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The Wild Ride (1960)

Why VELOCITY? Well....

[26 May 2014]

The colorize version of Velocity got made by Roger Corman as a way to re-release the original "B-Movie" The Wild Ride with Jack Nicholson. The original movie was NOT feature length as it was a "B-Movie" an not the "Feature". It was released in the 90's to a soft video market... a 56 min black and white movie would never have been made any money... a colorized "feature length" film showing one of the first Jack Nicholson films ... well it sold and made Roger money.

"How I made 100 movies in Hollywood and never lost a dime" - Roger Corman

There is a reason he was able to start the careers of hundreds and hundreds of top people in Hollywood.

Two notable appearances in the new version "Velocity" are the screen debuts of Jorge Garcia (Hurley from Lost) and Jason Sudeikis (SNL, We're The Millers). Jack started his career in the first, and they got their breaks in the re-mix... It's the way of Hollywood.

Long Way Down (2007)

Long Way Down - Feature

[8/10 · 1 August 2008]

Long Way Down is the feature cut of the second season of the road trip documentary featuring Ewan McGregor and his buddy Charlie Boorman on their motorcycle adventure from the Northern tip of Scotland, to the southern tip of Africa. Brushing up on the past adventure is not a requirement for getting your visa for this trip. The film suffers mildly from the lack of build-up and planning for the trip, which would have added more of an introduction to the traveling company, but the ramping right into the adventure helps the pace of the 2+hr film. As a whole the film works as an African postcard, a buddy road trip, and the greatest advertisement for adventure tourism ever made. It is impossible to watch this film and not have an immediate desire to skip the beaches of Hawaii for the far-reaches of the African wilderness. McGregor and Boorman featured equally are both likable, and yet oddly familiar. They are the friends on any vacation that you realize the longer you stay with them, the more disagreeable and yet likable they get. McGregor checks any star ego he may have at the Scotland border, often embracing his lack of motorcycling skill "I fall down a lot", and is surprised when he is not mobbed while visiting the original 1977 Star Wars set in Tunisia. Unlike the rest of the celebutard reality shows that infest the airwaves, Long Way down is not about following the everyday life of a celebrity, it's about following two friends on the adventure of a lifetime…one of which just happens to be obi-wan Kenobi.