Vanishing Point - "Lost" Scenes
The Hitchhiker Scene with Charlotte Rampling
Thanks to Pete Woodhead from the UK for this
information concerning the Charlotte Rampling hitchhiker scene! Pete
writes:
As a UK fan of the film since childhood I thought I'd drop you a line or two with some extra material for your site that I have collected over the years. I first fell in love with the movie in 1976. I was 12 years old when late on a Friday night my Mother started watching it on TV and was so impressed by the first 10 minutes, she came upstairs to wake me to let me watch it with her. This was a VERY rare event in my household and I have never forgotten the thrill of seeing the movie and just fell in love with it instantly. I don't know whether you are aware but the English actress Charlotte Rampling was also in the first cut of the movie playing a hitch-hiker that Kowalski sleeps with. For some strange reason, this scene was cut after preview screenings of the movie. The still of Charlotte Rampling and Barry Newman would appear to be proof of this and is taken from an excellent article by Danny Peary which appears in Cult Movies 2 (1983). This book is still widely available (amazon.com stocks it!) and is also the source of the other b&w publicity still which really shows off the beauty of the Mopar car.
B&W still from the lost hitchhiker scene.
The Arguement Scene when Kowalski was buying speed from Jake
Kowalski breaks up an arguement between Jake and a kid. This
image appears on the back cover
of a Vanishing Point Laserdisc.
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