Vanishing Point
During the 1970s, amphetamine-popping Kowalski attempts to drive a race car from Denver to San Francisco in order to win a bet but always runs into trouble with the highway cops.
20 July 1937, Detroit, Michigan, USA
24 April 1945, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
22 July 1942, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA
7 November 1903, Columbus Grove, Ohio, USA
15 February 1917, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA [now Hawaii, USA]
23 July 1908, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
27 June 1944, Germany
8 August 1928, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
1 June 1939, Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA
27 April 1931, New York City, New York, USA
March 11, 2009
should be seen as a particularly charged variant of a now extinct genre: the artsy B-movieJuly 10, 2007
Really nothing but a one hundred minute car chase across country, and I loved every minute of it...January 26, 2006
The woodenness of both direction and Newman's performance becomes increasingly apparent.March 28, 2007
A fairly interesting, but somewhat muddled, road movie starring Newman as an ex-cop who now drives cars from Denver to San Francisco for a living.January 01, 2000
Takes full advantage of the subject's existential and mythical undertones without being pretentious, and you certainly get a run for your money, along with a lot of rock music.August 14, 2007
In a time when vacant retreads such as The Fast and the Furious are the problem, Vanishing Point is the answer.March 13, 2009
Merged the appeal of Bullitt with that of, say, Zabriskie Point...fast cars and dusty existentialism. [Blu-ray]May 09, 2005
A movie about which I can think of almost nothing good to say.October 10, 2007
A film all but overflowing with the revolting spirit of the oppressed. Bring the noise!May 24, 2003
A beguiling, if silly pleasure.May 06, 2008
The action is almost entirely made up of one man driving a car at maximum speed from Denver to, hopefully, San Francisco.May 24, 2007
The last quarter of Grindhouse was little more than a love note to this flick's towering excellence.