Dirty Mary Crazy Larry or Vanishing point
Poll: Dirty Mary Crazy Larry or Vanishing point
Total Members Polled: 32
Discussion
I have watched both of these and can't choose which I like more. They are both early 70's road movies with big yank muscles cars being chased by the police but for different reasons.
Trailer for both films
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0xE-68P4ao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA4ymmXa8rs
Over to you.
Trailer for both films
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0xE-68P4ao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA4ymmXa8rs
Over to you.
Has to be DMCL because of the Charger - always cooler than a Challenger...
However, there is a remake of VP, which again features a Challenger and a cop chasing it in his own Charger. If memory serves me correctly, the Officer goes home to get his Charger and suggests to his oppo something like: "It takes a Mopar to catch a Mopar".
However, there is a remake of VP, which again features a Challenger and a cop chasing it in his own Charger. If memory serves me correctly, the Officer goes home to get his Charger and suggests to his oppo something like: "It takes a Mopar to catch a Mopar".
I can't decide, I've never seen either. Though I've heard of Vanishing Point many times and it's one of those films on my 'to do list'.
Interesting to notice Vic Morrow sitting in a helicopter in one trailer, and some pretty crazy helicopter flying that you don't really see any more in Hollywood movies in both. Wonder why that is.
Vanishing Point certainly looks cooler, but also nastier, like it wants to be allagorical a bit like Asaault on precinct 13.
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry looks 'nicer', more of a caper film than Vanishing Point, more like Smokey and the bandit.
Think I will therefore have to ultimately have to base it on the attractiveness of the female leads, so Vanishing point does it for me on the basis of having a nudie lady on a motorbike, a sure fire winner everytime.
Interesting to notice Vic Morrow sitting in a helicopter in one trailer, and some pretty crazy helicopter flying that you don't really see any more in Hollywood movies in both. Wonder why that is.
Vanishing Point certainly looks cooler, but also nastier, like it wants to be allagorical a bit like Asaault on precinct 13.
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry looks 'nicer', more of a caper film than Vanishing Point, more like Smokey and the bandit.
Think I will therefore have to ultimately have to base it on the attractiveness of the female leads, so Vanishing point does it for me on the basis of having a nudie lady on a motorbike, a sure fire winner everytime.
Magog said:
I can't decide, I've never seen either. Though I've heard of Vanishing Point many times and it's one of those films on my 'to do list'.
Interesting to notice Vic Morrow sitting in a helicopter in one trailer, and some pretty crazy helicopter flying that you don't really see any more in Hollywood movies in both. Wonder why that is.
Vanishing Point certainly looks cooler, but also nastier, like it wants to be allagorical a bit like Asaault on precinct 13.
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry looks 'nicer', more of a caper film than Vanishing Point, more like Smokey and the bandit.
Think I will therefore have to ultimately have to base it on the attractiveness of the female leads, so Vanishing point does it for me on the basis of having a nudie lady on a motorbike, a sure fire winner everytime.
Okay fair point, but the best thing about DMCL, is it hasnt been subjected to a hollywood remake yet, whereas VP has, and was far worse off Interesting to notice Vic Morrow sitting in a helicopter in one trailer, and some pretty crazy helicopter flying that you don't really see any more in Hollywood movies in both. Wonder why that is.
Vanishing Point certainly looks cooler, but also nastier, like it wants to be allagorical a bit like Asaault on precinct 13.
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry looks 'nicer', more of a caper film than Vanishing Point, more like Smokey and the bandit.
Think I will therefore have to ultimately have to base it on the attractiveness of the female leads, so Vanishing point does it for me on the basis of having a nudie lady on a motorbike, a sure fire winner everytime.
Magog said:
Interesting to notice Vic Morrow sitting in a helicopter in one trailer, and some pretty crazy helicopter flying that you don't really see any more in Hollywood movies in both. Wonder why that is.
Don't know, but trying to stop a car with a helicopter has got to take balls. Weslake-Monza said:
Dirty-Crazy isn't close to being as good as VP.
The David Carradine Cannonball run is quite good.
American Graffiti and Two Lane black top are both great films.
Robbery and Brannigan have some good chase sequences.
Isn't Brannigan the one filmed in London where the chase sequence locations are ridiculously far apart?The David Carradine Cannonball run is quite good.
American Graffiti and Two Lane black top are both great films.
Robbery and Brannigan have some good chase sequences.
TVR Moneypit said:
soad said:
Vanishing Point it is. f
king loved it, think Channel 5 showed it first shortly after it launched.
In the early 1970's?king loved it, think Channel 5 showed it first shortly after it launched.Are you sure?
DMCL for me. Wish I could find it on DVD though
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