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Terrible movie and what a waste of a nice vintage Porsche

posted 10 years ago by King_Of_Fuh
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Ben Mankiewicz, or however you spell it, pretty much said as much after the TCM showing this morning.

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[–] dlevy1201 10 years ago

What was the car Paul Burke was driving? When he pulled it into his father's work parking near the end of of the film, there was a good side view of the car, it looked liliac to me. Could that be correct?

[–] King_Of_Fuh 10 years ago

Not sure. It might have been a 1964 Pontiac Liliac.

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[–] dlevy1201 10 years ago

Good guess - which model Pontiac are you thinking?
Maybe a Tempest - because it looks shorter (sportier) than the Bonneville or Catalina.
Thank goodness you saw the same lilac color that I did. Certainly a sporty look but was it popular for men back in the day?

[–] King_Of_Fuh 10 years ago

Probably a Tempest, which was my first car, a 69 model. I remember we had a lilac Pontiac station wagon when I was a kid, new about the time this movie came out. It was a great color, but a family car. Lilac is not really a guy's color.

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[–] gonemoab 10 years ago

Burke's car is a 1963 Ford Thunderbird Landau in Rose Beige Metallic (comes off a bit lavender-ish) with a White vinyl roof. I just happen to own the '64 version in the exact color scheme. That's a color that hasn't been used in 49 years.

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[–] dlevy1201 10 years ago

That's it! Great that you knew, thanks.

How does the car handle? Do you use it for everyday driving?

[–] gonemoab 10 years ago

Couple of modern upgrades to the steering and suspension make it handle much more like a modern car than the oldies--nothing that shows. Yes, it's a daily driver, and a continual project, they all are. 50 years old this year.

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[–] oknar1977 9 years ago

i find this movie more than ok.

i'm looking at it at two levels
first, i like the sentence "why do people locked themselves up like that?". someone who spent years locked up in social anxiety will associate themselves with this question. it's amazing that there was a classic movie that deals with personal fears and psyche, which is not common in simple, one-sided flicks from the classic era that didn't dwelve much into complex personal issues.

on second level, all scandal with christina - it's like this movie talks about that also. it's like copy paste of joan's personal life on the screen, life imitating the art and vice versa. joan first scene, she starts to be kind and nice, and all of the sudden she bites, then comes back to normal. fight with her daughter, slapping her, feeling sorry about it. maybe the writers knew her too well and director knew she would be perfect for this part, she just needed to play herself hehe.

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