Fast Company (1979 film)

Infobox Film
name = Fast Company


caption = Theatrical Poster
director = David Cronenberg
producer = Michael Lebowitz
Peter O'Brian
Phil Savath
Courtney Smith
writer = Story:
Alan Treen
Screenplay:
David Cronenberg
Phil Savath
Courtney Smith
narrator =
starring = William Smith
Claudia Jennings
John Saxon
Nicholas Campbell
music = Fred Mollin
cinematography = Mark Irwin
editing = Ronald Sanders
distributor = Admit One Presentations
Danton Films
released = 18 March, 1979
runtime = 91 min.
country = Canada
language = English
budget =
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website =
amg_id = 1:16840
imdb_id = 0079138

"Fast Company" is a 1979 film by Canadian director David Cronenberg. It was written by Phil Savath, Courtney Smith, Alan Treen and Cronenberg, and stars William Smith, John Saxon, Claudia Jennings and Nicholas Campbell. The film was primarily filmed at Edmonton International Speedway, in addition to other locations in Edmonton, Alberta and western Canada.

"Fast Company" is the story of a dragster racing driver (Smith) and his villainous manager (Saxon). The first of his features for which Cronenberg did not originate the screenplay, "Fast Company" brought Cronenberg into contact with cinematographer Mark Irwin, art director Carol Spier, sound editor Bryan Day, and film editor Ronald Sanders, all of whom became regular crew members on his films. Actor Nicholas Campbell, who plays William Smith's young sidekick, also went on to appear in three more Cronenberg films, "The Brood", "The Dead Zone" and "Naked Lunch".

Although "Fast Company" - an all-action, non-horror, non-psychological B-movie - remains an anomaly in Cronenberg's filmography, it has never lost its place in the affections of its director, who is an enthusiast of cars and their machinery ("which I get very metaphysical and boring about" ["Cronenberg on Cronenberg" (1992), ed. Chris Rodley, p.73.] ) and sometime racer.

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