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List Price: $14.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 143 reviews)
Sales Rank: 383
Category: DVD
Actors: Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger, Victoria Medlin, Paul Koslo, Robert Donner, Timothy Scott, Gilda Texter, Anthony James, Arthur Malet, Karl Swenson, Severn Darden, Delaney Bramlett, Bonnie Bramlett, Lee Weaver (ii), Cherie Foster, Valerie Kairys, Tom Reese, Owen Bush, Charlotte Rampling
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Publisher: Fox Home Entertainment
Studio: Fox Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Fox Home Entertainment
Label: Fox Home Entertainment
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.5
UPC: 024543110408
EAN: 0024543110408
ASIN: B00013RC8O
Release Date: February 3, 2004
Theatrical Release Date: March 13, 1971
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
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
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 Reviews: Read 138 more reviews...
 Ode to Lorain County Speedway June 17, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Barry Newman plays Kowalski (no first name given), who used to be part of the statist machinery directed by "The Man". He began life as an inductee in the local government indoctrination center, doing a 12-year sentence. After graduation, he did his dance with the military before rejoining the civilian side of a country on a war footing - as a cop! Somehow, Kowalski is able to untangle his mind from a lifetime of cultural programming and become a free-thinking person. The catalyst for this event is "The Man", who reacted heavy-handedly to Kowalski's moral clarity and made him an outcast. One thing leads to another and Kowalski then makes a wager that he can drive a 1970 Dodge Challenger from Denver, Colorado to San Francisco within 15 hours.
That's when the real star of this film emerges - a white 1970 Dodge Challenger with 440 cubic inches of internal combustion engine fed by a six pack that could make over 400 horse power (although Dodge said 390 hp to help out buyers with their car insurance). This fine example of MOPAR muscle steals the show in a classic car-chase film.
The viewer of this awesome road film gets to ride along with Kowalski, Man! Cops in hot pursuit are everywhere, and there are plenty of opportunities to experience the Challenger's frame-straightening torque and sudden acceleration, even at slow speeds. Kowalski lights up the rears more than once! This Challenger is all muscle, Man.
You can watch this film a thousand times if you fast forward to all the chase scenes.
Erie May 28, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This movie was very weird because everything about it is early ninties-ish, everything, the actors hair, makeup, music, the picture quality, yet this movie was made in 1971. its one of the damnedest things ive ever saw.
the greatest drive-in movie ever made,bar none May 4, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
i saw this movie at a drive in that also had dirty mary,crazy larry as the double bill and these two films rank as the number 1 & 2 drive-in movies of all time.
barry newman is just great as our anti-hero looking to drive from denver to frisco in just 12 hours. why? he made a bet. the whole is better than the parts here,there is a lot you can take from this movie if you want or you can just watch it for the best stunt driving ever put on screen,but if you like a little meat with your movies it's there also if you look. the best.
vanishing point March 23, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
one of the first chase movies i saw as a teenager and loved it. i never saw it again on tv or otherwise. to find it brought back good memories of the younger years. thanks for the memories. two thumbs up.
Good shipping and product ! March 21, 2006
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I am very happy with the product since the delivery was very well taked care, the delivery was established and the product this in perfect conditions.
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