@@flipsidenation7679 Swayze's only movie in the 70s came out in 1979 and it was his debut film lmao. Do your homework. The 70s was Hoffman's, Pacino's, Hackman's, De Niro's, Redford's etc. decade of greatness.
Ned Beatty is as good in this as Burt is. With his slightly comical look from a distance that is cancelled when he's up close and his coldness and intensity comes through, he gave real grit to this. It had the sense that Burt could pull all sorts of good ol' boy shenanigans, but the sheriff played for keeps. This is why for me this is the strongest of Burt's films of this period, in that it has real edge among the humour.
Great Scene!! The two enemies meet face to face! Gator knows who Sheriff Connors is, but I also think that JC Connors is realizing that the man the Government sent to investigate him is sitting in the drivers seat of that killer hot rod Ford.
Because of Ned’s iconic scene in Deliverance, filmmakers were hesitant to cast him so soon after thinking he was typecast. Burt said he had to fight like hell to get Ned in this movie. Good thing he did.
Burt was one bad hombre’. He was wicked good on this film as was the menacing sheriff played to perfection by Ned Beatty. This is Burt’s best film, and made him the biggest film star of the 70’s. Even Brando was in awe and hated him out of pure jealousy.
I love this movie, seen it when I was 10, and the only thing I didn't like about it, is it would show him putting Hurst 4-speed shifter in gear, but other scenes it was an automatic on the column.... Couldn't fool me, even at 10 years old... Still love this movie though....
My wrestling team recited this movie word for word during PT and I did all of Connors quotes. " Only 2 things whats that" but we did it waaaay more country.
I've seen this movie maybe 100 times, I even had two of these cars, one black with blue interior and an N code 429 police spec car and one brown, looked just like this. Never noticed the mic before. My brown car is on YT. Search Ronnie White White Lightning. I built it and sold it to him. He put the 429 and 4 speed in it.
But i have heard some 350s and 327 make this sweet sound with 800cfm qaudjet and a baby cam headers and thrush hush mufflers dumped behind the rear axle
Isn´t the south even better than the west? I like how they laugh at each other like "come on, it´s just a movie..." - that creates this very human atmosphere.
Correcto on Ned Beatty.....he hung his picture right on that part of the southern sheriff....lol...one of my favorite chracters....his under-breath comments are hiiii-larious.
