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Subject: [Healeys] Cars 2
From: 57healey at gmail.com (Patton Dickson)
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:27:24 -0500
I just came back from seeing it with the wife and girls, they liked
it.  I loved it, lots of little car stuff I was likely the only one in
the crowd who appreciated.


On Jun 28, 2011, at 1:22 PM, "healeys-request at autox.team.net"
<healeys-request at autox.team.net>
>
> Thought I saw a remark on the new Pixar movie in the list, but didn't find
> it. So, I'll toss in my two cents. Any British gearhead needs to see this
> movie. How can you pass up a spy movie where the plot turns (or doesn't turn)
> on Whitworth bolts? Not to mention that the visuals of racing in Tokyo are
> amazing spins on reality while the race in Italy is a marvelous confection of
> Monte Carlo and Portofino. Try to look away from the action at the
> backgrounds and see how many automobile parts you can see. And how about 
> spare parts
> boxes in green and white from British Wheeland? And voices from everyone
> from David Hobbs to Michael Caine. And the new cars in the movie -- several
> different Topolinos, an E-Type, an Aston, an F1 car, and others -- are great
> fun. Here's a trivia question: What car was Holley Shiftwell, the British
> intelligence agent, really based on? The movie notes say Jag XJR15, but I 
> don't
> believe that is entirely accurate.
> Just a caution -- if the kid isn't into cars and gets bored easily, even if
> they dearly love their Lightning McQueen toy, they may not make it through
> the nearly two hours. Likewise the sigoth.
> Fun movie.
>
> G.

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