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Writers:
Nicholas Campbell (screenplay)
David Cronenberg (writer)
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Release Date:
August 1979 (USA) more
Tagline:
The danger. The rush. The victory. more
Plot:
Standard good guys vs. bad guys drag racing movie. Nice scene of the driver's view during a funny car run.. | add synopsis
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(3 articles)
DVD: Review: Fast Company / M. Butterfly
(From The AV Club. 16 June 2009, 10:01 PM, PDT)
DVD Playhouse--June 2009
(From The Hollywood Interview. 3 June 2009, 12:41 PM, PDT)
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Cronenberg's real monster more (19 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| William Smith | ... | Lonnie 'Lucky Man' Johnson | |
| Claudia Jennings | ... | Sammy | |
| John Saxon | ... | Phil Adamson | |
| Nicholas Campbell | ... | Billy 'The Kid' Brocker | |
| Don Francks | ... | Elder | |
| Cedric Smith | ... | Gary 'The Blacksmith' Black | |
| Judy Foster | ... | Candy | |
| Robert Haley | ... | P.J. | |
| George Buza | ... | Meatball | |
| David Graham | ... | Stoner | |
| David Petersen | ... | Slezak | |
| Chuck Chandler | ... | Edmonton Track Announcer | |
| Cheri Hilsabeck | ... | Hitchhiker | |
| Sonya Ratke | ... | Hitchhiker | |
| Michael Bell | ... | Chuck Randall |
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91 min
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Finnish video release's cover sheet mentions Jodie Foster having a role in this movie. Actually Judy Foster is in the cast. more
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Factual errors: When Lonnie Johnson catches fire, he pulls the safety and hits his fire bottles. In reality the safety is pulled before the run and is re-pinned after the run more
Quotes:
Elder:
What are you gonna do now?
Lonnie 'Lucky Man' Johnson:
We will enjoy our life.
Sammy:
Yes, at least for one week.
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Featured in Fear of the Flesh: The Making of 'The Fly' (2005) (V) more
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Stuck between "Scanners" and "The Brood", "Fast Company" is quite a strange movie among David Cronenberg's filmography. Apparently giving away his ambitious and usual themes, Cronenberg makes a pure entertainment, very close to Burt Reynolds' universe ! So what happened? Cronenberg's attachment to this film leads us to think it could be hiding something deeper. And in fact, one of the main Cronenbergian obsessions is the subject of the film : the car races are a metaphoric expression of "the re-building of the human body by technology". Is the movie any good ? Well, for a Cronenberg fan, it's quite interesting. Others should watch a REAL Burt Reynold movie !