Vanishing Point

1971
AA
1h 46m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

31K

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During the 1970s, car-delivery driver Kowalski delivers hot rods in record time, but always runs into trouble.During the 1970s, car-delivery driver Kowalski delivers hot rods in record time, but always runs into trouble.During the 1970s, car-delivery driver Kowalski delivers hot rods in record time, but always runs into trouble.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

31K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

Trivia
The car featured in the film is a 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T, with a 440 cubic-inch V-8, and not a 426 Hemi V-8 (as is often believed). Eight white Challengers loaned from the Chrysler Corporation were used during the filming.

Goofs
The 19-inch racks in Super Soul's radio station with large tape reels (in one scene seen fast moving) are not audio equipment. These tape drives were used in computer systems in the 1970s to store data on tape.

Quotes
Super Soul: This radio station was named Kowalski, in honour of the last American hero to whom speed means freedom of the soul. The question is not when's he gonna stop, but who is gonna stop him.

Crazy credits
The Fox logo is shown without the fanfare making it one of the first times this has happened.

Alternate versions
When first released in Brazil, the movie had some scenes cut, reducing the running time to 99 minutes.

Connections
Edited into Gone with the Wind: The Remarkable Rise and Tragic Fall of Lynyrd Skynyrd (2015)

Soundtracks
You Got to Believe
Composed by Delaney Bramlett
Sung by Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
(Courtesy of Atlantic Records)

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Featured review

Best carmovie ever

One thing I realised about carfilms, or whatever you might call them, is that a certain degree of monotony is always required (check out the wonderful Two Lane Blacktop too see what I mean). If you waste too much time with backgrounds, character development, story etc the really important stuff starts lacking (the car as an instrument of freedom, the road, the desert...). In this way Vanishing Point is the perfect carmovie: it's about the most monotonous, yet beautiful things i've ever seen! It's about:

1. The car

2. The road

3. The desert

4. The music

And nothing else! Some vague attempts are made to make a character out of Kowalski, but fortunely they're small in numbers. The car is the true main character of the film.

I recommend this film with all my heart.