Vanishing Point

Vanishing Point
by Richard C. Sarafian

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Actor: Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger, Paul Koslo, Victoria Medlin
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Brand: NEWMAN,BARRY
Cinematographer: John A. Alonzo
Editor: Stefan Arnsten
Producer: Michael Pearson
Producer: Norman Spencer
Writer: Barry Hall
Writer: Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Writer: Malcolm Hart
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 99 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-02-03
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Fox Home Entertainment

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Movie Review: This movie ignited my love to cars!!
Summary: 5 Stars

This is the best movie that I saw in my childhood that started my journey with speed racing and made me hook up with cars. It is THE movie to watch over and over again and never get tired or bored from it. I was looking for a long time for this movie, as I only remembred the name of the hero "Kowaloski", and out of no where it was aired on one of the channels and I was able to get the name of the title. At last, Amazon made my dream come true!!

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Summary of Vanishing Point

Thrills, spills and a handful of pills. It all adds up to one of the most spectacular car chases in motion picture history! Barry Newman stars as Kowalski, the last American hero, who set out to prove that he can drive from Denver to San Francisco in just fifteen hours. Along the way, he meets an old prospector (Dean Jagger), a snake worshipper, a nude woman on a motorcycle, and a blind D.J. (Cleavon Little) who "sees" danger ahead in this super-charged, action-packed adventure!

Art film and road movie collide for Vanishing Point, an existential car chase across the desert in a post Easy Rider America. Barry Newman stars as Kowalski, a taciturn driver who bets that he can drive a new Dodge Challenger from Denver to San Francisco in 15 hours. He loads up on amphetamines and begins his odyssey through the contemporary west while a funky black DJ (Cleavon Little) turns the driver into a folk hero and broadcasts advice on dodging the cops. It's like a counterculture precursor to Smokey and the Bandit, with the road as the last bastion of freedom and the DJ as a combination commentator and mystical guide. The slim plot offers a network of society drop-outs that aid the "last free Man on Earth" (as the DJ describes him) on his obscure but obviously symbolic quest while flashbacks paint Kowalski as a world-weary hero. It doesn't really make much sense, but the amazing car chases and excellent stunt work are stunningly set against the American west, beautifully captured by cinematographer John A. Alonzo. Vanishing Point is most assuredly a product of its time, the heady, anything-goes era of rebellion in the early 1970s. --Sean Axmaker

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