- Title: Vroom
- Date: 22nd March 1990
- Summary: TWO YOUNG LADS; THE HANDSOME JAKE AND HIS BEST MATE, THE WILD AND SHIPLASH RINGE , LIVE IN A SMALL NORTHERN TOWN. TOGETHER THEY HAVE A SECRET. JAKE FALLS IN LOVE WITH SUSAN, AN OLDER WOMAN WHO MOVES IN NEXT DOOR. THEIR AFF AIR CUASES TROUBLE IN TOWN. JAKE AND SUSAN HAVE GOT TO LEAVE TOWN AND RINGE IS NOT GOING TO BE LEFT BEHIND. THE LAD"S SECRET IS REVEALED - A BEAUTIFUL AMERICA N CAR. JAKE RINGE AND SUSAN TAKE OFF UP THE ROAD IN THEIR DREAM MACHINE. THEIR JOURNEY IS ONE OF DISCOVERY: RINGE FINDS SUMMAT TO DO SUSAN FINALLY RETURNS HOM E, BUT JAKE WILL SETTLE FOR NOTHING LESS THAN HIS DREAM.
- Description:A LOVE STORY BETWEEN A YOUNG MAN, AN OLDER WOMAN, HIS BEST FRIEND AND HIS CHEVROLET. VROOM (90 minutes) Starring CLIVE OWN, DAVID THEWLIS and DIANA QUICK. A love story and a young man , an older woman, his best friend and his Chevrolet. Jake is a romantic with a vision. Ringe is his whiplash wild best mate. Their lives in a small northern town are bleak with unemployment and domestic wrangles. But then Susan, the 'older woman', moves in next door. Inexorably, events lead Jake, Ringe and Susan to a bid for freedom - and the open road - in the sleek American car the lads have renovated. But then their troubles really begin. Written by Jim Cartwright . Directed by Beeban Kidon. Produced by Paul Lister in 1988/89 , Motion Pictures Production. Starring Clive Owen, Diana Quick and David Thewlis.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Feature Films
- Producer:Motion Pictures
- Programme Episode:1
- Transmission Date:22/03/1990
- Decade: 1990s