Every youngun in the Southeast should see this movie before graduating from high school. So why has this movie been buried for the last 50 years? I can't believe I didn't get to see this movie until I was 44 years old. Beautifully shot, Junior Johnson's semi-biographical film feels like it should be considered a classic, right up there with Ben-Hur and Gone with the Wind. I'd watch this movie every day because it reminds me of car racing back when it was the greatest sport on tv, before money ruined it. Jim Croce provided the soundtrack for the movie, with "I Got a Name" as the theme song. The movie was released less than two months before Croce was killed in a plane crash.
Review of The Last American Hero
