Your countrymen and women should be proud of you. On behalf of the British thank you for your service. So did you see Vanishing Point before or after you went to Vietnam?
Neil Brown my problem with Baby Driver is that it was advertised as a car movie, which it is not. So when I went to see it expecting a car movie I walked out disappointed and didn’t appreciate what was so great about it. I watched it a second time and enjoyed it for what it was. Like, imagine if Ronin trailers heavily pushed the car chase scene, which was amazing... so you go in expecting a car based action movie and you end up with a spy thriller.
How so ??, I had one back in 1970 with a 440 six pack with a 4-speed transmission put it back in when I was 18 years old I still wish I had that car I love the sound of that 440 !!!@@curiousnomadic
The glory days are coming to an end however. 2023 is the last model year for hellcats and 2024 is when the new styling cycle begins with the successor as a EV. Dodge will announce the future plans in August.
@@RegulerShowTV sure but that number will get smaller each day after production ends. The prices will skyrocket for the examples that survive the ghetto blasters and then spend the reminder of their days sitting in garages hiding behind a huge tax evasion wall like most collector cars do. Not saying every collection is like that but I'd wager a fair share are.
@@operator91210 This is true, and maybe it is the mother of all incentives. But it got me off the fence and into a new T/A 392 Challenger while I could still get one. Loving it too. Absolute beast.
I remember seeing this in the theater when it came out in 1971 with a bunch of my college friends. Had no idea what the movie was going to be abound when we went in, but all of went back the very next night to see it again.
@Tireshredderjoe Oh OK sorry dude I thought you were saying the film sucked! Many apologies! I'm from the UK but along with a raft of other great 🇺🇸 road movies this is one of my all time favourites alongside Two Lane Blacktop!
This movie, Bullitt, the Seven Ups, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, Aloha Bobby and Rose, Eat My Dust, the French Connection, Le Mans, the Gumball Rally, Smokey and the Bandit, were all great fun to watch when I was a young kid.
That's a perfect summer lineup at the local drive-in! Every Sunday, another classic car movie right after a Sunday afternoon classic car meet at the outdoor theater.
He fell into the water and mud, and had a cage behind his head. You would be surprised from what kind of crashes people could come out alive from unsafe cars in the past. I've read of a rally driver who had a crash in 60's car so bad, the g-force itself ripped tightly knotted racing shoes off his feet. He went out from the wreck barefoot and then fainted, but otherwise he was allright.
Yes the ending is soo climatic !! You know deep inside, that it could Never actually survive !!,,,,, Yet there's that one chance in a million that , just ,... maybe,,,,,,😳😳
I love how the jag guy adjust his glasses after he gets out from the wreck, like “no big deal...not only did I survive but I didn’t even lose my shades” 😏
Saw this flick as a second at the drive in. I was getting ready to leave when i saw the car. The longer i watched, the more i liked it. Ended up being one of my favorite movies of all time.
Kowalski is the best. The guy in the jaguar was an annoying douche bag but that didn’t stop Kowalski from checking to see if he was okay or not. Solid dude.
@@stickman1742 its a recurring theme in the movie.. he allways stops to check (he also stops to check when the police car chasing him crashes and rolls over)
I grew up in a farm that was also an automotive hobby shop. We had a lot of cars. This was in the 80s. The car I was given was a clunky big t-bird, 1978, but if I had to go to work (16 year old) and my car wouldn't start, I had to pick another "clunker" out of the yard and drive to work. A pale blue dodge was my favourite because it really moved if you gave 'er. I was told to only drive it on the backroads because she wasn't insured. It was this car. No wonder I found it peppy, it was a bloody Dodge Challenger! Exactly the same. Great car. I can see myself in my little nurse's uniform on the backroads now.
it was about a nude chic on a motor bike I believe. Well, that’s all that stuck with me. Oh, and some cool rapper cat. And a snake charmer, with some car chase scenes to boot !
Judging from rewievs on different sites, people notoriously don't get what is the film about. The film itself is a one long chase, but it happens because Kowalski has some serious problems with consciousness and doesn't realise what day it actually is, when he begins his trip. He believes he has much less time to deliver the car than he actually has, he has problems with vision, and probably clouded judgement. That's because he doesn't sleep and takes a lot of amphetamine, and he does it because he's totally broken by life. He's a vietnam war veteran, probably with a trauma, he was kicked away from police force because he protected a girl when other officer was trying to rape her, but as a consequence, let a suspect get away, he's a failed sportsman and his girlfiend drowned. The country and life let him down, so he lost his mind, but even in such a terrible shape, he's the hell of a driver, and everything that happens, questions the actions of police force back then, as all accidents and and acts of brutality are caused by the police's incompetence, prejudice and blunt agression while he only drives around the country faster than the law allows.
That Series 1 Jaguar E-Type was good for 150 at the top end. The 440 Challenger would have been geared too low to reach that speed. The Dodge had the power, but not the legs.
You don't know what the ring & pinion wouldve been - I had a 68 Charger with a stage 3 383 hurst 4 speed that car would bury the speedo at 150 very quickly as heavy as it was..
1 of my top 5 films. Kowalski is the ultimate hero. I showed this film often as a prompt for class discussion & essays in college freshman II. Once they got into it, students thought it rocked. Great message film. Great symbolism. Great characterization w/o dialogue. I have the soundtrack, screenplay, & poster. Big fan.
I always thought this was the Easy Rider of car movies. The entire storyline is actually quite good if you watch it from the beginning. I've probably seen this movie at least 20 times over the years . Quentin Tarantino's 'Death Proof' is a nice homage to this movie also
@@davea5715 it’s not about BHP mate I am a professional Mechanic they are both fast cars off there time Etype was genuine 150MPH. Charger or Challenger with a muscle car.
@@timothykeith1367 you don't see many of those and especially what would be very rare about a 6 cylinder Challenger for 1970 is if you had a 4-speed manual transmission numbers matching very rare indeed but I believe that the six cylinder was hooked up with a automatic 3 speed transmission and I believe they called that particular model Challenger with that package called the deputy six.
@@lovethesmellofracefuelinth7374 the six cylinder you are mentioning was their lowest priced car whereas depending on the size V8 you got in your Challenger for the year 1970 was a little bit pricier.
KOWALSKI! I saw this movie at a drive-in theater when I was 12 ish. Finally got my Dodge Challenger when I was 20. It wasn't a big block R/T white on white. It was a 340 Orange on white but I drove it like it was a BB R/T.
I believe the soundtrack was made specifically for this movie with either the exception of "Mississippi Queen" or it inadvertently became a hit as a result.
That is my car 1970 Dodge challenger with the pistol grip I am on the exact same vehicle in the movie and my license plate says Kowalski it has a 440 Magnum 375hp with a four-speed with pistol grip very cool
The sound of that 440 winding out is pure "AWESOME" and would have blown that Jag off the road....Even the 340 small blocks would move. I have owned 3 Mopars in my life and all 3 were "GREAT" vehicles. A 71 Dodge Demon 340, a 71 Plymouth Duster 340, and a 74 Plymouth Voyager van with a 360 4 bbl in it. Them 340s were "SCREAMIN"' machines and both were low 12 second cars. Back then that was a quick street car. Even the van with the 360 would smoke both rear tires. I was surprized to learn it had posi~traction. All 3 had 727 Torque~Flyte trannys. I read this in a magazine about the "A" body Duster, Demon and Dart... "Being built on Chrysler's compact A-body unibody platform, the Plymouth Duster, Dodge Demon, and Dodge Dart Sport models weighed less than 3,000 pounds. With the right sort of drivetrains and rear axle/differential ratios, these stylish pony cars could scoot."
I’m from that era and saw the movie and saw the movie when it came out,I was 15.I saw all the other chase movies and always thought this was the car chase movie to compare all others to.other had bigger budgets or better story lines but you had to be there at that time to experience the world at that time cause I can tell you looking back now does not do it justice but everyone was there to see the car,the chase and the action.I saw the others but this was the one that set the pace and hey I was a Chevy guy first Mopar second,no matter Barry Newman did a great job.
@@aayazahmed5389 Bridge is gone (Been so for decades). The 1000' of road beyond bridge has been washed away. When I was last there (Late 2018) section of road to bridge was gone, so at some point one will have to walk. The hill the Jaguar goes up and over is still there. Two good links for Vanishing Point locations : www.flickr.com/photos/mrlocation/albums/72157632013998035 www.forebodiesonly.com/forum/threads/vanishing-point-argos-car-delivery-service-denver.11893/
@@stickman1742 The Muddy Creek has shifted and wiped out most of he road in that area. The coordinates I posted is the remains of south end of the bridge. I have been to that location twice, the last time in Sept 2018, in which I actually climbed up that abutment. The placement for the camera at 1:35 is now empty space due to the erosion. Should go there and see it for yourself, it is a nice spot.
Every American automobile should come in at least packs of three... you might actually get to drive it once a month then if you're very lucky (or unlucky, depending on your point of view.)
Have got this DVD somewhere. Must dig it out. There was a good joke on English cars in a top gear episode filmed in the US where they are all driving jags, and of course one has broken down due to the Lucas electrics . A good ole boy with his dog pull over in his pickup to see if he can help. They explain thanks but we will manage, its just the electronics. Before he takes off he says 'we know over here why you Brits drink warm beer. It's because Lucas also made refrigerators.' I thought that was great.
In this scene is yet another hint that the lack of sleep of going on amphetamine affects Kowalski's ability. He gets dizzed for a moment- that's why he hits the Jaguar. And that's why he thinks he has much less time to deliver the car and isn't critical of this belief. Already in the beginning of the film there is a suggestion that he's suffering from double vision from time to time, and his vision blurred all the time.
The Jag was made in the 60's, and looked a wreck, in reality, American muscle cars are just overpriced soup cans on wheels. Oh and it was in the script.
@@jean-lucpicard5510 Allow me to answer that not all muscle cars were bad handling cars. Many of the Pony cars like the Camaro Z/28 and in general all Ford Shelby Mustang were very good cars. Plus it's irrelevant to call muscle cars overpriced soup cans as every country has their own politics and prices. It's also irrelevant to compare Euro and US cars of that time; different roads and highways, different mentalities and driving habits. Along with that the fact that USA's well known for drag races and oval races, and not rally or consorts. And in Trans-Am, European cars could simply not keep up with US teams. Finally, small-block muscle cars like the Pontiac Firebird 455 or the Mustang BOSS 302 could as well beat any of the average European sports cars and also compete with top-of-the-line cars.
@@stickman1742 The one, he fills up at a station and is eye'd by a hot blond who reminds him of his dead wife. In the other, he gets maybe 5 gallons from a old prospector living in the desert who gets the gas from a religious leader who has a camp there. I think I've watched the movie about 50 times.
ok so the cops just suddenly show up in the middle of the desert when they were nowhere to be seen right after this guy flipped his car. what is this GTA 5?
I’ve driven more E types on the road than Challengers, and I’m a mopar guy (I work on sportscars). 50 or more Jaaaags, 0 Challengers. 1 440 ‘cuda though.. those XKEs aren’t really all that fast. Nice torque in a medium weight body, but nothing like moving 8 paint bucket sized pistons, even lazily...
@@RichMander1 now that all depends on what engine size you've got that's running those paint can size Pistons most people like the 426 Hemi or the big powerful 440 Magnum if I was going to get a challenger like that I think a good engine is the 383.
You're right on a vanishing point road the jag would have pulled away. The challenger with high rear end gears 3:73 was good for maybe 125 the jag 150+.......
I much prefer this original version of the movie to the remake.This is one of those 1970s era indie existential films. The remake is a commercial feel-good cop-out.
@@lewisshepard9239 He is draging out a gear before shifting so thats wrong. Maybe long ratio on second gear. Anyway its awesome to watch and i think its a smal amount of people that can doubleclutch that quick these days.
@@ronniejacobsen9896 you're right about that it's only a small amount that can do that double clutching and that quick I had an old late 50 sports car that you have to double clutch without stripping the gears if you try to drive with regular clutching technique it just would not go into the next gear.
I bought the soundtrack on vinyl and later on CD. The Charger was a style that is now still modern. Shame how the future will never make a heavy car with so much power. Electric might work, but how do you get that sound? I'm still looking for the girl on the Honda.
When this movie came out I went and saw it on a date. I liked it but the girl with me did not. She did not understand all of the high speeds and drugs. Oh well, I have it on DVD so I can watch it any time I like.
