Film Forum

U.S., 1974
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Goldie Hawn, William Atherton, Ben Johnson
Cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond
Music by John Williams
Approx. 109 mins. 4K DCP.

In a desperate trek to get their kids, Goldie Hawn and William Atherton’s kidnapping of a highway patrolman in his own cruiser expands to a low-speed hundred-car chase. Spielberg’s first theatrical feature is “one of the most phenomenal debut films in the history of movies” (Pauline Kael), and filmed on some of the actual locations.

Reviews

“A beautifully put together, assured film.”
–  Time Out

“A brilliantly calculated audience pleaser.”
– Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader