CANNONBALL — Buckle your seatbelt for the Trans-America Grand Prix, the infamous cross-country road race from Los Angeles to New York City. David Carradine of KILL BILL stars as Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman, an ex-con and falle... more »n stock car champ who puts pedal to metal for one last shot at glory. But competition on the open road is killer...and Cannonball is the target! Veronica Hamel (HILL STREET BLUES), Bill McKinney (DELIVERANCE), Gerrit Graham (PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE), Mary Woronov (ROCK 'N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL), Robert Carradine (REVENGE OF THE NERDS) and Dick Miller (GREMLINS) co-star in this high-speed demolition derby directed by Paul Bartel, co-written by Don Simpson (controversial producer of BAD BOYS and THE ROCK) and featuring wild cameo appearances by Bartel, Simpson, Sylvester Stallone, Martin Scorsese, Roger Corman, Joe Dante and more.FAST COMPANY
In between his horror hits RABID and THE BROOD, award-winning director David Cronenberg (A HISTORY OF! VIOLENCE) 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, 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. Blue Underground is now proud to present this action-packed drama newly transferred in High Definition under the personal supervision of cinematographer Mark Irwin (VIDEODROME, THE DEAD ZONE), remastered in room-rattling 6.1 DTS-ES and 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround EX, packed with nitro-burning Extras, including all-new featurettes and an exclusive audio commentary by David Cronenberg.« less