O/T Other car movies that really got you REVVED UP. [Archive]

modernbeat

10-08-2003, 04:46 PM

Car movies? I'm a sucker for car movies.

Death Race 2000
Cobra
The ricer version of The Fast and The Furious
and the much improved (more racing) 2 Fast 2 Furious
Winning
Grand Prix
Ronin
Two Lane Blacktop
American Graffiti
More American Graffiti (have the laser disc)
The '50s version of The Fast and The Furious
The Big Wheel
The original Gone in 60 Seconds
The remake of Gone in 60 Seconds
The Junk Man
Repo Man
Pit Stop, aka The Winner (featuring figure 8 racing, street racing and a peek into period custom shops)
Ferris Beuler's Day Off
Driven

I know I've got others, but from memory these are the one's I have on DVD or Laser Disc.

And Gumball Rally on tape.

modernbeat

10-08-2003, 04:55 PM

Those are just the ones I've got.

The list of the car movies I LIKE is HUGE!

tootallrodder

10-08-2003, 04:55 PM

Don't forget about the TV Movie, The California Kid, and Hot Rod. About the Little Guy / Underdog who gets wrecked by a rich kid then builds a Willys coupe and beats the SOB against all the obsticals(sic) the rich kid's old man can throw at him.

I wish I could find it on DVD.

modernbeat

10-08-2003, 05:00 PM

I've seen The California Kid as a Bootleg, but it hasn't officially been released on anything. Too bad! It's good.

California Kid trivia: As the Kid arrives in town and a stops at the gas station, all the kids gather around to gawk at the hot rod. A closeup of the engine is shown.

In the movie, I seem to remember that the closeup actually used a Flathead in a red car, not the Chevy engine in the black California Kid coupe. Whose engine/car was used for the closeup? And is my fading memory correct that it was a flathead?

daren

10-08-2003, 05:12 PM

I just watched California Kid. I think the part you are refering to is when the sherriff pulls him over and asks to see the motor. When the close up shows its the chevy smallblock from the grafitti coupe! 4 carbs and all (thats what I heard anyway)regardless the close up is a 4 carbed chevy that looks like Milners engine., then you can see from the outside shot its a ford 302 cause the distributor is up front. The copy I have is taped off of the now defunct "Lost Drive-In" that used to come on speedvision, its a shame they killed that show.

And folks the sound is the best part of that movie. That car has a mean ass lope and to hear it screaming through the mountain at the end chase is amazing through surround sound turned WAY up!

daren

10-08-2003, 05:15 PM

Oh and the California kid was Ford powered by either a 289 or 302, I can't remember. I think it still has a Ford mill in it to this day.

**DONOTDELETE**

10-08-2003, 06:00 PM

Corvette Summer
Gumball Rally

jdubbya

10-08-2003, 06:07 PM

Hollywood Knights was a cool one!

Bumpstick

10-08-2003, 06:49 PM

I've never seen this one mentioned on the H.A.M.B.. 'Touch of Evil' It's great Chuck Heston as Mexican bordertown cop 'Mike' Vargas is hilarious. Orson Welles as a crooked American cop is fat and creepy. But the best part is the Mexican hot rod greaser gang. Wait till you see the cars. It's on dvd. Not to mention one of the coolest opening sequences ever filmed, it's one very long take. An Orson Welles classic. -stick

modernbeat

10-08-2003, 07:08 PM

Fergot to mention Losing It.

Quite a few shots of the Convertable '57 Chevy and a memorable appearance of a Mexican "Rat Rod" '28 RPU that's owned by the junkyard owners kid. The kid mentions that it's got a Chevy engine (I think) and a LaSalle transmission. During a chase scene you can see the plated and polished Jaguar rear suspension under the back. Wire wheels similar to Buicks are up front, but steel wheels hide the lack of outboard brakes in the back.

modernbeat

10-08-2003, 08:21 PM

What movie influenced me?

Probally Winning and Grand Prix. Subsequent to watching those, I bought my first car, a '71 Datsun 240Z and hopped it up to the point that it was only marginally legal for F-Prepared class in the SCCA Solo II competition.

Forgot to mention I recently got the remake of The Italian Job.
I've wanted a copy of the original Italian Job for a while, but it's not available on a US DVD and I've put off buying a laser disc of it because it won't have the cool deleted scene of the Minis racing across the ice that the european DVD has.

55olds88

10-08-2003, 09:30 PM

Hey Von,
Call it Mad Max you are confusing the aussies http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif:)
Love Mad Max the sequals got worse and worse...as an aside there are a heap of thos Aussie Falcons in the US now partially due to the film and the fact they look nicer then a 71 up Mustang, there was a bunch of articles about them all at the 100 years of Ford bash.

daddylama

10-08-2003, 10:03 PM

Smokey and the Bandit.
Cannonball Run.
Just about ANY car movie... good or bad...

Hollywood Knights is actually one of my favorite movies, too...

40oz.

10-08-2003, 10:12 PM

my first car movie was two lane blacktop, my pop took the family to see it at the drive in, proly 72 or 73. i was marked from then on, i got my blankett and sat in front of our 66 catalina and didnt budge, its still my favorite,
now mad max on the other hand got me a fist full of ticketts after the late showing. i had a grey primered, bumperless, jacked up, pissed off, roll barred, 460 pi, 72 torino, fast assed boat, i ran the wheels off that turd. big fun, my pop didnt get it.

Toqwik

10-09-2003, 12:23 AM

Not a movie, but ya can't leave out the Duke boys.......To

BARNETT

10-09-2003, 01:20 AM

Opening scene in RoadRacers is pretty cool...plus it's a super cheesy flick.

Rix2Six

10-09-2003, 01:33 AM

Not really car flick but a bike flick - On Any Sunday

flyin'eye

10-09-2003, 02:01 AM

Hot Rod is great. I like the fact that he steals an engine out of a cop car before the final race scene. (nevermind the fact that the cop car is an AMC Matador, and the engine is a Hemi...automotive accuracy was never Hollywood's strong suit)

Anderson

10-09-2003, 02:03 AM

Greased Lightning...cool moonshiners, very early NASCAR stuff

D Picasso

10-09-2003, 02:43 AM

Touch Of Evil is my life's blood. I've likely seen it at least 20 times. give me a damn scene and I can probably quote it line for line- I'm that stupid about the movie. its brief hot rod scene doesn't present the cars like most other 'car' movies do, but simply shows them as transportation for the evil, horrible Grande boys, which is cool.

here's a question about Mad Max : is there available a copy of the movie that's not overdubbed in Californian? my cheeseball copy has all the Aussy-English looped, probably because of fears at the mothership the accent would throw dummy Americans.
check it out: Max is at the hospital, Goose is all fucked up, and Max speaks like he's a doped-up DJ doing the weather for the Valley. it's awful.

greaseball

10-09-2003, 02:51 AM

The fast and the furious

That movie was tight,
Like virgin ass-hole

Humboldt Cat

10-09-2003, 03:34 AM

Mad Max was great for so many creative reasons.
"Losin' It" had some great hot rod stuff & humor to it, that rpu was really something.
I haven't seen the original yet, but the recent "Gone In 60 seconds", that chase scene with Elanor was unbelieveable.
"Easy Rider", though having bikes instead of cars, was a cool road trip movie, especially how the style of the bikes matched the characters riding them.

magoo

10-09-2003, 04:29 AM

Christine , Mad max 2 ,2 lane blacktop ,Goodbye porkpie(what?)

John B

10-09-2003, 08:34 AM

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I haven't seen the original yet, but the recent "Gone In 60 seconds", that chase scene with Elanor was unbelieveable.

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In my opinion, the original Gone In 60 Seconds was the better of the two. Sure it's got bad acting , but wait the remake had Nic Cage so that equals it out. The original had a better (and longer) chase scene. No fake looking computerized jumps. The original had a more honest approach to the plot. No trying to make the main character into a good guy. He stoled the cars for money, not to save some dumbass brother who couldn't get the job done. Do yourself a favor and buy the original, it's like $15.00 bucks on DVD. The extras are pretty cool to.

While your at it find "The Junkman" They wreck even more cars in it and it's got a cameo by George Barris

Chopped54

10-09-2003, 08:43 AM

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wingnutz

10-09-2003, 03:30 PM

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Car movies? I'm a sucker for car movies.

Death Race 2000
Cobra
The ricer version of The Fast and The Furious
and the much improved (more racing) 2 Fast 2 Furious
Winning
Grand Prix
Ronin
Two Lane Blacktop
American Graffiti
More American Graffiti (have the laser disc)
The '50s version of The Fast and The Furious
The Big Wheel
The original Gone in 60 Seconds
The remake of Gone in 60 Seconds
The Junk Man
Repo Man
Pit Stop, aka The Winner (featuring figure 8 racing, street racing and a peek into period custom shops)
Ferris Beuler's Day Off
Driven

I know I've got others, but from memory these are the one's I have on DVD or Laser Disc.

And Gumball Rally on tape.

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I could do with out the ricer "FAST and the FUNNIEST" But the others mentioned here are great! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Forgot to mention "THE LIVELY SET" Hot Rod racing, to drag racing, to jet drags, to turbine cars, to turbine cars racing stock cars X-country!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Mark

surf monkey

10-09-2003, 05:18 PM

not car movies in the usual sense but has anyone seen `The road to Perdition` and `Catch me if you can`..both films are full to the brim with hotrods and kustoms waitng to happen...along the same lines `Bonnie and Clyde ` was on last nite..1930`s car chases

monkey

monkey-inc (http://www.monkey-inc.co.uk)

Fat Hack

10-09-2003, 05:23 PM

I dig:

"The Car"
"Catch Me If You Can" (80s teen car flick)
"Double Nickels"
"Moonshine County Express"
"Joy Ride" (Caaaannnndy Cane!!!!)

And the way that ambulance idled in the first Cannonball Run movie when Burt backed it off that semi and was talking to the cop...NASTY!!!

modernbeat

10-09-2003, 05:37 PM

According to Brock Yates in his book "Cannonball", the ambulance used in the movie is the same ambulance that he and his buddies used in the real Cannonball races.

Sam F.

10-09-2003, 06:23 PM

the Vanishing point just started a few minutes ago on FMC( fox movie channel) on satelite, 5 central 6 eastern.

channel 258 on direct TV

bluegrassboogie

10-09-2003, 06:24 PM

ive seen the big wheel so many times i cant watch it anymore.
i also like heart like a wheel(and i dont even like drag racing)
tucker is inspirational also.
hot rod girl blows , but theres some sweet cars in it.

Scott B

10-09-2003, 07:42 PM

Hey, now what about LeMans, with Steve McQueen? Alright, it's not hotrods - but he just went on a bender, got a ton of amazing cars, rented the track and filmed for months.

No real story, just lots of great footage of cars going really fast...

**DONOTDELETE**

10-09-2003, 07:46 PM

GREASE

Smokin Joe

10-09-2003, 07:48 PM

Watch and see how many times he passes himself going the other way in Vanishing Point. Also notice you keep seeing the same extra cars used over and over in the film.

Are you out there Kowalski...

modernbeat

10-09-2003, 07:51 PM

Yeah, I've got Grease in my collection too.

Wanna do Grease trivia? I can go as long as we did on American Graffiti.

53_210

10-09-2003, 08:04 PM

I didn't see it mentioned here, but Return To Macon County is a pretty sweet movie. Some of the stuff is a little far fetched, but it's still fun to watch. The chase scene in Bullit is also pretty sweet.
-Derrick

leadsled1953

10-09-2003, 08:38 PM

my favorites are : Ghost of drag strip hollow,hot rod gang,thunder road,road warrior.

Paul

10-09-2003, 09:21 PM

when my daughter was a toddler

and I was between jobs

I had a copy of Hot Rod To Hell,

we watched that movie together

almost every morning for two months.

I may have warped her little mind.

Paul

**DONOTDELETE**

10-10-2003, 11:44 AM

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

modernbeat

10-10-2003, 11:57 AM

Yep, I've got that one too. Funny but entertaining early Grand Prix racing scenes in the beginning. Hard to believe Ian Flemming went from James Bond to CCBB.

**DONOTDELETE**

10-10-2003, 01:04 PM

You got any of the old
Whacky Races cartoons?
Was that Paul Lynn's voice for the bad guy.
I remember one racer was a dragster.

Kevin Lee

10-10-2003, 02:07 PM

All of these car movies and NO ONE mentions Roadhouse 66 or Badlands?

My brother wrote the script for RH 66 and I remember him calling and telling me about the movie. "I'll send you a copy. Keep your eye out for this one actor, he's going to be huge." It was Willam Dafoe. Pretty cool movie although I haven't seen it in over fifteen years. Do a search and you will most likely find a short review of it.

Badlands is pretty raw. Martin Sheen as a scumbag drifter that rolls in driving a chopped Merc. I won't give away anything else. It's much better to just watch it.

Bixmen

10-10-2003, 02:22 PM

Duel
Or Junkman, and the 1974 Gone in 60 Seconds rock (original original, with the original engine noises, and original Hoyt Axton music)
also, just available is Gone in 60 seconds 2 (the movie Haliki died in while filming) looks like it could have been good, but the annoying pre-programmed music gets old. on the same disc is Deadline AutoTheft. pretty much gone in 60 seconds with Hoyt Axton as the sherriff. gotta love any movie where the director actor star owned almost all of the cars in it

DrJ

10-10-2003, 04:10 PM

Flubber
The Blob
The Great Race

Sam F.

10-10-2003, 07:20 PM

i remember roadhouse 66,didint they drag a tbird out of the junkyard and race some town bullie?? its been years since i seen it,,,

**DONOTDELETE**

10-10-2003, 07:38 PM

The Swinger with Anne Margarette.
The final chase scene with the broad on
the motocyle was cool.
One of those rides was the Ralph Malph truck.

RoccoATX

10-10-2003, 08:46 PM

Way tooo many , but i gotta say Corvette summer, The whole started with the emblem, how many of us have started a project with nothing more than one lousy piece and a gleem in your eye? There was also a CHEESY movie called Moonshine Highway , eluding to the origins of moonshine runners and Nascar also. The Wraith with charlie sheen , gotta watch that just for clint howards hair, COBRA! who didnt cringe when they trashed that merc,