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Actors: William Smith, John Saxon, Nicholas Campbell, Cedric Smith, Don Francks, Judy Foster, Claudia Jennings
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Fast Company |
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Lonnie Johnson is a crowd-pleasing veteran drag racer who takes the sport seriously. Phil Adamson is the unscrupulous track rep for his sponsor, "Fast Co.," and regards racing as merely a showbiz means of selling motor oil. Phil blames Lonnie's supercharging for an expensive
fiery solo crash at Edmonton International Speedway, and lies to him that he will have the fuel dragster repaired and returned to him. He persuades his star attraction Lonnie to drive, in the meantime, the Fast Co. Firebird funny car of a rising young team-mate Lonnie respects: Billy Brocker. Lonnie understands Billy's rage at being sidelined, but tells him it will only be for a couple of races, until he gets his dragster back. When Lonnie learns that Phil has cancelled the repair order, he vents his anger in a filmed trackside interview, suggesting insulting uses for his sponsor's motor oil. Phil responds by firing him and hiring his main rival, Gary Black. He also fires Billy's girlfriend Candy, the company spokesgirl, for refusing to schmooze the reporter into a retake.
Lonnie races as scheduled in Spokane, but Phil cinches his dismissal by having the car sabotaged by a goon from Gary's crew. This is where Lonnie's patience ends. He and his team find his car on display at a car show and steal it back. They repair and repaint it. Lonnie begins his new career as an independent at the Fast Company Funny Car Challenge of Champions in Edmonton. The final round comes down to Lonnie vs. Gary. Lonnie kindly relinquishes the driving honors to Billy. With Phil's consent, the goon from Gary's crew devises a secret sabotage: He slicks the end of Lonnie's lane. The result is disatrous. Seeing the extent of the damage as the car Billy drives bursts into flames, Phil speeds away to his private small plane and starts down the runway for takeoff. But Lonnie chases, about to find out if his driving can out-speed the plane.
--vjm, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Fast Company |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Sports story?
- auto racing
Yes
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- athlete
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- cynical
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- businessman, big
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Pacific NW
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- Canada
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- 1
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 2 (a little)
Kind of violence:
- mission to destroy something
Unusual forms of death
- flamed
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
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