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Vanishing Point (1971) 7.3
During the 1970s, car delivery driver Kowalski delivers hot rods in record time but always runs into trouble with the highway cops. Director:Richard C. SarafianWriters:Guillermo Cabrera Infante (screenplay) (as Guillermo Cain) , Malcolm Hart (from a story outline by), 1 more credit » |
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Kowalski works for a car delivery service. He takes delivery of a 1970 Dodge Challenger to take from Colorado to San Francisco, California. Shortly after pickup, he takes a bet to get the car there in less than 15 hours. After a few run-ins with motorcycle cops and highway patrol they start a chase to bring him into custody. Along the way, Kowalski is guided by Supersoul - a blind DJ with a police radio scanner. Throw in lots of chase scenes, gay hitchhikers, a naked woman riding a motorbike, lots of Mopar and you've got a great cult hit from the early 70's. Written by Matthew
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Tighten your seat belt. You never had a trip like this before. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for sensuality/nudity and drug content | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
13 March 1971 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Carrera contra el destino See more »Box Office
Budget:
$1,585,000 (estimated)Gross:
SEK 880,385 (Sweden)Company Credits
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Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Composed & Sung by Bob Segarini (as Segarini)/Randy Bishop (as Bishop)
(Courtesy of Electra Records)
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Trivia
Sarafian states on the commentary, that eight '70 Dodge Challenger R/T's were actually utilized during production and when filming had wrapped, only one Challenger R/T remained. See more »Goofs
When the older cop (Robert Donner) tells the young cop (Paul Koslo) that Super Soul is monitoring police radio, the young cop says that that is illegal, and the older cop agrees. In fact, the courts have ruled that it is not illegal to listen to police radio, but it is illegal to use the information you gain from it to evade or break the law. (So presumably Super Soul passing the information to Kowalski IS illegal.) See more »Crazy Credits
The Fox logo is shown without the fanfare making it one of the first times this has happened. See more »Connections
Featured in The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo (2007) See more »Soundtracks
Dear Jesus GodComposed & Sung by Bob Segarini (as Segarini)/Randy Bishop (as Bishop)
(Courtesy of Electra Records)
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The best road movie ever made. To appreciate it you have got to try and see it from the culture of that era. It is totally anti establishment as was the mood of half of America. So the police are all idiots, the 'good ol boys' are either violent rednecks or passive disapproving onlookers. Kowalski is going to give those mid west conservatives something they won't forget, he's going to shake things up for a day or two. Kowalski is simply the symbol of the many disenfranchised at the time. The story starts at the end. We hear a boring stifling radio news item on the price of grain. We see dreary looking bystanders who need to be turned on. Then Super Soul takes over the airwaves with his wild DJ antics and hippy music trying to jolt these people out of their fixed ways. The old and the new are clashing. This sets the mood we know from then it is rebellious. Other aspects the stunts the music the characters have been well covered below so there is no need to say more on that. Some have said that there is no point to this story or Kowalski's motives and have interpreted the title meaning that. But all a vanishing point is an artist name for the phenomena of perspective where two parallel lines seemingly meet and in the long straight roads of the journey we see plenty of vanishing points.