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Post by jeanmarc on Feb 24, 2004 23:49:40 GMT 1
Dear Sylvain Jacque Tati's film " Mon oncle"  ...thank's for correction about BelAir/Fairlane (my gaps on american cars are evident...!  )....Anyway, on "cars point of view" there are some other very interesting pictures in the film : -in the school street: Studebaker Commander, Simca Trianon (or Versaille), etc...and some curiousity that i could not identify.... -and at the end of the film, when the "Uncle" leaves the family at the Airport....we can see a very rare Mercedes 300SL coupé in the background) ....  |
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Post by jeanmarc on Feb 25, 2004 0:04:49 GMT 1
about anachronism  (always funny ;D), I remember an american film matching a story in France during the 2nd world war were we could see a Citroen H van ;D ;D ( model which start production in 1948/49 ;D...be 3 or 4 years after the end of the war).... ;D |
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Post by Sylvain on Feb 25, 2004 0:21:15 GMT 1
there are some other very interesting pictures in the film Very interesting indeed! Plymouth, DeSoto, Buick, Chevrolet, Ford, almost every American manufacturer is represented in this movie. But in such a bright satire of the (50’s) new modern way of life, cars could only have an important part. By the way, a model at 1/20 of the famous modern house of the movie have been build for the exhibition about Jacques Tati that have been hold at the Institut Français d’Architecture two years ago. They had trouble finding a 1956 Chevrolet Bel-Air at that scale, so they have used a 1957 model. But the model of the house, with moving parts (for example, the door of the garage closes mechanically with its typical noise, and so on) is a real pleasure. But that’s maybe not the place to talk about it… ;D |
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Post by stanhas87 on Feb 25, 2004 4:14:19 GMT 1
Dear Bjarte:
The helicopter that you mentioned came after the Korean war.These would be at home at the Vietnam war.
Dear Sylvan,JeanMarc:
I saw the 'man from Rio' when I was an youngster;yet,I can remember the Simca,Ford 'A' model,Brazilian Aero Willys and the International truck (the model that shows up at this movie was built in Brazil) that appears at near end of the movie.
Likewise,there was another american movie that was filmed in Brazil and one can see the 1967 DKW taxi-this version,the final one,had 4 front headlights and a very unique front grille and rear tailights.Another one,at end of the movie,was an Itamaraty (another variation of the Brazilian Aero Willys).At least these movies were produced on location and the right vehicles can make one tell it.
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Post by only87 on Feb 25, 2004 17:55:40 GMT 1
about anachronism (always funny ;D), I remember an american film matching a story in France during the 2nd world war were we could see a Citroen H van ;D ;D ( model which start production in 1948/49 ;D...be 3 or 4 years after the end of the war).... ;D The same mistake was done several times in a TV-series called Hogan's heroes. Mostly films with their plot in that era feauture a Citroen Traction Avant. Regarding these films, it seems that about 50% of the 1940-50's cars were produced by Citroen. Worldwide. I even saw films playing in the US, where nearly everybody had a Citroen. I wonder who chose the cars for these! |
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Post by skunk on Feb 25, 2004 20:15:43 GMT 1
There was an eighties' movie about a supposed Japanese car plant placed in an American town - I think that it was called "Take This Job and Shove It", but I am not sure.
In any case, all the factory shots were filmed in a Fiat factory in Brasil, and all the cars used in the movie were Brazilian Fiats. Terrible film, but those cars were interesting to see on American streets!
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Post by stanhas87 on Feb 28, 2004 13:58:44 GMT 1
Dear Sirs:
The Batman Series of movies featured three types of Batmobile plus other types of vehicles.
On the first one,Matadors can be seen as taxi cabs;the cops drove Malibus and Ford Fairmonts;Bruce Wayne had a Dodge Aspen sedan as well.And one of Jokermobiles was an 1960's Ambassador (fortunately is not destroyed).A Monaco can be seen at a street scene.Plus others.
On the second one,mostly Volkswagens roam the streets.The cops drive Dodge Aries (very legitimate;there was such thing as an Aries Police Package).The Batmobile has new tricks to display and Penguin drives a duck-shaped vehicle.The other types or vehicles are Bruce Wayne's Rolls Royce and an Winnebago RV.
On the third one,the cars are from the 1950's and a new Batmobile is unveiled-and destroyed.The Villan has a pre-war Dodge Panel Van (the miniature of it is close to HO) and the cops drive a bullet nose Studebaker equipped with the modern Vector Bar lights (my next project-I loved that!).1950's Buicks are used-and smashed-as villan cars,plus others.
At the fourth one,there is a new Batmobile and the Police cars are the same as the third one.The Freezer's vehicle is interesting thing to see;I am not sure what scale its miniature is.
Is interesting to notice that at the animated series,this GM special vehicle (I have to find the article about it) a bus-like unit is used as a prisioner car.
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Post by Sylvain on Feb 28, 2004 15:11:33 GMT 1
The Batman Series of movies featured three types of Batmobile plus other types of vehicles. And, if I’m not wrong, the Batmobile of the 60’s movie and TV serial is a modified version of the 1954 Lincoln Futura Show-car. It’s remind me an episode of the TV serial "Mission impossible", when one character was supposed to be send to the future (at least, the IMF tried to make him believe he was send to the future). To be sure, he had a look through a window to a parking lot where cars can be seen. So to recreated what a parking lot could be around 2000 or so, they have used many 60’s show cars like the Firebird II and so on. Rather strange sight! |
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Post by stanhas87 on Feb 28, 2004 15:23:47 GMT 1
Dear Sylvain:
And there is the Batmobile from the 1940's,rather unknown and just modeled by Playing Mantis/Johnny Lightning and the one from the animated series.
And since you mentioned about that IMF episode,it came to my mind that in the 1960's,it was believed that the cars of the future with be a Firebird II-like with a wing in the rear.Strange,eh?
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Post by BillC on Feb 29, 2004 9:09:28 GMT 1
Don't forget the Mercedes ML320 (Busch) and Unimog (Roco) from "The Lost World - Jurassic Park II" If they had used the Unimog to tow the RV instead of the small ML, there wouldn't have been so many problems.
A Rolls Silver Wraith very similar to the one formerly made by Wiking was used in the movie "Arthur." It is Arthur's grandmother's car and is seen fairly often.
Notes:
Gene Hackman drove a Pontiac LeMans in "The French Connection"
The Lincoln Futura was used to make one of the Batmobiles used in the TV series, however, there were several made.
A Citroen H van was also used as an ambulance in the movie "Toys" with Robin Williams.
The Roco Dodge pickup is a 1977 W200.
The M*A*S*H helicopter is a Bell 47.
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Post by cfesmire on Feb 29, 2004 15:06:01 GMT 1
Watched a movie just last night "Angelinas Line", a Dutch film about a woman who returns to her home just after WW2. The 'faux pas' here was a Volkswagon beetle with the large back window that wasn't available until the mid 50's.
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Post by BillC on Feb 29, 2004 15:30:54 GMT 1
Chester:
Even with the split rear window, that Beetle would have been a faux pas. There were only a few KdFwagens built before the war and for the first year or so after the war, Volkswagen production was limited to supplying vehicles for the Allies and German government agencies. Regular civilian vehicle production in Germany did not resume until about 1947 or 1948. If I recall correctly, Ben Pons did not start bringing Beetles into Holland until 1948.
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Post by jeanmarc on Mar 1, 2004 23:13:08 GMT 1
About fancy vehicle  , I remember this english science fiction film called " Brazil" (1985 around)....guess what real "funny vehicle" was used in it? ;D.... |
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Post by Christian on Mar 1, 2004 23:34:30 GMT 1
About fancy vehicle , I remember this english science fiction film called " Brazil" (1985 around)....guess what real "funny vehicle" was used in it? ;D.... I thought the Messerschmitt fit in the setting very well, showing the economical state of the nation ... ;D And then they blew it up, what a shame! |
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Post by cfesmire on Mar 2, 2004 1:16:57 GMT 1
I cannot help but mention a movie that revolved around the car, that is "Christine". A horror movie involving what I think was a 1961 Plymouth (?)
Another that comes to mind is the mindless "Herbie the Love Bug" (sheesh!)
And then there is that absolutely ludicrous "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" , my daughter had the Matchbox toy (upditty up up).
Sorry all, sounds like my cinema taste is most certainly in the popcorn. I have four kids and had to sit through a lot of pretty bad stuff. Will try to be a little more cerebral next time.
Chester
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...thank's for correction about BelAir/Fairlane (my gaps on american cars are evident...! 
)....Anyway, on "cars point of view" there are some other very interesting pictures in the film :
(always funny ;D), I remember an american film matching a story in France during the 2nd world war were we could see a Citroen H van ;D ;D ( model which start production in 1948/49 ;D...be 3 or 4 years after the end of the war).... ;D
, I remember this english science fiction film called " Brazil" (1985 around)....guess what real "funny vehicle" was used in it? 