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1975 · 3m · N/A Animation
Directed by Vince Collins

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An psychedelic animated short celebrating America's bicentennial.

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Fresh

Behold the power of cheese!

Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly
Fresh

The story, about a road race in the not-too-distant future for which the drivers are given points for running down pedestrians, becomes an elaborate and telling fantasy about our peculiar popular entertainments. Fine work carved from minimal materials.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh

Script, from an Ib Melchior story, makes its satirical points economically, and director Paul Bartel keeps the film moving quickly.

Variety
Fresh

Overall the movie isn't as synchromeshed as it might be; the rivalry between champions Carradine and Stallone isn't very interesting, and some of the gags aren't sick or funny enough. But it's a great audience film.

Time Out
Rotten

In the end, it reveals itself to have nothing to say beyond the superficial about government or rebellion. And in the absence of such a statement, it becomes what it seems to have mocked -- a spectacle glorifying the car is an instrument of violence.

New York Times

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