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Aprel 24, 2008
Favorite Car Movie Moments
By Ron
aka WayTooFurious
With all the recent talk about the new Fast and Furious movie, I have been thinking about my favourite movies that have great car moments. Here’s my top five—these may not be the end-all-be-all of automotive cinema, but they’re the moments that stand out for me:
1. Bullitt. Most people automatically think about the Mustang chase scenes, but when I think of the chases it’s the Dodge Charger that comes to mind. I can remember being a little kid and seeing it for the first time and thinking that the Charger was the coolest car. Also, if you have read about the making of this movie, you’ll know which car needed the least maintenance as a result of all the hard driving that took place. That’s right, it was the Dodge!
2. Mad Max. The two-door Australian Ford coupes used in this movie were always cool, and when they were modified for the film they became even cooler. What I really like about this film is that I just have to take a short drive from my house and I can find myself on a lot of the roads that this movie was filmed on.
3. The Blues Brothers. Let’s be honest, how great would it be to drive through a shopping mall? Minus the people of course. This movie really had it covered for originality. Who could forget, "the new Oldsmobiles are in early this year”?
4. The French Connection. Without a doubt this movie has one of the greatest car chases of all time. What I find interesting is that the car crash during the chase was unplanned but was left in the movie because of its realism. The producers paid for the repairs to the smashed car.
5. Every James Bond movie. Ok, it’s a rather broad selection, but if it’s cool cars that you want then Bond has always delivered.
So that’s my top five. What’s yours?
Comments
WooleyBugger
Oct 21, 2008 at 12:59 am
1) Bullit
2) Mc Q (With John Wayne In of course a green TransAm)
3) Vanishing Point
4) Thunder bolt and lightfoot
5) Gone in sixty seconds (The original)
There is a movie from the early seventies to with a Split nose Red Trans Am That David Carradine drove but can’T remember the name of it. At one point he got a flat and didn’t have a jack so he backs the car up on a gaurd rail to change the tire.
Mike
Oct 15, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Bullit (McQueens Stang and Charger Jumping in SAn Fran)
Driven (F1 Cars on the streets of detroit at 200+)
RONIN (some of the best chase scenes and stuntdriving ever filmed!!!)
Transporter 1 and 2(BMW was good and the AUDI was awesome!!!!)
Lethal Weapon 2 (how could you forget a Pontiac jumping through an office building mid-chase)
The Italian Job (The Best scenes you could possibly do with Mini’s)
I know many more memorable ones but tried to get the ones not mentioned that people forgot about too!
p.s. HOOPER w/ Burt Reynolds was the original greta one!
Nes!
Oct 14, 2008 at 7:23 am
1: Bullit, sorry but after seeing the Dodge come to a full stop (after almost crashing) and then mashing the gas burning tires like there’s no tomorrow to catch the Mustang, I was sold.
2: Blues Brothers. Driving everywhere like crazy, jumping bridges, and driving thru a mall=AWESOME!!!!
3: Gone in 60 seconds (2000) The car was just sick!
4: Gumball 3000. Jackie Chan in his car/boat/submarine was awesome!
5: Smokey and the Bandit!!!! Need to say more???
gettedoi
Apr 25, 2008 at 7:00 am
1.gone in 60 sec (2000)
2.gone in 60 sec (1974)
3.ronin
4.the blues brothers
5.james bond (pick one)
Stewart
Apr 24, 2008 at 10:56 pm
#1 – The Road Warrior – Mad Max’s car.
#2 – Christine. 1958 Plymouth Fury. “Body by Plymouth, Soul by Satan!”
#3 – Bullitt.
#4 – Batman Begins – The Tumbler. (I know, I know… I shouldn’t like it, but I do).
#5 – Smokey and the Bandit. Burt Reynolds and the Trans Am were awesome in that film!
SuzyBruisy
Apr 24, 2008 at 8:13 pm
1. The glowing ‘64 Malibu getting beamed up by aliens at the end of Repo Man. I’ll never get tired of that.
2. Thelma and Louise jumping that convertible T-Bird off the Grand Canyon.
3. Christine reconstructing herself. I can’t believe they were able to do something that cool in 1983 without CGI!
4. This total crap movie called Double Nickels: the low-speed cop chase involving a Pinto being run down endless flights of stairs in Hollywood hills. It’s pretty hilarious.
5. Disney/Pixar Cars: when Lightning foregoes the Piston Cup to help The King across the start/finish line. Gub!
Evan
Apr 24, 2008 at 7:42 pm
1. Smokey and the Bandit
2. Gone in 60s both versions
3. Blues brothers
4. Ronin
5. The Transporter
Highspeedhijinks
Apr 24, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Smokey and the Bandit. The rolling burnouts that 455 Trans Am could do were unreal.
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My favorite scene in that is where he comes rippin around the corner in town and hides behind the building…smiles… and slowly rolls away.
retroman
Apr 24, 2008 at 5:59 pm
Yep, that pretty much sums it up for me too, except I would have included both of the Gone in 60 Seconds chase scenes. By the way, both the Stang and the Dodge were totaled out at the end of the chase. The Dodge was obvious because of the explosion, but if you look at the Stang, you’ll notice the front wheel is crooked. It took alot of chassis damage, so they had to use the other Bullitt for the rest of filming. Somebody located that car recently, but I’m not sure where.