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During the making of "Truck Stop," the FBL team and the actors enjoyed a wonderful combination of casting. The actors seemed at home in the scene, which was filmed in a real truck stop restaurant. Minimal redecorating was involved. The flashback scene of the truck driver arguing with his wife was also shot in the truck stop restaurant, in the next room. The crew was able to hang homelike curtains and put other household items in the room to make it look like a living room. One challenge was that the actor who plays the truck driver in the spot did not have experience driving an eighteen-wheeler. In the scene where he drives out of the parking lot, a real truck driver is crouching down next to him, out of sight of the camera, operating the gears and pedals so that the truck moves properly.

Video Transcript

Music: “Now he drives a diesel out of Dallas…
Music: “hauling cars out to the coast…
Music: “it ain’t the dream that he remembered, just a few short years ago…
Music: “But tonight at a truckstop, while drinking a cup…
Music: “the waitress grins and winks at him, and says “My shift’s almost up”…
Music: “With so much riding on the choice at hand…
Music: “the spirit of a boy, or the wisdom of a man…
Music: “With so much riding on the choice at hand…
Music: “the spirit of a boy, or the wisdom of a man.”
Anncr: Right choices…pass them on. A message from The Foundation for a Better Life.
Super: Right choices…pass them on. The Foundation for a Better Life

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28	Jorge over 4 years ago from Maryland, USA I did the same thing for the love of my life...I still believe in her and know she will.
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33	Lady Samm over 4 years ago from Toronto, Canada In all of my years of traveling in business, I still meet the most amazing, loving and admirable truck drivers...They embody morals and values, and are ready in an instant to help a damsel in distress with no conditions.
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36	Nelda T. over 4 years ago from kentucky Thanks. Being the wife of a truck driver this is encouraging to know there are still good morals being shown on tv.
37	Scott. B. over 4 years ago from Ont. Canada Being a Father who really is a man...even when it is tough...even when it is not easy...trying again...I love this clip. Thanks!!
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