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Title: movie: King of the mountain! Post by: wolfswest on August 18, 2007, 11:11:06 am Somebody of you guys here ever seen "king of the mountain" ? It's a movie made in 1981 and it's a racemovie something like pre "the fast and the furious" :)
the story: There is this guy who races his car (a souped up porsche 356 spider) and they call him "the king of the mountain" These guys races up on mulholland drive into the mountains. And then there is a local porsche shop with an old drunken piece of shit mecanic working there (dennis hopper) who used to be "king of the mountain" back in the days but he's working secretly on a comeback. ;D haha, he's wrenching on a primered corvette split window. Mmmzz, there are some side stories in the movie but you have to check out that yourself. This movie is a must see: Nice cars, some nice 80-ies clothing, acting style, good "race" story etc... I saw it a couple years ago on a saturday noon because it is B film, but it rocks!! I found it on vhs and watches it now and then, it really got me going everytime I watch it... Hope I will find more enthousiasts! :D Dem Title: Re: movie: King of the mountain! Post by: Rick Meredith on August 18, 2007, 18:33:45 pm Is that the one with
"Time is Speed Speed is Time" Title: Re: movie: King of the mountain! Post by: wolfswest on August 18, 2007, 20:02:08 pm yeah, that's the one! ;D
with the little timewatch on the rear view mirror... Title: Re: movie: King of the mountain! Post by: Rick Meredith on August 19, 2007, 06:31:41 am Yep that's it. I think Harry Hamlin played the guy in the Spyder
Title: Re: movie: King of the mountain! Post by: Rune on August 20, 2007, 16:11:35 pm http://youtube.com/watch?v=a6k8ccEejsI
Title: Re: movie: King of the mountain! Post by: speedwell on August 20, 2007, 18:26:50 pm http://www.sd455.com/moviekingmountain.htm (http://www.sd455.com/moviekingmountain.htm)
Title: Re: movie: King of the mountain! Post by: wolfswest on March 08, 2009, 20:36:19 pm finally, I found the final scene on youtube, check it out!! the 356 + corvette, nice racing going on here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=170eDX89gE8 Title: Re: movie: King of the mountain! Post by: Cornpanzer on March 08, 2009, 23:15:46 pm Interesting you would bring this up. Over the past year, there has been a long fascinating thread on the Pelican Parts Porsche boards about the people who inspired that movie...one of which recently got his chopped top early 911 running again all beacuse of this on-line thread.
Plan on being in front of your screen for a few hours. ;D http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?t=323773 Title: Re: movie: King of the mountain! Post by: Rennsurfer on March 09, 2009, 05:49:10 am WOW! I remember seeing that movie when I was working for Auto Haus. Because of that flick, I velcro'd a watch (w/stopwatch feature) to my rear view mirror on my orange '66 and would time myself driving to the shop in the morning to open it for business. Thankfully, never got a speeding ticket for that.
I'd love to see the movie again... haven't seen it since it was new. Title: Re: movie: King of the mountain! Post by: WCB Hitler's Hot Rod on March 09, 2009, 06:00:36 am Ya, that's a flashback foosur!
Title: Re: movie: King of the mountain! Post by: wolfswest on March 09, 2009, 09:34:45 am I got it on VHS but I'm scared to destroy it because my taperecorder isn't working 100% properly, so I searched for a DVD and I found a guy who sell's a digital remastered version on dvd. But I guess this is a NTSC version and not the PAL that we need in europe.
I guess every cal look fan would enjoy this movie: racing, vintage cars, nice scenery, nice story, etc... Title: Re: movie: King of the mountain! Post by: wolfswest on March 09, 2009, 09:35:45 am WOW! I remember seeing that movie when I was working for Auto Haus. Because of that flick, I velcro'd a watch (w/stopwatch feature) to my rear view mirror on my orange '66 and would time myself driving to the shop in the morning to open it for business. Thankfully, never got a speeding ticket for that. I'd love to see the movie again... haven't seen it since it was new. nice mark! I also have the stopwatch because I'm such a big fan of this movie! ;D Title: Re: movie: King of the mountain! Post by: Sam K on March 09, 2009, 14:20:15 pm That's a great movie! I have it on VHS and watch it every few months.
Title: Re: movie: King of the mountain! Post by: ESH on March 09, 2009, 20:48:55 pm Plan on being in front of your screen for a few hours. ;D http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?t=323773 A great thread but a few hours? You're not kidding! :o Title: Re: movie: King of the mountain! Post by: Neil Davies on March 10, 2009, 13:49:57 pm Plan on being in front of your screen for a few hours. ;D http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?t=323773 A great thread but a few hours? You're not kidding! :o I've lost three days so far! :o :D Title: Re: movie: King of the mountain! Post by: LuftsickTero on March 10, 2009, 15:35:45 pm That's a great movie! I have it on VHS and watch it every few months. Can't be too bad if Dennis Hopper is in it. Title: Re: movie: King of the mountain! Post by: Sam K on March 11, 2009, 03:02:34 am It's not a bad movie at all. There's a fairly pointless ten minute long musical part in the middle that I usually fast forward through, but the rest of it is full of very cool late '70's styled cars. I would love to know what sort of drivetrain that the prosche had.
Title: Re: movie: King of the mountain! Post by: LuftsickTero on May 02, 2009, 13:18:16 pm Interesting you would bring this up. Over the past year, there has been a long fascinating thread on the Pelican Parts Porsche boards about the people who inspired that movie...one of which recently got his chopped top early 911 running again all beacuse of this on-line thread. Plan on being in front of your screen for a few hours. ;D http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?t=323773 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m03KYn_vgTM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGBE9jjrdjw Title: Re: movie: King of the mountain! Post by: Harry/FDK on May 02, 2009, 16:58:46 pm I got it on VHS but I'm scared to destroy it because my taperecorder isn't working 100% properly, so I searched for a DVD and I found a guy who sell's a digital remastered version on dvd. But I guess this is a NTSC version and not the PAL that we need in europe. I guess every cal look fan would enjoy this movie: racing, vintage cars, nice scenery, nice story, etc... Dem, (just) about every DVD player in Europe plays all regions right now. Title: Re: movie: King of the mountain! Post by: wolfswest on May 04, 2009, 16:09:28 pm I got it on VHS but I'm scared to destroy it because my taperecorder isn't working 100% properly, so I searched for a DVD and I found a guy who sell's a digital remastered version on dvd. But I guess this is a NTSC version and not the PAL that we need in europe. I guess every cal look fan would enjoy this movie: racing, vintage cars, nice scenery, nice story, etc... Dem, (just) about every DVD player in Europe plays all regions right now. Harry, Ok, thanks. I didn't know that. So I guess I will give it a try and order me a dvd copy. ;) Dem |