I just caught the last 15 minutes of this obscure "drive in" era film on AMC on March 17th. I am interested in auto racing films and never even heard of this one. It seemed to have a basic plot and acting, but the racing scene at the end was truly wonderful. It included the classic era cars like Scarabs and '58 Vettes in a well filmed race. Black and White but AMC had a clear print. I must see it again and buy it if ever released.
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Roadracing
BandSAboutMovies8 December 2020
Warning: Spoilers
An American-International Pictures release along with Daddy-O, Roadracers is all about Rob Wilson (Joel Lawrence, who mostly worked in TV), who has a racing accident that causes his father to disown him to the point that his rich pop sponsors a rival racer, which doesn't seem like good parenting at all to me.
Liz Renay was originally going to be in this movie, which would have been more exciting than what ended up on the film, which is more about depression and alcoholism. Then again, the title Roadracers is way more exciting than Drunken Depressed Rich Kid, right?
The tagline for this was "Actually filmed at the American Grand Prix." So yes, it was filmed on a track, in case you were wondering.
Skip Ward, who would one day be in the Andy Sidaris movies Do or Die, Hard Hunted and Fit to Kill, shows up. So does Sally Fraser from War of the Colossal Beast and It Conquered the World.
This was remade by Robert Rodriguez as part of the Showtime Rebel Highway series, but it was an entirely new story made with the title and under the Roger Corman banner. David Arquette, Salma Hayek and William Sadler are in that one, which was originally to be directed by Wes Craven.
Liz Renay was originally going to be in this movie, which would have been more exciting than what ended up on the film, which is more about depression and alcoholism. Then again, the title Roadracers is way more exciting than Drunken Depressed Rich Kid, right?
The tagline for this was "Actually filmed at the American Grand Prix." So yes, it was filmed on a track, in case you were wondering.
Skip Ward, who would one day be in the Andy Sidaris movies Do or Die, Hard Hunted and Fit to Kill, shows up. So does Sally Fraser from War of the Colossal Beast and It Conquered the World.
This was remade by Robert Rodriguez as part of the Showtime Rebel Highway series, but it was an entirely new story made with the title and under the Roger Corman banner. David Arquette, Salma Hayek and William Sadler are in that one, which was originally to be directed by Wes Craven.
A lost treasure for cult fans of race car films!!!
listermint12 June 2000
This is one film that has sadly fallen by the wayside. Roadracers has a lot of character. Wonderful acting by the good-looking Joel Lawrence and some really cool racing shots. Sure, the film can be a little quirky at times, but that's also what makes it so lovable. Cult fans of race car films will surely like this one, if they can get their hands on it.
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