Great cars
Why did they have to wreck so many good cars? Example:crushing the Dodge Challenger,and crushing the Dodge Charger rt?Such a waste of nice looking cars. As you can see, I'm a fan of Dodge's.
shareWhy did they have to wreck so many good cars? Example:crushing the Dodge Challenger,and crushing the Dodge Charger rt?Such a waste of nice looking cars. As you can see, I'm a fan of Dodge's.
shareThe painful one for me was where they burned the 1972 Eldorado...I could hear my 1971 Eldorado crying at the loss of it's brother! Of course my father said "That's all that those pieces of s h i t deserve!"
shareThe Eldorado was actually just a shell, not the whole car. They switched it between shots. I was sad to see the destruction of all the unmarked Mercury Montegos and Plymouths.
shareWhere in the movie were the Mercury Montegos?
share1-Baker-11, 1-Baker-5 and 1-Baker-9 were all Mercury Montegos. Not cars most people would like, but I love them.
shareYou have to remember, this movie was made in 1974. In that sad time, the Arabs were squeezing us, gas was expensive ( compared to how much people were making ) we were in a recession, and musclecars were suddenly unpopular. They were throwaways. I remember going to the junkyard with my father as a child.
" What kind of car is that, daddy? "
" That's a '70 Charger "
" It doesn't have wheels, but it looks ok. Why is it purple? "
" They used to paint them that way "
" Daddy, what's that thing it's sitting on? "
" That's called a car crusher "
" Does it smush them? "
( pause ) " Yes.....come on son, it's time to go. "
.......leefish
" What about the guy you lobotomized? Did he get a refund? " -Total Recall
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
shareFirst of all, the Seventies was not a sad decade, quite the opposite. Many historians now call the Seventies the last good decade in the history of the United States.
At the beginning of the decade the country was still mired in the Vietnam War. In 1973 the country suffered the first OPEC oil embargo which lasted approximately a year. 1974 was the first year that wages actually went slightly down as a direct result of the embargo. Up until then, U.S. citizens had been enjoying an unprecedented rise in their standard of living as the result of post-war prosperity. From 1945 to '74 was when the bulk of the middle-class was created.
The Vietnam War ended in defeat for the U.S. in early 1975 and even though this country had lost the war, a feeling of euphoria swept over the nation's middle class since the longest war in our history was finally over. The country remained at peace until Reagan's crew took over in '81.
The average person's standard of living was still high and many adults had already adopted the more laid-back, carefree attitude that the counter-culture had introduced in the Sixties. One can clearly see the effect hippies had on the hair-styles and attire while watching the movie. The not so unusual, for the times, presence of marijuana is made abundantly clear in the movie. When Tricky Dick resigned, it was pretty much party time through the hapless reign of Gerald Ford and the honorable service provided by President Carter.
For those of us that experienced the Seventies, GISS is a perfect time capsule for what those days were like. And when one considers that one man, Toby Halicki, made his dream a reality by creating a film where nothing is faked and the car chase ranks with the very best (Bullitt, The French Connection and "The Driver") one finds himself asking Disney, Bruckheimer, Cage? ****** Please!
1-Baker-11's Montego was a 1970 with a 429 and could go alot faster than that Mustang could.
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When I was growing up out in the boondocks in the seventies, my parents were both on the local volunteer fire department. A lot of their calls were for cars that people would drive out into the woods and torch for insurance money.... these were some great cars, too. I remember a Trans-Am that would be worth quite a bit now being towed down the road after being burned. Once the oil crisis hit, these cars were thought to be worthless.Much the same happened with Rolls Royces, Bentleys, etc. in the U.K. Very much a shame, but nobobdy knew then what the future would bring!
shareAnd because art imitates life a lot of the expensive cars they totalled were actually theft recovery, cloned or accident damaged cars that had to be destroyed. Halicki usually bought them cheap at auction, don't forget he had a repair business and a wrecking yard so he could fix rotten cars up very easily to make them look nice.
People should spend more time watching movies and less time bitching about IMDB spoilers.
HBH was a genius!He and his limited crew made a few movies that are better than these new overpriced crap movies of today.The original is more passionate about cars.(HBH)was a real car guy that made movies!!Unlike these accountants that drive Priuses and Civic!That make c.g.i.bulls..t!
sharelol...awesomeeeeeeee car chase but yes It was like oh noooo don't ruin those cars!!! I hated seeing most of the cars smashed up but most weren't classics at that time. Alot of cool cars in this movie...my current oldie is a 65 Chrysler newport 4 door...was hoping to see one some where in this movie but i didn't...guess I'll have to keep looking.
shareExample:crushing the Dodge Challenger
I cringed and almost cried each time one of the cop cars wrecked. Although, for that time they were as common as civics are today. But still, being an avid old car guy, it's not something I want to see.
Being a fan of Chev Caprices, and Impalas, I still cringe when I see one used in a recent movie and it gets wrecked.
Yes, when you see the back end of that Challenger slowly sinking into the crusher, it's hard not to scream at your tv....or cry.
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