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Summary: THE BEST
Review: Quite simply THE BEST 70S ROAD MOVIE EVER.......EVER. Its better than Two Lane Black Top, Aloha Bobby and Rose, Bullit (although that was 68' I think), Gone In 60 Seconds (the 1974 original not the Nic Cage [one]!), Driver, Duel, Cannonball Run, American Grafiti(sorry don't know how you spell grafiti). It really is the best. And the car is just to good for words!
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Summary: vanishing point
Review: With out question the best car chase movie ever filmed... Hands down... An honest movie without fake car chase tricks during filming, and the best thing is, at the end it was a 68 camaro that received the bulldozer treatment.
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Summary: So great it hurts
Review: They don't make movies like this anymore. Vanishing Point isnot the typical spoon fed sugar coated crap that modern film has turned into. Watch it and see. It's not a preachy film either. It's just damn good and one of my all time favorites. Don't get the idea this is a stupid car crashing movie. It has some great cars and some do but it's not a special effects thing pretending to be a movie. Barry Newman is great, Mr Little is fantastic and the bit players are terrific.
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Summary: A Truly Classic 70s Drive-In Flick
Review: Fast action, terrific photography, great period atmosphere, colorful characters and a first-rate rock soundtrack add up to a true drive-in classic that retains its "cult classic" reputation even after more than 30 years. The 97-minute print typically seen on cable and video is rumored to be a full 10 minutes shorter than when the movie was first initially released, including a couple of flashbacks featuring Charlotte Rampling that were completely excised. Perhaps 20th Century Fox will one day offer this gem on DVD with the missing footage included...and, being a real fan of the era that this movie was shot in, I'd love to hear cast and director commentary, also!
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Summary: Sadness...
Review: From the near-Olympian hindsight of 30 years, what else can this impassioned, elegiac film inspire in us 60s-survivors but sadness? Not only has the film aged, but so have we all. All those who can no longer grasp the point of this film - leave them alone. They'll never get it. But if you - like me - have lived long enough to see your radicalism shrivel into conformism, to see your youthful ideals replaced with middle-aged complaisance, or to see your teenaged sweetheart inflate into someone else's frowzy wife (just as you yourself grew into someone's frowzy husband), then "Vanishing Point" will seem like a dirge. It makes you wonder why we all didn't drive our Dodges headlong into a bulldozer. But, then again, the highway is still there. . . .
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Summary: "You hear me, Kowalski? You listenin', baby?"
Review: There is a brief camera shot in the 1999 film "The Limey" that earned me many puzzled looks from fellow theatergoers when I erupted into peals of knowing laughter. It's a floorboard-eye-view of Barry Newman doing a quick shift and accelerating in the heat of a car chase scene. It was a note perfect, clever homage to Newman's Kowalski character in "Vanishing Point".The myriad of Amazon reviews shows how iconic this 30 year old existential car chase film has become in the collective memory. Granted, the "plot" takes a back seat (sorry!) to the proceedings, but the imagery and atmosphere of this film stays with you. (All I have to hear is the opening riff to Mountain's "Mississippi Queen", and I get uh, er...imagery, if you know what I'm saying.)The late Cleavon Little is memorable as blind DJ/Kowalski's Muse "Supersoul".Steven Speilberg was obviously influenced by "Vanishing Point" for his debut "The Sugarland Express" a few years later. A rare film that can be appreciated equally by philosophy majors AND "Dukes Of Hazzard" fans!
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Summary: Vanishing Plot/Vanishing Morals
Review: Well, where to begin? First of all, I'm close to 40 years old, and enjoy old musclecars as much as the next person. Like a Tiger, they (musclecars) should be admired for their beauty and strength, but not set loose at full boil on an unsuspecting public. WHAT was so romantic about this film????? A man high on dope, running from the police, on public highways, in a high performance Mopar? And all for what? A bet. Yep.....this movie ranks right up there with Smokey and the Bandit for sheer stupidity. Actually, this movie was before that time, but with one difference, Burt Reynolds was not high as a kite. Now, I love a good action flick, same as most anyone. In a good movie, you can forget about your troubles for awhile, and not worry about everyday troubles. But even in 1971, this movie sent out all the wrong messages. It's Ok to flee from police just because you made a bet with someone. It's Ok to speed on public highways to your heart's content, as long as you're "The Last Free Spirit." As long as you have a cool, fast car, and you're polite to people, it's OK to do these things. My problem with this movie (and yes, I did see it at the drive-in theatre in 71) is the way the movie, and fans alike, glorify the character. Behavior of that type was just as stupid in 1971, AS IT IS TODAY. If a maniac ran you off the road while fleeing from the police, would you "understand," simply because he or she was the last "free person?" People take this film waaaaaaaay to seriously. Freedom? Freedom from WHAT?????? Oh.....it must be the freedom we all desire from those ruthless American Gestapo agents. You know, not being able to own a fast car. Not being able to place a bet and go speeding at 160mph down the interstate. Not being allowed to get high, and then go speeding 160mph down the interstate.Grow UP people!!!
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Summary: What is the true Vanishing Point?
Review: I love this movie, like the other reviewers, so I got the VHS tape AND bought an "official" 1/18 Burago model, very realistic, but it has the 426 Hemi (not a 440)! (So which engine did it really have?) Includes a dealer sheet for the car sold through a Santa Fe dealer, and has one NM plate and one CO plate!??? He WAS a hero, a good cop, a good racer, but his surfer girlfriend led him into drugs and a life leading to ruin. Typical of many in that era (which I survived without drugs, and I'm 52 now, in Sep. 2000). Anyway, at the beginning, it is 10:02 AM Sunday, and he vanishes as he passes an oncoming car. At the end, it is 10:04 AM Sunday, and he crashes into the bulldozers. My private interpretation: at 10:02, he "vanished" in his sleep-deprived and "speed"-warped mind, so he thought he had vanished from the sight of the police. (There was no hint that he was suicidal.) Somehow, this also meant to him that he could not be touched, so he figured he could drive right through the dozers, they would not see him or hurt him, and he would be home free. As they say, "speed" kills. Seeing anyone die, even in a movie, should remind all of us that we will die someday -- we have all sinned, so we all need Jesus as our Savior and Lord. Ask Him to forgive all your sins and be the Lord (Master) of your life. He will make you a brand-new person, and he will give you His eternal life, in peace with Him, God the Father, and the Holy Spirit, forever.
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Summary: It doesn't get any better than this!
Review: This has got to be the greastest car chase film ever made. You can't beat the beautiful 1970 Dodge Challenger that was used. They couldn't have picked a better actor to play the role of Kowalski. Barry Newman did a great job. I wish that an uncut version of this movie was available. One that has the scences with Charlotte Rampling in them. I've never seen the remake but it's got to be as good as the first Vanishing Point. Unfortunetly Kowalski did not make to his destination. If you like great car movies, this is the best one you can buy? Can't wait to get the movie soundtrack.
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Summary: VANASHING POINT
Review: A brilliant performance by the underated Barry Newman as one of lifes misfits.Who decides to have a bet with his friend that he can go from Denver to Sanfranscico in 13 hours,in a souped up Dodge challenger.As you would expect from a road movie like this lots of police chases lots of stunts and high adrenelin adds to the action.The film also has a brilliant soundtrack which seems to be unavaliable anywhere on cd.As I said a brilliant film the last 10 minutes will have you biting your nails and is the highlight of the film.
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