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Logline
A gentleman truck driver with forty years behind the wheel decides it's time to leave the good dispatches for the younger drivers — and steers his truck Chloe homeward on a final odyssey across America that recalls a bygone era from the perspective of the last of a dying breed.
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Genre & Format
Feature-length dramatic road film · 105–115 minutes · Rated PG-13 target · Live-action.
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Market Opportunity
The heartland-Americana feature category continues to over-perform on streaming and theatrical alike. Films that authentically celebrate working Americans consistently deliver strong per-screen averages, long-tail streaming windows, and international interest — particularly in Europe, Australia, and Japan, where American trucking culture has passionate audiences.
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Comparable Films
- • Nomadland (2020) — Best Picture. $39M box office on a $5M budget.
- • The Straight Story (1999) — David Lynch. Cult classic, evergreen streaming.
- • Hell or High Water (2016) — $37M on $12M. Four Oscar nominations.
- • Land (2021) — Robin Wright. Strong PVOD/streaming performance.
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Distribution Strategy
Festival premiere → North American theatrical (200–400 screens) → PVOD → SVOD (streaming licensing) → International territories → Airline & long-tail. Multiple domestic distributors already tracking the project based on screenplay-round festival performance.
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Target Audience
A four-quadrant film with a strong 35+ core, over-indexing on rural, blue-collar, and boomer/Gen-X demographics — while broadly appealing to anyone who has ever watched a parent age.