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A curve on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles memorialized in the hit song "Dead Man's Curve" by Jan and Dean.The song's lyrics place the location of the "Dead Man's Curve" accident at the curve on westbound Sunset Boulevard just west of Doheny Drive in West Hollywood.
"Dead Man's Curve" is a 1964 hit song by Jan and Dean whose lyrics detail a teen street race gone awry. It reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number 39 in Canada . [ 3 ]
The Curve is a 1998 American thriller film starring Matthew Lillard, Keri Russell and Michael Vartan, [1] which premiered at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival under its original title, Dead Man's Curve. [2] It draws on the urban legend that a student will receive an A letter grade should their roommate commit suicide (pass by catastrophe).
Subsequent top 10 hits included "Drag City" (#10, 1964), the eerily portentous "Dead Man's Curve" (#8, 1964), and "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" (#3, 1964). In 1964, at the height of their fame, Jan and Dean hosted and performed at The T.A.M.I. Show , a historic concert film directed by Steve Binder.
Between 2013 and 2023, Dead Man’s Curve saw more than 3,000 collisions, 52 deaths, and 92 serious injuries, according to records presented in four separate lawsuits against the state of ...
Deadman's Curve is a 1978 American made-for-television biographical film based on the musical careers of Jan Berry and Dean Torrence. The film was developed from a 1974 article published in Rolling Stone by Paul Morantz , who also helped write the screenplay .
The FAA states "The height–velocity diagram or H/V curve is a graph charting the safe/unsafe flight profiles relevant to a specific helicopter. As operation outside the safe area of the chart can be fatal in the event of a power or transmission failure it is sometimes referred to as the dead man's curve ."
Dead Man's Curve is a nickname for a stretch of road that has claimed a number of lives. Dead Man's Curve may also refer to: Dead Man's Curve, a silent American film "Dead Man's Curve" (song), a song by Jan & Dean Deadman's Curve, Jan & Dean biopic; Dead Man's Curve (band), a London surf music band