Car Movies

[apowell@ezlink.com]

In the recent discussion, has NO ONE mentioned....

Bullit!!  Steve McQueen stared in THE movie which created the 
"chase" movie genre, and set the standard for movies to follow.  
IMO, still unequaled in quality of driving and suspenseful chase. 

My other favorite from that generation of movies was "Vanishing 
Point", in which Barry Knowles (??) (also played Petrocelli in the 
TV series) drove into the bulldozer at 100+.

Note that Barry also played the lead in an excellent adaptation of 
Alistair McLean's "Fear is the Key" (a superb book, well worth re-
reading today...).  In this movie there are some excellent chase 
scenes, culminating in his jumping a '72 or so Ford Torino off a 
landing dock onto a car ferry!  The Torino bent into a visible V 
(downwards in front of the driver's door, right where the unibody 
support chassis bolted onto the body) but would still move.

Honorable mention:

Two Lane Blacktop
Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry

And since I have only seen parts of "Cannonball" and "Gulball 
Rally", I would vote for Burt Reynold's two best auto movies as 
"Smokey and the Bandit" (a real classic of its type, and Jerry Reed 
stole the movie) and "Hooper the World's Greatest Stuntman".

Audi content:  Bob Myers, please call me at 970/407-9609; I want 
to see if you will part with your wheels and tires!

Gracias, amigos.  Now I go to see the crimson, gold, green and 
orange leaves of Colorado fall outside my home...I love it here!!
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Al Powell
Apowell@EZlink.com
1958 Fiat 1200 Spyder "Transformabile"
1983 Datsun 280ZXT
1990 Audi 200
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