www.madmaxmovies.com

OK, long shot here, but does anybody remember "The Car"

starring James Brolin? The deal was, this Barris-custom

Lincoln Mark III possessed by Hell cruised around the

desert running over people and the cops trying to stop

it. Awesome machine. Now, say, what if this car were

to go up against Max, Goose, Roop, Charlie and the other

MFP badasses.

I can't find any pix of the car, but do a web search

on "George Barris." He also built KITT (Knight Rider),

the General Lee, the Batmobile, and others.

In Reply to: The Car. posted by Stjohn on December 15, 1999 at 01:01:00:


I remember the movie well. Now max may be the man but that car was Demon possessed,even though it was they single most ugly car i have ever seen i think satin is a better driver then max and the gang.

P.S. George Barris also made a custom Chevy monza that was in Hot rod mag. a long time ago,it had a maxstyle monza nose.

In Reply to: Re: The Car. posted by Tericide on December 15, 1999 at 01:34:22:


Yea i also remember that movie too...

but i think it was a take-off of a previous movie called "THE DUEL" i believe....This film was mad in the 70s i think. The basic story line was of this average guy driving across the dessert (in the US) where he comes across this old 18 wheeler truck carring a fuel tanker trailer...you never see the driver of the truck...which really looked old and battered....he overtakes the truck but then later the truck speeds up are overtakes him again,the truck then pursues this guy in the car destroying buildings, phone booths..etc..the film was pretty good... but i cant remember the actors name..but i think it was Spielberg film..(could be wrong)

In Reply to: Re: The Car...and The Duel posted by slippery sam on December 15, 1999 at 01:56:35:


I love Duel, it was my second favorite movie behind Mad Max 2 when I was a kid. It was Spielberg's first film if I am correct, and the actor was Dennis Weaver. I wonder how it would have ended if they had Max patrolling those roads????????

In Reply to: Re: The Car...and The Duel posted by slippery sam on December 15, 1999 at 01:56:35:


:Yes i also remember THE CAR and wow shit what a coincidence, i just watched the DUEL yesterday " had it on tape for years" .

Thats right, Spielbergs first full length movie , and considered by some to be a "silent" movie due to the very small amount of dialogue.

I did a search on this movie yesterday on the net, came up with one or two ok sites but nuthing which delves to deeply into it, which is a pity, but the movie itself was made initially for TV but it turned out so good that they had spielberg film extra scenes for it a year later, they were the phonebox scenes and the train scene.

In Reply to: DUEL!!!!!!!!! posted by TheDarkOne on December 15, 1999 at 02:08:52:


: I love Duel, it was my second favorite movie behind Mad Max 2 when I was a kid. It was Spielberg's first film if I am correct, and the actor was Dennis Weaver. I wonder how it would have ended if they had Max patrolling those roads????????

It was Spielberg's first tv movie (ABC movie of the week I think?). I think his first directors job was in a vignette on Night Gallery with Joan Crawford as a blind woman who gets her site back.

Duel was indeed an atmospheric and memorable film from when I was a kid.

Didn't Richard Matheson write it?

regs,

Steve

In Reply to: Re: The Car...and The Duel posted by Bloke with bumless leather pants on December 15, 1999 at 02:23:13:


Ok, for anyone who is interested, this is an ok DUEL site, big adress so you will have to cut n paste it chaps

http://www.askjeeves.com/main/metaAnswe ... &x=18&y=11

In Reply to: The Car. posted by Stjohn on December 15, 1999 at 01:01:00:


Dude!!! For a minute there I thought I was the only guy who remembered that movie. I especially remember that obnoxious air horn the car kept blowing when it was grinding someone to hamburger under its wheels

On an unrelated note, I believe George Barris also customized a station wagon for John Wayne. It had an extended roof just over the front seat, because the Duke was too tall for an ordinary car.

In Reply to: Re: DUEL!!!!!!!!! posted by Steve Pilant on December 15, 1999 at 02:28:54:


You are correct, Matheson did write the film. Duel was originally a made for tv movie, I think it was in theaters in Europe though. However I have been informed that Spielberg's first directing job was in the fifties for a movie called The Last Gun, I guess that shows what I know.

In Reply to: Re: The Car. posted by ZHP on December 15, 1999 at 09:21:40:


: Dude!!! For a minute there I thought I was the only guy who remembered that movie. I especially remember that obnoxious air horn the car kept blowing when it was grinding someone to hamburger under its wheels

: On an unrelated note, I believe George Barris also customized a station wagon for John Wayne. It had an extended roof just over the front seat, because the Duke was too tall for an ordinary car.

The king baby.

Anyway yeah I remeber that show. Couldnt see the freakin driver. Didnt they run that sucker off a cliff in the end. Whoops gave it away.

Well anyway a good and bad movie. But I think Max could take em with goose running scout.