Hot Rod Movies

  1. 2 Fast 2 Furious
  2. Aloha Bobby and Rose
  3. American Graffiti
  4. Blues Brothers 2000
  5. Blues Brothers
  6. Bullitt
  7. Burnout (1979)
  8. California Kid
  9. Cars
  10. Christine
  11. Cobra
  12. Corvette Summer
  13. Deathproof
  14. Death Race 2000
  15. Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
  16. Drag Racer (1971)
  17. Dukes of Hazard
  18. Easy Rider
  19. Fast Company
  20. Funny Car Summer
  21. Gone in 60 Seconds
  22. Grand Prix
  23. Grindhouse, Deathproof
  24. Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
  25. Heart Like a Wheel
  26. Hollywood Knights (1980)
  27. Hot Rod (1950)
  28. Hot Rod (1979)
  29. Hot Rod Gang
  30. Hot Rod Girl
  31. Italian Job (Original)
  32. Italian Job
  33. Junk Man
  34. Landspeed
  35. Max Max
  36. Mad Max II
  37. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
  38. Rendezvous
  39. Ronin
  40. Running On Empty
  41. Smoky and the Bandit
  42. Talladega Nights The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby
  43. The Fast and the Furious
  44. The Getaway
  45. The Great Escape
  46. The Worlds Fastest Indian
  47. Thunder & Lightning
  48. Two Lane Blacktop
  49. Used Cars
  50. Vanishing Point

2007

Deathproof
Talladega Nights The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby

2006

The Worlds Fastest Indian

2003

2 Fast 2 Furious
Italian Job

2002

Landspeed

2001

The Fast and the Furious

2000

Dukes of Hazard
Gone in 60 Seconds

1998

Blues Brothers 2000
Ronin

1991

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

1986

Cobra

1985

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

1983

Christine
Heart Like a Wheel

1982

Junk Man
Running On Empty

1981

Mad Max II

1980

Blues Brothers
Used Cars

1979

Burnout
Hot Rod
Fast Company
Funny Car Summer
Max Max

1978

Corvette Summer

1977

Thunder & Lightning
Smoky and the Bandit

1976

Rendezvous

1975

Aloha Bobby and Rose
Death Race 2000

1974

California Kid
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry

1973

American Graffiti

1972

The Getaway

1971

Two Lane Blacktop
Vanishing Point

1969

Easy Rider
Italian Job (Original)

1968

Bullitt

1966

Grand Prix

1963

The Great Escape

1958

Hot Rod Gang

1950

Hot Rod (1950)


Aloha Bobby and Rose

Garage mechanic Bobby (Paul Le Mat) and his new fast food cashier girlfriend Rose (Diane Hull) become innocently involved in a liquor store robbery in mid-1970s Los Angeles, and are subsequently forced to lead a life on the lam. Driven by the ultimate fantasy of escaping to Hawaii, they wander southern California encountering various and sundry oddballs and psychopaths. This offbeat road picture, with a soundtrack featuring songs by Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, and the Temptations.
1975 (1 DVD) [PG] Color 85 minutes.

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American Graffiti

Where were you, in '62? Two boys are scheduled to leave for college in the morning. Each has his own doubts. They spend a final evening cruising the strip and have every adventure possible before dawn when they will each have to decide what they will do. Rediscover drag racing, Insipiration Point and drive-ins all over again in this nostalgic looks at the 60's. The incredible soundtrack brings you the most memorable rock 'n' roll hits of the era.
1973 (1 DVD) [M] Colour 110 minutes.

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Blues Brothers

After the release of Jake Blues from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit the old home where they were raised by nuns. They learn the church stopped its support and will sell the place to the education authority, and the only way to keep the place open is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within 11 days. The brothers want to help and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the the money by staging a big gig. As they set off on their "mission from god" they seem to make more enemies along the way.
1980 (1 DVD) [M] Color 133 minutes

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Blues Brothers 2000

Elwood, the now lone "Blues Brother" finally released from prison, is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children's hospital. Once again hitting the road to re-unite the band and win the big prize at the New Orleans Battle of the Bands, Elwood is pursued cross-country by the cops, led by Cabel (Morton) the Curtis' son (and Elwood's step-brother), the Russian Mafia, and a militia group. On his new "mission from God" Elwood enlists the help of a young orphan (Bonifant), and a stip-club bartender (Goodman). Is in the 2000 Guinness Book of World Records for having the most car crashes in a motion picture.
1998 (1 DVD) [PG] Color DTS 123 minutes.

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Bullitt

Starring Steve McQueen and Jacqueline Bisset. The fast-paced, stylish detective thriller set in San Francisco features some of the most intense car chase sequences ever. McQueen is the detective who suspects hes not intended to do a good job of protecting the witnesses in a Mafia case. The DVD version includes production notes, the theatrical trailer and English, French, and Spanish language and subtitles.
1968 (1 DVD) [M] Colour 113 minutes.

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Burnout (1979)

Formula story about a man who wants to make it on his own without his dad's help. Productions values are one step above home movie. Considering it's a movie about drag racing, there is very little racing in the movie, although there is a never ending string of blue grass music to keep you from falling asleep.

Mark Schneider Bob Louden (as Robert Louden) John Zenda Crystal Ramar Randy Troxel Jerry Jones Marvin Graham Tony Nancy Dale Funk Linda Vaughn Eloise Buford Darryl Buehl Nick Cirino Walter Rhodes
Director: Abraham Meech-Burkestone Writer: Martin J. Rosen (writer)

Genre: Drama
Rating: PG
Runtime: 90 min

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California Kid

A sadistic small town sherriff has a habit of deliberately forcing speedsters to their deaths on mountain roads leading into town. The brother of one of the victims rolls into town in his hot rod to investigate his brother's death. Made for TV movie.
1974 (1 DVD) [UNRATED] 74 minutes

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Cars

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Christine

John Carpenter brings Stephen Kings novel to life in this chilling thriller. Deep within her chassis lives an unholy presence. She is Christine, a 1958 Plymouth fury.
1983 (1 DVD) [R] Color 110 minutes.

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Cobra

City cop is on the trail of a serial killer. Loaded with action and violence. Stallone fans will love this Rambo-like movie with Stallone on the chase instead of the run.
1986 (1 DVD) [R] Colour 87 minutes.

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Corvette Summer

(1978)

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Death Race 2000

(1975)

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Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry

Mary and Larry are two lovers who, with Larry's ace mechanic, rob a grocery store and flee the police with hopes of making the professional racing circuit. They are chased over hill, over vale by the cops, who deploy everything from a 426 Hemi to a helicopter to stop Larry's Dodge Charger culminating in a memorable ending.
1974 (1 DVD) [M] Color 93 minutes

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Drag Racer (1971)

U.S. film. Very rare and seldom seen youth-oriented racing movie featuring Deborah Walley. It's the story a young man's efforts to get a ride in a top fuel dragster. Jeff, a wannabe drag racer, lucks-out while flogging his street-car at the local strip when a dragster team fires their driver and gives Jeff a chance to prove himself. Absolutely tons of cool drag racing action! While trying to stay focused on racing, Jeff has troubles with his snooty, upper-class girlfriend. He dumps her and starts to dig a cute little hippie chick (Deborah Walley). Cool rock and roll club scene with hip-hugger-mid-drift-go-go girls (with pointy nipples), shakin' their butts on the dance floor! Rock group performs "Florida," and "Virginia." Songs by Dick Campbell and Keypashine. Mark Slade, Jeremy Slate, Deborah Walley, John Davis Chandler, Preston Pierce, Mark Hopkins, Karen Swanson, Paul Smith, Kitty Murray, Stafford Morgan, Jeff Bushelman. Drag Racer!

Actors: John Davis Chandler ... Dave Mark Hopkins ... Stan Kitty Murray ... Sheila Preston Pierce ... Norm Mark Slade ... Jeff Jeremy Slate ... Ron Karen Swanson ... Julie Deborah Walley ... Chris
John 'Bud' Cardos Writer: Robert Glenn (writer)

Genre: Action
Color: Color
Runtime: 93 min

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Dukes of Hazard

In Hazzard County, the cousins Bo Duke and Luke Duke find that the corrupt Boss Hogg is plotting the destruction of the location, intending to transform the lands in a huge coal mine. Hogg diverts the dwellers with a rally to hide the judgment of his plea in court. Bo and Luke, assisted by their delicious cousin Daisy, Bo's car General Lee and their Uncle Jesse, fight to save the town from the claws of Boss Hogg and the also corrupt Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane and their men.
2005 (1 DVD) [M] 104 minutes.

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Easy Rider

Two long-haired bikers from Los Angeles take off on a cross-country trip to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. On the way they meet several unusual characters. A rancher and his family, a hitchhiker and the hippie commune where he lives, hookers, red-necks, but most noticeably George Hansen played by Jack Nicholson. Mr. Nicholson gained national attention for his role as the "law'er with the ACLU". Dennis Hopper won "Best New Director" at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.
1969 (1 DVD) (M) Color 94minutes.

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Funny Car Summer

This DVD contains some amazing footage of 1960's and 1970's drag racing, and a chance to see current TV drag racing commentator Mike Dunn as a teenager working with his father. You're better off if you know the story before you watch this DVD, as the editing is a bit choppy, and at times the lighting is horrible. Overall, it's an interesting moment in time.
1979 (1 DVD) [G] Colour 88 minutes

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Fast Company

This David Cronenberg film starred William Smith as the owner of a Canadian two-car top fuel dragster and funny car drag racing team. Smith thinks he has hit the jackpot when he lands a major sponsor for his race team. Unfortunately, he finds out in short order that the sponsor is ethically challenged. Smith tries to end the relationship, but the sponsor ends up confiscating his Pontiac Firebird funny car. In the best part of the movie, Smith finds the flopper on display at a car show and steals it back by driving right out the side door of the building! How he got the car started--where he got the fuel--and how he got the body lowered and latched by himself while in the drivers seat is never fully explained, but nevermind! The most memorable part is that in the process of driving it away, he ends up in a street race with a couple of high school kids on the main drag through town! Whadda ya mean?.....It could happen! Anyway, all's-well-that-ends-well when he gets back to the big race, and the sponsor gets what he deserves in the end. What a movie!! The Top Fuel and Funny Car racing scenes are great! Also, watch a 1969 GTO stocker running through all four gears at the strip! Hard to find, but don't miss this one!
1979 (1 DVD) [M] Colour 91 minutes

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Fast and Furious

They've got the adrenaline rush and the mean machines, but most of all, theyve got the extreme need for speed. On the turbo-charged streets of Los Angeles, every night is a championship race. With nitro-boosted fury, Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel), rules the road turning all his challengers into dust. Intense, full throttle action from beginning to end.
2001 (1 DVD) [M] Color DTS 107 minutes

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2 Fast 2 Furious

The adrenaline-fueled thrill ride that began with The Fast and the Furious takes an explosive new turn in 2 Fast 2 Furious! Its the nitro-fueled answer to the question: how fast do you like it? Now an ex-cop on the run, Brian O-Connor (Paul Walker) hooks into outlaw street-racing. When the Feds strong-arm him back, OConnors no rules, win-or-die skills are unleashed against an international drug lord. With his velocity-addicted buddy (Tyrese) riding shotgun, and a drop-dead-gorgeous undercover agent (Eva Mendes) dialing up the heat, 2 Fast 2 Furious! accelerates the action into a desperate race for survival, justice . . . and mind-blowing, jaw-dropping speed!
2003 (1 DVD) [M] Color DTS 103 minutes

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Grand Prix

John Frankenheimer`s classic masterpiece is finally available on DVD after much internet petitioning in recent years!
James Garner stars as a Formula 1 driver in this award-winning tale of speed and spectacle. Frankenheimer memorably crafts split-screen images to capture the overlapping drama and puts you in the driver`s seat to intensify the hard-driving thrills in this landmark film. With Bob Bondurant as technical advisor and 30 other contemporary top drivers taking part in the excitement, buckle up and enjoy the racing!
This 40th anniversary DVD release is a must have for all racing enthusiasts` DVD collections, Frankenheimer would later return with another car-related film, Ronin, in 1998.
1966 (1 DVD) [PG] Color 168 minutes

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Grindhouse, Deathproof

A double-bill of thrillers that recall both filmmakers' favorite exploitation films. "Grindhouse" (a downtown movie theater in disrepair since its glory days as a movie palace known for "grinding out" non-stop double-bill programs of B-movies) is presented as one full-length feature comprised of two individual films helmed separately by each director. "Death Proof," is a rip-roaring slasher flick where the killer pursues his victims with a car rather than a knife, while "Planet Terror" shows us a view of the world in the midst of a zombie outbreak. The films are joined together by clever faux trailers that recall the '50s exploitation drive-in classics.
2007 (2 DVD) [MA] Color 191 minutes

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Gone in 60 seconds

Kip Raines, a young car thief, was contracted to steal 50 specific cars but something went wrong. Now the man who hired him, Raymond Calitri, wants his head. When his brother, Memphis, once a great car thief, who retired a few years ago, learns of this, he comes back to town to see if he can help his brother. The only thing that will appease Calitri is if the order is fulfilled. So Memphis has to assemble his old crew, and he has to do the job in a few days. And a cop who hounded him, upon learning of his return, is keeping an eye on him. And another car thief, whom he competed with before wants to get the Calitri job, and is telling Memphis to back off, but he won't.
2000 (1 DVD) [M] Color DTS 117 minutes.

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Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

The tuff biker Harley and his no less tuff Cowboy friend Marlboro learn that an old friend of them will loose his bar, because a bank wants to build a new complex there and demands 2.5 million dollars for a new contract in advance. Harley and Marlboro decide to help him by robbing the corrupt bank. Unfortunately they target the wrong safety transport and get hold of an amount of a new synthetic drug. Now they are targeted both by criminal bankers and killers of the drug mob.
1991 (1 DVD) [M] 98 minutes.

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Heart Like A Wheel

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Hollywood Knights (1980)

Led by their comedic and prank leader newbomb turk the hollywood knights car gang raises hell throughout beverly hills on halloween night 1965. Everything from drag racing to vietnam to high school love. Special features: directors commentary theatrical trailers talent files interactive menus and more.
Review - You've got to give credit to the Hollywood Knights. They may be crass, juvenile, sex-mad pranksters, but they have an open-door policy: nerds and jocks alike are welcome, as long as they show proper disrespect for authority. The Hollywood Knights, a minor 1980 cult comedy poised somewhere between the innocent nostalgia of American Graffiti and the raunchy humor of Animal House, chronicles the antics of a practical-joking high school gang on Halloween night, 1965. In tribute to the last night of their favorite hangout, a Beverly Hills drive-in marked for destruction by the snooty Chamber of Commerce, the gang's court jester Newbomb Turk (Robert Wuhl in his film debut) leads the Knights in an all-out assault on the forces of law and order, conformity, and good taste. Nestled in the parade of toilet humor, fart jokes, mooning rebels, and topless co-eds, however, are the ruminations of the end of an era: the times they are a changin'. The doo-wop and surf soundtrack gives way to Motown, the Mamas and the Papas, and the Byrds as high school sweethearts Tony Danza and Michelle Pfeiffer weather the transition from puppy love to adult romance and Vietnam looms on the horizon. It's a schizophrenic film, bopping from juvenile anarchy to thoughtful drama and back again with a sloppy but energetic drive and a rowdy rebelliousness that will never be accused of sensitivity, decency, or dignity. Fran Drescher, Gary Graham, and a hilarious Stuart Pankin also star. --Sean Axmaker

Actors: Robert Wuhl, Tony Danza, Fran Drescher, Leigh French, Randy Gornel
Directors: Floyd Mutrux
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Region: Region 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating:
Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Release Date: May 9, 2000
Run Time: 92 minutes

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Hot Rod (1950)

David Langham (James Lydon), the youngest son of a hot-rod hating father, Judge Langham (Art Baker), buys an old jalopy, but out of respect for his father, doesn't convert it. He changes his mind when Jack Blodgett (Tommy Bond), the local speed demon, impresses David's girl, Janie Pitts (Gloria Winters), and David makes his car the fastest in town. Jack steals David's hot rod, and flees the scene of an accident he causes. The car is traced back to David, but the truth comes out in court, although David's father is still unhappy about the car...until David and his friend, Swifty Johnson (Gil Stratton Jr.), use it to apprehend some escaping robbers. The Judge decides to back a movement for building a hot-rod race track for the town.
1950 (1 DVD) [UNRATED] B&W 61 minutes.

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Hot Rod (1979)

A drag racer enters a local championship race. However, he runs up against the town boss a corupt sherriff who has already made arrangements to ensure his own son wins the race. Scenes filmed at the now defunct Baylands Raceway Park (also called the Fremont Drag Strip) in San Jose California. Made for TV movie.
1979 (1 DVD) [UNRATED] Color 120 minutes

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Hot Rod Gang

Kid who wants to enter his car in the drag races joins a rock band to make enough money to do it. Features some classic Gene Vincent
1958 (1 DVD) [UNRATED} B&W Mono 71 minutes.

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Hot Rod Girl

After his kid brother is killed in a street race, a champion drag-racer quits racing. However, a new kid comes to town determined to force him back into racing so he can take his title and he's already taken his girlfriend.
1956 (1 DVD) [UNRATED] B&W Mono 71 minutes.

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Italian Job (Original)

Charlie has just left prison, and now wants to do a 'big job'. The job is to steal $4m of gold arriving in Italy from China. Charlie's job needs financing, so he goes to Mr Bridger (a Mafia-type boss) who is in prison (Charlie has to break in !). In Italy, a clever plan is used to distract the authorities, while the raiders make their get-away in three Minis. This leads to an excellent car chase sequence through Italian streets, buildings, rivers, sewers.
1969 (1 DVD) (PG) Color Mono 99 minutes.

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Italian Job

Based on a 1969 Michael Caine film of the same name, thieves plan to pull of the heist of their lives by creating Los Angeles largest traffic jam ever. The plan was flawless... the job was executed perfectly... the escape was clean. The only threat mastermind thief Charlie Croker (Wahlberg) never saw coming was a member of his own crew. After pulling off an amazing gold bullion heist from a heavily guarded palazzo in Venice, Italy, Charlie and his gang -- inside man Steve (Norton), computer genius Lyle (Green), wheelman handsome Rob (Statham), explosives expert Left-Ear (Mos Def) and veteran safecracker John Bridger (Sutherland) - can't believe when one of them turns out to be a double-crosser. Enter Stella (Theron), a beautiful nerves-of-steel safecracker, who joins Charlie and his former gang when they follow the backstabber to California, where they plan to re-steal the gold by tapping into Los Angeles' traffic control system, manipulating signals and creating one of the biggest traffic jams in LA history. Now the job isn't the payoff, it's about payback.
2003 (1 DVD) [M] 111 minutes.

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Junkman

Junkman and movie-maker Harlan Hollis struggles to stay alive when a jealous partner in his company hires goons to kill him. Full of amazing car chases, fantastic crashes, and edge-of-your-seat action.
1982 (1 DVD) [M] Black and White / Color 96 minutes

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Landspeed

Disappointing
2002 (1 DVD) [PG] Color 94 minutes.

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Mad Max

In an Australian dystopia of decaying order and violent highways, a police pursuit driver is drawn into a path of vengeance after a motorcycle gang targets him for the death of their former leader.
1979 (1 DVD) (R) Color 93 Minutes


Mad Max II

A former police officer is now a lone wanderer, travelling through a devasted Australia after a nuclear war looking for the now-priceless fuel of petrol. He lives to survive and is none too pleased when he finds himself the only hope of a small group of honest people running a remote oil refinery. He must protect them from the bike gang that is terrorising them whilst transporting their entire fuel supply to safety.
1981 (1 DVD) (MA) Color 91 minutes.


Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Two men enter. One man leaves. Mad Max is a former cop who finds himself in a post-apocolyptic desert town called Bartertown. He is hired by the leader of the city to fight in a gladiator like arena called Thunderdome, so he can kill Auntie's rival master blaster. He is later banished and finds a group of children that survived a plane crash during the war. They believe he is their former pilot Captain Walker. Some of the children leave to find their fabled tomorrow morrow land. So Mad Max has to save them from the desert and from Auntie's Bartertown.
1985 (1 DVD) [M] Color 107 minutes.

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Rendezvous

Better than any chase scene ever filmed, because its real. Renowned French director Claude Lelouch mounted a camera on the nose of his Ferrari, then drove flat out through the streets of Paris, running countless red lights, using pedestrians as apexes and sidewalks as streets. The sound of his roaring V-12 is stirring enough, but the sight of Paris rushing by on the Champs Elysees at over 100 mph makes this "... A must-see piece of auto cinema." Car and Driver. It may be only nine minutes but its non-stop excitement.
1976 (1 DVD) [UNRATED] Colour 9 minutes

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Ronin

Featuring some of the most intense, stomach-churning chase sequences ever filmed, Ronin is a tough, uncompromising thriller that will leave you breathless. The director, John Frankenheimer, also directed the landmark racing movie Grand Prix.
1998 (1 DVD) Color 121 minutes

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Running On Empty

This film collects just what it was like to be in Australia in the early 80's. It's about hot cars, hot chicks and hot times. The story begins when two local street racers agree to race Fox, the faster street drag racer there is. After two of the three race rounds, the race is no longer a game, but more of a survival! This movie features 1 of Aussies greatest muscle cars, the XYGTHO. Yeah so the acting not the greatest - it was never made to win an oscar. The car action will keep you comin back for more and more. There is a cool collection of muscle cars from the 70's and an Awesome '57 Chev - with a real cool cat drivin it! Also there is a really cool song sung by Terry Serio the main actor. The acting is pretty funny when taken lightly, but the tyre smokin and drag racing is the main focus in this movie. Big fast cars with pleantly of steel(NO PLASTIC CARS), and some cool street dragging.
1982 (1 DVD) [M] Color 83 minutes.

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Smokey and the Bandit

It's easy to assume this is just another dumb redneck comedy from Burt Reynolds's years of underachievement. But it's not bad as a dumb redneck comedy at all. Directed by career stuntman Hal Needham, Smokey and the Banditis just a goofy chase starring a bunch of Reynolds's Hollywood cronies. New to the job as film boss, Needham brings a silly but energized sensibility to the production and an action man's need to see things moving. But he also has a distinctive feeling for relationships, and he's good with a joke. Put all that together, and Smokey is, at the very least (and unlike its sequels), a simple and original pleasure.
1977 (1 DVD) [M] Colour 96 minutes

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Talladega Nights The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby

NASCAR stock car racing sensation Ricky Bobby is a national hero because of his "win at all costs" approach. He and his loyal racing partner, childhood friend Cal Naughton Jr., are a fearless duo -- "Shake" and "Bake" by their fans for their ability to finish so many races in the #1 and #2 positions, with Cal always in second place. When flamboyant French Formula One driver Jean Girard challenges "Shake" and "Bake" for the supremacy of NASCAR, Ricky Bobby must face his own demons and fight Girard for the right to be known as racing's top driver.
2006 (1 DVD) [M] Colour 108 minutes

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The Getaway

Doc McCoy has been granted parole. The catch is that Sheriff Beynon expects a small favor from McCoy for his generosity: robbing another bank! Beynon does not really intend to let McCoy walk away after the heist and neither does co-robber Rudy Butler, but stopping Doc proves a trifle difficult.
1972 (1 DVD) [M] Colour 122 minutes

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The Great Escape

Based on a true story, "The Great Escape" deals with the largest Allied escape attempt from a German POW camp during the Second World War. The first part of the film focuses on the escape efforts within the camp and the process of secretly digging an escape tunnel. The second half of the film deals with the massive effort by the German Gestapo to track down the over 70 escaped prisoners who are at this point throughout the Third Reich attempting to make their way to England and various neutral countries.
1963 (1 DVD) Color [PG] 172 minutes.

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The Worlds Fastest Indian

The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle - a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.
2006 (1 DVD) [PG] Colour 127 minutes

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Thunder & Lightning

A young man who hauls liquor for moonshiners comes up against a competing gang of moonshiners who intend to get rid of him and take over his operation.
Directors: Corey Allen Actors: David Carradine, Kate Jackson, Sterling Holloway, Patrick Cranshaw, Charles Napier Running Time: 95 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: PG

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Two Lane Blacktop

Story of two men drag racing across the USA in a primer grey 55 chevy. Wilson is the mechanic, James Taylor is the driver. The Driver and The Mechanic are two car freaks driving a 1955 Chevy throughout the southwestern U.S. looking for other cars to race. They are totally dedicated to The Car and converse with each other only when necessary. At a gas station, The Driver and The Mechanic, along with a girl who has ingratiated herself into their world, meet G.T.O., a middle-aged man who fabricates stories about his exploits. It is decided to have a race to Washington, D.C., where the winner will get the loser's car. Along the way, the race and the highway metaphorically depict the lives of these contestants as they struggle to their destination.
1971 (1 DVD) [M] Color 102 minutes.

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Used Cars

Jack Warden is brilliant in a double role as two feuding brothers Luke and Roy L. Fuchs who own competing car lots and are trying to drive each other out of business. Rudy Russo (Kurt Russell) is Luke's ace salesman a charming and conniving cheat and liar who is merely in training for his true ambition - politics. In one of Rudy's most outrageous advertising ploys he hires a model (Penthouse Pet of the Year Cheryl Rixon) to strip on television and the all wind up in a crazy automobile stampede involving 200 vintage cars in a high-speed chase that becomes a free-for-all demolition derby.
Starring: Kurt Russell Gerrit Graham Deborah Harmon Frank McRae and Jack Warden.
Directed By: Robert Zemeckis. Running Time: 113 Min. Color. This film is presented in "Widescreen" format. Copyright 2002 Columbia TriStar. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: R

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Vanishing Point

Kowalski, the hero of the story, works for a car delivery service. He takes delivery of a supercharged 1970 Dodge Challenger to take from Colorado to Frisco, California. Shortly after pickup, he takes a bet to get the car there in less than 15 hours. After a few run-ins with motorcycle cops and highway patrol they start a chase to bring him into custody. Along the way, Kowalski is guided by Supersoul - a blind DJ with a police radio scanner. Throw in lots of chase scenes, gay hitchhikers, a naked woman riding a motorbike, lots of Mopar and you've got a great cult hit from the early 70's.
1971 (1 DVD) [M] Color 98 minutes.

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