Gone in Sixty Seconds

[tony barnhill]

..with Nicolas Cage is starting right now on STARZ, channel 351 on DISH.

 

[Banjo]

fun flick. I found the 50s version on DVD at Wally world for a dollar. Lots of cool sportscar action

 

[terriphill]

Watched it the other day. Great flick! I didn't know it was a remake.

 

[tony barnhill]

Yep, they were both good....this is the 2nd time I've watched the new version...need to find the original.

 

[rlwhitetr3b]

Bango,
Are you sure it is 50's? Ford did not make the mustang until the mid 60's. I think it is was late 60's or early 70's. I thought I had a copy of it around here, but can not find it now.

 

[AngliaGT]

It was in the '70's.We went back to the drive in
to see it a second time.
I can't stand the remake,after seeing the original.
Too much of the "Hollywood" stuuf there.
It's like the remake of "Vanishing Point" -
- it was almost believible in the '70's ,but with all of
the technology,police communications,etc.,becomes less
believible.
Try running the "Cannonball Baker Run" today,and see
how far you get.

- Doug

 

[bugimike]

I totally agree with you Doug, on all counts!!

 

[William]

It was in the '70's.We went back to the drive in
to see it a second time.
I can't stand the remake,after seeing the original.
Too much of the "Hollywood" stuuf there.
It's like the remake of "Vanishing Point" -
- it was almost believible in the '70's ,but with all of
the technology,police communications,etc.,becomes less
believible.
Try running the "Cannonball Baker Run" today,and see
how far you get.

- Doug

They did a remake of Vanishing Point?

-Wm.

 

[leecreek]

Missed that one too. Wonder who replaced Cleavon Little.

 

[Dave Richards]

I liked the original, just for the racing scenes of the Jags, Triumphs and that Nash Healey, and the corny script and acting! ...my kids thought it was boring, but they sat through it with me.

As one of my teenage daughters is constantly reminding me, when I roll my eyes at a newer Hollywood flick,..."Dad, a movie is the willing suspension of disbelief!"

 

[ecurie_ecosse]

"Dad, a movie is the willing suspension of disbelief!"

And with some of them --- suspension of intelligence is a must!

Stuart.

 

[Banjo]

Banjo,
Are you sure it is 50's? Ford did not make the mustang until the mid 60's. I think it is was late 60's or early 70's. I thought I had a copy of it around here, but can not find it now.

Absolutly right. I'm very sorry, I was mixed up with "The Fast and The Furious". that's the one I have the 50s version of, with the guy driving the Jag XK120.
sorry to have started the confusion. :crazy:
Yes I believe the original "Gone In 60 Seconds" was right around 1970 or so.

 

[PC]

...Yes I believe the original "Gone In 60 Seconds" was right around 1970 or so.

’74.

I really love that movie, not just because it’s about real cars, really bashing about, but mostly because of the “home movie” feel it has. No CGI, no actors, no script, barely any plot, just Toby Halicki and his family and friends playing with cars in <span style="font-style: italic">our</span> backyard.

When you live in SoCal you get sort of used to seeing places you know in the backgrounds of movies. They usually use various spots around LA as “stand ins” for all manner of story locations.

But in the original <span style="font-style: italic">Gone in Sixty Seconds</span> the whole thing was filmed in places that “played themselves,” many of the extras, the Mayor, lots of cops, firefighters and random people in the background actually were just that for real. And all of it took place in the neighborhood where I grew up.

The big jump scene at the end was shot around the corner from my high school. A bunch of the kids got to watch the filming, it was all the buzz around school the next day. Before my parents handed me down my first car they used to have it serviced at the dealership that the chase goes <span style="font-style: italic">through</span>.


PC.