Gumball Rally: an admittedly cheesy, but much more accurate account of the
Cannonball Run
Smokey and the Bandit: Alfred Hitchcock can't be wrong (Claimed to be his
favorite movie of all time)
----- Original Message -----
From: Stolz, Ken <StolzK@mso.umt.edu>
To: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 8:39 PM
Subject: Best Car Movies (Not Driven)
> In the course of trying to improve the morale of an underfunded research
> group to whom we have to issue layoff notices and then recant when a grant
> comes in at the last minute, we've been showing some "car flicks" during
> lunch hour and/or late Friday afternoon.
>
> We have the following in our collection:
>
> Gone in 60 Seconds - original and remake on DVD
> Bullit (sp) on DVD
> A Man and a Woman (and 20 Years Later) on VHS
> The Italian Job on VHS
> Grand Prix on VHS
> LeMans on VHS
> Winning on VHS
>
> Any others you would recommend for our collection? Thanks!
>
> ~ Ken Stolz
> Big Sky Region 38 - Missoula, MT
> '01 Subaru Impreza RS - #12 STS - "AUTOXER":
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shawn Mann [mailto:shaw.mon@worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 4:26 AM
> To: autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Driven to Winning
>
>
> > I saw " Winning" when it first came out also, yes I'm that old, but I
> > made the mistake of reading the book first and we all know the movie
> > never lives up to the book. Maybe I could give "Winning" another chance
> > it's been a long time since I've seen it. "Gone In 60 Seconds" was good
> > now how many of you remember the original movie of the same title?
> >
>
>
> Can't say that I liked the new "Gone in 60 Seconds," some nice cars, some
OK
> chases, but that fakey CGI final jump?? Ugh. Now the original, man,
> greatest chase movie ever, in my book. Dirt cheap production values, half
> the time the microphone isn't close enough to hear the dialogue (not
> necessarily a bad thing), but when that Mustang slides wide on a turn and
> bounces off a row of parked cars, you get the feeling that it wasn't
> completely planned that way. I forget his name, but the guy that wrote,
> directed, starred, and drove the stunts in it was a former stuntman, who
> fancied himself a filmmaker. There's also a sequel, called "The Junkman."
> Not as good, but still some crazy stuff. From what I'm told though, this
> time the guy took the stunts one step too far. ISTR that he actually died
> filming the final jump. Maybe compressed spine, something like that?
Both
> movies are virtually impossible to find on video. Don't bother
> w/Blockbuster for sure. Los Angeles residents can ask me where to find it
> here.
>
> shawmon
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