Car Movies » The Last American Hero http://carmovies.org Archive of tread burning car films Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:00:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 The Last American Hero http://carmovies.org/the-last-american-hero.html http://carmovies.org/the-last-american-hero.html#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:28:38 +0000 Hot Rod http://carmovies.org/?p=15 The Last American Hero (also known as Hard Driver) is a 1973 sports drama film based on the true story of American NASCAR driver Junior Johnson. Directed by Lamont Johnson, it stars Jeff Bridges as Junior Jackson, the character based on Johnson.

The film is based off Tom Wolfe’s story “The Last American Hero” which is included in The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby. The film was favorably reviewed by Pauline Kael in The New Yorker, even though The New Yorker had a long-standing feud with Wolfe.

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