The legacy as an actor of Robert Redford is immense, with more than 50 films behind him and mythical titles “two men and a destination”, “The blow” or “The three days of the condor”, which earned him both the recognition of the public and that of the Industry, to win Oscar, Golden Globes and Bafta, in addition to receiving many other recognitions.
But delving into his career we stopped in 1970, the year in which “Little Fauss and Big Halsy” was released, which came to Spain with the name of “The price of failure.” It is a film directed by Sindey J. Furie, written by Charles K. Eastman and in which Redford shared the prominence with Michael J. Pollard.
Both were involved in the world of motorcycle races although in a very different way, since Redford played Halsy Knox, a professional pilot and with a carefree touch in the style of what was interpreted that it happened at the time in the races, and that he had a lot of real. While Pollard played Little Faus, who was an amateur pilot and that he is pledged to the professional’s figure.
From there and with the reluctance of Faus’s father, he and Knox begin a friendship that leads them to associate after Hasly has been expelled from the races for drinking in the circuits, and Fauss has broken their legs. This collaboration gives way to a relationship in which Knox (Ford) is superior in performance both on the track and outside.
It was not Robert Redford’s most acclaimed film, but it wasn’t a B series film
But everything begins to complicate when Lauren Hutton appears as Rita Nebraska, and that she is attracted to Knox despite the fact that Fauss is the one to cut it. To all this situation we must add a pregnancy, the death of Fauss’s father, Knox’s intention not to take care of his obligations … a whole change that ends up leading to the Sears Point International Raceway circuit.
On the Hasly Moto Moto Failure during the race, a race in which Fauss gets to the front. Undoubtedly, a very very style film of the sixties and beginning of the seventies, but that portrays the face B of the careers of that time, and the difference of a time in which amateurs and professionals competed together.
By the way, if you ask you, it is not at all a series B movie. It cost 2.5 million dollars from the record of it, and the main song of the soundtrack is Johnny Cash himself, and Carl Perkins and Bob Dylan also appear in the BSO.
