''Driven'' is a 1998 American drama film written and directed by Michael Paradies Shoob and starring

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and Chad Lowe.

Cast

as Darius Pelton *

as Jason Schuyler *

as Dale Schneider * Chad Lowe as LeGrand *Diane Dilascio as Rachel *

Xander Berkeley Alexander Harper Berkeley (born December 16, 1955) is an American actor and voice actor. Since beginning his career in the early 1980s, he has appeared in over 200 film and television projects. His film roles include '' Terminator 2: Judgment Da ...

as J.D. Johnson *

Lou Rawls Louis Allen Rawls (December 1, 1933 – January 6, 2006) was an American record producer, singer, composer and actor. Rawls released more than 60 albums, sold more than 40 million records, and had numerous charting singles, most notably his s ...

as Charlie *

Eric Pierpoint Eric Pierpoint (born November 18, 1950) is an American actor and author. He is perhaps best known for his role as George Francisco on Fox Network's ''Alien Nation''. He has also notably appeared on each of the first four ''Star Trek'' televisio ...

as Hal * Lee Garlington as Marian *Rawle D. Lewis as Soup *

Richard Riehle Richard Riehle (born May 12, 1948) is an American character actor. He portrayed Walt Finnerty on ''Grounded for Life'' (2001–2005) and The Warden on ''The Young and the Restless'' (2007). He also appeared in over 200 films, including '' Glory'' ...

as Leo *

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as Iron Gray *Susan Parker as Desiree, the Blind Woman *

Spencer Garrett Spencer Garrett (born September 19, 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the films ''Air Force One'' (1997), '' 21'' (2008), '' Public Enemies'' (2009), ''All the Way'' (2016), and '' The Front Runner'' (2018). He is the ...

as Business Man #1 *Anthony Palermo as Businessman #2 * Joseph Culp as Chiropractic Assistant

Release

The film premiered at the Floating Film Festival in May 1996, and was screened in the Discovery program at the

1996 Toronto International Film Festival The 21st Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 5 and September 14, 1996. Deepa Mehta's ''Fire'' was selected as the opening film. Awards Programme Gala Presentation *'' Shine'' by S ...

.Judy Gerstel, "New talent up for Discovery". ''

Toronto Star The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily newspaper by circulation. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part ...

'', August 30, 1996. It aired on

KCET KCET (channel 28) is a secondary PBS member television station in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is owned by the Public Media Group of Southern California alongside the market's primary PBS member, Huntington Beach–licensed KOCE-TV ...

on April 22, 1998.

Reception

Todd McCarthy of '' Variety'' gave the film a mixed review, calling it "Dramatic but not entirely credible." David Kronke of the ''

Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the Un ...

'' gave the film a positive review and wrote that it "possesses a verve and brooding atmosphere all its own."

References

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* * {{Rotten Tomatoes, 1121513-driven 1996 drama films 1996 independent films American drama films American independent films 1990s American films