Streets of Legend (2003)

User Rating:

3.4/10   

Director:

Joey Curtis

Writers:

Joey Curtis (writer)
Albert Hernandez (writer)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Plot:

A romance blooms between Quattro (Beaumont) and Noza (Hernandez), two kids caught up in the illegal street car racing scene of Southern California. |

Plot Keywords:

Racing | Car

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Brihanna Hernandez	...	Noza Flores
Victor Larios	...	Joaquin Hernandez aka Chato
Robert Beaumont	...	Derek Alan Smith aka Quattro
Greg Leone	...	Leone
Fabiola Barrios	...	Fabiola
Albert Hernandez	...	Kid Albert
Gary Brockette	...	Bob Smith
Gerald Russell	...	Black Gerald
Brian Salemi	...	Slimeball
Nadja Leone	...	Sherry Smith
Ana Hernandez	...	Ana Flores
Carrie Ann Nagy	...	Novela
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carey Westbrook	...	Parole Officer Westbrook

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive language, some violence, sexuality and drug use.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Brazil:16 | USA:R

Company:

Fountainhead Films

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2004) (TV)

Illegal streetracing film produced the only way it could be made - illegally?

I don't know whether it would be more interesting to talk about how this movie was made than the actual movie itself, so I'll talk about BOTH.

Shot almost entirely at night with mini-cams suction-cupped to the sides of high-performance cars, the nocturnal lifestyle of highway streetracing gets its most accurate portrayal ever! This is one of the few racing movies you'll ever see that shows a speedometer cracking 140 mph and the car is actually going that fast (with a teenage driver no less).

No stunt people were used to create the numerous races, fights, and eventual car wreck that occurs. Amazingly, no one was hurt during the filming though some of the drivers were ticketed by the California Highway Patrol, and you get to see the 'CHIPS' captured on camera, too (more illegal surveillance for the audience to enjoy).

Worth watching just for the bright, colorful, visual imagery produced by experimental cinematography utilizing modified camera shutter speeds as well as the bravery of the filmmakers themselves for sticking with this project for three years, amassing over 250 hours of footage which is distilled down to about an hour and a half.