Quicksilver Highway

Quicksilver Highway

Airdate	May 13, 1997
Based on	the short stories "Chattery Teeth" by Stephen King and "The Body Politic" by Clive Barker
Written for television by	Mick Garris
Directed by	Mick Garris
Produced by	Mick Garris, Ron Mitchell
Network	FOX
Style	120-minute horror anthology
Company	National Studios, 20th Television
Filming Location	California, United States
Origin	USA

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Quicksilver Highway is a 1997 anthology horror TV movie.

Christopher Lloyd (Aaron Quicksilver), Matt Frewer (Charlie, Dr. Charles George), Raphael Sbarge (Kerry Parker, Bill Hogan), Missy Crider (Olivia Harmon Parker, Lita Hogan), Silas Weir Mitchell (Bryan Adams), Bill Nunn (Len), Veronica Cartwright (Myra), Bill Bolender (Scooter), Amelia Heinle (Darlene)

Clive Barker (Anesthesiologist), Cynthia Garris (Ellen), Kevin Grevioux (Police Sergeant), Christopher Hart (Lefty, William Knight (Rhinoplasty Man), John Landis (Surgical Assistant), Shawn Nelson (Driver), Sherry O'Keefe (Harriet DaVinci), Dana Waters (Hand Chaser), Constance Zimmer (Female Patient)

Uncredited: Mick Garris (Surgeon in Hospital Hallway)

Plot Overview

Creative Artists Agency met with Garris about him writing the pilot script for a possible horror television series to be directed by John McTiernan (who later wound up dropping out of the project), suggesting multiple ghost stories and urban legends to write about. Garris, instead, had the idea for a series to follow a mysterious character who describes himself as "only a storyteller," but is actually much more than that. Episodes would be set in different locations and with the same actors playing different characters. Garris pitched the idea to ABC, but they passed. Garris wrote a pilot based on "Chattery Teeth" and pitched the series to FOX. However, they wanted a movie. Garris then wrote an adaptation of "The Body Politic" for the second part.

Garris wasn't initially sold on Christopher Lloyd for the part of Quicksilver, as he originally intended him to be more seductive and mysterious.

Matt Frewer didn't have to audition for the film. Garris simply called him on the phone and asked him if he wanted to be in it.

In the aired version, "Chattery Teeth" came first, followed by "The Body Politic". However, FOX required that the order be changed for home media. Garris disliked this as he felt "The Body Politic" was more climactic than "Chattery Teeth".

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Quicksilver Highway	July 3, 2012	1	purchase