| Dirt | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Eric Karson Cal Naylor |
| Screenplay by | S.S. Schweitzer Bud Freidgen Tom Madigan R. R Young |
| Produced by | Allan F. Bodoh John Patrick Graham |
| Starring | Parnelli Jones |
| Cinematography | Jim Deckard |
| Music by | Dick Halligan |
Production company | Pacific Films |
| Distributed by | American Cinema Releasing |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $7.9 million [1] |
Dirt is a 1979 documentary film about off-road racing directed by Eric Karson and Cal Naylor. [2]
A man, Fred Cordon follows the off road racing circuit. [3]
The film was modeled on the motorcycle documentary On Any Sunday (1971), which had featured an executive producer of Dirt, Roger Riddell. The film was made over three and a half years. Parnelli Jones, who appears in the film, was an investor. [4]
The film involved over 13 cameraman and two helicopters covering thousands of miles to shoot the footage. [5]
The film had was first released in Columbia and Albuquerque, then was rolled out throughout the country throughout 1979. [5]
The Los Angeles Times called it a "friendly but boring docudrama about off-road racing without focus... like watching an interminable home movie." [3]
However, it was a box office hit, earning rentals in the US and Canada of $7.9 million. [1]