During the late 1970s an article titled "Thunder Road" appeared in New West Magazine. The article detailed some of what was going on in the canyon and made specific reference to two particular drivers- Chris Banning, who owned and raced a heavily modified Porsche 911 and... Charles "Crazy Charlie" Woit, who owned and raced a vintage, 427 cubic-inch Big-Block powered Chevrolet Corvette. This provided the inspiration for the film, and its two main characters, who were based on Banning&Woit.
When this movie came out i went to the theater and watched it and i was completely hooked on fast driving cars,bought a 240Z and had my brother in law drop a 327 under the hood,it was quick but the handling was never perfect. Later bought a new Corvette in the mid 1980s moved to California and actualy got to drive on Mulholland drive which was full of crotch rockets at the time. Fun memories!
That old Sun tach 2 is period correct , brings back memories , I sure do miss those days. Now I know what my grandpa was talking about when he talked about the good ole days. Nice post.👍👍🏁
Always loved this movie, used to do some hill racing back in the day, nothing like the length of Mulholland about 6 miles. (late 70's early 80's) In a 77 Trans Am with a 71 455 H.O. motor in it. Yep, I'm old. Great movie! Thanks for posting!
As a kid after watching this movie that one day I would own a Porsche. No, hard to find a Roadster but settled for 88' 944 turbo. Ironic, my wife purchased her dream car, 64 Stingray. Maybe one day she'll drive off a cliff.
CGI is for pussies...THIS is how you film a street race scene! I remember seeing this movie back in the day when I was like 13 yrs old..I was mesmerized! I still can't decide which car I like better, the slick clean as hell Porsche or the rough and tough Corvette beater. Both cars are beautiful in their own way. And the sounds! Nothing like the sound of a high strung performance engine spittin n sputtering at low speed...I miss those days.The aerial shots of that Speedster are stunning, Porsche doesn't currently make anything remotely that gorgeous.
Love the film, watched it back in 83 and was hooked on muscle and V8's from there on in ( well till I got married the the V8 was a deposit for the house !!). Styx - renegade how many times have i nearly gone deaf listening to that !!! lol superb film
Yeah, great movie, i have it full. i wasn't even born then, but i love those times so much...RIP Dennis..he was one of my most beloved screen people..so much great roles...damn.. i would trade every piece of nowaday to those good ol' beautiful days...
man i remember watching this on tv when I was kid in the 80's truly a classic most people my age never even heard of this movie sad world we leave in, post more please
During the late 1970s an article titled "Thunder Road" appeared in New West Magazine.
The article detailed some of what was going on in the canyon and made specific reference to two particular drivers-
Chris Banning, who owned and raced a heavily modified Porsche 911 and...
Charles "Crazy Charlie" Woit, who owned and raced a vintage, 427 cubic-inch Big-Block powered Chevrolet Corvette.
This provided the inspiration for the film, and its two main characters,
who were based on Banning&Woit.
'We're running against the clock, my man! It's time, my man!'
Man, this was one wild run! I loved it.
You have to be a total motorhead to have watched this movie more than 15times
RIP Badass Corvette, you will be missed.
When this movie came out i went to the theater and watched it and i was completely hooked on fast driving cars,bought a 240Z and had my brother in law drop a 327 under the hood,it was quick but the handling was never perfect.
Later bought a new Corvette in the mid 1980s moved to California and actualy got to drive on Mulholland drive which was full of crotch rockets at the time.
Fun memories!
This is one of my favorite movies.I remember seeing it at the drive in when I was 19.
i remember when this was on rotation on HBO As a kid i couldn't get enough of this movie! best car race of all time!
That old Sun tach 2 is period correct , brings back memories , I sure do miss those days. Now I know what my grandpa was talking about when he talked about the good ole days. Nice post.👍👍🏁
Harry Hamlin's best role EVER!!! Such an underrated car flick!!
Always loved this movie, used to do some hill racing back in the day, nothing like the length of Mulholland about 6 miles. (late 70's early 80's) In a 77 Trans Am with a 71 455 H.O. motor in it. Yep, I'm old. Great movie! Thanks for posting!
wow. what a blast from the past. i havent seen this in a good 20 years or more. thanks for this. remember "The Wraith"
As a kid after watching this movie that one day I would own a Porsche. No, hard to find a Roadster but settled for 88' 944 turbo. Ironic, my wife purchased her dream car, 64 Stingray. Maybe one day she'll drive off a cliff.
Love how Hopper gets into the role. RIP, Dennis. This is why I stopped cycling on Mulholland.....
CGI is for pussies...THIS is how you film a street race scene! I remember seeing this movie back in the day when I was like 13 yrs old..I was mesmerized! I still can't decide which car I like better, the slick clean as hell Porsche or the rough and tough Corvette beater. Both cars are beautiful in their own way. And the sounds! Nothing like the sound of a high strung performance engine spittin n sputtering at low speed...I miss those days.The aerial shots of that Speedster are stunning, Porsche doesn't currently make anything remotely that gorgeous.
Love the film, watched it back in 83 and was hooked on muscle and V8's from there on in ( well till I got married the the V8 was a deposit for the house !!). Styx - renegade how many times have i nearly gone deaf listening to that !!! lol superb film
I like how ol Dennis crosses up that ol vette at
Yeah, great movie, i have it full. i wasn't even born then, but i love those times so much...RIP Dennis..he was one of my most beloved screen people..so much great roles...damn.. i would trade every piece of nowaday to those good ol' beautiful days...
man i remember watching this on tv when I was kid in the 80's truly a classic most people my age never even heard of this movie sad world we leave in, post more please
Lol explodes in mid air! Gotta love the '70s and '80s special effects!
WOW I remember watching this, but it never registered that Dennis Hopper played Cal!