Fast Company (2-Disc Limited Edition)

Product Description 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. 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, plus a Bonus Disc featuring Cronenbergs two fascinating and equally rare early features, STEREO and CRIMES OF THE FUTURE. Bonus features include: Disc 1: Audio Commentary with Co-Writer/Director David Cronenberg, Inside the Character Actor's Studio - Interviews with Stars William Smith and John Saxon, Shooting Cronenberg - Interview with Director of Photography Mark Irwin, Theatrical Trailer, Poster & Still Gallery, Claudia Jennings Bio, Disc 2: The Early Films of David Cronenberg: STEREO and CRIMES OF THE FUTURE, Poster & Still Gallery, David Cronenberg Bio Amazon.com An early departure from director David Cronenberg's canon of visceral horror, 1979's Fast Company profiles one of his personal passions, racecars, in a gritty melodrama that also features exciting racetrack footage. Veteran toughguy William Smith is top-billed as a champion drag racer who clashes with the unscrupulous oil-company executive (John Saxon) who sponsors his team. Though lacking the gruesome clinical obsessions of his horror features (Cronenberg admits on the disc's commentary that the film was a tax shelter for its Canadian producers), Fast Company is also fascinated with internal machinery (here, car engines instead of human bodies), and it's easily Cronenberg's most approachable film, with plenty of automotive action alongside the solid perf