How about Rendezvous? I have never seen the movie. I understand it is only
11 or 12 minutes long, but supposedly the Ferrari blasting through Paris is
a hoot.
Larry Steckel
>From: "Stolz, Ken" <StolzK@mso.umt.edu>
>Reply-To: "Stolz, Ken" <StolzK@mso.umt.edu>
>To: "'autox@autox.team.net'" <autox@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Best Car Movies (Not Driven)
>Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 18:39:11 -0600
>
>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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