{"id":87097,"date":"2022-09-09T22:16:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T05:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=87097"},"modified":"2024-06-14T23:58:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T06:58:57","slug":"vanishing-point-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=87097","title":{"rendered":"Vanishing Point (1971)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Don&#8217;t you worry &#8212; we&#8217;ll catch him.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Poster-199x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-87098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Poster-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Poster-179x270.png 179w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Poster.png 629w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA war vet and former cop (Barry Newman) picks up a car from its owner (Karl Swenson) and makes a bet with his drug-dealing friend (Lee Weaver) that he can deliver the car from Colorado to California in 15 hours; but he quickly finds himself relentlessly chased by police, and must rely on help from strangers &#8212; including a blind DJ named Super Soul (Cleavon Little), an aging prospector (Dean Jagger), a faith healer named J. Hovah (Severn Darden), and two hippies (Timothy Scott and Gilda Texter) &#8212; to make it to his destination.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Car Chase<\/li>\n<li>Charlotte Rampling Films<\/li>\n<li>Counterculture<\/li>\n<li>Dean Jagger Films<\/li>\n<li>Fugitives<\/li>\n<li>Radio<\/li>\n<li>Road Trip<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary&#8217;s <em>GFTFF<\/em> review of this &#8220;cult movie about a dropout from mainstream society&#8230; who takes a drive-away car from Denver to San Francisco&#8221; is excerpted directly from his longer essay in <em>Cult Movies 2<\/em>, which I&#8217;ll cite directly from. He notes that while Newman&#8217;s &#8220;Kowalski&#8221; is posited as a &#8220;contemporary <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lone_Ranger\">Lone Ranger<\/a>,&#8221; he &#8220;forgets to do anything heroic.&#8221; Instead, &#8220;the trouble for us viewers&#8230; is that no matter how noble his self-sacrificial gesture seems&#8221; at the end of the film, &#8220;we can&#8217;t help feeling that this pill-popping, self-destructive speed demon (whom we see in flashback crash on a race track) is a menace to all of us on the road&#8221; &#8212; and &#8220;for everybody&#8217;s safety, we should hope that he&#8217;ll be arrested.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Newman-Driving.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Newman-Driving-1024x564.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Newman-Driving-1024x564.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Newman-Driving-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Newman-Driving-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Newman-Driving-768x423.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Newman-Driving-490x270.png 490w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Newman-Driving.png 1291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary notes that &#8220;because the high-speed car chase in <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=15490\"><em>Bullitt<\/em> (1968)<\/a> had such an impact on the public&#8230; and on filmmakers who saw a good way to fill twenty minutes of screen time in their own dreary films, almost every action film of the following years included an obligatory car chase&#8221; &#8212; though for <em>Vanishing Point<\/em>, this was simply the &#8220;starting point.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>He asserts that &#8220;director Richard Sarafian&#8230; was looking for the perfect movie formula&#8221; and &#8220;noticed that there was also a proliferation of &#8216;personal&#8217;, low-budget existential films that used <em>the road<\/em> as a metaphor for lives that have no meaning, no direction, no beginning, and no end&#8221; &#8212; so &#8220;he decided to mix the car chase, hallmark of the action film, into an existential road film.&#8221; Meanwhile, &#8220;he threw in some gorgeous Colorado-Nevada-California scenery, a bit of nudity (a girl on a motorcycle in the desert???)&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Nude-Cyclist.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Nude-Cyclist-1024x552.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"345\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Nude-Cyclist-1024x552.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Nude-Cyclist-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Nude-Cyclist-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Nude-Cyclist-768x414.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Nude-Cyclist-501x270.png 501w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Nude-Cyclist.png 1297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;some acoustic and psychedelic rock music (perfectly attuned to the era), and stereotypes from the counterculture&#8221; &#8212; and, &#8220;the youthcult ate it up.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, there are three central problems: first, &#8220;the picture makes little sense&#8221;; second, audiences are manipulated by &#8220;Sarafian and screenwriter Guillermo Cain&#8221; into &#8220;regarding Kowalski as its hero&#8221;; and third and &#8220;most significant[ly], they have &#8216;cool&#8217; characters&#8221; &#8212; like &#8220;Vera [Kowalski&#8217;s deceased girlfriend, played by Victoria Medlin]&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Lover-Beach.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Lover-Beach-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Lover-Beach-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Lover-Beach-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Lover-Beach-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Lover-Beach-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Lover-Beach-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Lover-Beach.png 1301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;Super Soul &#8212; who [for some reason] thinks of Kowalski as &#8216;the last American hero,&#8217; the symbol of our dying freedom&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Super-Soul.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Super-Soul-1024x561.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Super-Soul-1024x561.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Super-Soul-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Super-Soul-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Super-Soul-768x420.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Super-Soul-493x270.png 493w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Super-Soul.png 1295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;Jake, the old prospector&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Old-Man.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Old-Man-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Old-Man-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Old-Man-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Old-Man-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Old-Man-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Old-Man-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Old-Man.png 1297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and &#8220;Angel and his nude girlfriend think[ing] well of Kowalski&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Peace-Hippie.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Peace-Hippie-1024x553.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Peace-Hippie-1024x553.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Peace-Hippie-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Peace-Hippie-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Peace-Hippie-768x415.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Peace-Hippie-500x270.png 500w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Peace-Hippie.png 1297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8230; thus indicating &#8220;he must be all right.&#8221; Meanwhile (and most frustrating to me), &#8220;all the women are portrayed as love objects, willing to hop into the sack with any lonely stranger.&#8221; As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1157point.html\">DVD Savant<\/a> writes in his equally scathing review: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;&#8230; perhaps the warped plotline can be justified as being partly from [Kowalski&#8217;s] distorted point of view. Women appear like visions out of the desert. A gas station attendant is just like (or is) the girl he rescued from being raped by his partner when he used to be a cop. Another female conjures up visions of the surfer girl (cue romantic flashbacks) he lost to the deep blue see (cue lonely surfboard washing ashore). A final vision, seen only in the English version, is a sultry hitchhiker (Charlotte Rampling) who seems to be a personal hallucination.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Adding insult to injury, &#8220;the only misfits who don&#8217;t help Kowalski are homosexuals (even youth films in those days made homosexuals into comical deviants.)&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Deviants.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Deviants-1024x554.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Deviants-1024x554.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Deviants-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Deviants-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Deviants-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Deviants-499x270.png 499w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Deviants.png 1299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary concludes his essay by naming many of the confusing or unclear aspects of the screenplay &#8212; but he also admits he &#8220;half enjoy[s] <em>Vanishing Point<\/em>&#8221; given that &#8220;the stuntwork here&#8230; is truly spectacular,&#8221; and there are (thankfully) &#8220;few actual car crashes&#8221; (though the filmmakers did go through eight white Dodge Challengers during the making of the film).  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Dodge.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Dodge-1024x550.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Dodge-1024x550.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Dodge-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Dodge-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Dodge-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Dodge-503x270.png 503w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Dodge.png 1301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While &#8220;Kowalski drives like a tourist guide who missed the last reststop,&#8221; the &#8220;scenery we glimpse is&#8230; breathtaking, and the camerawork from fast-moving vehicles and helicopters is stunning.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Bridge.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Bridge-1024x553.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Bridge-1024x553.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Bridge-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Bridge-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Bridge-768x415.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Bridge-500x270.png 500w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Bridge.png 1291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What Peary likes &#8220;best about the film,&#8221; however, &#8220;is its depiction of a coast-to-coast network of weirdos, dropouts, and misfits ready to help wayfaring strangers,&#8221; thus &#8220;show[ing] a finer aspect of the sixties-seventies counterculture, for which [he has] nostalgic feelings.&#8221; I wonder if this may also be why 72-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0067927\/trivia?ref_=ttfc_ql_trv_1\">Bruce Springsteen mentioned this as his favorite action film on the November 10th, 2021 episode of <em>The Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/em><\/a> while taking the &#8220;Colbert Questionnaire&#8221;. Perhaps we all have a collective nostalgia for a (perceived) time when the world was more collaborative and communal.   <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Check out the 18-minute documentary called &#8220;Built For Speed: A Look Back at <em>Vanishing Point<\/em>&#8221; if you&#8217;re curious to learn a bit more about the film&#8217;s production and popularity. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plenty of exciting car chases and stunts (shout-out to stunt coordinator and driver Carey Loftin)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Driving.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Driving-1024x556.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Driving-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Driving-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Driving-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Driving-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Driving-497x270.png 497w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Driving.png 1295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>John A. Alonzo&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Can-You-Make-It.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Can-You-Make-It-1024x554.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Can-You-Make-It-1024x554.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Can-You-Make-It-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Can-You-Make-It-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Can-You-Make-It-768x415.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Can-You-Make-It-499x270.png 499w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Vanishing-Point-Can-You-Make-It.png 1298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, once, simply for its cult status. But expect to be annoyed by much of it. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0067927\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/review\/2171\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1157point.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=525&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t you worry &#8212; we&#8217;ll catch him.&#8221; Synopsis: A war vet and former cop (Barry Newman) picks up a car from its owner (Karl Swenson) and makes a bet with his drug-dealing friend (Lee Weaver) that he can deliver the car from Colorado to California in 15 hours; but he quickly finds himself relentlessly chased by police, and must rely on help from strangers &#8212; 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