My two lists: kind of hotrod related ============================= Christine American Graffiti Two Lane Blacktop The Car Mad Max The California Kid Not really hotrods, but car related =========================== French Connection Blues Brothers Bullitt Ronin
Hey Dr Herb - i have not seen "Smokey In the Bandit" as you have down - was that some cheap PORN knock off ?
My list: Vanishing point (both of them) Gone in 60 Seconds (both of them) Hollywood Knights Cannon Ball Run (All) American Graffity Speed Zone Bullit Dazed and Confused Smokey and the Bandit
"The Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow" Also a question, gang: There was a TV movie in which everybody in town was after Gary Busey's butt, but he always got away in his hopped-up '40 or '41 Willys coupe. I can't remember the NAME, but it it was a decent 'rod movie. ANYBODY recall this one?
American Graffiti with a mega-cast of talent and future fame and fortune The California Kid with Martin Sheen Thunder Road with Robert Mitchum The Big Wheel with Mickey Rooney (the plot was reused in the "Little Foss and Big Halsey" with Michael J. Pollard and Robert Redford as motorcycles racers) To Please a Lady with Clark Gable and Barbra Stanwyck
I just watched the Blob for the first time yesterday, Steve McQueen driving a 53 Plymouth, the other kids driving a Purple 40 Ford Coupe, a quick shot of a rodded 32 Ford Pickup, and a couple glimpses of some roadsters. Prett cool
too many ... American Grafitti Two lane black top Drag strip girl Vanishing point Dirty Mary and crazy larry Gone in 60 seconds Bullet Blues Brothers The fastest Indian
yep--aptly named "Hot Rod." He pulled the willys from a barn and built it as a vendetta car to go to the "nationals" in mucnie indiana--how's that for random recall.
ive havent herd this one brought up yet , Catch me if u can , no not the new one with tom hanks , it was a late 80s movie with a lot of street racing teenagers
just saw " The BIG SHOT " Humphrey Bogart ,1942 on Turner Movie Classics( TMC )- GREAT CHASE SCENES, Packards & Motorcycles in the rain & snow... Towards the end of trailer show some chase scenes.. http://www.tcm.com:80/tcmdb/title.jspstid=491191&category=Original Print Info or TMC schedule: http://www.tcm.com/schedule/index.jsp?startDate=12/16/2009&timezone=PST&cid=N -41-
It's not a Hot Rod movie, but the scene in "Old School" with the black van smokin' the tires everywhere to Master of Puppets rules!
Anyone remember "The Richard Petty Story" ? Real lowbuck thing made about 1974 with Darrin McGavin as Lee Petty, Noah Beery Jr. as Uncle Julie, and for parts of the film Richard and Maurice and Dale Inman as themselves. A lot of it shot at the Petty's home and shop, and some local NC short tracks. A few nice hot rods and some 70s era late model stocks turn up in it. I found a region-free dollar store DVD copy of it (with another bad movie included free) and watched it the other night. It comes off like a C-movie takeoff of Greased Lightnin' except about Lee Petty instead of Wendell Scott, and made on a whopping budget of about $50 or so. Probably the neatest "stock car" they use is an early Corvair body set on some other frame, with big wide tires and a scoop on the hood making room for the V8 under it - which was someone's local race car, they didn't even change the name on the door to match the fictional movie character they had driving it.
Petty movie was good....lots of neat old racin footage...and hotrods or not, California kid and Hollywood Knights are killer movies. Hollywood Knights might be my favorite movie ever, I watch it in the shop now and then to take a break, friggin cracks me up...." this shit , is waaayyy outa line..." and ..." does got a little wang to it...good though " or " fool aint got no dick harold.." ...somebody stop me...
" The Lively Set" with James Darren, Doug Maclure, and Pamela Tiffin (BABALICIOUS!) This movie had hot rods, drag racing,bonneville, and a turbine car. The California Kid is my favorite still. I also found a VHS copy of The Giant Gila Monster, which is worth it for all the cool cars.
vanishing point[orig.] / american graffiti / california kid / return to macon county /two lane black top /gone in 60 seconds [orig.] /dirty mary&crazy larry
#1,American graffiti #2 California Kid #3 Heart like a wheel #4 Smokey and the Bandit #5 Gone in 60 seconds #6 Mad Max Thats my list. but there are so many more...
Damn, looks like 50's, 60's and 70's are well covered. But my 'must have's' are Hot Rod, American Graffiti and The Lively Set. Also have Pit Stop (so cheesy it's good), Hot Rod Gang and others. Recently watched Hot Rods to Hell for first time in about 40 years...guess back then I was so engrossed with the cars I didn't notice how bad the acting sucked, whew, that was painful.
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