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| The Last American Hero | |
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| Directed by | Lamont Johnson |
| Written by | William Roberts William Kerby |
| Based on | "The Last American Hero Is Junior Johnson. Yes!" by Tom Wolfe |
| Produced by | William Roberts John Cutts |
| Starring | Jeff Bridges Valerie Perrine Geraldine Fitzgerald |
| Cinematography | George Silano |
| Edited by | Tom Rolf Robbe Roberts |
| Music by | Charles Fox |
| Distributed by | 20th Century-Fox |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million[1] |
| Box office | $1 million (US/Canada)[2] |
The Last American Hero (also known as Hard Driver) is a 1973 American sports drama film based on the true story of NASCAR driver Junior Johnson. Directed by Lamont Johnson (no relation), the film stars Jeff Bridges as Junior Jackson, a character based on Johnson. It is based on Tom Wolfe's essay "The Last American Hero Is Junior Johnson. Yes!",[3] which was first published in Esquire magazine in March 1965[4] and included in his debut collection of essays, The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby, later that year.[5]
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p. 257.
- ^ Solomon p 232. See also "Big Rental Films of 1973", Variety, 9 January 1974 p. 60. Please note figures are rentals not total gross.
- ^ Tom Wolfe, The Last American Hero
- ^ The Last American Hero Is Junior Johnson. Yes!|Esquire|March 1965
- ^ Tom Wolfe (1965). The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby (3rd ed.). Picador. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-312-42912-6.