Pfeil Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) I'm surprised no one mentioned " Death Proof" Oh my! Death Proof (9/10) Movie CLIP - High-Speed ... - YouTube Death Proof - Car Crash Scene - YouTube Edited April 5, 2021 by Pfeil (see edit history) 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 " I though you said this car was death proof?, it is, but you have to be sitting in my seat" 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotiveLensPhoto Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 On 3/28/2021 at 2:05 AM, Billy Kingsley said: I don't need to watch that movie, the title is my normal state of being🤣 "I don't need to watch it, Dottie, I live it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Hud Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Harold Lloyd's "Get out and get under". 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcapra Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 For very old cars, a Darraq and a Spyker, I like the British film from 1953, Genevieve. And for a fun bootleg chase there's 43 The Petty Story. The first 12 mins. show a bootleg chase with a 46 Plymouth being chased by a 46 Chrysler Windsor business coupe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozstatman Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 (edited) 41 minutes ago, marcapra said: For very old cars, a Darraq and a Spyker, I like the British film from 1953, Genevieve. I sat in "Genevieve" in 1973. At that time it was in a Museum on the Gold Coast of Australia. My wife was with me, it was on our honeymoon, she wasn't as impressed with the car as I was. Edited April 6, 2021 by Ozstatman (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Could mention "Stroker Ace" but the movie is best avoided. Free would be a waste. Read the book "Stand on It" instead, is much better and is maybe the great American racing novel. Haven't seen a Stroker Ace comic strip for years. ps if you do not know who Bill Neely was you weren't a racer in the 60s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 I know this is an old thread, but I figured I would wake it. I came upon the 1971 Film Duel on TV last night with Dennis Weaver, I never realized that this was a Spielberg film. This 1970 Valiant stood it's ground in this one https://youtu.be/SutDTIhbQ2g 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 It was Spielberg's first, I think made for TV. I remember watching it when I was in 9th grade and the junior high school was buzzing about it next day. I have to admit "Duel" unnerved me. I had a childhood fear of semi trucks. When I was seven a fuel tanker caught fire about a quarter mile from my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillinMd Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Anyone mention the Italian Job with Michael Caine and a bunch of Minis. They stole a huge haul of gold bars and divided it up into three Minis. Their getaway through very narrow streets was terrific! Sorry if already mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Old thread.........................but I'll add The Crowd Roars with James Cagney, 1930's auto racing with real Indy 500 drivers portraying themselves. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 With the Chinese balloon being in the news every day I couldn't help but think of this scene from the Great Race. 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesR Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 On 4/5/2021 at 9:47 AM, Pfeil said: I'm surprised no one mentioned " Death Proof" Oh my! That has to be the ultimate old car butchery movie (as well as more conventional kinds of butchery.) I saw it years ago, and is one of the reasons I'm not a Tarantino fan. I am a Kurt Russel fan, though. Outstanding actor, IMO. I liked him better in the movie Used Cars (though that has an old car wreck, too.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 15 hours ago, John348 said: I know this is an old thread, but I figured I would wake it. I came upon the 1971 Film Duel on TV last night with Dennis Weaver, I never realized that this was a Spielberg film. This 1970 Valiant stood it's ground in this one https://youtu.be/SutDTIhbQ2g I have watched Duel two or three times and have yet to know the reason, if there was one, the truck driver was after the car. Ben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Every stunt scene at the beginning of the Great Race is gold. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 18 hours ago, rocketraider said: It was Spielberg's first, I think made for TV. I remember watching it when I was in 9th grade and the junior high school was buzzing about it next day. I have to admit "Duel" unnerved me. I had a childhood fear of semi trucks. When I was seven a fuel tanker caught fire about a quarter mile from my house. His first movie is credited as Sugarland Express released in '74. He made a couple of made for tv movies before Duel. He also directed an early episode of Columbo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 4 hours ago, Ben Bruce aka First Born said: I have watched Duel two or three times and have yet to know the reason, if there was one, the truck driver was after the car. Ben Ben, I've been wondering the same thing the last 50-some years! I think that may have been the point. Same as Hitchcock never revealed why "The Birds" attacked a sleepy coastal town. Probably a cautionary tale- "this COULD happen". 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tailfins Forever Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 (edited) My Favorite Movie of all time...."TIN MEN" starring Richard Dreyfuss, Danny DeVito, and Barbara Hershey. A Comedy, A Love Story, and an eye opening treatise on the heartbreaks of Commission Salesmanship. it is a good primer for any one considering a career in the home improvement biz. set in early 60's Baltimore this movie is just loaded with 50's Big Finned Cadillacs... and one lowly Corvair... as well as a solitary VW Beetle just at the end. ( BeBe : think those will ever catch on ? Tilley : Nah ! they're too ugly... ) I also nominate "Greased Lightning" starring Richard Pryor as a small town dirt track Jalopy racer who eventually makes it to NASCAR's Grand National league. It is loosely based on the real life story of Wendell Scott the first Black driver to win a top Nascar Event. Another movie not really car based but with a traveling genre is "The Road to Perdition" starring Tom Hanks as a rich guy's enforcer, especially telling is the scene with the brass spilling out of a Tommy Gun ..it certainly gives it a period flavor of the hard times the 30's mid west. Edited February 21, 2023 by Tailfins Forever sPeLlI (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zdillinger Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 (edited) 34 minutes ago, Tailfins Forever said: My Favorite Movie of all time...."TIN MEN" starring Richard Dreyfuss, Danny DeVito, and Barbara Hershey. A Comedy, A Love Story, and an eye opening treatise on the heartbreaks of Commission Salesmanship. it is a good primer for any one considering a career in the home improvement biz. set in early 60's Baltimore this movie is just loaded with 50's Big Finned Cadillacs... and one lowly Corvair... as well as a solitary VW Beetle just at the end. ( BeBe : think those will ever catch on ? Tilley : Nah ! they're too ugly... ) I also nominate "Greased Lightning" starring Richard Pryor as a small town dirt track Jalopy racer who eventually makes it to NASCAR's Grand National league. It is loosely based on the real life story of Wendell Scott the first Black driver to win a top Nascar Event. Another movie not really car based but with a traveling genre is "The Road to Perdition" starring Tom Hanks as a rich guy's enforcer, especially telling is the scene with the brass spilling out of a Tommy Gun ..it certainly gives it a period flavor of the hard times the 30's mid west. Road to Perdition is a great one, for sure. Love the scene where they are on the road and painting their Buick in a barn to throw off their enemies. Makes you wonder about all the "original paint" cars... It isn't the best movie ever, but Lawless has a lot of great cars. Also, not strictly a car movie, but After the Thin Man has a great open Packard featured prominently (and Myrna Loy, who makes everything better). Edited February 21, 2023 by zdillinger (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Surprised nobody has mentioned Johnny Dark, a 1954 Tony Curtis Piper Laurie picture about a sports car race from Canada to Mexico. A variety of unique sports cars plus some disguised Willys Aero sedans. Here is the trailer And here is the movie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 On 2/20/2023 at 7:35 PM, Tailfins Forever said: My Favorite Movie of all time...."TIN MEN" starring Richard Dreyfuss, Danny DeVito, and Barbara Hershey. A Comedy, A Love Story, and an eye opening treatise on the heartbreaks of Commission Salesmanship. it is a good primer for any one considering a career in the home improvement biz. set in early 60's Baltimore this movie is just loaded with 50's Big Finned Cadillacs... and one lowly Corvair... as well as a solitary VW Beetle just at the end. ( BeBe : think those will ever catch on ? Tilley : Nah ! they're too ugly... ) I also nominate "Greased Lightning" starring Richard Pryor as a small town dirt track Jalopy racer who eventually makes it to NASCAR's Grand National league. It is loosely based on the real life story of Wendell Scott the first Black driver to win a top Nascar Event. Another movie not really car based but with a traveling genre is "The Road to Perdition" starring Tom Hanks as a rich guy's enforcer, especially telling is the scene with the brass spilling out of a Tommy Gun ..it certainly gives it a period flavor of the hard times the 30's mid west. Tin Men is a great movie. The result of the kind of sales tactics depicted in the movie resulted in one of the tougher states in the country to get a home improvement license. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank DuVal Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 On 2/20/2023 at 7:35 PM, Tailfins Forever said: and one lowly Corvair. Watch it again. The Corvair clubs around Baltimore were involved in the filming. Lots are background cars. Then there is Mr. Bentwrench's blue rusty Corvair convertible near the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenah Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 (edited) The Italian Job is the best automobile-related movie for me Edited July 24, 2023 by jenah (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenah Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 The Italian Job is the best automobile-related movie for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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