Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Bambi B (A) on February 19, 2010 at 13:06:46

In Reply to: RE: Tuckers in Tucker: The Man and His Dream... Godfather I & Godfather II were both impressive posted by musetap on February 19, 2010 at 11:47:42

musetap,

Yes, of course Tucker is a car enthusiasts' dream movie- interesting to watch the depiction of the way the prototype Tucker was made. The green Tucker rolled at the test track scene was a glassfibre replica interestingly done with the rollover damage moulded in.

Gangsters often had great cars in the movies. "The Godfather" series had some interesting cars. Remember Sonny's Lincoln Continental coupe that he's driving when machine gunned at the toll booth? Also, deNiro drives an early Model T truck when he's just getting down to "business" in an early days' scene. When Spats Colombo (George Raft) goes to shoot informer Toothpick Charlie- the Valentine's Day massacre- In "Some Like It Hot", he bursts into the garage in a big Deusenburg J limousine, from the trim strips on the rear wings, I think with a custom Murphy body. In "The Sting" there are a lot of scenes with head gangster/banker Lonnegan's (Robert Shaw) blue 1936 Pierce-Arrow.

It's not a gangster car, but Faye Dunaway drives a yellow 1938 Packard Twelve convertible coupe in "Chinatown" and the pen and ink star Jessica Rabbit drives the exact same model in "Who framed Roger Rabbit".

I was reminded for some reason too, of the Kissel roaster that Donald O'Connor drives early on Singing in the Rain" It has a flat and O'Connor says, "I don't understand this car hasn't given me any trouble for six hours!"

Cheers,

Bambi B

Edits: 02/19/10