Speedway Junky

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Speedway Junky
Promotional poster for Speedway Junky
Directed by	Nickolas Perry
Produced by	Gus Van Sant Randall Emmett George Furla
Written by	Nickolas Perry
Starring	Jesse Bradford Jordan Brower Jonathan Taylor Thomas Daryl Hannah
Distributed by	Regent Entertainment
Release date(s)	October 1999 (USA)
Running time	105 min.
Language	English
Budget	$1,000,000
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Speedway Junky is a 1999 film written and directed by Nickolas Perry. It stars Jesse Bradford, Jordan Brower, Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Daryl Hannah. The movie received an R rating from the MPAA for violence, pervasive language, sexual content and drug use.

[edit] Cast

Actor	Role
Jesse Bradford	Johnny
Jordan Brower	Eric
Jonathan Taylor Thomas	Steve
Daryl Hannah	Veronica
Tiffani Thiessen	Wilma Price
Patsy Kensit	Donna
Justin Urich	Scooby
Adrienne Frantz	Kelley
Patrick Renna	Bud
Erik Alexander Gavica	J.T.
Timothy McNeil	Russel
Brian Stark	Pez Boy
Warren G.	Brentley Shaw

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The movie stars Jesse Bradford as Johnny, a young man with dreams of becoming a stock car racer. After he loses all of his money and possessions in Las Vegas, he drifts into the world of hustling. He meets Eric (Jordan Brower), a gay hustler, who finds himself falling for Johnny. Jonathan Taylor Thomas also stars as Steve, a bisexual hustler, and Darryl Hannah plays Veronica, a former showgirl and prostitute who's served as a surrogate mother figure for Eric since his own mother died. Other than Veronica, the only thing Eric has to remind him of his mother is a silver dollar she gave him that he carries for luck.

J.T., a sociopathic drug dealer, tosses Johnny a package while running from the police. It contains crack cocaine and cash. Steven finds it in their place and steals it. When J.T. shows up looking for it, it's missing. J.T. holds Johnny hostage while Eric looks for Steven. Steven refuses to return the cash and the drugs, so Eric heads to Veronica's place. There he steals the gun belonging to her police officer boyfriend and heads home. J.T. is playing William Tell with Johnny, shooting a can of tomato soup off his head. Eric comes in and thinks Johnny's been shot. He gets into a gun battle with J.T., killing him. Johnny and Eric flee but Eric realizes he's been shot. Eric dies in Johnny's arms, giving Johnny his lucky silver dollar. At the bus station, Johnny puts the dollar in a slot machine and hits a jackpot. He buys a bus ticket and leaves town.

A year later, Veronica is working as a cocktail waitress. She glances up at a television and sees Johnny. He's a member of a pit crew, having taken a step toward realizing his dream.