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Author:unloginuser Time:2025/01/06 Read: 7007in 1993, a movie called, “Burnouts: A Village Roadshow Film” is the Only Australian Movie to feature American actors in it, Joel Duquesne plays as Hank Roadshow, Ariana Richards as his sister Anjelica Roadshow, Alicia Silverstone as the antagonist jane Roadshow, Louise Roadshow, Played By Jane Kaczmarek is hank and anjelica’s Angry mom that protects them from Jane AND SHE GOES LIKE Lois from Malcolm and the middle but 30000X Crazier Hank finds a 1990 Holden VN Commodore with a v6 but he swaps with a Modified v6 with supercharger blower and he name the car as “EZROADSHOW” HE FLOODED THE burnout TARMAC WITH SMOKE as he done burnouts in summernats but jane tries to Stop the car but louise Grabs her and screams like lois going after her as she beats her up, the movie released by New Line Cinema and Roadshow Film Distributors in 1993 but released in US by 20th Century Fox in 1994, made by Japanese and Australian Directors and Producers
The year is 1993. Summernats crackled with the smell of burning rubber and cheap beer. But in the small, dust-choked town of Coolabah, a different kind of heat was brewing, the kind that simmered beneath the surface, waiting to explode. It started with “Burnouts: A Village Roadshow Film,” a bizarre cinematic anomaly – the only Australian movie to feature a predominantly American cast. Joel Duquesne, a young, brooding Hank Roadshow, was pitted against his terrifyingly unstable sister Anjelica, played with wide-eyed intensity by Ariana Richards. Alicia Silverstone, in a shocking departure from her Cher Horowitz persona, played the malevolent Jane Roadshow, a sneering, predatory force of nature. And then there was Louise, their mother, a whirlwind of uncontrolled fury played by Jane Kaczmarek, channeling Lois Griffin on a triple espresso binge – only a thousand times more terrifying.
Hank, restless and rebellious, had found his escape in a 1990 Holden VN Commodore. He’d swapped the standard V6 for a monstrous, supercharged beast, christening it “EZROADSHOW.” The film’s climax unfolded under the merciless Australian sun at a makeshift burnout tarmac. Hank, fueled by adolescent rage and cheap fuel, unleashed the EZROADSHOW’s fury, flooding the area with a thick, choking cloud of tire smoke. The scene was supposed to be exhilarating; instead, it felt profoundly unsettling. The smoke, thick and black, seemed to writhe, to take on a life of its own.
Jane, driven by a twisted, almost supernatural obsession with her brother, lunged towards the car. But before she could reach it, Louise exploded from the sidelines, a banshee in a floral dress. Her scream, a high-pitched, ear-splitting wail, ripped through the air. It wasn’t the scream of a mother defending her son; it was the sound of primal fury unleashed. She tackled Jane, her assault brutal and unrelenting, a whirlwind of flailing limbs and guttural roars. The smoke obscured the scene, leaving only the sounds of Jane’s muffled cries and Louise’s bloodcurdling laughter.
The film, released by New Line Cinema and Roadshow Film Distributors in Australia, and later by 20th Century Fox in the US, was a critical and commercial flop. But the footage of Louise’s attack, briefly glimpsed through the swirling smoke, became infamous. It wasn’t the acting; it was the unsettling feeling that something profoundly wrong had happened on that set. The Japanese and Australian directors, interviewed years later, refused to discuss the Coolabah shoot. Rumors spread like wildfire: Jane, they whispered, had been genuinely harmed, perhaps even possessed. Louise, it was said, had crossed a line, a point of no return.
The “Burnouts” film is now a forgotten curiosity, a VHS relic gathering dust in the forgotten corners of video stores. But on certain nights, under the oppressive heat of an Australian summer, whispers still carry on the wind. They speak of a crimson stain on the Coolabah tarmac, of a scream that echoes eternally through the smoke-filled haze, and of a Holden Commodore named EZROADSHOW, still lurking, waiting… for someone to unleash its fury once more.
