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Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
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GONE IN 60 SECONDS - Original |
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DeTomaso AppearanceThe Pantera is one of the named ladies on the typed list of targeted cars, and she's called "Maxine!" There's a yellow Pantera that gets stolen from in front of an office building when a woman gets out of the car and leaves the keys in the ignition. The thief just gets in and drives away. And, just before the big Eleanor chase, the lead guy is walking through a warehouse of stolen cars, which includes a silver Pantera, a yellow Pantera, and a Mangusta. Nice showing!
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Summary1974's GONE IN 60 SECONDS is a revered cult classic, mostly because of the delirious 40 minute car chase that concludes the film. And, it's the basis for the 2000 film of the same name starring Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie. Directed by its star, writer, producer, and stunt driver H.B. Halicki, GONE IN 60 SECONDS was a drive-in phenomenon when it was originally released. In it, Maindrian Pace and a group of his colleagues race to steal 48 specific makes and models of cars in a week, which will net them $400,000 if they succeed. However, the group runs into trouble trying to jack a 1973 Mach 1 Mustang, and Pace ends up being chased through seven counties by throngs of police in what is probably the most exciting and ambitious car chase ever filmed.
When car nut and aspiring 'B' movie maverick H.B. "Toby" Halicki released his debut film, he gave top billing to his car, a yellow 1973 Ford Mustang named Eleanor. That's a good indication of Halicki's priorities in the original car-crunching, tire-squealing drive-in classic Gone in 60 Seconds. Halicki wrote, produced, starred, and did all of his own extraordinary stunt driving in the picture, the story of a career car thief who makes a deal to steal 48 cars for an overseas smuggler. OK, it's not Shakespeare. The plot is perfunctory at best, and Halicki's all thumbs when it comes to directing his wooden cast, but he gives a crash course in the mechanics of the car-theft biz and tops it off with one of the greatest car chases of all time: a 40-minute finale that roars through five Los Angeles-basin towns and destroys 93 cars in the process. It's a masterpiece of stunt driving, down-and-dirty photography, and sharp, furious cutting; the unsung hero of the picture is editor Warner Leighton, who paces the film perfectly and never lets it stall. Forget the messy Nicolas Cage in-name-only remake, this is outlaw auto cinema at its purest.
ReviewsRotten Tomatoes; Yahoo! Movies
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