[DeTomaso] NPC: THX1138

Rob Dumoulin rob at dumoulins.net
Wed Mar 28 09:31:47 EDT 2012


When I was a kid and first watched it, I thought they were 917s, but the
second time I watched it (as a teen ager) I surmised they were VW Bradly
GTs.  I didn't pay as close attention the last time I saw it though.

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Mikael <mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk> wrote:

> One of those movies where the car scenes are the only reason to watch it.
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> I've had this film on VHS for years. Seen the movie twice, the car scenes
> maybe 50 times. Today I got a DVD version, with scenes I've never seen
> before, look computer generated.
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> I especially love the scene where Robert Duvall has stopped due to
> overheating, then when restarting apparently he can't control it and makes
> so much wheelspin that the car points in all directions. And when he
> finally
> gets it pointed in the right direction, the way the front end lifts every
> time a gear engaged, that's just great!
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> Is it Lolas that they use for these scenes? Front end is just about the
> most
> beautiful on any car.
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> Mikael
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