Harry HamlinKing of the Mountain [Blu-ray]

I've been hunting for this movie since the 80s when I got my first VHS player and rented it. Quality is just OK, not a lot of effort went into it since I'm sure it's not a huge money maker, but it was interesting to watch Harry Hamlin's interview about the movie.

Classic car film, pretty well done for it's time and it's cool to see hometown LA in the film, it looked different back then, haha. Worth a purchase if you're a car nut.

Brought back memories

I worked as a movie theater usher when this came out. Since then I must have seen it a couple dozen times on edited-for-TV broadcasts and fuzzy videotape in 4:3 format. Nice to see it again in widescreen in higher definition after 37 years.Deborah Van Valkenburgh (also from another late-70s classic, The Warriors) made an indelible impression with the song "Dangerous Strangers" (wish I could find the soundtrack for this movie with the complete song).The three male friends and roommates ... played memorably by Harry Hamlin, Joseph Bottoms and Richard Cox ... exemplify the fun and excitement of being young, talented and just starting out in the adult world with all the adult pleasures, and show what a "fun, hip lifestyle" looked like in that era ... drinking till dawn, playing Activision TV games, barely having beer money, making music, dreaming big, and avoiding the law while speeding on Mulholland Drive.And you've got Dennis Hopper in his batpoop crazy era with burned-out hippie words of wisdom like "It's basically a thrillmaker" and "You know what's worse than cars that don't run? Pushing cars that don't run. No, man, you know what's worse than that? Picking up a dead body ... especially when it's yours."Okay, granted, this movie is nowhere near Oscar material, but for those of us growing up in that era, it's a nostalgic time capsule of life before home studio recording when you had to suck up for expensive session time, timeless (and back then affordable) Porsches, the casualness of drinking and driving, and no cellphones, computers, and very few VCRs or other distractions besides the real world.I wish I could buy it on DVD or Blu-ray in this quality, but unfortunately occasional streaming will have to do. And it's a LOT better than any of the Fast & Furious movies by a longshot (which are looking even more dated).

I taped "King of the Mountain" off of HBO in the early 80's, and that VHS tape was the only way I could watch it until now. This film looks great on Blu-ray.The Porsche 356 is such a cool car. And that's really what all this is all about. I couldn't care less about the acting or the music industry storyline. This isn't a film review.The cars are the stars. Dennis Hopper looks more dangerous than the night street racing. His perfomance is truely unhinged, but his rat-rod 'Vette looks awesome. Joseph Bottoms's '69 Mustang is a stud. There are cameos by a Ferrari, a Superbee, a couple of Firebirds, a Datsun 240 Z, and some Porsche posers in the background at a German car repair shop. Deborah drives a cool, vintage Citroën. Even the beater pickup that Dennis races is sweet.These are the cars that I dreamed about when I was a kid. It's a lot to fun to see their details more clearly for the first time since then. Looks like I can finally toss my old VHS tape.

Didnt think I woild ever see this on Blu Ray. Even has a bit of extras on it, including an interview with harry hamlin about the part. My next purchase: The original Gone In 60 Seconds. ;)

A good movie involves, facing down a mountain, in cars .

Great old movie, was surprised to find it in DVD

とにかく日本語訳が欲しい

This movie is not bad

まぁ好きな映画だったのでＤＶＤがあれば絶対買うと決めてましたが、いざ届くと英語のわからない私は、吹き替えはないにしても、字幕がないとまるでわからないので残念です。まぁ日本ではＤＶＤ化されていないのでアメリカ製になるので仕方ないのですが、好きなポルシェ356スピードスター改が見れただけで満足です。😊ただストーリーの内容がわからないのが残念です。

観ればわかる！最高です！

購入欄に字幕って書いてあったので購入しましたが英語字幕だけで、日本語字幕出ません。購入の方は気を付けてくださいね。