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Mar 13, 1971 · A car-delivery driver takes a bet to deliver a 1970 Dodge Challenger from Colorado to San Francisco in record time, while evading the police and encountering various characters along the way. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more for this cult classic film.
- (31K)
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Richard C. Sarafian
- 1971-03-13
Vanishing Point is a 1971 American action film directed by Richard C. Sarafian, starring Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, and Dean Jagger. It focuses on a disaffected ex-policeman and race driver delivering a muscle car cross-country to California while high on speed ("uppers" in the story), being chased by police, and meeting various characters ...
A car-delivery driver named Kowalski evades the police in a 1970 Dodge Challenger across the western states, guided by a blind DJ on the radio. The film explores themes of alienation, rebellion, and the American dream through flashbacks, chase scenes, and counterculture references.
A car delivery driver leads the police on a merry chase to win a bet in this 1971 action adventure film. Learn more about the cast, crew, production, and reception of Vanishing Point on Turner Classic Movies.
Vietnam War hero Kowalski (Barry Newman) has become a pill-addicted driver for hire. Transporting a car from Colorado to California, he enlivens the journey by making a wager with his drug dealer...
- (19)
- Allen Smithee
- R
- Barry Newman
A movie about a car delivery driver who takes a bet to drive a 1970 Dodge Challenger from Colorado to San Francisco in less than 15 hours. The movie is a classic of the action, crime and drama genres, and features a psychedelic soundtrack and a chase scene.
The vanishing point theorem is the principal theorem in the science of perspective. It says that the image in a picture plane π of a line L in space, not parallel to the picture, is determined by its intersection with π and its vanishing point. Some authors have used the phrase, "the image of a line includes its vanishing point".
