31° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
NEW HOLLYWOOD

VANISHING POINT

VANISHING POINT
by Richard Sarafian
Country: USA
Year: 1971
Duration: 99'


Vietnam veteran Kowalski delivers cars across America for a living. One day, he bets that he can drive a Dodge Challenger from Colorado to San Francisco in less than fifteen hours. The highway police stop him for speeding, he makes a run for it and the hunt is on. The blind DJ Super Soul guides him by radio. After crossing three state borders, Kowalski becomes a hero of farmers and dropouts. Non-stop music in the third film by Sarafian. Randy Newman becomes a cult actor.

Biography

film director

Richard Sarafian

Richard Caspar Sarafian (New York, NY, Usa, 1930 - Santa Monica, CA, Usa, 2013).

FILMOGRAFIA

The Twilight Zone (Ai confini della realtà, tv, ep., 1963), Bonanza (tv, ep., 1963), The Long Hot Summer (tv, ep., 1963) Andy (1965), Run Wild, Run Free (Corri libero e selvaggio, 1969), Fragment of Fear (Frammenti di paura, 1970), Vanishing Point (Punto zero, 1971), Man in the Wilderness (Uomo bianco, va col tuo Dio, 1971), The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (L’uomo che amò Gatta Danzante, 1973), Lolly-Madonna XXX (La terra si tinse di rosso, 1973), The Next Man (Il prossimo uomo, 1976), Sunburn (Sunburn - Bruciata dal sole, 1979), Splendor in the Grass (Splendore nell’erba, tv, 1981), Gangster Wars (1981), Street Justice (Street Justice - Un’ombra nella notte, 1987), Solar Crisis (1990).

Cast

& Credits

REGIA
Richard C. Sarafian
SOGGETTO
Malcolm Hart
SCENEGGIATURA
Guillermo Cabrera Infante (Barry Hall, non accreditato/uncredited) 
FOTOGRAFIA
John A. Alonzo
MONTAGGIO
Stefan Arnsten
SCENOGRAFIA
Glen Daniels
INTERPRETI E PERSONAGGI
Barry Newman (Kowalski), Cleavon Little (Super Soul), Victoria Medlin (Vera), Paul Koslo (il poliziotto giovane/young cop), Robert Donner (il poliziotto anziano/older cop)
PRODUTTORE
Norman Spencer
PRODUZIONE
Cupid Productions, 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
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