7 Facts You Might Not Have Known About The Kris Kristofferson Film ‘Convoy’

3. The Original Film Was Supposed To Be Much Longer

As it stands in its finished version, Convoy is a total of one hour and 50 minutes long. That’s a decent length for a film, wouldn’t you say so? But if the original cut had prevailed, it would have been much longer.

When director Sam Peckinpah turned in his original cut of the film, Convoy clocked in at three hours and 30 minutes in length. So why was it trimmed down so much? Well, because Peckinpah was completely uninvolved in the film’s post-production. As a result, editor Garth Craven was tasked with editing the film, and he’s the one who brought it to its eventual runtime.