The front end was raised using a hydlauic jack under the car. Many years
later the same jack was used under the MORGAN in War of the Roses in the
scene where the SUV runs over it. The jack allowed them to lower the car
making it appear as though the SUV was crushing it even further.
Gerry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vandergraaf, Chuck [SMTP:vandergraaft@aecl.ca]
> Sent: Monday, February 15, 1999 6:32 AM
> To: 'L.D. McLaughlin, Jr.'
> Cc: Morgan Mailing List
> Subject: RE: movie
>
> Tony,
>
> I remember that one. Somewhere along the line the driver pick up this
> overly pregnant woman and the car becomes tail heavy and roars off with
> its
> front wheels in the air. I often wondered how they did that.
>
> Chuck Vandergraaf
> '52 +4
>
> > ----------
> > From: L.D. McLaughlin, Jr.[SMTP:ldmcjr@zebra.net]
> > Reply To: L.D. McLaughlin, Jr.
> > Sent: February 14, 1999 11:03 PM
> > To: Morgan Mailing List
> > Subject: movie
> >
> > I ran across a movie the other night that has a hilarious chase scene
> with
> > a
> > Plus 4 4-seater for about 5 minutes. It's "Silent Movie" with Mel
> Brooks,
> > and was apparently filmed in the early-mid-seventies. The car is bright
> > yellow, and is chased by a Lincoln limo and various police cars. It's
> sort
> > of a slapstick, typical of Mel... Watch it! You'll get a kick out of it!
> >
> > Tony
> > --
> > http://www.zebra.net/~ldmcjr
> >
> > ldmcjr@zebra.net
> >
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