Dirt (1979 film)
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| Directed by | Eric Karson Cal Naylor |
| Screenplay by | S.S. Schweitzer Bud Freidgen Tom Madigan R. R Young |
| Produced by | Allan F. Bodoh John Patrick Graham |
| Starring | Parnelli Jones |
| Cinematography | Jim Deckard |
| Music by | Dick Halligan |
Production company | Pacific Films |
| Distributed by | American Cinema Releasing |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $7.9 million[1] |
Dirt is a 1979 documentary film about off-road racing directed by Eric Karson and Cal Naylor.[2]
Premise
[edit]A man, Fred Cordon follows the off road racing circuit.[3]
Cast
[edit]- Clarke Gordon as Fred Gordon
- Curtis Credel as Tommy Robertson
- Kenny Griswold as Randy Gardner
- Debbie Gunn as Dee Williams
- Sunshine Parker as Swamp Rat Pickering
- Lisa Lindgren as Janice Hoffer
- Robert Hackman as Bob Holmes
- Parnelli Jones as Himself
- Rick Mears as Himself
- Mickey Thompson as Himself
- Malcolm Smith
Production
[edit]The film was modeled on the motorcycle documentary On Any Sunday (1971), which had featured an executive producer of Dirt, Roger Riddell. The film was made over three and a half years. Parnelli Jones, who appears in the film, was an investor.[4]
The film involved over 13 cameraman and two helicopters covering thousands of miles to shoot the footage.[5]
Reception
[edit]The film had was first released in Columbia and Albuquerque, then was rolled out throughout the country throughout 1979.[5]
The Los Angeles Times called it a "friendly but boring docudrama about off-road racing without focus... like watching an interminable home movie."[3]
However, it was a box office hit, earning rentals in the US and Canada of $7.9 million.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 302. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
- ^ "Four films opening this week". The San Francisco Examiner. 16 April 1979. p. 28.
- ^ a b Gross, Linda (24 August 1979). "Docudrama about off road racing". The Los Angeles Times Part 4. p. 35.
- ^ "Dirt (1970)". American Film Institute.
- ^ a b "Racing documentary premieres in Columbia". The Columbia Record. 13 January 1979. p. 28.