Les Blank's first documentary cinematography job shooting Drag Racers in Long Beach, CA, driving everything from hopped up "Mercs" to Supercharged "Rail Dragsters". These cars could accelerate to over 220 miles/hour in a mile. The film follows the life of Rick "The Iceman" Stewart as he attempts to grab the world's record. Original score by Canned Heat Blues Band.
Crew
Recommendations
view all
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
Champs
A Plastic Ocean
The Class of ‘92
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
Public Speaking
Naqoyqatsi
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me
Seduced and Abandoned
In the Realms of the Unreal
Fuck
Sidney
Directed by John Ford
Above Majestic
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
Casting By
Listen to Me Marlon
LA Originals
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars