Where was Vanishing Point filmed?

This Vanishing Point film scene starts with a roadblock, several policemen, JCB Earthmovers, and a helicopter getting ready to trap a 1970 white Dodge Challenger racing down the road. So far, audiences are unsure who is driving and what needs to be done to stop the car completely.

As the townsfolk watch on from within their establishments, they see the police setting up the barricade. The cops are talking to each other and moving systematically.

One of the policemen radios the helicopter, "Unit 2473 to helicopter." The pilot responds, "Helicopter. Over." The policeman asks, "Have you located the suspect?" The pilot affirms, "Suspect under surveillance." As the pilot replies, the helicopter follows a white-colored 1970 Dodge Challenger down a highway. The helicopter is chasing the car and herding it towards the roadblock set up by the police.

This highway is the Old Cisco Highway at Cisco in Utah. The route is still accessible, although none of the old landmarks are visible. Much of the surrounding shrubbery has also changed over the years. Old Cisco Highway is accessible by following US-70 East to UT-128 W in Thompson Springs. You must take Exit 204 from I-70 E to reach Old Cisco Highway.

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This scene is a flashback set 2 days prior to the opening scene of Vanishing Point. Kowalski (Barry Newman) drives into Argo's Car Delivery with a black Chrysler Imperial. Sandy McKees (Karl Swenson), the owner, greets him, saying, "Kowalski, and the keys to a sawed-off weekend. Well, you're both welcome." Kowalski asks, "What you got going for Frisco?" Sandy replies, "You're not going back tonight. Hey, you're gonna kill yourself someday, you know that? Do you know?" Kowalski agrees, "Yeah, yeah. I know." Sandy tries to make Kowalski feel better, "Look. Why don't you stay over till Monday, huh?"

Kowalski thinks Sandy is trying to leave early, but Sandy shoots him down with a sarcastic reply. Sandy tries to get Kowalski to stay over because he's worried Kowalski looks tired and burned out.

The surrounding area of this Vanishing Point filming location has changed quite a bit. The original site was torn down, and a building was constructed in its place. The car delivery was a rented area refurbished specifically for the movie at 2900 Inca Street, Denver, Colorado. To get to Argo's Car Delivery location, catch the E Line and hop off at Union Station. The walk to 2900 Inca St is approximately 10 – 13 minutes from the station at a medium pace.

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Fans of the movie will remember that Super Soul's (Cleavon Little's) entry is one of the best scenes in Vanishing Point. Super Soul is a blind disc jockey at KOW radio station who tends to listen to the police scanner and surfs the latest news to share with his audiences.

In this incredible scene, Super Soul strolls into town with black sunglasses (since he's blind) and is led by his German Shepherd dog. The townspeople are watching him walk into town while listening to the radio. The voice over the radio can be heard in the background, "There have been genetic studies on beef cattle. There has been a concern with the degree of heritability of economically important traits such as rate of growth, meat conversion, and carcass quality."

Super Soul is oblivious to all the staring and walks straight into the KOW building with his dog. This scene is filmed at Columbia Avenue & Ramsey Street in Goldfield, Nevada. The original landmarks are still visible, although the road looks slightly different now because of the infrastructure development. To get to this junction, catch the US-95 S to 3rd Avenue, left at Main St, and right at the first crossroad to reach Ramsey Street. Keep going until you reach the Ramsey St and Columbia Avenue intersection.

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Super Soul is at KOW radio station getting ready for his morning broadcast. His colleague tells him he has a few seconds to come on. As Super Soul prepares for his cue, a small jingle plays for 10 seconds before he excitedly greets all the listeners.

As the 'On The Air' sign lights up, Super Soul screams into the microphone, "Aaah! Good morning, folks! This is yours truly, Super, Super Soul! Direct and live with no net, early people! Without a net! Transmitting from KOW spelled K-O-W! Uh-huh, the noisiest, bounciest, fanciest radio station in the Far West! Now let's cheer up the morning with some wham-bam, zoom-boom, wake-up music with a little help from my friend! Now, take it away, amigo! Hey! Get it! Alright! Hubba, Hubba!"

Throughout Vanishing Point, Super Soul enthusiastically connects with his listeners and provides much-needed entertainment through jingles, music, and lengthy talks. Like Super Soul's entry shot, the location of Radio KOW is also on Columbia Avenue. The filming location of Vanishing Point is the Goldfield Hotel at 69-79 Columbia Avenue in Goldfield, Nevada. Getting to the Goldfield Hotel is quick if you follow US-95 and turn onto Main St and Columbia Avenue.

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Kowalski breaks several speeding limits in his haste to get to San Francisco to deliver the Dodge Challenger. For this reason, and because he is on drugs and broke many traffic laws, the police are chasing Kowalski across each town and highway he crosses.

While he gets a slight reprieve from the cops, he sees a Jaguar E Type come next to him on the highway. The driver challenges him, saying, "Greetings, sir! Let's race! Ya got any blls in that mther?" and races ahead, cackling away gleefully.

Kowalski steps up to the challenge, and as he tries to get ahead, the driver of the Jaguar touches Kowalski's car pushing him off-road. The driver keeps laughing hysterically and fakes sincerity by saying, "Whoops!" Kowalski loses his cool and races the driver to a single-lane bridge, finally ensuring the Jaguar driver goes off-road. However, the Jaguar driver gets into an accident, and his car rolls down into a stream. Kowalski stops, ensures the driver is alive, and drives off as he hears police sirens.

Out of all the Vanishing Point action scenes, this one was a bit serious since the Jaguar driver could have lost his life in the accident. The filming site of this scene is Muddy Creek in Utah. Fans can get to Muddy creek by following UT-24 E till they reach Muddy Creek.

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Considering the many Vanishing Point locations that Kowalski travels through while evading the police, the corner of Virginia Hill & Lincoln Highway is worth mentioning because this is the scene where the police finally get information on Kowalski. This is also the scene where the church is visible in the background before he turns onto Lincoln Highway on his way to San Francisco. Getting here is quick via US-50 E.

The police communicate through teletype machines with the highway departments of Utah, Colorado, and Nevada in contact with each other. Colorado Highway Police speak to Nevada Highway Police, saying, "Hello Nevada. Nevada, this is Colorado State Highway Patrol. This is about a special query raised by the Utah Highway Patrol. Apparently, the speed maniac you've been chasing all over your territory is a former professional road racer named Kowalski.

K-O-W-A-L-S-K-I. First name unknown. Other particulars also unknown. All we do know is that he's employed as a car delivery driver by an agency in Denver. He's presently driving a Dodge Challenger Colorado license plate O-A-5-5-9-9. This is not a stolen car. He's driving it to San Francisco for delivery due Monday." Nevada Patrol asks Colorado Patrol, "It's only Saturday. What's his hurry?"