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VANISHING POINT
July 16, 2014  | By David Bianculli

Sundance, 10:00 p.m. ET

 

This 1971 film was a counterculture classic of sorts, but also a straight-out action film that made room for an extended car chase that spread out over four Western states. Barry Newman stars as a talented driver with a need for speed, and with an increasingly long posse of cop cars on his tail. The reason? He’s made a bet that he can deliver a 1970 Dodge Charger R/T from Denver to San Francisco in 15 hours – and thanks to “Super Soul,” the deejay played by Cleavon Little who helps our hard-driving hero steer clear of The Man, there are lots of radio listeners tuning in to see whether he makes it. Vanishing Point was released in 1971, but it was pure Sixties from start to finish. Especially the finish.

 
 
 
 
 
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