The Last American Hero Part 1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- Junior Jackson (Jeff Bridges) is a Southern boy with a penchant for driving too fast along his native North Carolina backroads. But when his father, Elroy (Art Lund), is jailed for moonshining, Junior decides to go pro, if only to be able to buy Elroy a few prison privileges. With the help of his brother, Wayne (Gary Busey), he slowly climbs the ranks of the various racing circuits. Often at odds with corporate sponsors, Jackson nevertheless becomes one of the first celebrities of NASCAR.
At the 46 min. mark you'll see a blonde... that was my Mother. I always thought she was the coolest Mom! I miss Her! Carolyn was Her name. 🙏
Love this movie, young Brigdes and Bussey. The best rual America
racing movie ever
reminds me of my great friend from Noth Carolina, Don Phillips.
wow ... from 1973 .. hard to believe 48 years ago ..
One of the best stock car movies.
Saw this at the movie theater when I was about 12 years old I believe it to be the best stock car movie made me proud to be an American
This movie is a true depiction of the life of Junior Johnson. Soft spoken, hard driving American legend.
It brought tears of memories to me..
its amazing how many people dont kno its about him or have never even heard of the movie or saw it in general.
@@BigDaddyCrab its great, but why did they use the name jackson instead of johnson? I been wondering lately
@@BigDaddyCrab ]]++o+
He was the expert consultant on this movie.
Love this movie, brings back memories from my youth
This and every movie since back then was always interesting to watch especially when Jeff Bridges is in it. Good days in the old fashion way, thanks for showing a great movie.
Jeff Bridges really carved out a genuine career in acting and applaud him loudly!
Cynthia Marston well said , since I was kid , and I mean 70’s ... I love and respect his work , one of the greatest actor for sure , so much charisma !
Alway's loved this old flix, solid actor's & Jim Croce's epic "I got a name" was a brilliant touch 💪
Some serious historical intertwining going on in it as well, such as Richard Petty's iconic STP 43 car being used as "The Villain" car on the track, when in real life both Richard & the car are universally beloved, hell Mr The King is a Icon & a Legend all over the world, but South of the Mason-Dixon line he's a God, both in 73 & in today's world as well!
So strange choice there with that. Then further more, JC's " I got a name" was not only the song used in the movie, but TBS showed a collage of antiqued racing pic's & played that song going off air after The King's only son, Kyle Petty, won his first NASCAR race in 1985! The last piece of irony is of course, the sad fact that JC's fatal plane crash happened in Sept of 73, just about 2 month's after the movie debuted at my local drive-in theater. What a tragic loss that was for all who love great music. RIP JC & The Great Junior Johnson too 🙏
3 minutes in and I’m already saying thanks for posting. Love any old movie with old cars. Man that mustang is nice
Back when movies were GOOD and had REAL soundtracks
@1986SSMONTECARLOyes! When spinouts on gravel didn't sound like squeeling tires on pavement
@@artsteadman2230 Movies today are all a bunch of FAKE CGI Kinetic Action HORSESH*T!!!
36:23 " Boy, I'm here to tell you you got a good runnin truck here." Luv it
RIP Junior 12.20.19
jeez, how good of an actor is Ned Beatty seriously? from country roles, to corporate tyrant in Network to bumbling sidekick in Superman...
Seeing all those once beautiful 50's cars get destroyed like that kills me a little, NGL. Escpecially like those 1958 Chevy's and Buicks. Damn those were beautiful cars when they were new.
Jeff Bridges..A REAL CLASSIC..THEY DONT MAKE MOVIES.LIKE THAT ANYMORE...GREAT CARS MOVIES AND GALS...GREAT SHOW...
'City hall's so full of crooks, they're fallin out the windows.' God, I'd love to see that!
Great choice for the opening song. Great Choice.
Jim Croce one of the best singers that ever sang a song
I'm lucky someone recommended this movie to me... One minute in, this was amazing!
Excellent movie I've watched in the past. I like Jeff's acting.
I always liked this movie and Jim Croce. Can't believe that it was 45 years ago I saw it the first time.
Yep Lauri we getting old but you still pretty.
Jeff Bridges.....Lordy hes such a phenominal actor......i love his voice transformation
Boyi always admire Jeff for being that true actor he was...in Man of the stars...and this gem i just discover
The days when their daily driver was their round track car. Before my time but I bet it was a blast
Jeff bridges all time favorite
You'd think Ned Beatty would be a might nervous around hillbillies.
maybe he welcomes them now. you never know with those Hollyweird types.
That's a homophobic comment...I think. It's probably racist also, but I'll get back to you on that.
@@prun8893 you forgot xenophobic misogynistic and lets not forget islamaphobic
How ya know what he felt, shit all u know he might've liked it lol
After that Canoe Trip, you would think he would be a might Nervous. LOL🤠👍
Always loved to watch Jeff, hope he is doing better! God Bless Jeff!
good movie... well worth a watch
I wish I'd never seen this movie before so I could watch it for the first time again!
There's a pull for that.
Awesome movie, great writing and acting. Gary Busey is normally more entertaining but he played a more conservative role as opposed to the wacky charismatic character he usually puts out. Jeff Bridges did an excellent job as well, he struggled with the North Carolina accent some, he sounded more like Amarillo, Texas than Hickory, NC. All car enthusiasts need to watch this, what a classic!
That's what you want in a moonshine runner......loud exhaust.....
@@williama.6197 Really? Junior Jackson may be a fictional character but he is deeply offended by your description of his anatomy....he's mighty proud of his mustangs loud pipes......you're not much for sarcastic comments I guess 😉.
@@williama.6197 Are you having a fight with the script writers of a 50 yr old movie? Are you 10 years old? Hilarious! Junior Jackson won't take kindly to this.....
They all do that😂
got to love slight name change from Johnson to Jackson. Being Carolina boy and running thru mountains half of life its hard to believe anyoen thought name woulf fool anyone
that was the name he used at the start so his real name would not be in the paper. It was to hide that he was racing from his mom. After a few months she found out anyway. I fell in love with racing after seeing this. I was like 6 I think. Jr is my hero to this day
Love me sum good ole fashion racing! Loved it so much I'm in damb wheelchair!still ride! 😜
me to brother...not much of that kinda racing around now days like it was back in those days
Rules are for those who need them. R. D. B.
Edit "foolishness to one person, breathe of life to another" true that , brother!
A drunk man's words , are a sober man's thoughts.
I know this is a movie but I'm just gotta say this, In reality, he must have really had that truck built pretty damn good To think he would outrun even a regular cop car hauling that tank full of shine, much less one that might be hopped up.
RIP . Last American Hero
Thank you John, what a great show Thumbs up from Australia
How I'm close to 50 without knowing about this movie, well now I can see it for the first time. The representation of the family is as satisfying as the fast cars
Jeffrey Stroman I think it came out about the time you were born, any way glad you got to see it, truly a classic.
It was also rereleased as hard driver
Wow! “The Dude” sure can drive!
Love this movie. Reminds me back when we were free. Controlla virus nonsense.
Its our own fault we lost our freedom ! We stood by while Government took our rights away one by one and did nothing but bitch about it ! We can't even stop fighting with each other long enough to pull together to take our rights back from government ! Divide us they did !
"Sho'nuff"
Marvelous Marvin Hagler
"If only I had ivermectin"
Hank`its not a bad dent wagon
"Cat's Claw herb kills all viruses, too!"
Lisa Shaw
Wanted to gift this a few years back, is harder to find than one would think(DVD)! For my Money on the Barrel, one of the truly great classics, w/ timeless sound track, zero back-flow engine sounds, and great scenery. A superlative cast, representing the battle to seize the moment, replete w/ one of the first non-team sport holleywierd 'Groupies'. Sadly, and perhaps prescient w/ most the cast dead!
Great actors ❤❤
I love this movie. I saw it years ago. It's still great. Thanks
I remember those old rotary pay phones, drop your last quarter in to call that girl. wrong number, that was your last 25 cents! Click , click click hey operator can I get a refund on a wrong number? Now we have 4 year olds walking around with phones and they can call, text or lookup an entire library for next to nothing, plus you don't have to carry a round a roll of quarters.
I remember the time when if you weren't home they couldn't get a hold of you. I miss them days and hate being on call 24/7.
Dime
They were a dime when I was using them
My father was one of the dirt track cars in this movie , pretty cool racing movie
Back when a Man could feel like a Free Man👍🤠
Boy Im here to tell you gotta good runnin' truck......damn good scene burning his evidence
In live in the mountains of NC and theres no place I would rather be. Its kind of a shame all those dirt roads their driving on are paved now.
Oh that’s heart breaking watching him make a derby car out of the old single spinner
This is a really good film to watch 😊
.........Ya Think!!!
The mustang in this movie was built by holman and moody a famous nascar team from the 60s and 70s
they actually did a bit of both back in the day even did a few indy 500s
How do you know that the Mustang was built by Holman-Moody ???????? Do you have any proof and(or) authenticity of this information????????
@@toddrobbins392 a former owner of the mustang I talked to
He didnt have a 32 speed manual like they do in todays movies
Lmao.... I thought I was the only one that noticed that brother! Like in all of Fast and the Furious man they shift their asses off don't they LOL SMH. Good God man just like in the old westerns how many damn bullets do you got in that six shot revolver bro haha
16:06 it's the crashing sound from "Driver: You Are The Wheelman!" In fact, this here is a list of movie/TV show titles I've actually found this sound byte in:
1. Vanishing Point (1971)
2. M*A*S*H (1972-1983)
3. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
4. The Last American Hero (1973)(this movie here)
5. The Seven-Ups (1973)
6. The Towering Inferno (1974)
7. The French Connection II (1975)
8. Cannonball (1976)
9. The Driver (1978)
10. Hooper (1978)
11. Eyewitness (1981)(heard in trailer but NOT the final film)
12. Mischief (1985)
Took a photo of your recent movies I’ll try to get them all thank you very much I also have a 1940 Ford hot rod this August 2020 will be 50 years old with me yes sir. Love American graffiti John was great the whole movie was great this right here movie so also great!
Moonshine in plastic milk jugs??? They spared no expense in producing this.
We had big oil drum and a mineral water bottle worth of it cost less than 10 Thai baht.
funny how we would kill to have these cars now, but back then they were just another old car.
Good to see country boy win 🏆
Probably the best movie ever made...……...
Lmao, after the OUTLAW JOSEY WALES
Running shine in a souped up car, yeeeeeeeeeehaw!
That's aginn the loow here in hog liver county.
The song “I Got A Name” in the opening credits is a different recording than the song on the album
Yep junior did that way and farming the woods made a hell of a name for him and flossy
Jeff Bridges ain't no Robert mitchum but he's good ain't nothing like thunder road
This movie is my parents’ generation but I’m hearing familiar locations. Hickory, Lake Lure,Wilkesboro, Rockingham....their accents are off but I’m homesick.
Gary Busey. One of my favorites. I still say, "Roll onnnn, yella Camarooooo!"
They had SAM ARDS race car to meet and talk with Sam while he was working on a friend of mine's car and that man knew his stuff that was one of the smartest man that I ever met rest in peace my friend
Me , yelling @ the T. V.funny
You yellN @ me yell'n @ actors,- PRICELESS!
"thanks for coming so orly(early)" lol
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !"
Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ."
Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"
Actually, the name of this movie is
( Hard Driver) the store of Junior Johnson
The one who was a bootlegger and ended up in nascar ?
LAST AMERICAN HERO IS THE NAME OF THE MOVIE 🎬 😎👍🇺🇲
@ John Crabtree
APPRECIATE YOUR UP'LOADS OF
THIS MOVIE 🎞️ 🎥 ......
( KNUCKLE👊🏽BUMP ) John Crabtree.....
every car in this movie now worth thousands...
More like would have been worth thousands....the 70s and 80s was all about the crusher sadly
Him saying Dont hit the car man, heard the Dude saying not my car man
That’s a sweet Mustang at the beginning, the sound of it too😩😩😩😩
Dude....The early years.
Definitely brings me back to my misspent youth and trying to destroy cars because of the inspiration of movies like this, vanishing point, gone in 60 seconds and Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
Gas was less than .80 a gallon 😎
27:07 "Did you throw some pie at me man?"
All ways love under dog
Makes sense the Dude was a shiner
The beginning of this motion picture is exactly how it is where I live in Adelaide Hills , Australia 🇦🇺....
Nightrider
@alan wilson you probably are most probably ....my grandma always told me for a sharp mind half word is enough....
Did he steal Steve McQueen's Bullitt Mustang LOL
A person wonders
@22:28 - Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison were fans of this movie.
KING RICHARD PETTY, already made a movie, about his life, I love it, and I miss, Lady Linda, his wife, the prettiest girl that ever smiled
I just coughed super hard while taking a dump and dam near blew my cutter out. Freakin hurt
one hell-of-a cough, eh ??? Whoa lordy me ... no open flames .. yeehaw
Ref Lone wolf McQuade, I applauded your choices
My personal preferences are '65 Shelby GT350R or '70 Boss 302. I'd be in heaven
All Mustangs are for wimps, maybe if they have a really good side oiler in one (especially the Cammer!) but otherwise, they're all for "sports car" weenies...you want respect? hey they should have him in a Baldwin '67 Camero or some bomb of a Hemi 'Cuda....but what can you say about an "American Hero" movie that has a folkie Jim Croche record as a theme song.....ugh!
Cindy S
; That is Camaro. Get it right, and by the way, Camaro's in the day couldn't keep up with the Mustang. FACT.
That black Ford he drives in the derby turns from a ‘49 into a ‘50.
It is dark blue
@@rickyking1790 the 49 or the 50…? 🙂
@@CycolacFan I mis read thought you were talking about the Mustang
9:36 - to Hear Future Jeff’s Lebowski (the Dude) - he’d been Rehearsing for that role for many years. The Dude did Not Abide in this flic 27:10
He needed to walk down this road to become the DUDE ! ! ! !
I just got home from veitnam went this came out 😂
Wow ... is that a Big Block 390??? Sounds unreal
Great Movie
well i think the dad is only cupple years older than his son jr lololol great movie though i livr in noth corolina also and think this movie is bout Jr Jonson and his life
Arvil mcstotts was the Best moonshiner that ever was these Boy were a joke I wonder why my dad isn't in movies .my dad is a legend.
This movie was based off of Jr Johnson, like a true story but not!! All filmed in the mountains of NC and TN, was a low budget film but very good!! And one of Jeff Bridges first roles!???
I met one of his old crew members they called him bear he stopped by my bosses shop in tipp city ohio he was looking for his dad that used to be on the crew with him he was a big old guy driving a pristine old pothole lincoln he hung out all day and they told old stories about all the wild stuff that went on in the early days when they got started racing and the stuff they all did to get by before there start I had no idea my bosses dad used to be on his pit crew never heard him talk about it till that day
I always loved Valerie Perinne
I'm from the part of NC Baker is from . I have relatives in Ronda where he's from. It's too bad they couldn't get the accents right in the movie.
Well at least Beatty and Busey sound country but Jeff Bridges...'don't hit the car Mannn'🤦♂️
Thanks sir loved it cool movie
Hey there, John Crabtree, thanks for this. Is this movie losely based on my old friend Junior Johnson, Darell Waltrip's pit boss?
Yes
The dude abides
The only good looking mustang ever made.
Ken K don’t blaspheme.... peace ✌️
Drive the new shelby, almost as pretty with muscle.
Great drive g in this movie.