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Vanishing Point
List price: $9.98
Sale price: $6.99
You save: $2.99 (30%)
Actor(s): Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger, Victoria Medlin, Paul Koslo
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: NEWMAN,BARRY
Creator(s): Cinematographer John A. AlonzoEditor Stefan ArnstenProducer Michael PearsonProducer Norman SpencerWriter Barry HallWriter G. Cabrera InfanteWriter Malcolm Hart
Director(s):
EAN: 0024543110408
Format(s): AnamorphicColorDVD-VideoWidescreenNTSC
Label: Fox Home Entertainment
Language(s): English Dolby Digital 1.0 Original LanguageSpanish Dolby Digital 1.0 Original LanguageEnglish SubtitledSpanish SubtitledFrench Dolby Digital 1.0 Dubbed
List Price: $9.98
Manufacturer: Fox Home Entertainment
MPN: FOXD2221040D
Number Of Items: 1
Package Dimensions:
Height: 0.6"
Width: 5.3"
Length: 0.6"
Weight: 0.15 lbs.
Product Group: DVD
Publisher: Fox Home Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-02-03
Running Time: 98minutes
Studio: Fox Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1971-03-13
UPC: 024543110408
Editorial Reviews
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!
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
Customer Reviews Average rating - 4.5
Rating - 5 Date: 2009-01-05
Content: 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.
Summary: best of the best
Rating - 5 Date: 2008-12-22
Content: I purchased Vanishing Point for my fiance and he loved it. I loved the great, fast service. I would highly recommend.
Thank you.
Summary: Wonderful service..definitely recommend.
Rating - 5 Date: 2008-12-14
Content: 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.
Summary: Blu-ray out in Germany
Rating - 5 Date: 2008-12-06
Content: I had been searching for this video. It was just what I was looking for!
Summary: perfect
Rating - 5 Date: 2008-12-06
Content: 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.
Summary: Not a car chase movie
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