Post by Prime etc. on Mar 3, 2023 1:51:27 GMT
SIDEWINDER 1 1977 - corporate advertising executive Susan Howard -
I first noticed her in Moonshine County Express and thought how good she was in a major part. I watched Petrocelli because of her but she has such a bad role in that. Not the case with this.
She is the sister of Alex Cord who also has a better than average part as a laid-back millionaire who wants motorbike rider Michael Parks to spearhead his new design. The funny thing is that she despises Parks--they have nothing in common--but after Cord is killed in an accident, she has to assume the role of boss and spend more time around him and Marjoe Gortner--the other bike rider.
This is an unusual film--it was not a big studio and not a Corman-level exploitation film either--and the message of the end is that she is better off leaving the corporate world for an unstable life on the road, riding bikes with Parks.
It was co-written by a woman writer too. At times it feels like a throwback to the 1930s or 40s because of the concentration on the man-woman dynamic rather than a plot about winning a race or beating someone.
I first noticed her in Moonshine County Express and thought how good she was in a major part. I watched Petrocelli because of her but she has such a bad role in that. Not the case with this.
She is the sister of Alex Cord who also has a better than average part as a laid-back millionaire who wants motorbike rider Michael Parks to spearhead his new design. The funny thing is that she despises Parks--they have nothing in common--but after Cord is killed in an accident, she has to assume the role of boss and spend more time around him and Marjoe Gortner--the other bike rider.
This is an unusual film--it was not a big studio and not a Corman-level exploitation film either--and the message of the end is that she is better off leaving the corporate world for an unstable life on the road, riding bikes with Parks.
It was co-written by a woman writer too. At times it feels like a throwback to the 1930s or 40s because of the concentration on the man-woman dynamic rather than a plot about winning a race or beating someone.
