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Product Description
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!
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Customer Review(s)
Customer Rating: Summary: best of the best Comment: By far the best car chase movie ever made. Kowalski and a 1970 Challenger, it doesn't get any better than that. The music kept pace with the movie which is rare these day's due to studios trying to sell music cd's as well as the movie. The meaning to the story, it's better to burn out than fade away.Cleavon Little was great as the DJ, but most the time seems to be Kowalski's co-pilot. The chase never lets up in this movie until the end, but even then, Kowalski is smiling. Even though this movie is mild compared to today's films, parents might want to remember the drug use and the nude biker girl scene in this film as well as the corrupt cop scene. And if you watch the international version of this film, don't forget the scene where he picks up a hitch-hiker. This is one of those flicks that I watched time and time again, it never gets old. They made a newer version of this film in 2004, don't waste your time, especially if your a big fan of the original. I read in a car magazine a few month's ago an article on the new Challenger, where they were talking about another remake of this movie. If they do, I hope they learn from other remake failures and learn what made this on a cult phenomenon. Customer Rating: Summary: Blu-ray out in Germany Comment: The German BD came out containing some of the extras in 1080/24p: 17-minute Look Back with interviews with Barry Newman, Richard Sarafian and the nude Biker girl (clothed). 10-minute film, also in HD, about muscle cars and the Dodge Challenger. Trailer in HD, 2 TV spots in 480i.
Sountrack dts HD-MA with new remix with cars passing by to the side and to the rear in some instance. Seemed to me quite center concentrated.
It seems the US Version will have some more extras. BonusView extra about the music. Customer Rating: Summary: Not a car chase movie Comment: Don't get wrong : this is not a fantastic car chase movie. It's a movie from the early seventies about freedom, about America living the end of a golden age, about a country made of hope and contradictions. It is also about space, and time, about beauty (the desert is amazingly beautyful).
R. Sarafian is a great director, with very little he does big effect, and Barry Newman is exactly the guy requested for this role.
Besides, it is a fantastic car chase movie.
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