Heavy Metal
1978
Car: 1958 Corvette (probably modified..hehe)
In a small touch of true genious, the makers of this film found the ultimate
way of representing the future routine of space travel- by having an Astronaut
return directly to his home from a space shuttle mission by means of his
personal, spaceflight-capable Corvette! Definately one of my favorite moments
in the entire film!
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Herbie the Love Bug, and numerous sequels
1968. Car:
1963 Volkswagen Beetle ragtop sedan.
The first film "The Love Bug" was released in 1968 and was later
followed by two sequels, "Herbie Rides Again" and "Herbie Goes
To Monte Carlo". There was also a short lived TV series "The
Adventures Of Herbie The Love Bug". There is also a new TV movie being
made to be aired on ABC in early 1997 with Dean Jones,Bruce Campbell and Micky
Dolenz.
12/12/96- Herbie the
Love Bug pops up in a Knight Rider episode, during a chase scene, as one of the
"moving obstacle" cars on the road. These being the cars on the road
that the knight rider car swerves through on it's way someplace very important
to the plot. It may be the episode where Garth is broekn out of prison by his
truck Goliath. You've got to look fast, as the VW is only onscreen for about
three seconds, in a 3/4 view, as K.I.T.T blows by it.
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The Living Daylights
198?- Car:
Aston Martin Vantage
............[under construction]
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Mad Max, Road Warrior
, also: in motion, rear shot, rear shot, side shot, interior
1979. Car: 1973 Ford Falcon XB Coupe (Austrailian Ford).
Featured in the Mad Max film series was an Austrailian 'Falcon', a hybrid of
the American Torino's rear styling joined to a Mustang base and front end. The
car was outfitted with a blower (fake casing over a working carb!), for such
occassions as seen in the films....you never know when mutant hot-rodders are
gonna wanna steal your gasoline, y'know?
After the film company was 'finished' with this car, they sent it to the
junkyard...after having invested $35,000 building it!!! Thankfully, a
fan/collector discovered and restored it to the condition shown here.
The original black Interceptor then appeared in car shows and museum displays
across Australia, before finally being sold to the Cars of the Stars Museum' in Keswick,
England, where it sits today.
The Police pursuit vehicles included both XA and XB Falcons. Depending on the
vehicle, engines were either 302 or 351 Cleveland Ford V8's made in Australia
(after Ford Australia bought the patterns from Ford US) with a Top Loader
manual or FMX automatic gearbox. These engines were available until 1982.
Also in the Mad Max films were Ford Falcon XA Sedans (yellow and blue police
vehicles) and a (Australian GM) HQ Holden Monaro GTS.
4-9-99: New info
and link to a great 'Mad Max' site with great pics of the cars- The MAD MAX FAQ!
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The Man with the Golden Gun (James Bond)
, 
, 
, The REAL Flyer
Click here for an 8MB WMV of the famous stunts in this film!
Click here for a 3MB WMVof archival footage of the original ‘Astro Spiral Javelin’ which led to
the movie stunt (ignore
the audio- my editing of the video made the words make no sense).
1974 Cars: 1974 AMC Hornet X and Matador Brougham
In the film, James Bond commandeers the Hornet and pursues the Matador
at high speed. The Hornet's big moment is a ramp-to- ramp jump... with a
twist.... literally!
7/15/96: The spiral "Javelin Jump" was inspired from an American
Motors Corporation promotional tour which was running around the time the movie
was made. The movie jump was performed with a modified 1974 Hornet X: special
suspension, a six cylinder engine (for reduced weight), centered steering
wheel, and a special fuel system to stop the car stalling when turning over.
During AMC's promotional tour, they used AMC Javelins and had a few mishaps
(including a roof landing when the car stalled on approach to the ramp), but
the stunt that appeared in the film was done on the first take. A group of
university students came up with the original idea, and used a computer to
calculate the necessary environment. Although the bridge halves look
dilapidated, they were constructed to exacting specifications. The stunt car
had to approach the ramp at right-angles, do a sharp turn, and then hit the
ramp at a predetermined speed.
To spoil the ending...the Hornet completes the jump just fine, but the Matador
escapes.....by attaching wings and flying off! Totally believeable, no? More on
THAT car later!
8-3-96:
New pic of a Matador similar to the film car. Also appearing in this film are
several Matador police sedans.
12-9-98: Two new factory photos of a similar Hornet and Matador.
8-2-99- AMC Content: See all of the above! This time, AMCs are the
stars!
10-19-2005: Created new WMV files as seen above.
Nightmares (Chapter
Three: The Benediction)
Malibu 2,
front, 
Mystery truck
Malibu 1, rear, Malibu 2, rear,
Malibu 1, front, first meeting,
draggin' ass, love tap,
rise & shine, touchdown,
bumper underneath, bumper back
in place, dangling brackets,
roll
over, better get Maaco, one
last hit, fired up, getting
soaked, see ya!
1983 Cars: 197? Chevrolet Malibu and Chevrolet pickup truck.
Here's a little known flick that is comprised of several separate stories (like
Creepshow or Trilogy of Terror). The first is effectively spooky, the second
and fourth are just dopey, but the third is the one I liked best. 'The
Benediction' involves a priest (Lance Henriksen) at some minor Mexican parish
that has lost his faith in God. He leaves the parish to begin a new life
elsewhere and en route arrives at an intersection where a mysterious black
Chevy pickup waits at a stop sign. The priest motions to the truck, suggesting
it can go first. It doesn't move. But when the priest tries to go, the truck
lurches forward and speeds ahead, cutting him off. Thus begins a shortened
version of Spielberg's first film, 'Duel', as this pickup menaces Henriksen,
trying to run him off the road repeatedly. In the end, the car is flipped over,
the priest crawls out and, in anger, flings the nearest object at the truck
that he can grab…which happens to be a metal jug filled with Holy water.
Instantly, the truck vanishes. Later, while being treated at the crash site by
an ambulance crew, a cop offers to have the ambulance take him forward to the
town he had been going toward. The priest says no, he wants to return to the
town of his parish. We are given a hint of this ending when we see a Holy cross
hanging upside-down from the truck's interior mirror. Clearly, the truck was a
'sign'.
Lots of continuity problems
in this piece…all minor nit picks. First, the Chevy Malibu is played by at
least two cars of different model years. It's first seen at the parish as
having two rectangular tail lights. That scene fades to the next showing the
car stopped along a road side, now having four round tail lights. The early
front views of the car indicate the car with round tail lights has front turn
signals that have a horizontal split, making each look like two lights on each
side. Later, when the car with rectangular rear lights returns, it's front
signals are not split. Add to this the various wheel covers and hub caps the
car sheds, then regains (most obvious is the driver's-side front wheel) and
some 'now you see them, now you don't' dents, and you realize this is
'made-for-TV' quality stuff. And that's because it was. It is not shot in
widescreen as, like 'Duel', it was intended for TV. But when finished, it was
deemed too intense for TV, so it was thrown to theatres. The truck has it's
share of errors, too. Damage disappears after each collision (explained away by
the demonic bit), and when it leaps out of the ground, it tears off it's front
tube bumper when landing and runs it over….yet it's back on moments later.
Later, as it races along the side of the road, the spare tire bracket dangles
below the bed loosely, then isn't there in the next shot.
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