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Spot On Accurate

posted 13 years ago by louisvillescanman
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I've been into CB since 2002 (yes there are still people into CB) and I can tell you that of all the CB movies made (Smokey and the Bandit, High Ballin', Breaker, Breaker ect.) this is the only one that accurately portrays CB radio.

3/4 of the stuff in this film I've either done myself or know personally someone who has done it.

Cutting a loudmouth's coax- CHECK

Ripping down an antenna- CHECK

Handeling emergency calls on channel 9- CHECK

"Lot Lizzard" looking for "company" on channel 19- Heard but not done ;)

You wanna know about the "real" CB radio, forget Smokey and all they others and watch this movie.

"You got Bluegrass in the Bluegrass, I'm standin' by"

[–] Mee_Too 13 years ago

I agree with you...we were involved in CB radio locally in the late 1980s, and when we watched this movie, every character in it had a counterpart on our local CB scene...a guy like "Spider" who knew all of the FCC rules frontwards and backwards, folks who would ramble on in monologues for hours at a time, people with linears who would overpower other peoples' signals, etc.

This movie is very authentic!

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[–] heyuactor 8 years ago

Here's a pic of Jonathan Demme directing this authentic film: http://www.dga.org/~/media/Images/DGAQ%20Article%20Images/1501%20Winter%202015/DGAQInterviewDemmeCitizensBand.ashx

The Maltese Falcon: https://youtu.be/hp7130Bjec4