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Star Power: Move over hobbit, the real stars are cars
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| A fast car, a chase scene...the best cars to grace the big screen |
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Mar 17, 2005 19:41:50 |
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 77 ( -11 -14.28% ) | | Author | Brian Chee |
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Description:
We are a Fast and a Furious culture. We like blockbuster movies and fast cars; put the two together and you're likely to get a cultural phenomenon that transcends Oscar and all the uptight documentary film makers tucked away in the south of France.
Bonjour. Want a movie hit? Just put a stunt driver behind the wheel of a Mustang and say "action." How hard is that? Think of the magic that has been made as a result of such simplified beauty.
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Nic Cage and Eleanor. Steve McQueen and his Bullitt. All the boys and girls in the Fast and Furious two-pack. We Americans, we love movies and cars. It's an incendiary combination that transcends plot and acting - just give me a fast car and a chase scene, and let it roll…
Even Dirty Harry had a cool car.
So this weekend, with the spotlight on the dresses and bouffant hair styles of Hollywood, it's appropriate to list the real Hollywood stars, some of the all-time top movie cars. Move over little hobbit, Oscar's riding shotgun on this one:
Gone in 60 seconds: Eleanor, a 1967 Shelby Mustang GT500. A movie about a beautiful, moody Mustang. Nicolas Cage should have paid for the chance to sit in a car like that…
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