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Tom Wolfe (articles)
William Roberts (written by)
Release Date:
27 July 1973 (USA) more
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It took him 20 years to find out who he was and 2 laps to let the world know.
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Kael: A Critic To The End
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 5 September 2001)
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Jeff Bridges | ... | Elroy Jackson Jr. / Junior Jackson | |
| Valerie Perrine | ... | Marge Dennison, Morley's Secretary | |
| Geraldine Fitzgerald | ... | Mrs. Jackson | |
| Ned Beatty | ... | Hackel, Derby Promoter | |
| Gary Busey | ... | Wayne Jackson | |
| Art Lund | ... | Elroy Jackson Sr. | |
| Ed Lauter | ... | Burton Colt | |
| William Smith | ... | Kyle Kingman, Driver (as William Smith II) | |
| Gregory Walcott | ... | Cleve Morley | |
| Tom Ligon | ... | Lamar, Good Ole' Boy | |
| Ernie F. Orsatti | ... | Davie Baer, Driver (as Ernie Orsatti) | |
| Erica Hagen | ... | Trina Kingman | |
| James Murphy | ... | Spud | |
| Lane Smith | ... | Rick Penny, Driver | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Bob Cole | ... | Marshall Collins | |
| Louis Compton | ... | Track Announcer (Martinsville) | |
| Bill Connell | |||
| Bridget Furr Jones | ... | Baby girl with Junior Jackson at speedway | |
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Hard Driver (USA) (reissue title)
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95 min | 91 min (FMC Library Print)
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Director Lamont Johnson played the motel desk clerk who discounts Junior's room. more
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Featured in Precious Images (1986) more
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I Got A Name more
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Jeff Bridges stars in this fact-based movie as Junior Jackson, a former moonshine runner who goes straight from the back roads of the Carolinas to the muddy dirt tracks of NASCAR in an era when the sport was hardly known north of the Mason-Dixon line and the drivers liked their cars fast and their women even faster.
There was an old saying that NASCAR never did condone fighting amongst the drivers, but I can see where they got the saying that, "If you have to do it, though, make sure it's at the start-finish line." I did a little research on Jackson's career and the story here holds to the fact that he wasn't one of the "cleanest" drivers in NASCAR, but it does help to have that little bit of controversy among your driver(s) when it comes to putting butts in the grandstands. I was fortunate enough to visit the Legends of Racing Museum in Daytona a few weeks ago and met Jack Anderson, a former driver from that era, and I listened to some of the stories surrounding the times and it seems that everything holds true, which makes this a film portrayed very well in every sense of the word. If you're a fan of stock car driving at any level, this movie is for you! 8 out of 10 stars!