Stock Car Race - Höllenjagd auf heißen Pisten

Originaltitel: Greased Lightning

1977
16
1 Std. 36 Min.

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6,4/10

2049

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Stock Car Race - Höllenjagd auf heißen Pisten (1977)

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Motorsport Action Biography Comedy Drama Sport

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuThe true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper tier NASCAR race.The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper tier NASCAR race.The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper tier NASCAR race.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,4/10

2049

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

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Trailer 2:07

Greased Lightning

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How the Best Racing Films Raise the Stakes

Clip 4:37

How the Best Racing Films Raise the Stakes

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Richard Pryor and Pam Grier met on the set of this movie. They fell in love, were involved for several years, and almost married. Richard's drug use almost ended their relationship. The day before they were to be married, Richard eloped with someone else, breaking Miss Grier's heart.

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In many of the in-car shots during the races you can hear that they are manual transmissions being double clutched, but the drivers never take their hands off the wheel to shift.

Zitate
[searching for car parts in a scrap yard]
Peewee: What'chyou looking for, Wendell?
Wendell Scott: Some of this, some of that, some of everything. A universal joint.
Peewee: Hmph. I wouldn't know a universal joint if it bit me.
Wendell Scott: Well, one's about to bite you.

Verbindungen
Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Rich Little/Richard Pryor/David Sayh/David Horowitz (1977)

Soundtracks
Maybe Tomorrow
Written by Fred Karlin & Bradford Craig
Performed by Roberta Flack

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7/10

Crossing the Color Line

I was going to rate this movie a 5/10 or lower based upon the start. It was so absurd.

Wendell Scott (Richard Pryor) was a moonshiner steadily running from the law. He was so good he would always get away from the local sheriff in Danville, Virginia. He was able to parlay his moonshining into NASCAR racing.

That's not the absurd part. What was absurd was that the police knew who he was, knew he was running liquor, yet, for whatever reason, they had to catch him in the act to arrest him. If they couldn't catch him in his car with the booze then they would have to let him go. It was like watching Dukes of Hazard.

But, because the way the movie wrapped up and, more importantly, because Wendell Scott was a real person--I couldn't give it a bad rating in good faith. Pryor, however ill-suited for the role, represented a real black man that really won in NASCAR in the 60's. That's powerful. So, even if the movie was overly dramatized, I have to respect them bringing Wendell Scott to the public.