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September 25, 2009
The last American hero who knows that speed is freedom for the soul! Existential exploitation at it?s very best.
Anthony James, Arthur Malet, Barry Newman
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 t...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 23, 2004
Stats: 1,083 reviews
Flixster Reviews (1,083)
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March 21, 2008Man and machine against the world!. . . Great going with Barry Newman as Kowalski.
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November 21, 2007Basically a watered-down Easy Rider with an amazing car instead of motorcycles. Not bad but it doesn't make total (or even a lot of) sense as a few things were left unexplained. The flashbacks were good although I kind of wish there were more of them even if only to fill in some ...( read more)
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May 14, 2008This was a very enjoyable movie about a guy taking a high speed chase from Denver to San Fransisco. Kowalski, our hero, is driving the infamous 1970 Dodge Challenger. He is described by a local DJ as "The last free spirit on this earth." A lesson that sometimes death is the only ...( read more)
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November 7, 2009I was actually surprised by the story that this movie had and the way it ended. It was kind of a thinker. but it was also a simple story which really helped. Amazing car chase scenes, which I will watch again just for that alone. Very good acting and I loved seeing Cleavon Little...( read more)
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August 16, 2009Barry Newman, man of honour and cool as a cucumber , aided by blind disk jockey Cleavon Little, speeds through a mesmerizing 15 hour road trip from Colorado to San Francisco, seriously p***ing off the state police along the way. Completely brilliant.
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July 23, 2009A cult classic, Vanishing Point is a pre-Smokey and the Bandit road trip film with Barry Newman's benny-fueled driver attempting to get from Denver to San Francisco in one night. Considerably stilted and random, the movie is still gritty and mannish, though the jumble of side sto...( read more)
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May 2, 2007Does anyone know about a poster for this movie that featured a charger sliding sideways, it was orange and yellow I think. I'm trying to find that poster.
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