Topic: Vanishing Point

[ofreen]

I just thought it was cool, how he just said
the heck with it.

I guess that's my problem with the ending.  Nothing in the movie really justified his committing suicide.  Yeah, he lost his woman, and he had to put up with some crap.  So what? 

The worse part is he took a perfectly good car with him.  It had been through the ringer a little bit, but I could have fixed it.

[mark]

I saw the movie for the first time when I was a kid. In a theater on the big screen. It was awesome. Who needs a plot when you have fast cars and boobies? (Also awesome - Gone in 60 Seconds and Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry)

As for some of K's odd behavior, (refusing sex, running into bulldozers, etc..) the handfulls of little white pills that he ate throughout the flick could explain part of that. The man was wired out of his gourd for a few days. Speed kills. Only the writer knows for sure.

Toby Halicki used up a heckuva lot more yellow '73 Mustangs making Gone in 60 Seconds. He died making the sequel.

"White Cloud Kowalski, nice to meet you" 

[Rushoid]

Toby Halicki used up a heckuva lot more yellow '73 Mustangs making Gone in 60 Seconds. He died making the sequel.

Actually, he only had the two. Almost all of the cars in the movie were his, including the police cars and the damaged Caddys at the dealership (he didn't own those until they got wrecked though. OOPS!). Also, the scene where he hits the telephone pole was an actual accident. He reportedly asked if the camera crew captured it at the scene. 

[Wheelhorse77]

Pros--No sped up fast and furious fake scenes... the car was actually performing and performing well.

At the very end, you will note that it is a 69 camaro that hits the catapillers. Flat hood the flys off and the famous louvers before the rear wheel well give it away.

He was trying to beat the clock, which in a sense, was a joke because time ran out.

The original was claimed to do 180 mph and with a 440 six pack and with the right rear gear, I would believe it could do it. When he walks away from the helicopter, that's no bs.

The movie also promoted the awesome capabilities of the Challenger to compete with the other pony cars. The movie did very well in portraying the brute force the Challenger could lay down. Another interesting note, in some desert scenes, it almost sounds like several clips from the movie Bullitt were used as dubs.

[dusterdude]

well at least they wrecked a chevy,nothin lost there.

[DarkRider]

I remember reading about them using a 6 cyl camaro for the stunt double in that last scene...at least it looked like a base model when i rewatched the movie a couple years ago.