Death Proof

2007. Part of Grindhouse with Robert Rodriguez. A car-chase movie that name-drops Vanishing Point's 1970 Dodge Challenger by year and trim level.

Part of Tarantino

4 moments in this segment.

1. 1971-03-13 - Vanishing Point: Richard C. Sarafian's 1971 cult car-chase film - Kowalski drives the same 1970 Dodge Challenger from Denver to San Francisco.. 📹 Vanishing Point (1971) - Dodge Challenger vs. Jaguar Richard C. Sarafian's 1971 cult car-chase film, Kowalski drives the same 1970 Dodge Challenger from Denver to San Francisco. Referenced in Death Proof (2007). Death Proof characters name-drop the Vanishing Point Challenger by model and year. Tarantino has called it his all-time favorite car-chase film.
2. 2007-04-06 - Death Proof: The 1970 Dodge Challenger that Zoë Bell rides on the hood of, name-checked on screen.. 📹 Zoë Bell - Grindhouse - Death Proof Car Chase Scene The 1970 Dodge Challenger that Zoë Bell rides on the hood of, name-checked on screen. Death Proof characters name-drop the Vanishing Point Challenger by model and year. Tarantino has called it his all-time favorite car-chase film.
3. 2024-08-25 - Club Random: two hours on 1970s cinema. Nearly two hours with Bill Maher, covering the 1970s films and television that formed Tarantino's taste, his book about that decade of moviegoing, and his account of how cinema has changed since. Primary material for the exploitation-era sensibility the Grindhouse period draws on.
4. 2026-08-07 - On today's film critics and podcasters. Tarantino, speaking on the Pure Cinema Podcast, gives his assessment of the current generation of film critics and film podcasters. He has worked that side of the trade himself, in print and in repertory programming.