Hick Flicks: The Rise and Fall of Redneck Cinema by Scott Von Doviak, Chris Gore, Scott von Doviak, Chris Gore (Foreword by)

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"A few decades back, country boys with muscle under their hoods and moonshine in their trunks roared onto drive-in screens throughout rural America. These "hick flicks" grew in popularity throughout the '70s and reached their heyday with the 1977 release of Smokey and the Bandit. Within a few short years, however, the changing movie business and the collapse of the drive-in market would spell the end of so-called hixploitation." This comprehensive study of the hixploitation genre is the first of its kind. Part I deals with "good ol' boys," from redneck sheriffs to honky-tonk heroes and beyond. Part II explores road movies, featuring back-road racers, truckers and everything in between. Part III covers movies about all manner of beasts - some of them human - populating America's swamps and woodlands. An afterword examines both the decline and metamorphosis of the genre. Photographs and a filmography accompany the witty text.

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"This comprehensive study of the hixploitation genre is the first of its kind. Part One deals with 'good ol' boys,' from redneck sheriffs, to moonshiners, to honky-tonk heroes and beyond. Part Two explores road movies, featuring back-road racers, truckers and everything in between. Part Three, 'In the Woods' covers movies about all manner of beasts populating the swamps and woodlands of rural America."--Provided by publisher.