This is a great low budget racing movie!! I remember watching it many years ago when it came on TV late at night. It's almost hard to believe that ABC made this movie to be shown as a made for TV movie in 1979. It would be nice if they listed in the credits of the movie what songs were featured in it and the name of the band in the concert scene. A soundtrack release for this movie would've been nice also, but as far as I know, they never did have one. Anyway, I've noticed a few comments about finding this movie. I would check ebay. I have found many old movies on there that have been old video store rentals or were released for a short time. There are copies of this movie on there but the majority are bootleg copies and not actual video releases. As far as I know, they had not released the movie since the time that it appeared in the 90s in the movie store as a rental. Hope this helps.
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Speed Demon
(2003)
I rented this movie...
11 January 2004
I rented this movie and boy was I wrong to...this movie was definitely not worth the money. It looked like and sounded like it might be a good movie, but sure as heck wasn't. It started off somewhat decent..but then, I noticed that throughout the whole entire movie there was only a few scenes where the males actually had clothes on. This wasn't a X rated movie, but I was awfully disappointed also by the acting and the script. I was too busy laughing throughout the entire movie. The best thing about the entire movie was the 1970 Chevelle SS that was black and had white racing stripes. The other part that was really disappointing was the race at the beginning of the movie. It was so boring and staged...
Great movie
11 January 2004
This was a great movie. I remember when it first came aired. I taped it down and I still watch it. It's very interesting to see the clothing that the cast was wearing and to hear the lingo that they had used. I still find it interesting after 14 years.
Hot Rod
(1979 TV Movie)
Excellent movie for any car racing fan
11 January 2004
I just love this movie!!! From the first time that I had watched this movie, I just can't get enough of it. I remember first watching it when it re-aired late night on our local ABC channel at 2am in the morning. Ever since then I searched for the movie not knowing that my mother had actually taped the movie. After about eleven years, I watched the movie again. All in all for being a low budget film, I think they did one heck of a job. I also really love the small bits of humor throughout the movie as well as the music and you can't forget the racing!!
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