fave CAR movies !!

well we started yakkin about a list of car movies in another thread..
not so much..about wagons ...just good/lots of cars in the movies !

so...after some deep thought and some web/theft...I think i may have compiled a fairly good list...that being said ...I probably missed some
BUT...I will add to it as I recall things

Holy Craaaapp...this took me almost 2 hours!!!!...I need a nap
and now the thread is tooooooo long for the board!!!!...sumbitch!!..and it wont let me save it!!!....WTF??? ...ok...gonna have to print and scan and post as pics....SH-T !!!!

OK..well heres the 10,000 digits that i'm allowed to use!!

ready?...here ya go!!

1> American Graffiti (1973)
Director: George Lucas
Stars: '32 Ford five-window, '55 Chevy, '58 Chevy
People: Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Charles Martin Smith,Harrison Ford, Cindy Williams, Mackenzie Phillips, Candy Clark, and Paul LeMat
Why: The obvious choice. Tho some think that StarWars is..,American Graffiti is director George Lucas' best film. Four friends in central California face the future dusk-to-dawn one summer night in1962; cruising, hanging out, wreaking havoc, and ultimately streetracing. In 200 years people will still watch this movie to know what it meant to grow up in an America obsessed with hot rods. And they'll still want to drive Milner's '32 and Falfa's '55.
Look For: You know Milner is in trouble when he opens his car'sheaders.
Trivia: The license number on Milner's car is "THX 138" referring to Lucas' first film, THX 1138.
DVD: Lucas tweaked the film before releasing it on DVD a fewyears ago (adding a computer-generated sky behind Mel's Drive-In in the opening shot for instance), and it's now available as a "Drive-In DoubleFeature" with its sequel on a single disc.


2> Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Director: Monte Hellman
Stars: '55 Chevy, '70 GTO
People: James Taylor, Dennis Wilson, Warren Oates
Why: There's a plot in here somewhere, but no one cares. Two itinerant street racers without names (Taylor and Wilson are "TheDriver" and "The Mechanic") wander across America until they encounter an older guy in a GTO (Oates) who can't shut up. They stop and streetrace. Then they stop and drag race. Then there's an impromptu race with a Dodge Charger. It all boils down to attitude--and you either like that or just leave the TV tuned to Lifetime. And their '55 Chevy issolid-axle wicked; a car built when '55s were bad-asses instead ofantiseptic nostalgia rods.
Look For: The only movie ever in which a character stops to buy are build kit for a '70 Quadrajet.
Trivia: Richard Ruth, who built the '55, is the guy in theGlendale Speed Center T-shirt at the first gas station they stop at. And yeah, painted black, the '55 was Falfa's car in American Graffiti.
DVD: The limited-edition DVD that came in a tin box with a posterand key chain is now a collectible with some sellers asking $200 ormore. So look for a used disc on eBay.


3> Vanishing Point (1971)
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Star: '70 Challenger R/T
People: Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger
Why: For no apparent reason, Kowalski (no first name) needs to get from Denver to San Francisco in less than 15 hours and has only a white Challenger and a fistful of amphetamines with which to do it. The cops try and stop him, and a lot of excellent high-speed stunt driving ensues. All the '70s counter-culture/existential stuff is bizarre, but the music is still solid. This is the ultimate Mopar movie.
Trivia: Driving the Challenger most of the time was legendary stuntman Carey Loftin.
DVD:. Make sure you're getting the original 1971 Vanishing Point, and not the insulting 1997 remake.


4> Bullitt (1968)
Director: Peter Yates
Stars: '68 Mustang GT 390, '68 Charger
People: Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset
Why: The chase in Bullitt--the definitive movie car chase--has been obsessed over for nearly 40 years and it still holds up. Sure, toomany hubcaps come off the Charger and McQueen upshifts the Mustang so often he'd be in 16th gear by the end of the sequence, but it's groundbreaking film making and worth watching once a month. The movie also has Bisset in her jaw-dropping prime and McQueen at his coolest.
Trivia: While McQueen did much of his own driving, it was Carey Loftin who piloted the Mustang during the hairiest stuff.
DVD: the two-disc special edition (featuring documentaries on McQueen and film editing) is worth it.


5> The Gumball Rally (1976)
Director: Charles Bail
Stars: '65 Shelby Cobra 427, '70 Camaro, '71 Ferrari DaytonaSpyder
People: Michael Sarrazin, Raul Julia, Gary Busey
Why: This is the first genuinely funny car movie. The driving isn't the best (it's good), but the script has wit, there are great cars in every scene, and the viewer winds up wanting to go and organize his own illegal cross-country road race. Or at least drive through the L.A.River in a Cobra. Raul Julia is great as Franco Bertollini, who rips the Daytona's rear view mirror off and explains, "[That's] the first rule of Italian driving . . . What's behind me is not important."
Trivia: Released in August 1976, Gumball hit theaters a couple weeks after Cannonball (number 18 on this list) making it the second film inspired by Brock Yates' Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash. That event first ran in May 1971.
DVD: Finally released in August 2005

 

Bet you got typers cramps!

Remember the Lucky Strike ads? L.S.M.F.T. You're not my type, but it might give you a chuckle or a way to relieve the pain!

Bullitt is my favourite of that list.

 

The Bourne Identity. I wanna get the sequel and see it at home.

 

oh you just wait!! ...that was just the 5 i could post....the list is about 70 movies long!!!

 

more...

6> Thunder Road (1958)
Director: Arthur Ripley
Stars: '50 Ford, '57 Chevy, '57 Ford
People: Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry
Why: Of all the tales of moonshine running, Thunder Road remainsthe best, first because it has tough-guy Robert Mitchum in the lead,second because seeing a '50 Ford driven hard is always fascinating, andthird because the action is so good you almost forget the movie is inblack and white. Plus the cops have a '57 Chevy that grabs onto suspectvehicles' bumpers. Filmed on location around Asheville, North Carolina,Thunder Road may not be authentic, but it looks it.
Trivia: The 'shine cars in the film were supposedly bought fromactual runners. And the primary stunt driver was Carey Loftin.
7> Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974)
Director: John Hough
Stars: '66 Impala, '69 Charger
People: Peter Fonda, Adam Roarke, Susan George, Vic Morrow
Why: When even the cops have hot cars (a hyped Polara with an"unlimited" top end), it's got to be great. There's a plot involving akidnapping, but who cares? It's just an excuse for a chase betweenSheriff Morrow and driver Fonda with his pal, mechanic Roarke, whiningthat he's "over-driving" the car. The Charger's smashing fate iswell-known, but some of the best action takes place with a '66 Impala.And the incredible low-altitude work of helicopter stunt pilot JamesGavin is some of the best ever.
Trivia: The Charger swaps between being a '68 and a '69 severaltimes over the course of the climactic chase. Go figure.
8> Smokey and The Bandit (1977)
Director: Hal Needham
Stars: '77 Trans Am
People: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason
Why: For a certain generation, this is the definitive car movie.Reynolds is at his peak, Fields looks as good as she ever would, andJackie Gleason is funny as Sheriff Buford T. Justice. The plot? To go toTexarkana, Texas, pick up a load of Coors and return it to Atlanta,which was illegal back in 1977. The black Trans Am is iconic by now, andit lays out a coat of rubber every time it launches or turns.
Trivia: Smokey and the Bandit was the second-highest grossingfilm of 1977--behind Star Wars.
DVD: you get one disc with both the original movie andits vastly inferior first sequel. But hey, you can skip the DVDaltogether. It's on TBS in 15 minutes anyhow.
9> The Blues Brothers (1980)
Director: John Landis
Star: '74 Monaco Police Package
People: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd
Why: Fresh out of prison, Joliet Jake Blues (Belushi) teams withhis brother Elwood (Aykroyd) to put their band back together for aconcert to save their childhood home. That inspires massive amounts ofautomotive mayhem, decent comedy, and good musical numbers. Thehighlight of the driving isn't any of the extravagant pileups of copcars, but one shot of the Bluesmobile Monaco steaming down Chicago'sLower Wacker Drive at well over a hundred. That shot only lasts amoment, but it's likely the last time any movie company will talk a cityinto allowing such sheer velocity on a public street.
Trivia: Despite decades of failed redevelopment efforts, theabandoned Dixie Square Mall through which the Blues are chased is stillrotting away in Harvey, Illinois.
DVD: The 25th Anniversary edition features both the original filmand a new director's cut
10> Hollywood Knights (1980)
Director: Floyd Mutrux
Stars: '57 Chevy, '66 Cobra 427, and numerous street rods
People: Robert Wuhl, Tony Danza, Michelle Pfeiffer
Why: This is a rip-off of American Graffiti--down to theone-night-with-teenagers-on-the-verge-of-growing-up plot. But it'scrammed with more great-looking hot rods than virtually any other movie,and more street racing. This was also Pfeiffer's first theatrical filmand she never looked better. The humor here is crude and shallow, but alot of us are crude and shallow.
Trivia: That's Popular Hot Rodding's "Project X" '57 starring asDanza's ride. It becomes obvious it's a PHR project car when smokestarts pouring out of it during the street race with the Cobra.
11> Mad Max (1979)
Director: George Miller
Stars: '73 Ford Falcon Coupe
People: Mel Gibson
Why: This Australian movie made on a microscopic budget packed inmore anarchic car action than most big-budget movies could ever muster.It made Mel Gibson a star and had the world craving Roots blowers thatcould be turned on and off. It's still a blast even though half thedialogue is incomprehensibly Aussie.
12> The Road Warrior (1981)
Director: George Miller
Star: '73 Ford Falcon Coupe
People: Mel Gibson
Why: The sequel to Mad Max is better than the original. Sointense is the post-apocalyptic action it's shocking that any Australianstunt men lived through the filming.

 

13> Le Mans (1971)
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Stars: Porsche 917, Ferrari 512S
People: Steve McQueen
Why: McQueen always wanted to make a movie about racing--this oneis it and there's barely any of the soap opera that infects most racingfilms. This re-creation of the 24 Hours of Le Mans remains the standardagainst which all other racing movies are judged. But don't expect thisto hold your interest if you're not committed.


14> Gone In 60 Seconds (1974)
Director: H.B. Halicki
Star: '73 Ford Mustang Mach 1
People: H.B. Halicki
Why: Halicki owned a wrecking yard in L.A.'s South Bay anddecided he wanted to be in the movie business. The result is amicro-budget movie whose story makes no sense and acting that makes any2x4 look like Sir Laurence Olivier. The movie also looks hideous. Butthe car chase goes on for something like 40 minutes with nearly 100 carswrecked. And it's still better than the big-bucks remake released in2000.
DVD:new collector's edition.

15> Corvette Summer (1978)
Director: Matthew Robbins
Star: '73 Ford Falcon Coupe
People: Mark Hamill, Annie Potts
Why: Sweet natured at its core, this story of a teenager'sobsession with a Corvette has aged well, even if said Corvette remainsas ugly as septic sludge.


16> More American Graffiti (1979)
Director: Bill L. Norton
Stars: '32 Ford, fleets of vintage drag machines
People: Ron Howard, Paul LeMat
Why: It's not half the movie the original was, but this sequelstill has enough emotional pull to make it compelling. The racing is OK,though there should have been some street action in here someplace.
DVD: Buy the "Drive-In Double Feature" DVD of American Graffitiand this sequel comes along for free.

17> Funny Car Summer (1974)
Director: Ron Phillips
Star: Jim Dunn's rear-engine '73 'Cuda Funny Car
People: Jim Dunn and family
Why: This list's only documentary follows fireman Jim Dunnthrough the '73 season as he sustains himself through a year ofcampaigning his radical (and ultimately unsuccessful) flopper. Thisisn't a slick production, and the '70s-style editing is goofy, but thismovie is an honest look at what it meant to be a racer back when thesport still had room for amateurs.

18> Cannonball (1976)
Director: Paul Bartel
Stars: '69 Mustang, '70 Trans Am, '71 Pantera, '68 Charger
People: David Carradine, Veronica Hamel
Why: When it comes to giddy vehicular destruction, this is themost giddily destructive of them all. It's almost too gory for its owngood with a bloodlust that dampens the good humor. But if you're in themood for over-the-top, this, the first of the Cannonball cross-countrymovies to hit theaters, is the one to watch.


19> White Lightning (1973)
Director: Joseph Sargent
Star: '71 Ford LTD
People: Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty
Why: Reynolds as Gator McKlusky is the prototype for Reynolds inSmokey and the Bandit a few years later. Here he's an ex-moonshinerhooked up with the feds to break up a criminal moonshine business.Gator, the '76 sequel, is basically the same movie and they both featuresolid action. There's something mean about a bench-seat Ford sedan witha 429 and a T-handle-shifted four-speed.
20> Death Race 2000 (1975)
Director: Paul Bartel
Stars: Scads of kit cars
People: David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone
Why: In the far-off future of the year 2000, cartoon cars race across America scoring bonus points for knocking off pedestrians. It's not subtle, it's not lavishly produced, but it's still sorta funny.

 

21> Eat My Dust! (1976)
Director: Charles B. Griffith
Star: '68 Camaro
People: Ron Howard, Christopher Norris
Why: The plot is nonsense about a nutty youngster stealing a racecar and leading the cops on a chase--hardly original, but it's fun and pretty well satisfied with itself. And when it turned into a hit, Ron Howard demanded he be allowed to head up the virtual sequel, 1977'sGrand Theft Auto, starting his Oscar-winning directing career.


22> The Lively Set (1964)
Director: Jack Arnold
Stars: Chrysler Turbine, Top Fuelers, streamliners
People: James Darren, Pamela Tiffin, Doug McClure
Why: This loose remake of 1954's Johnny Dark has street rods,drag racing, land speed record runs in a streamliner at Bonneville, anda cross-country road race that features Chrysler's experimental turbinecar. It's a car-geek love fest wrapped around a silly plot that,thankfully, doesn't get in the way of the wrench candy.
DVD: (www.thevideobeat.com)for a low-quality duplicate cribbed off some long-ago broadcast on the American Movie Classics cable channel. As far as we know, it's the onlyway to get this film, as Universal has thus far declined to release iton video.

23> The French Connection (1971)
Director: William Friedkin
Star: '71 Pontiac LeMans
People: Gene Hackman, Roy Schieder
Why: This layered police drama is the only movie on the list tohave won an Oscar as Best Picture, and it deserved it for many reasons.Not the least of those reasons was the classic chase between Hackman ina commandeered LeMans and a train running on elevated tracks above them.It brought a higher sense of realism to car chases than ever seen beforeand made Hackman a star.
DVd; Five Star Collection two-disc set.

24> To Live And Die In L.A. (1985)
Director: William Friedkin
Star: Early '80s Impala sedan
People: William L. Petersen, Willem Dafoe
Why: Fourteen years after The French Connection, Friedkin topped himself with the chase in this film. Amid a story about Secret Serviceagents gone wacko, Agent Petersen drives like a madman, dodging trains and bullets and driving the wrong way on a freeway while hispartner--reasonably--cowers in the back seat.
Trivia: Look closely. The traffic on that freeway is flowing the wrong direction; they're all driving on their left. So Petersen is going the right way and everyone else is wrong.


25> Viva Las Vegas (1964)
Director: George Sidney
Stars: Cobras, Corvettes, and more
People: Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret
Why: Elvis made a lot of car movies, but this is the best. Elvisenters the Las Vegas Grand Prix, then needs money, then blah, blah,blah. What matters is that Ann-Margret was 22 or 23 when this was made and so sexy she could crack granite with one sideways glance. The racing sequences are absurd but cool, with Ann-Margret watching the mayhem from her helicopter and just shrugging off every obviously fatal accident toroot Elvis on to victory. And, yeah, the music is pretty good.Ann-Margret blows Elvis away in the talent contest too.


26> Ronin (1998)
Director: John Frankenheimer
Stars: BMW M5, Mercedes 6.9, Audi S8
People: Robert DeNiro, Jean Reno
Why: The cars are European, but at least they're the hot-rod versions that these modern-day mercenaries drive through three great chases. Unfortunately DeNiro never looks comfortable driving. But at least one character knows the details on his Audi's nitrous system.


27> Against All Odds (1984)
Director: Taylor Hackford
Stars: Porsche 911, Ferrari 308 GTSi
People: Jeff Bridges, James Woods, Rachel Ward
Why: The moody murder mystery is decent, but the car chase and Rachel Ward are spectacular. The chase is pure ego and involves thatPorsche and Ferrari running along L.A.'s crowded Sunset Boulevard at ludicrous speeds and ends with both cars intact (that's almost unique).Stunt-driver Carey Loftin was 70 years old when he piloted the Ferrari through this chase.

 

28> Christine (1983)
Director: John Carpenter
Stars: '58 Fury, '68 Charger, '67 Camaro
People: Keith Gordon, John Stockwell
Why: Stephen King's classic tale of adolescent automotive obsession and pure evil embodied in a '58 Plymouth is well paced, fun,macabre, and brutal. And we all want a car that fixes itself.


29> Cobra (1986)
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Star: '50 Mercury
People: Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Neilsen
Why: It's one of the dumbest cop movies ever made with Stallonespewing cheesy dialog like, "You're the disease and I'm the cure." Buthe drives a nasty '50 Merc that pounds through a harrowing chase scene with pure menace. Watch for the moment when the Merc's speedo shows thecar is going 80 mph and the tach shows the engine churning at 8,400 rpm.It's only then that he hits the nitrous.


30> Hot Rod (1950)
Director: Lewis D. Collins
Star: '32 Ford
People: Jimmy Lydon, Gil Stratton
Why: One of the first movies to take on street racing, even if itwas awkward and silly. But the cars are wicked in the way only genuin eearly rods can be, and at one point the Stratton character reads anissue of HOT ROD. Plus the title is perfect.

31> Hot Rod Girl (1956)
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Stars: Various rods, '56 Thunderbird
People: Lori Nelson, Frank Gorshin, Chuck Connors
Why: The story is a dopey diatribe against street racing, but the glimpses of early drag racing are worth the pain.
DVD: Another Video Beat special. And no, the reproduction is not good.

32> The Cannonball Run (1981)
Director: Hal Needham
Stars: Dodge van, Ferrari 308 GTS, Lamborghini Countach
People: Burt Reynolds, Farrah Fawcett, Dom Deluise
Why: Brock Yates, who started the whole Cannonball race thing,wrote this alleged comedy where Reynolds and pals scream cross-continent against a bunch of other somewhat wacky competitors. For a movie about an illegal road race, there's remarkably little illegal road racing.


33> The Driver (1978)
Director: Walter Hill
Stars: Chevy pickup, '76 Trans Am
People: Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani
Why: The lead character's name is simply "The Driver," the cop chasing him is "The Detective," and the love interest is "The Player." A freelance wheelman for crooks, O'Neal does some amazing things to a Mercedes sedan and ultimately faces down a Trans Am while driving a hot-rod pickup. It's low key but good.


34> Used Cars (1980)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Stars: '57 Chevy, junk
People: Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Deborah Harmon
Why: One of the most cynical comedies ever, it's about twobrothers (both played by Warden) with used-car lots opposite one another where a freeway off-ramp will go in. Russell is a salesman trying to buyhis way into politics. Wanton destruction includes a '57 Chevy drivenwith lunacy to induce a heart attack. Director Zemeckis would go on to make the Back to the Future movies and Forrest Gump, but we think this is his funniest film.


35> Gone In Sixty Seconds (2000)
Director: Dominic Sena
Star: '67 Mustang
People: Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie
Why: The climactic chase is ruined--ruined--by lousy computer graphics during the big jump. But there are people who love this remake.How else to explain all the clones of Eleanor, the faked-up ShelbyMustang?

 

36> Hot Rods To Hell (1967)
Director: John Brahm/James Curtis Havens
Stars: '58 Corvette, '56 Chevy, '61 Belvedere
People: Dana Andrews, Jeanne Crain
Why: A movie so bad it's actually entertaining. A family crosses the desert by ugly Plymouth only to be set upon by crazed rodders driving a motley assortment of machines. The dialogue is overwrought and goofy, the production looks consistently lousy, and Andrews overacts enough to fill six more movies.
DVD Details: The Video Beat's has a hazy reproduction

37> Tucker: The Man And His Dream (1985)
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Star: Tucker Torpedo
People: Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau
Why: A beautifully crafted homage to Preston Tucker who determinedly pursued building the "car of the future" despite almost a complete lack of resources in the late '40s. It's not about hot rodding,but it is about the obsession it takes to build a car.

38> Goldfinger (1964)
Director: Guy Hamilton
Star: Aston Martin DB5
People: Sean Connery
Why: The best James Bond movie and the only one where Q gets togo through all the modifications made to Bond's Aston. And Connery is at his droll, merciless top. This entry collects the award for all the great cars and car stunts in many other Bond movies as well.


39> The Italian Job (1969)
Director: Peter Collinson
Stars: Mini Coopers, Lamborghini Miura
People: Michael Cain, Noel Coward, Benny Hill
Why: This is the ultimate British car movie with Minis doing amazing stunts and all the blokes talking in indecipherable accents as they plan and execute a gold robbery in Turin. Could it be better? Yeah,they could have been driving Camaros. Skip the remake.


40> The Fast And The Furious (2001)
Director: Rob Cohen
Stars: '70 Charger, '01 Ford Lightning, and a whole bunch ofreally hideous, overly done import cars with huge graphics.
People: Paul Walker, Vin Diesel
Why: Exploiting the tuner-car fad that was enormously popular atthe time, this film got so much about cars wrong, right down to calling nitrous oxide "noss." But it did get one thing very right: Ultimate tough guy Diesel (who starred in this lightweight flick after acting inthe incredibly heavyweight Saving Private Ryan) is scared to death ofthe blown Charger in his garage that his dad left behind. That perfectly reflects a real world where the import guys are frightened silly ofV-8s. But as expected, they crashed the Charger in the end, making us wince. Why do they always have to do that? Really, why?

 

I'm terrible at remembering names of people or movies. But, remember the one where the Plymouth 4 door Valient driven by Dennis Weaver had pissed off the evil trucker and he was pursued by the trucker until finally he tricked the truck driver in to driving off the cliff.

I liked Thelma and Louise too. Too bad the Tbird got wrecked along with the two women.

That was a good one. And of course the 40 that you listed. I did however like the French Connection remake. Although the origonal is great.

 

and lastly...some of my personal faves!....geez...my brain hurts now

Ten Car Movies That Deserve to be on DVD
(a few may be available now) –

Fireball 500- Frankie Avalons attempt at ‘serious acting’, George Barris built the car, a great lil movie! (and my friend owns the car now)
Speaking of Frankie..almost all the “Beach Party”, Beach Blanket Bingo, How to stuff a Wild Bikini, had cars in them….and Most Elvis flicks too!...thank you…thank you very much

Heart Like a Wheel (1983)--The Shirley Muldowney story is a great film with Bonnie Bedalia as Muldowney and BeauBridges as Connie Kalitta.

Heartbreaker – 80’s cheez at it finest, bad acting but great cars! Centers around a lowrider club.

Boulevard Nights-slightly better acting, a more serious look at lowriding in LA in the 80’s

The California Kid (1974)--A legendary TV movie featuring Martin Sheen and Pete Chapouris' definitive '34 Ford three-window hot rod.

MaconCounty Line and the sequel, Return to MaconCounty Line-..some cool cars, lotsa bad acting

Fast Company- so they reposess your Funnycar?…steal it back! Classic 70’s-80’s drag racing footage,(some canadian footage)

The Last American Hero (1973)--A great racing movie based on the life of Junior Johnson and starring Jeff Bridges.

My Girl-..not a bad lil family flick, lots of cars in the background!!

King of the Mountain (1981)--The battle to be the best racer on L.A.'s Mulholland Drive. Stars Harry Hamlin, but it's good anyhow.

Mad Mad Mad World- jam packed with classic cars!!

Greased Lightning (1977)--Richard Pryor as Wendell Scott, the first African American in NASCAR.

Winning- worth it just for the famous17 car pileup at the 1968 Indy 500,Paul Newman.

Johnny Dark (1954)--An obsessive young man (Tony Curtis) wants to build a great car. Fantastic early '50s footage of California road racing with some scenes shot at the Packard proving grounds.

Grand Prix (1966)--John Frankenheimer's epic about the Formula One circuit spectacularly captured the speed of the era. Stars James Garner.

Moonrunners (1975)--The little-seen inspiration for The Dukes of Hazzard.

The Racers (1955)--Kirk Douglas as a Grand Prix driver? Why not?
Duel- nothing wrong with alil highway horror

The Wanderers-.great 50’s feelin flick,cool cars

Aloha Bobby n Rose- don’t know why..but this flick has stuck with me all these years, might be the fact that it’s the only other car movie that Paul Lematt ever did (John Milner in AG)..some cool Mopar shots

Hollywood Knights-drunken debauchery in the 50’s, fun movie

Hometown USA-been a while since I watched it, Nerds, cars ,kinda fun

To Please a Lady (1950)--Clark Gable and Barbara Stanwyck star in a strangely titled film stuffed full of dirt track and Indy action from the late '40s.

 

77 Sunset Strip TV series with Ephraim Zimbalist Jr. and his sidekick, gorgeous convertibles.

And the original BatMan movie with the big Hemi-powered Batmobile. I saw that monster at a Toronto Car show with some of Big Daddy Garlitz' fuellers! The toys inside were awesome, and they all worked.

 

get on it!!!...I want a report by Friday