Dreams"" (1976, starring R&B; / soul singer Gladys Knight & her then husband Barry Hankerson) and ""Joyride"" (1977, with Desi Arnaz, Robert Carradine & Melanie Griffith) were about what US feature?"
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System visitors have included Henry Kissinger, Jamie Farr, John Denver, President Gerald Ford, King Olav V of Norway, and Gladys Knight. Knight starred in one of two movies about the pipeline construction, "Pipe Dreams". The other film was "Joyride", and both were critically panned. Other films, such as "On Deadly Ground" and "30 Days of Night", refer to the pipeline or use it as a plot device. The Alistair Maclean novel, "Athabasca", published 1980, also deals with a sabotage threat against both the Alaska Pipeline and the Athabasca tar sands in Canada. The pipeline has also inspired various forms of artwork.
Pipe Dreams (1976 film) Pipe Dreams (1976 film) Pipe Dreams is a 1976 film starring soul singer Gladys Knight in her acting debut as a woman who attempts to regain the love of her husband played by real-life spouse Barry Hankerson. In this drama, her husband must choose between reuniting with her or giving in to pressure of the local boss, Mike Thompson played by Wayne Tippit. Bruce French, Sally Kirkland and Altovise Davis (wife of Sammy Davis Jr) round out the cast. Gladys Knight received a Golden Globe nomination for New Star Of The Year (Actress). "So Sad the Song" from "Pipe Dreams,