Vanishing Point (1997 film)
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| Directed by | Charles Robert Carner |
| Written by |
Malcolm Hart (story) Guillermo Cabrera Infante (earlier screenplay) Charles Robert Carner (teleplay) |
| Music by | James Verboort |
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Release date
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January 7, 1997 |
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Running time
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91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Vanishing Point, a 1997 television remake of the 1971 cult film, aired on the Fox television network. The remake was directed by Charles Robert Carner, and stars Viggo Mortensen,Jason Priestley, Peta Wilson, Christine Elise, and Keith David, and the same model 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T as in the original.
Jimmy Kowalski (Mortensen), a Gulf War veteran and former stock car racer, works as an automobile restorer and delivery driver at a shop in Idaho. He takes an assignment delivering a 1971 Plymouth Roadrunner to New Mexico, to pay his wife's mounting medical bills. While in New Mexico, he is offered another job: delivering a 426 Hemi-powered 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T to Salt Lake City, Utah. On the way, he's informed that his wife's already-difficult pregnancy has taken a turn for the worse, so he heads back home to Idaho, refusing to stop for police when flagged down for speeding.
An interstate chase develops. Throughout the rest of the journey he is pursued by a relentless Utah sheriff and an FBI agent who, while trying to make a name for himself and the organization after the incidents of Ruby Ridge and the Waco Siege, becomes convinced Kowalski is either running drugs or is a domestic terrorist. Kowalski is aided in his flight by a radio shock jock called "The Voice" (Priestley), a libertarian DJ with a Gadsden flag in his studio, who is constantly giving homilies on topics such as income taxes and government oppression. The Voice, intrigued by Kowalkski's run across country, sets out to find the truth about Kowalski. As he does so, he discovers the truth of Kowalski's "drug run" and that Kowalski is really rushing home to be with his wife during her now dangerous pregnancy.
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