Thanks George! I also want to thank Greg Schroeder for alerting us to the
fact that is was on. Yeah, the Bricklin was pretty impressive in the chase
scene.
Alan Coleman
#246
>From: George Curley <glcurley@aol.com>
>To: Alan Coleman <colemaal@hotmail.com>
>CC: Bricklin@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Last Night's Movie
>Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:30:16 -0400
>
>It was Deadline Auto Theft. (BI film critic Stuart Zukrow wrote about
>Bricklin movies in the April 2004 Brickline.) H.B. "Toby" Halicki was the
>writer, director, producer, and actor. Based on what I'd heard, I wasn't
>expecting to be able to tolerate watching it live, and had cued up a tape
>for later viewing pleasure. Strangely enough, I sat through the whole
>thing. The Bricklin looked very good in the chase. After the first 15
>minutes, there were only a couple brief shots of the wrecked Bricklin, and
>a few references to it in the dialog. Most of the rest of the movie was a
>long chase involving a 1973 Mustang. Hoyt Axton was actually pretty good in
>his role. I haven't seen the other Halicki films, Junkman and Gone in 60
>Seconds, but evidently most of the Deadline Auto Theft footage came from
>Gone in 60 seconds, and the Bricklin chase from Junkman. The novelty of
>Halicki's techniques made it more tolerable to watch: It was different
>from the usual Hollywood car chases in that many minor characters had some
>brief lines, and there was more follow-up footage of the various crashs'
>after-effects. In all, it wasn't nearly as bad as I was expecting...
>Here are a couple of related web sites (no endorsement intended):
>http://www.sd455.com/moviedeadlineautotheft.htm
>http://www.gonein60seconds.com
>
>George Curley #220, 670
>
>colemaal@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>>What was the name of that really bad movie that was on the spd channel
>>last night that featured a Bricklin?? I watched until the B was wrecked
>>and couldn't take anymore.
>>
>>Alan Coleman
>>#246
>>Original Owner
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