Trading Paint

Last updated

Trading Paint
Trading Paint poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Karzan Kader
Written by
  • Gary Gerani
  • Craig R. Welch
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJosé David Montero
Edited by
  • Alex Freitas
  • Julia Juaniz
Music byVictor Reyes
Production
companies
  • AMBI Media Group
  • Paradox Studios
  • Elipsis Capital [1]
  • Raven
  • Sculptor Media
Distributed by
Release date
  • February 22, 2019 (2019-02-22)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$6,898 [2]

Trading Paint (also released as Burning Rubber) is a 2019 American sport action drama film directed by Karzan Kader, with a script co-written by Craig Welch and Gary Gerani. [3] It stars John Travolta, Michael Madsen, Shania Twain and Toby Sebastian. [4]

Contents

Principal photography began in August 2017 in Alabama. [4] [3] The film was released on February 22, 2019 to generally negative reviews from critics.

Plot

Sam and Cam Munroe are a father and son duo competing at the Talladega Short Track dirt race track. Sam is a local racing legend who now supports his son's racing in between dating divorcee Becca. Despite being a talented racer, Cam's car does not race well due to poor funding. Frustrated for losing the race due to engine issues, Sam's long-time rival, Bob Linsky, offers Cam a chance to join his team with a new car. Cam decides to leave his father to join Linksy as a chance to prove his worth and win races. When Cam tells his father about his choice to join Linsky, Sam is enraged and warns that Linsky is a snake before firing his own son from the garage.

Feeling down from Cam's defection, Sam spends the night drinking his woes away. By the following day, Sam decides to bring himself out of retirement and restore his status as a champion racer. While everyone thinks Sam is crazy to race so late in life, he quickly proves his experience and driving skills are still top notch and wins several races. With Sam reclaiming his title as champion racer, Linsky feels threatened by Sam and wants Cam to crash into Sam's car. Unable to crash into his father, Linsky has another racer stage a crash at the next race. Dunn causes Cam to spin out and Sam crashes into Cam's car onto the side. Although Cam survives his crash, he suffers multiple fractures on his leg and he is out of race for several months.

In between these six months of recovery, Sam and Cam make peace with each other and Sam learns about Linsky wanting Cam to crash into him. With both cars severely damaged, they need a new car to get back into racing. Throughout this time, Sam has kept the 1970 Mustang that killed his wife. Because of sentimental value, he could never sell it. However, in order to buy a new dirt Late Model for Cam to drive, which costs about $80,000, Sam decides to sell his car to Linsky. Now devoting all his energy into building the new car, the Munroe family pools their efforts into getting the car ready and supports Cam's return to the circuit.

Linsky wants to beat Sam to finally prove who is the better racer; he has to settle with racing Cam instead. During the race, Linsky spins out Cam in the final two laps of the race. Cam manages to restart his car and rallies from the rear of the field over the final two laps (which is quite unlikely) and wins the race. Linsky is denied his victory as Munroe won the race. When commenting about the race with the press, Cam gives credit to Sam and his loving wife for their support. In the aftermath, the Munroes celebrate Cam's daughter's first birthday. Cam has gotten a new apartment to settle the family in and Sam solidifies his relationship with Becca, having finally found happiness and peace with his life.

Cast

Reception

Box office

Trading Paint was released on VOD and not theatrically in the United States and Canada. [5] It grossed $6,898 in other territories. [2]

Critical reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 0% of 13 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 3.8/10. [6] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 34 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews. [7]

Accolades

John Travolta won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor for his performance (and also for his performance in The Fanatic ). [8]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sam Posey</span> American racing driver, author, artist, architect (born 1944)

Samuel Felton Posey is an American former racing driver and sports broadcast journalist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richie Evans</span> American racing driver (1941–1985)

Richard Ernest Evans, was an American racing driver who won nine NASCAR National Modified Championships, including eight in a row from 1978 to 1985. The International Motorsports Hall of Fame lists this achievement as "one of the supreme accomplishments in motorsports". Evans won virtually every major race for asphalt modifieds, most of them more than once, including winning the Race of Champions three times. Evans was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on June 14, 2011. As one of the Class of 2012, Evans was one of the Hall's first 15 inductees, and was the first Hall of Famer from outside the now NASCAR Cup Series.

James Barry Poole is an American country music artist who records under the name Cledus T. Judd. Known primarily for his parodies of popular country songs, he has been called the "Weird Al" Yankovic of country music, and his albums are usually an equal mix of original comedy songs and parodies. Judd has released 11 studio albums and two EPs, and several singles have entered the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His chart peak is the number-48 "I Love NASCAR", a parody of Toby Keith's 2003 single "I Love This Bar".

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1997.

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1999.

<i>Capeta</i> Japanese manga series

Capeta is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masahito Soda. The manga won the Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category in 2005.

<i>The Big Wheel</i> (film) 1949 film by Edward Ludwig

The Big Wheel is a 1949 American drama sport film directed by Edward Ludwig starring Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Mary Hatcher and Michael O'Shea. It includes the final screen appearance of Hattie McDaniel.

The IndyCar Series operation of McLaren, competing as Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team due to sponsorship, is based in Indianapolis and was founded by former IndyCar driver Sam Schmidt in 2001 as Sam Schmidt Motorsports. The team operates the Nos. 5, 6 and 7 Dallara-Chevrolet entries for Pato O'Ward, Nolan Siegel, and Christian Lundgaard respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scott Bloomquist</span> American racing driver (1963–2024)

Scott Dean Bloomquist was a nationally touring Dirt Super Late Model race car driver in the United States. Bloomquist was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa. He was inducted in the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame in its second class in 2002 and was the owner of Dirt Late Model chassis manufacturer Team Zero Race Cars.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Blackie Pitt</span> American stock car racing driver

William H. "Blackie" Pitt was a NASCAR Grand National Series racer born in the American town of Rocky Mount, North Carolina. He is best known as the 1954 NASCAR Rookie of the Year.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1954 Southern 500</span> Auto race held at Darlington Raceway in 1954

The 1954 Southern 500, the fifth running of the event, was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on September 6, 1954, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1965 Southern 500</span> Auto race held at Darlington Raceway in 1965

The 1965 Southern 500, the 16th running of the event, was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on September 6, 1965, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1966 Southern 500</span> Auto race held at Darlington Raceway in 1966

The 1966 Southern 500, the 17th running of the event, was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on September 5, 1966, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Toby Sebastian</span> British actor

Sebastian Toby M. Pugh, known professionally as Toby Sebastian, is a British actor and musician. He is best known for portraying the character of Trystane Martell in the HBO series Game of Thrones, and Andrea Bocelli in the biopic The Music of Silence.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jordan Anderson Racing</span> American auto racing team

Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, fielding the No. 27 full-time for Jeb Burton, the No. 32 part-time for Jordan Anderson. Founded by Jordan Anderson, the team has a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing.

Wheeler Boys is a Canadian professional dirt track and stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 50 for Boys Will Be Boys Racing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bubba Pollard</span> American racing driver

Andrew "Bubba" Pollard is an American stock car racing driver. He currently competes in super late model racing, driving the No. 26 Ford for his own team and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 88 Chevrolet Camaro for JR Motorsports, and the No. 26 Toyota Supra for Sam Hunt Racing. He is noted as one of the most successful active super late model drivers, winning the All American 400, Rattler 250, World Crown 300 and the 2014 Southern Super Series championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2021 ARCA Menards Series</span> 69th season of the ARCA Menards Series

The 2021 ARCA Menards Series season was the 69th season of the ARCA Menards Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season began at Daytona International Speedway with the Lucas Oil 200 on February 13 and ended with the Reese's 150 at Kansas Speedway on October 23. Ty Gibbs was crowned the series champion, having won ten times and finished in the top four in 19 of 20 races.

References

  1. Trading Paint
  2. 1 2 "Trading Paint (2019)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb . Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "John Travolta drama 'Trading Paint' begins filming". screendaily.com. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  4. 1 2 McNary, Dave (August 15, 2017). "Shania Twain, Michael Madsen Join John Travolta's Racing Movie 'Trading Paint'". Variety . Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  5. "Trading Paint (2019) - Financial Information". The Numbers, Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  6. "Trading Paint". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved October 14, 2024. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  7. "Trading Paint". Metacritic . Fandom, Inc. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  8. "RAZZ NEWZ - The Razzies!". Razzies.com.