The Bottle and the Throttle (1965)
1965 · Ephemeral film · 10 min
- Drama
- Short
Synopsis
We're at the scene at a traffic accident: an 18-year old driver, Bill, who's had a couple of beers, has hit a mother and child crossing the street. As he waits, an off-screen narrator takes us through data about how alcohol impairs driving. The narrator, simple animated illustrations, and filmed simulations provide information about drinkers gaining assurance but losing self-control, taking chances, doing dumb things. Drinking impairs vision as well as reaction time. The narrator makes recommendations based on research. We go back to the lake where Bill was drinking with his pals. Then it's back to Bill at the scene of the accident: what's the verdict?
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Running time
- 10 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Cast & crew
Timothy Farrell
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · : maybe they'll live and maybe they'll die. · Spuzz · 2018-03-19
Pretty classic Sid Davis scare film has it all, foolish teenagers, a tern narrator, and of course, racks and racks of guilt. We somewhat follow Bill. who had a couple of beers and then goes driving with his girl, he hits a mother and a girl. Inbetween the story, we are shown what happens to alcohol once it enters the human body and some nice actual crash scenes. But man oh man, poor Bill, not only does he have to do the 'blow this balloon up' test which I've never seen, or having to deal with the death of the young girl 'for the rest of your life', but you have the most guilt-rodden, angst…
★★★★ · Another good Sid prod. · JulieMeitz · 2014-06-20
Another good Sid prod. ; very to the point, brute honest dialogue (with words like "stupid"), along with cool 60's cut-out art diagrams of the body under the influence of drinking. Maybe not the best Sid prod, but good for source footage indeed...