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In between his horror hits RABID and THE BROOD, award-winning
director David Cronenberg immersed himself in the gritty world of
top-fuel dragsters to make what he considers to be one of the
most important movies of his entire career. Genre icons William
Smith (RED DAWN, MANIAC COP), John Saxon (ENTER THE DRAGON, A
NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET) and drive-in goddess Claudia Jennings
(in her final role before her tragic death) star in this
surprising story of a corporate-sponsored racing team and the
explosive obsessions that speed them through lives of fast cars,
fast cash and FAST COMPANY. Due to a mysterious distribution
snafu, FAST COMPANY was barely released in America and has
remained virtually unseen anywhere in the world. Blue Underground
is now proud to present this action-packed drama newly
transferred in high-definition under the personal supervision of
cinematographer Mark Irwin (VIDEODROME, THE DEAD ZONE),
remastered in room-rattling 6.1 DTS-ES and 5.1 Dolby Digital
Surround EX, packed with nitro-burning Extras, plus a Bonus Disc
featuring Cronenbergs two fascinating and equally rare early
features, STEREO and CRIMES OF THE FUTURE. Bonus features
include: Disc 1: Audio Commentary with Co-Writer/Director David
Cronenberg, Inside the Character Actor's Studio - Interviews with
Stars William Smith and John Saxon, Shooting Cronenberg -
Interview with Director of Photography Mark Irwin, Theatrical
Trailer, & Still Gallery, Claudia Jennings Bio, Disc 2:
The Early Films of David Cronenberg: STEREO and CRIMES OF THE
FUTURE, & Still Gallery, David Cronenberg Bio
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An early departure from director David Cronenberg's canon of
visceral horror, 1979's Fast Company profiles one of his personal
passions, racecars, in a gritty melodrama that also features
exciting racetrack footage. Veteran toughguy William Smith is
top-billed as a champion drag racer who clashes with the
unscrupulous oil-company executive (John Saxon) who sponsors his
team. Though lacking the gruesome clinical obsessions of his
horror features (Cronenberg admits on the disc's commentary that
the film was a tax shelter for its Canadian producers), Fast
Company is also fascinated with internal machinery (here, car
engines instead of human bodies), and it's easily Cronenberg's
most approachable film, with plenty of automotive action
alongside the solid performances (the cast includes B-movie queen
Claudia Jennings in her final performance). --Paul Gaita
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Fast Company has been unavailable to the viewing public since
its theatrical release due to legal complications, but Blue
Underground has brought this interesting chapter of Cronenberg's
career back into circulation in an impressively remastered
widescreen disc set that features 6.1 DTS-ES and 5.1 Dolby
Digital sound options, as well as interviews with stars Smith and
Saxon and cinematographer Mark Irwin; the limited-edition
two-disc set also includes two of Cronenberg's earliest efforts,
1970's Crimes of the Future and Stereo (1969). --Paul Gaita
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