Cannonball

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Cannonball (1976) aka Carquake	Click the image above to order the dvd.



CANNONBALL (1976) aka "CARQUAKE" (UK)
DeTomaso Appearance Carradine's character drives a black TransAm, but there's a rather sinister cartoonish character, a German driver, who drives a yellow "L" model Pantera. There are several great scenes of this car absolutely hauling butt across the country. Click here to watch the Pantera chase scene on YouTube. It's definitely worth watching! The Pantera appears to be a stock yellow "L" with original Arrivas. There's a very nice 3/4 shot the first time you see it about 10 minutes into the movie. And there are quite a few shots of it being flogged around downtown Californiaville. While just out into the country there's a shot of it flying past a Vette at about Mach 3. Then, there's a really nice dogfight between the Pantera and Carradine's TransAm with slides, etc. I don't remember why, but a bomb is placed in the car, and later in the film the German gets pulled over by the cops, waits for them to stop, then blasts off up the highway. There are a few shots of him weaving around the road at 155mph, then an aerial shot of CABOOOM! Viewers are treated to the gruesome sight of an honest-to-God for-real Pantera being blown to bits for America's entertainment. I know, it's criminal. But at the time, Hollywood wasn't sensitive to these issues. Remember the Elvis flick, "Viva Las Vegas" in which several beautiful Ferraris and other exotic sports cars are purposely crashed and destroyed? That one brings more than a few tears to my eyes too. Images Image courtesy of Internet Movie Cars Database (www.imcdb.org). Summary David Carradine survives all the dirty tactics of rival drivers in this story of a road race from Los Angeles to New York. The film has a full complement of car crashes.Assorted ruthless people leave patches of rubber across the country competing for grand prize in less than legal auto race. Not top drawer New World but nonetheless a cult fave. Inferior to Bartel's previous cult classic, "Death Race 2000." Most interesting for plethora of cult cameos, including Scorsese, Dante, and grand-master Corman. Starring: David Carradine, Martin Scorsese, Roger Corman, Joe Dante, Paul Bartel, Bill McKinney, Veronica Hamel, Gerrit Graham, Robert Carradine, Jonathan Kaplan, Belinda Balaski, Judy Canova, Carl Gottlieb, Archie Hahn, Sylvester Stallone, Dick Miller, Mary Woronov Director: Paul Bartel Rated: PG Studio: Warner Studios

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CANNONBALL (1976) aka "CARQUAKE" (UK)

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