I found Dennis Quaid's FBI agent a monotonous bore (he plays the role with a flat monotone that sounds affected). LaCrosse teams up with the reluctant Amarillo sheriff's department to continue his investigation. The beautiful topiary and the Red Sun flag might give you a clue that 2700 is now home to the Japanese Consul General. Tony Montana (Al Pacino) chilled out by its pool in Brian de Palma's Scarface, and Whitney Houston performed an Aids benefit here under the watchful eye of Kevin Costner in The Bodyguard. Bullitt clocks the two shady-looking guys in the black 68 Dodge Charger parking up under the elevated freeway and decides this is a good time to discreetly fasten his safety belt. Running time: 1 hour, 58 minutes. Goodall kills Tex, proving to Dixon that Goodall is the killer. English Dixon writes the address that Bob had given him in the dust on the train floor, but when Olmstead and LaCrosse arrive at the location, it is an abandoned house. They fight until Goodall grabs Dixon, holding a knife at his throat and taunting LaCrosse, who attacks. Dixon is suggested as a prime suspect in the murders. He reminds LaCrosse that he must kill him to locate his son. Bullitt location: Ross is spotted in the hotel lobby: Mark Hopkins Hotel, 1 Nob Hill, San Francisco. When Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe) cheats at cards at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel, Connery was filming his scenes on a mock-up of the hotel at Pinewood Studio. At the next town, Martensburg, they stop at Shorty's Auto Repair. and proceeds to use a knife, a soda siphon and a plastic bottle to perform the exact same weird emergency surgery performed by David Duchovny in the recent release "Playing God." The two of them fight with each other as LaCrosse boards the train. Goodall's overconfident driving along the treacherous icy backroads causes the car to careen off the side. Frank is a one-note character played in a trance-like, monotone funk by Quaid. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. The teller gripes about having to mind the store as a storm approaches, making it clear that she is all alone. A post shared by Sean Connery - Fan account (@sir_sean_connery), A post shared by THUNDERBALLS.ORG (@thunderballs007). He tends to Dixon, who cannot speak since Goodall slit his throat, but he realizes Goodall gave him a clue to the boy's whereabouts and writes in the dust on the floor of the train. An FBI agent tracks his son's kidnapper to Amarillo, Texas, where two lawmen are seeking to use the case in their election bid. Box office This recording was shipped to me on the day following my order and I recieved it very quickly and in excelent condithon. October 31, 1997. All of this is plot stuff, and unreels as plot stuff does. LaCrosse lands on top of the moving train. Negotiating the slight kink at Peralta, they continue up York. FBI agent Frank LaCrosse arrives in Amarillo and tells Olmstead an elusive serial killer is responsible for the murders. This vast complex, Fontainebleau Miami Beach, 4441 Collins Avenue, is a regular movie star. Believing Dixon to the killer, LaCrosse does not pay enough attention to Bob, who comes to and attacks him. Delivery time is estimated using our proprietary method which is based on the buyer's proximity to the item location, the shipping service selected, the seller's shipping history, and other factors . Photo Courtesy: Getty Images. LaCrosse grabs Bob before he can fall off the train, demanding to know where his son is. The car is wedged against a bushy tree on the cliff edge, with Goodall trapped in the driver's seat. During his investigations, Bullitt drives along Broadway past the incredibly photogenic spot at Taylor Street which looks down to the Bay Bridge site of the streetcar accident in The Princess Diaries and the final shot of The Pursuit Of Happyness, with Will Smith. His lawyer reveals to LaCrosse and Olmstead that he had stolen the SUV from an airport parking lot. Nor do we learn why Goodall wants to die, or why hes suddenly killing all of his old friends. Bob and Dixon manage to walk to a small town, where they crash in a hotel frequented by railroad workers. Frank LaCrosse catches up to the train both of them are on and since he mistakes Lane for his suspect he ends up letting Bob a chance to slice Lane's throat. The note includes other clues which are later revealed. This is definitely a pathology worth exploring, but hey, Stuart is a screenwriter not a psychologist. He shows Olmstead a picture of Andy that the killer sent him which has a message on the back that reads, "2-18 You have to kill me to find him. Dixon knocks Goodall down just as LaCrosse enters the railroad car. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Sheriff Buck Olmstead: The guy was a killer, Frank.Frank LaCrosse: Yeah, but he wasn't a liar. Location Jennifer Cook 2023-01-09T21:12:50+00:00. . Police roadblocks ignore mountain roads which are nearly impassible after a blizzard. Music by A switchback is a type of path that follows a zig-zag pattern up a steep stretch of terrain such as a hill or mountainside. Pacific Western Production He reminds LaCrosse that he must kill him to locate his son. Unseen by Dixon, he kills his friend to silence the potential witness who could link him to the car. ADVERTISEMENT. The South American holdings of the pre-credits sequence are a storage tank complex at Stanwell. LaCrosse grieves, believing that his son is lost forever. Police roadblocks ignore mountain roads which are nearly impassable after a blizzard. The movie is based on the 1959 novel by the same name by Ian Fleming. In contrast, Glover hams it up with relish as the villain. The bar where Bullitt meets up with informant Eddie to get info on the Chicago organisation, finally closed its doors in 2006 after almost 50 years of business. The killer goes upstairs and wraps the young boy in a blanket. Both he and his opponent, police chief Jack McGinnis, desire to solve a big murder case before election day. And what about Frank, the FBI man: How can he be so sure that the violent hostage-taker just arrested in Amarillo, who was driving another car linked to the serial killer, isn't the right man? A wholly fantastic interior (the problems of storing gold bullion make vaults boringly unphotogenic) was created on a soundstage. Elbert and Mt. The pursuers follow but coming to Peralta Avenue find the Mustang has disappeared. Like an instant replay, they're once again testing the limits of 1960s suspension down the same stretch of Taylor Street, seen this time from the lower viewpoint. Bob follows her around the store and toys with a box cutter before propositioning the woman. https://www.historycolorado.org/location/denver-rio-grande-railroad-snowplow-ax-044, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119210/?ref_=tt_urv, FILM REVIEW; A Serial Killer Who Just Seems So Darned Nice. FBI agent Frank LaCrosse arrives in Amarillo and tells Olmstead an elusive serial killer is responsible for the murders. He chats to Eddie on the opposite corner of Broadway and Kearny, outside what is no longer a strip joint but a respectable Chinese restaurant called Little Szechuan. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Want to solve climate change? Switchback is a 1997 thriller starring Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, Jared Leto, Ted Levine, William Fichtner and R. Lee Ermey, set in Amarillo, Texas and moving through New Mexico & Southern Colorado. Switchback holds a 32% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 25 reviews and a 6.4 on IMDB. The spy film is the third instalment in the James Bond series. Cinematography This is where theres a huge jump across the city to North Beach with Bullitt now following the Charger east on Filbert Street at Taylor Street towards the twin spires of Sts Peter and Paul Cathedral (familiar from Dirty Harry) and Coit Tower (Vertigo and Doctor Dolittle), pausing for a couple of cable cars at Mason Street. An FBI agent tracks his son's kidnapper to Amarillo, Texas, where two lawmen are seeking to use the case in their election bid. $6.5 million Switchback is a 1997 thriller starring Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, Jared Leto, Ted Levine, William Fichtner and R. Lee Ermey, set in Amarillo, Texas and moving through New Mexico & Southern Colorado. Bob pulls out his knife and severs Tex's femoral artery, revealing that he has set up Dixon to be another fall guy for his crimes. You can unsubscribe at any time. LaCrosse confronts Dixon, who protests his innocence. * In general release throughout Southern California. This is a fairly unknown thriller, but stars Denis Quaid, R. Lee Ermey and Danny Glover. I liked the culture of the truck stops and the railroad bunkhouses, and the old rail workers warming their hands over stoves in cabooses. | Rating: 3/5, February 17, 2005 View production, box office, & company info, F.B.I. Production: A Paramount release of a Rysher Entertainment presentation of a Pacific Western production. LaCrosse finds out that the man stole the SUV, and immediately deduces that he does not fit the profile of his killer. He asks Dixon to look after the boy if anything happens to him. [4][5] The film grossed $6.5 million in the US and had a budget of $38 million. In 1960, Jerry Lewis was The Bellboy here. An FBI agent tracks his son's kidnapper to Amarillo, Texas, where two lawmen are seeking to use the case in their election bid. Goodall cuts Dixon's throat, but not fatally. Costumes Betsy Heimann. Dixon calms down and joins Bob on a train, riding in the rear car with the snow scrapers and another friend of Bob's named Tex. You can see Bullitts apartment, unchanged, at 1153-1157 Taylor Street, a stylish 1906 three-story frame building at the corner of Clay Street. Olmstead's men check the surveillance tapes at the lot and find the plates for a white Cadillac Eldorado which belonged to one of the serial killer's victims. Conrad Buff IV No serial killers, no obsessed FBI agents, maybe just enough of a crime for the sheriff and his opponent (the slimy local police chief) to fight over. If they'd thrown out the two leading characters and started all over with the locations, the lore and the supporting actors, they might have had something here. YesNo Oakland, California, USA Goodall drops off the train laughing, unhurt, sliding backwards on his backside down a snowy slope. Tex becomes suspicious when Goodall hands him matches from the Amarillo motel where the two murders happened. Unlike Cher Horowitz (Alicia Silverstone), hopefully, you don't find yourself stranded or, you know, mugged for your Alaia at gunpoint when you visit this Clueless (1995) filming location. Nevertheless, his long criminal history, which includes previous violent crimes, makes McGinnis eager to pin the motel murders on the man. The 1964 Cathedral is where the bishop is kidnapped in Alfred Hitchcocks final film, Family Plot, and is used for the christening of Dan White's son in Gus Van Sant's Milk. The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Snowplow AX-044, featured near the end of the film, is listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties and is on permanent display at the Pioneer Village Museum in Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado. The fight moves out onto the snow-scraper, a large metal beam on the side of the train. "FILM REVIEW; A Serial Killer Who Just Seems So Darned Nice, The New York Times. Dixon knocks Goodall down just as LaCrosse enters the railroad car. SwitchBack looks fabulous, with Oliver Woods cinematography providing breathtaking panoramas of the snow-clad Rockies, and the films action sequences and literal cliffhangers are first-rate in their design, stunt work and special effects. At the foot of the hill they make a smart left onto Filbert again (but this time in the opposite direction, away from Sts Peter and Paul). Noticing a police officer leaving Shorty's as they approach the shop, Bob claims to have forgotten something inside, and he kills Shorty while Dixon waits in the car. Switchback(1997) Filming & Production Showing all 9 items Jump to: Filming Locations(8) Filming Dates(1) Filming Locations Edit Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA (Outside courthouse with watchtower) 8 of 8 found this interestingInteresting? Produced by Distributed by It stars Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, Jared Leto, Ted Levine, William Fichtner and R. Lee Ermey. The dense plot was a point of confusion for many critics, like Stephen Holden of The New York Times who gets several basic details of the plot wrong in his review. If you want human dimension, if you want professionalism, rent Hitchcock. The car is wedged against a bushy tree on the cliff edge, with Goodall trapped in the driver's seat. He faults Quaid for being too dour and Glover for being too likable. It is a app that lets you buy stocks with no fees. Its cheating but who cares? Longtime sheriff, Buck Olmstead (R. Lee Ermey), is up for reelection. Cab driver Weissberg (Robert Duvall) obligingly takes Bullitt to all the stops made earlier by Ross before dropping him off at the Sunshine Cab Co south of the Mission district near to that wonderfully 50s Googie-style carwash. LaCrosse believed it was too pat, and then he reveals to Olmstead that the abducted little boy is LaCrosse's son Andy. It stars Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, Jared Leto, Ted Levine, William Fichtner and R. Lee Ermey. LaCrosse goes to that address; he finds his kidnapped son playing in the backyard of a house next door. The agent is on the trail of a serial killer. One involves a long car journey through the west by Bob, a former railroad worker (Danny Glover) and Lane (Jared Leto), a hitchhiker with a secret in his past. The tactics of the FBI agent concern Olmstead at first, particularly after finding out LaCrosse's personal conflict. [3], http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1997/SWTCH.php, FILM REVIEW; A Serial Killer Who Just Seems So Darned Nice, https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Switchback_(film)&oldid=717224702, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. I liked the faces of the bit players--guys in bars and locomotives. Switchback (1997) Filming & Production Showing all 9 items Jump to: Filming Locations (8) Filming Dates (1) Filming Locations Edit Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA (Outside courthouse with watchtower) 8 of 8 found this interesting Oakland, California, USA (Ending Scene) 6 of 6 found this interesting Leadville, Colorado Mt. As he continues downhill, a broken branch of a fallen tree impales and kills him. The note includes other clues which are later revealed. Directed by LaCrosse lands on top of the moving train. Bob Goodall is revealed to be the serial murderer when he stabs mechanic Clyde 'Shorty' Callahan, Lane Dixon learns he's a killer when he slashes train engineer Tex Monroe. 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