| | Fast Company Blu-ray
| Category | Action DVDs, Blu-ray Movies, Brazilian Videos, Action/Adventure, Personal Triumph, Car/Automobile Racing, Racing, Race Cars | | Starring | John Saxon, William Smith, Claudia Jennings, Don Francks, Cedric Smith, Nicholas Campbell, George Buza, Judy Foster, David Graham, Robert Haley, David Petersen | | Director | David Cronenberg | | Composer | Fred Mollin | | Costume Designer | Delphine White | | Director of Photography | Mark Irwin | | Editor | Ronald Sanders | | Screenwriter | David Cronenberg, Phil Savath, Courtney Smith | | Story | Alan Treen |
David Cronenberg immersed himself in the gritty world of top-fuel dragsters to make what he considered to be one of the most important movies of his career. William Smith, John Saxon, and Claudia Jennings star in this surprising story of a corporate-sponsored racing team and the explosive obsessions that speed them through lives of fast cars, fast cash, and Fast Company. Though known for his thinking-person's horror flicks, director David Cronenberg provides a realistic, compelling portrait of the race car circuit in FAST COMPANY. Lonnie "Lucky Man" Johnson (William Smith) knows that his sponsor, Fast Company Motor Oil, wants to let him go in favor of a younger, edgier image and spokesperson. As Johnson, the company representative (John Saxon), and Johnson's girlfriend Sammy (Claudia Jennings, in her last role before her untimely death), navigate through a web of competition, greed, and octane, Cronenberg presents an astonishingly detailed drama that gets to the heart of fame and the American dream. Fast Company Reviews: "Nicely Psychotronic casting abounds..."
-- Howard Karren, Premiere Fast Company | List Price | $29.95 (You save $10.46) | | Studio | Ryko Distribution | | Orig Year | 1979 | | All Time Sales Rank |  130047  | | CD Universe Part number | 7870526 | | Catalog number | 7016 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | May 19, 2009 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Running Time | 93 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Subtitled; DTS Sound; Enhanced CD | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen; Subtitled; DTS Sound; Enhanced CD |
Fast Company Movie Review  Wonderful!
It'a an excellent dvd!! 5 differents kinds of aoudio, comment e the 2 first rare films of cronenberg. There is only a (big) limit : there isn,t any subtitles and for me it's a big problem, couse i'm italian and i lost a loto of dialogues!If anyone has text of the film/commentary, please contact me and you make me happy!!! Italian greetings!
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 Great DVD release of lost Chronenberg classic.
Blue Underground has done it again! They have released David Chronenberg's lost racing car mvie classic on DVD in pristine glory with great DVD extras plus on a second disc, two of Chronenberg's first films for the first time on DVD! A definite must for Chronenberg fans!
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Great B Cinema
Fast Company (1979) is truly great B-cinema despite the tendencies of scholastic indifference. Whether its lack of reception has been due to lack of availability, its straight-to-Beta stigma or, most probable, an audience's disregard for anything differing from the Cronenbergian macabre is open for debate. What is certain is that this effort, his first with a budget exceeding the million-dollar mark, was a precursor to the personal trajectory of The Brood (1979). Divorce proceedings underway, David changed focus to his consuming passion of the automobile. The final product was a decent drag strip movie, “a good B-Movie” he admits. The good versus evil tension included in most racing films is combined with some point of view shots from the car racers proper, in itself, well worth the price of the rental. Spending most of the film arguing with John Saxon, his greasy sponsor from Fast Company Motor Oil, William Smith plays Lonnie 'Lucky Man' Johnson, whose iconic status as drag strip guru is tested race after race. His real stroke of luck however comes through his onscreen squeeze, November Playmate 1969 Claudia Jennings. This marked consecutive attempts at casting notables from the adult industry. Attempting to recreate the similar appeal and subsequent audience draw that worked for him in Rabid, Ms Jennings' luck ran out in an ironic off-screen car-accident, taking her young life shortly after the film was completed.
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Fast Company DVD The Legendary Drive-In Classic from the Director of THE FLY, SCANNERS and A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE - In between his horror hits RABID and THE BROOD, award-winning director David Cronenberg immersed himself in the gritty world of top-fuel dragsters to make what he considers to be one of the most important movies of his entire career. Genre icons William Smith (RED DAWN, MANIAC COP), John Saxon (ENTER THE DRAGON, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET) and drive-in goddess Claudia Jennings (in her final role before her tragic death) star in this surprising story of a corporate-sponsored racing team and the explosive obsessions that speed them through lives of fast cars, fast cash and FAST COMPANY. Due to a mysterious distribution snafu, FAST COMPANY was barely released in America and has remained virtually unseen anywhere in the world.
Blu-ray Disc Features:
Region [unknown]
Dual Layer
Widescreen -
1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital Surround EX 5.1, Dolby True HD 7.1, DTS 7.1 HD - Enlgish
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary: David Cronenberg, Director
Featurette: Early Films of David Cronenberg: STEREO / CRIMES OF THE FUTURE
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
Interviews:
1. Inside The Character Actor's Studio - William Smith, Actor; John Saxon, Actor
2. Shooting Cronenberg - Mark Irwin, Director Of Photography
Interactive Features:
Enhanced For D-Box Motion Control Systems
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