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DIED. ED (BIG DADDY) ROTH, 69, dotty hot-rodder whose cartoon alter ego, "Rat Fink," glared at convention and Mickey Mouse; of a heart attack; in Manti, Utah. He was called "the most capricious" of car customizers by Tom Wolfe...
DIED. TROY RUTTMAN, 67, brash hot rodder who sped to short-lived glory in 1952, becoming at 22 the youngest winner of the Indianapolis 500; of lung cancer; in Lake Havasu City, Ariz...
...Ford's best roles yet, allowing him greater scope than Han Solo in Star Wars or Indiana Jones or the hot rodder he portrayed in American Grafitti or the chilling Army officer in Apocalypse Now. But he is right when he says that John Book is not a stretch from his other characters: it is an extension. Some people, he complains, say, " 'Well, Witness is really acting. It's great you're getting a chance to play a real person.' " In fact, he says, with some asperity, "my ambition was to play real people in Star Wars and Raiders. Doing...
...high school girl, by Morgan, a new kid transplanted to L.A. from a Northeastern private school--progresses through a series of scenes utilizing that of both body and machines, mainly cars. Morgan's first day at school is marred by the destruction of his bike under a roaring hot-rodder, and that was motivated in turn by his breakup, while on his fast-moving bike (of course), of a violent mugging the night before. Surprise, surprise Frankie's boyfriend Nick (Paul Mones) was the foiled mugger, and after recognizing Morgan at school as the law-abiding. Knight-in-Shining-Armor...
Around them swirls the carnival of the auto show. The 300 cars and 60 motorcycles are roped off from the crush of the public, the starflake paint mirroring the mustache and leather jacket of a hot-rodder bending close to inspect the chrome-plated carburetors, and his little brother in jeans and a Ski-Doo jacket peering in to see how high the speedometer goes. Down the aisle sits "Peaches and Kreme," a 1934 Ford coupe with a 1968 Corvette engine and a body painted "Campus Creme" on top and "Bronze Starflake" below (and a sign: DO NOT TOUCH THIS...