UW Cinematheque - Special Presentations
THE HITCHER | USA | 1986 | 35mm | 97 min. Director: Robert Harmon
Event Details
Date
Friday, October 31, 2025
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: C. Thomas Howell, Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh. One stormy night in West Texas, a lonely driver (Howell) picks up a hitchhiker (Hauer). The hitcher turns out to be a psychotic killer who dares the man behind the wheel to stop the killing spree. Unfolding with the surreal clarity of a waking nightmare, Robert Harmon’s sun-baked thriller features gorgeous widescreen cinematography, an early star turn from Jennifer Jason Leigh, and a third-act twist both horrifying and haunting.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-262-3627 or email jehealy@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Friday, October 17, 2025, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.