The film was made by ABC Circle, a division of ABC. Armitage says they just had a title, Hot Rod. In an interview with Nick Pinkerton, George Armitage stated, "And I went over there and talked to them, they said: 'Yeah, go ahead.' It was a street racer movie, that’s what I came up with, and we shot that in 15 days—TV was not generous with their time. We shot that up in Northern California, in Calistoga, wine country, and at the Fremont drag way."[2]
Armitage says the story is based on the life of a friend of his, Bob Edelson, who was a top mechanic and with whom Armitage used to race.[2]
Armitage used a number of actors who were under contract to ABC at the time.[2]
Referencesedit
^"Interview with George Armitage - Part One". Money Into Light.
^ abcNick Pinkerton, "Interview with George Armitage", Film Comment 28 April 2015
1979, film, 1979, american, made, television, drama, film, directed, george, armitage, starring, gregg, henry, pernell, roberts, rodgenredramawritten, bygeorge, armitagedirected, bygeorge, armitagestarringgregg, henrypernell, robertsrobin, mattsongrant, goodev. Hot Rod is a 1979 American made for television drama film directed by George Armitage and starring Gregg Henry and Pernell Roberts 1 Hot RodGenreDramaWritten byGeorge ArmitageDirected byGeorge ArmitageStarringGregg HenryPernell RobertsRobin MattsonGrant GoodeveMusic byMichael SimpsonCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishProductionProducerSam MannersProduction locationsAlviso CaliforniaCalistoga Napa Valley CaliforniaBaylands Raceway Park 44333 Christy Lane Fremont CaliforniaCinematographyAndrew DavisEditorsWilliam NeelCarroll SaxCamera setupPanavision Cameras and LensesRunning time100 minutesProduction companiesABC Circle FilmsOriginal releaseNetworkABCReleaseMay 25 1979 1979 05 25 Production editThe film was made by ABC Circle a division of ABC Armitage says they just had a title Hot Rod In an interview with Nick Pinkerton George Armitage stated And I went over there and talked to them they said Yeah go ahead It was a street racer movie that s what I came up with and we shot that in 15 days TV was not generous with their time We shot that up in Northern California in Calistoga wine country and at the Fremont drag way 2 Armitage says the story is based on the life of a friend of his Bob Edelson who was a top mechanic and with whom Armitage used to race 2 Armitage used a number of actors who were under contract to ABC at the time 2 References edit Interview with George Armitage Part One Money Into Light a b c Nick Pinkerton Interview with George Armitage Film Comment 28 April 2015External links editHot Rod at IMDb nbsp nbsp This article related to an American television drama film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hot Rod 1979 film amp oldid 1193836836, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
