Vanishing Point
United Kingdom, United States
1971
106 Min
Color
1.85:1
English
Synopsis
Car-chase drama. Kowalski bets a friend that he will deliver a car from Denver to San Francisco in 15 hours. Incidents on the journey remind him of his past; but in California he hits a road-block of bulldozers and his car goes up in flames. –BFI
Director
Richard C. Sarafian
Richard C. Sarafian (born 28 April 1930) is an Armenian-American TV and film director. Richard Sarafian has complied a versatile career that has spanned over five decades as a director, actor and writer. He is also the director of the film Vanishing Point (1971). He is the father of: Richard Sarafian Jr., Tedi Sarafian, Damon B. Sarafian, and Deran Sarafian. —Wikipedia
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Øyvind Rype
31Oct11
This falls between Easy Rider with its love for contemporary music and hippies and Spielberg's similar Duel. Not in any way close to Spielberg's visual flair and raw excitement in its car chase, neither does it break any ground as to what Hopper did two years earlier.
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Goin' Faster Miles an Hour
By Doctor Lemonglow on March 8, 2012
At the time of this instant cult film’s release, it may have been reasonable to regard Sarafian’s counterculture road picture
as a blend of Michelangelo Antonioni’s ZABRISKIE POINT and Dennis… read review
One big car chase
By Conner Rainwater on June 20, 2010
By no means is it a good movie or original in any way, it’s just pure adrenaline for an hour and a half. It’s essentially got the same message as Easy Rider, but done with less storytelling and more… read review
Cool and Mythic
By Lopezz on May 27, 2010
This was better than I had expected. It has great car chase scenes and road blocks (that were done over and over after this film), but it’s not just a pulp car-chase movie – it’s also a dirge for a… read review
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