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Richard C. Sarafian dies at 83; directed cult film 'Vanishing Point'
Los Angeles Times ^
| September 18, 2013
| Steve Chawkins
Posted on 09/19/2013 7:10:39 PM PDT by EveningStar
Richard C. Sarafian, a Hollywood director best known for the speed-addled saga of squealing brakes and existential angst chronicled in the 1971 cult film "Vanishing Point," died Wednesday. He was 83.
Sarafian was recovering from a broken back when he contracted pneumonia, family members said.
He directed numerous films and, earlier in his career, TV shows that included episodes of "Gunsmoke," "The Twilight Zone" and "Batman." He also acted, appearing as hitman Vinnie in the Warren Beatty satire "Bulworth" and gangster Jack Dragna in Beatty's "Bugsy."
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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: cinema; film; hollywood; movies; obituary; richardcsarafian; richardsarafian; sarafian; vanishingpoint
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To: Borges; DollyCali; Perdogg
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posted on
09/19/2013 7:11:09 PM PDT
by
EveningStar
("Putin now just basically doing donuts in Obama's front yard." - Iowahawk)
To: EveningStar
Kowalski....you out there?
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posted on
09/19/2013 7:21:42 PM PDT
by
Roccus
To: EveningStar
“This radio station was named Kowalski, in honor of the last American hero to whom speed means freedom of the soul. The question is not when’s he gonna stop, but who is gonna stop him.”
- Radio DJ Super Soul(Cleavon Little)
To: EveningStar
I saw Vanishing Point at the Prairie Lake Drive In, Altamonte Springs, FL. Smoked a lot of cigarettes (too many) and did a lot of making out (not enough) there in the late 60s.
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posted on
09/19/2013 7:27:33 PM PDT
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
To: EveningStar
RIP Mr Sarafian. Took a date to see Vanishing Point back in high school days. We were at a drive-in theater and everyone who left that night just had to peel-out when we left. At the time I thought it was a great film. Saw it again recently and the biggest star of the movie was the Dodge Challenger and the uh, hippie chick out in the desert ;o)
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posted on
09/19/2013 7:27:47 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: EveningStar
“Vanishing Point” is one of my favorite movies.
RIP Richard Sarafian
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posted on
09/19/2013 7:29:17 PM PDT
by
aomagrat
(Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
09/19/2013 7:33:27 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
To: EveningStar
Twilight Zone: Season 5, Episode 6 'Living Doll' (1 Nov. 1963)
"My name is Talky Tina and I'm going to kill you."
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posted on
09/19/2013 7:38:31 PM PDT
by
Daaave
("The flesh eating jinn of Komari.")
To: Daaave
"My name is Talky Tina and I'm going to kill you."I wonder if she knows "Chucky"?
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posted on
09/19/2013 7:42:31 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: EveningStar
"If Krishna gave the Tiger claws it also gave the Dove wings"
"The balsam tree perfumes the axe that chops it down."
Paraphrasing Super Soul.
That was the best movie.
Godspeed, Richard Sarafian
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posted on
09/19/2013 7:43:27 PM PDT
by
Calusa
(‘We’re going to have that person arrested.....that did the video,” said Hillary Clinton.)
To: EveningStar
I’ve seen that movie at least 50 times over the years, and I’ll watch again, I’m sure. Every time I see it, I slip right back the to first time I watched.
RIP Richard Sarafian.
Drive on, Kowalski. We’re still out here.
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posted on
09/19/2013 8:01:59 PM PDT
by
PubliusMM
(RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2016; I pray we make it that long.)
To: EveningStar
RIP, Mr. Serafian. Even though you didn’t like my remake of your movie...
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posted on
09/19/2013 8:42:02 PM PDT
by
karnage
To: EveningStar
I watched the movie again the other day. Mr. Sarafian did a lot with the $5.00 funding he was able to raise. Couldn’t help but be freaked out by the clothes and Newman’s haircut—or lack of haircut. RIP, Mr. Sarafian.
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posted on
09/19/2013 8:56:17 PM PDT
by
righttackle44
(Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
To: EveningStar
That’s a good flick. Saw it years ago on late night TV — back in the day when movies all night were a novelty.
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posted on
09/19/2013 9:14:10 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statemeYup. My first thought as wt of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: EveningStar
I just saw “Vanishing Point” again last week. RIP.
To: ChildOfThe60s
What was the drive in off 441 near the cement plant just before Lockhart? I don’t remember a drive in in the Altamonte area...
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posted on
09/20/2013 5:47:26 AM PDT
by
Neidermeyer
(I used to be disgusted , now I try to be amused.)
To: Liberty Valance
and the uh, hippie chick out in the desert ;o)
**********************************
She never seems to make much of an appearance in the “TV” edited versions.
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posted on
09/20/2013 5:59:25 AM PDT
by
Neidermeyer
(I used to be disgusted , now I try to be amused.)
To: ChildOfThe60s
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posted on
09/20/2013 6:00:41 AM PDT
by
Neidermeyer
(I used to be disgusted , now I try to be amused.)
To: Neidermeyer
Ri-Mar? Sure strikes a cord. Haven't thought of that in donkey years.
Prairie Lake was on 436 between 17-92 and the railroad tracks that are just before the Longwood Avenue intersection. I believe it was the south side of 436.
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posted on
09/20/2013 7:41:52 AM PDT
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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