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lavka Prowler Junkie Posts: 884 From: Marble Falls, Texas Registered: JUN 2001	posted 06-11-2004 12:05 AM What is your favorite movie featuring a "car theme?" For me it is Cannonball Run II from 1984. Not big on plot, just alot of crazy car antics and a star studded cast(most of whom are now deceased). A few highlites: Burt Reynolds and Dom De Luise in the Army Limo along with the "Nuns" Shirley MacLaine and Marilu Henner, Susan Anton and Barbara Bach in the Lambo, Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin as priests in the Corvette, Don Knotts and Tim Conway as the inept Cops. Not to forget a then unknown Jackie Chan, Frank Sinatra, Charles Nelson Riley, Telly Savalas, Jamie Farr, Foster Brooks, and the original Bigfoot monster truck. How could you go wrong?
Black Tie 161 Prowler Junkie Posts: 3563 From: MD, USA Registered: JUL 2002	posted 06-11-2004 06:44 AM If you loved the movie: REQUIRED READING is Brock Yates book "Cannonball Run". You will be shocked to find out EVERYTHING that happened in the movie REALLY HAPPENED. The scene where the cops pulled over the Medic van...That converstaion happened verbatim. Barry Meguiar of Car Crazy even found the troopers who pulled them over many years later, and they all had a good laugh. In real life, it was Brock and Hal Needham driving with a hired "doctor" and the patient was Brock's wife. It all happened,..even the guys disguised as priests...the guy who ran his dually thru the fence... You will love the book...it was great reading. Now as far as other movies, I like the Fast and Furious 1 & 2. I'm not a huge import fan, but the race scenes were filmed fantastically...and you gotta love when they broke out the detroit muscle to humble the rice crowd.
tangled up in BLUE Prowler Junkie Posts: 11086 From: New Castle, Ind Registered: DEC 2000	posted 06-11-2004 07:04 AM "American Graffitti" is probably tops in my book.......also like "Hollywood Knights"(a young Michelle Pheiffer)......"Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry"(Peter Fonda and a young Susan George), "Two Lane Blacktop"(James Taylor, Dennis Wilson) , "the California Kid"(Martin Sheen) and "Vanishing Point"(Barry Newman)....another Forgotten movie with some good car scenes is "Brewster McCloud"(Bud Cort) sort of a spoof of "Bullit"
GenoTex Prowler Junkie Posts: 8492 From: Oakfield, WI, USA Registered: MAR 2002	posted 06-11-2004 09:40 AM and here I thought I the only person left who knew "Brewster McCloud"!.... they filmed that in/around Houston (I lived down in that neck of the woods then).. and I LOVED that movie Gremlin driving down the railroad track kinda spooks me a bit now, being in the RR biz But ohhhhhhhhhhh the teenage angst! To say nothing of the loverly Sally K. Left quite an 'impression' on this young teen
pumpkin Prowler Junkie Posts: 7907 From: Las Cruces, NM, USA Registered: DEC 2001	posted 06-11-2004 10:39 AM Fast and Furious 1&2 gets my vote. I guess since I have an Honda S2000 and they had a black one in the movie. I thought I was there. ------------------ Current mods: Mopar dual exhaust & front mudflaps; MacMotorsports Air Intake; Real Rod Air Patrol; Graphics by Balistek Designs; ($8) Chrome grille; Chrome tire valve-stem covers; Painted rear bumper lettering; Prowler Pro Gears; Synthetic Oil; Raybestos Ceramic Brake Pads; TGF Door Panel Inserts & Headrest Covers; SheepskinExpress Sheepskin Seatcovers; Grille Light; Pinstriping by Bo Boring; Painted Valve Cover; Window Tinting; Windshield Visor Banner; Front Bumper Removal / Relocation of Front Turn Signal Lights; Real Rod Transmission Cooler Cover, Sill and Carper Covers, Aero Front Covers and Roadster Rear Pan, rear bumpers removed; rear mudflaps; painted calipers; Prowler Products by Gary Drilled Rotors, front and rear; Painted tach; Jay's Aluminum Billet Center Caps w/shimmers, Chrome Lugnuts and Chrome Radio Bezel Shimmer; Dash Rings; Windshield Wiper Arm Removal; Fender Trim; Speaker Replacement; Painted Plenum; Painted Radiator Crossmember; Painted Rear Mudflaps; Air Patrol graphics. More 'Pumpkin' photos . . . . . More cars and other stuff New pictures in Personal Scrapbook (02/23/03) "I may have to grow older, but I do not have to grow up!" "The Prowler is not a car to go from Point A to Point B. The Prowler is the Point!"
Dustis unregistered Posts: 7907 From: Las Cruces, NM, USA Registered: DEC 2001	posted 06-11-2004 12:44 PM Our all time favorites include: Christine - what an awesome movie ! OR Smokey and the Bandit - who could forget Sherrif Buford T. Justice ?? OR Back to the future - the movie that change my life and made me want to have a DeLorean.........badly !! ------------------
Bcoffman Gray Ghost Prowler Junkie Posts: 2418 From: Marshall,Mo.65340 Registered: DEC 2002	posted 06-11-2004 01:58 PM Anybody old enough to remember Robert Mitchum in Thunder Road? Or Mickey Rooney in Drive a Crooked Road?
tangled up in BLUE Prowler Junkie Posts: 11086 From: New Castle, Ind Registered: DEC 2000	posted 06-11-2004 09:48 PM Genotex.. ...I was a 19 years old in 1970, the year " MAS*H " was released....it was one of my all time favorite movies.....when "Brewster McCloud" was released it had about half a dozen of the same stars in it, and I think Robert Altman was the producer again.....I couldn't miss it.....as far as movies go, it is sorta weird, but still entertaining in an odd sort of way.....haven't seen it in many years, but everytime I see bird sh!t on my car I always scream "bird doo doo, bird doo doo on my car".....I remember well the 1970 "Vitamin C" Road Runner in the movie.....I think there is a close up of the "Air Grabber" hood opening if I remember correctly, it has been quite a few years since I have seen the show.... I also remembered "Thunder Road".....was also one of my favorites, but I figured no one else had ever seen it but me.....the show starts with Mitchum rolling his '49 Ford to evade the cops, but usually on tv, it would skip to the part where he was driving up the lane in his new '57 Ford.....really neat old show.....loved the part where he crashed the roadblock in the '57.....Mitchum also sang the theme song to the movie, "Thunder Road"....Keeley Smith is in the movie along with one or two of Mitchums sons.....good show... ...totally forgot "Christine"...another great car flick.... This message has been edited by tangled up in BLUE on 06-11-2004 at 09:51 PM
GenoTex Prowler Junkie Posts: 8492 From: Oakfield, WI, USA Registered: MAR 2002	posted 06-12-2004 08:52 AM Yup... we're of the same generation all right... Class of 69... sharin' a lot of the same past
butchcee Prowler Junkie Posts: 7476 From: Lake Ariel, Pa. Registered: SEP 2000	posted 06-12-2004 01:03 PM Death race 2000
DR PROWLER Prowler Junkie Posts: 4079 From: TORONTO,ONTARIO,CANADA Registered: JUL 2002	posted 06-13-2004 01:20 AM Herbie,The Love Bug...of course! ------------------
Austrian Prowler Prowler Junkie Posts: 323 From: Vienna, Austria, Europe Registered: FEB 2004	posted 06-13-2004 08:42 AM #1: American Graffiti #2: Christine #3: Knight Rider - Kitt series
GenoTex Prowler Junkie Posts: 8492 From: Oakfield, WI, USA Registered: MAR 2002	posted 06-13-2004 07:32 PM Bought us a new 1982 Recaro TransAm... black T-tops... the only thing missing was the computer voice and the flashing red lamps in the hood.... Great car
maverick1 Prowler Junkie Posts: 108 From: New Port Richey Fl. USA Registered: FEB 2004	posted 06-14-2004 11:42 AM Thunder Road was a great one, but I think my all time favorite was Smokey and the Bandit 1 Mav ------------------ Finally got my Prowler ( 2000 Silver ) after wanting one for a long time, and I love it. What an awesome car to drive, and quite a head turner!! mods so far...Pulled baffles from exhaust tips, polished stainless tranny cooler, and polished stainless carpet protectors from Real Rod, Chrome headrest covers from Gary,prowler stickers for sun visors.
Randy Cobb Prowler Junkie Posts: 4070 From: Greensboro, NC Registered: JUL 2002	posted 06-14-2004 02:22 PM My Dad loved and still does watch Thunder Road. He would load the family up & drive to whatever town he could find that was playing it. He loved the video I got him of it for his birthday one year. Thunder Road was great at a drive in. ------------------
Marty Usher Prowler Junkie Posts: 13833 From: San Antonio, Texas Registered: JUN 2001	posted 06-14-2004 02:34 PM Lot's of them, one that has not been mentioned yet in this in thread is Vanishing Point.
ed monahan Prowler Junkie Posts: 33595 From: Cincinnati, OH Registered: JUL 2000	posted 06-14-2004 11:49 PM I always liked the car chases in Bullett and French Connection. American Graffiti was excellent. This message has been edited by ed monahan on 06-14-2004 at 11:49 PM
DR PROWLER Prowler Junkie Posts: 4079 From: TORONTO,ONTARIO,CANADA Registered: JUL 2002	posted 06-15-2004 10:37 AM How about Gone in 60 seconds with Nicholas Cage-I remember it had some pretty wild tunes in that movie! ------------------
Randy Cobb Prowler Junkie Posts: 4070 From: Greensboro, NC Registered: JUL 2002	posted 06-15-2004 10:55 AM Ed & Dr.- Those were good ones. "Gone in 60 Seconds" was kind of a modern version of "Bullet". For us Redneck Nascar guys "Days of Thunder", even though a B flick, was OK. It got Tom Cruise Nicole Kidman. ------------------
Top Kat Prowler Junkie Posts: 1386 From: Glen Allen, Va U S A Registered: OCT 2002	posted 06-18-2004 10:42 PM Thunder Road is one of my favorites, as well as American Graffiti and Hollywood Knights. But My all time favorite is "HOT ROD ". A story of a gas station attendent who takes an old junk 64' Sport Fury with a Hemi, fixes it up and takes it to the "Nationals". In route, he has a street race and totals the Fury and some friends help him to find 41" Willys to put the Hemi in so he can race at the "National" GREAT MOVIE!!!!!. with lots of old drag racing footage. I Have all of these and more on video and watch them often. Jim This message has been edited by Top Kat on 06-18-2004 at 10:46 PM
Wil C. Keener Prowler Junkie Posts: 297 From: Uniontown,PA U.S.A Registered: APR 2003	posted 06-18-2004 11:42 PM My pics of all time greats car movies: 1) Bullit 2) American Graffitti 3) Gone in 60 seconds new/old version 4) Fast and Furious I/II and XXX 5) Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry 6) Two Lane Blcktop 7) Munster Go Home 8) The Italian Job (great cars and chase scenes)
tangled up in BLUE Prowler Junkie Posts: 11086 From: New Castle, Ind Registered: DEC 2000	posted 06-19-2004 08:21 AM
GRROWL Prowler Junkie Posts: 2404 From: Herndon, VA Registered: FEB 2002	posted 06-19-2004 08:28 AM My favorite is "American Graffiti". GRROWL's favorite is "I Was a Teenage Faust". -GRROWL
GenoTex Prowler Junkie Posts: 8492 From: Oakfield, WI, USA Registered: MAR 2002	posted 06-20-2004 10:27 AM
WildCat Prowler Junkie Posts: 6862 From: Just north of Louisville Registered: JUL 2000	posted 06-20-2004 08:43 PM "American Graffitti" "Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry" "Vanishing Point" "Dead Mans Curve" story of Jan & Dean but lots of cool cars in it