My dvd player finally bit the dust after years of use. This gave me an excuse to go through many of the VHS tapes I have, both professional and dubbed. It's amazing how many movies I copied from rentals (you didn't read that here, you FBI informants), as well as taped shows off TV or life's memories with the old shoulder mounted camcorders .
Since I obviously enjoy Corvettes so much, I started keeping track of where I'd see them in movies. Not just the obvious silly ones like "Corvette Summer", but the good ones that just happened to have one in by chance. "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" shows a very early (53, 54, 55 range) white roadster at two different points during the final chase scenes when Spencer Tracy is being pursued. (Hope I didn't ruin the ending for anyone who hasn't seen that.)
"Apollo 13" has two beautiful shark-era cars. Sadly, the tech advisers didn't do very well. Gary Sinise drives what certainly appears to be a Warbonnet Yellow coupe, which means '71 or '72. Of course, the movie's events took place in April 1970 before those existed... but why let facts get in the way of good storytelling?
Maybe my favorite is the continuity error in "Passenger 57". Wesley Snipes is on his way to a lunch meeting with a prospective new employer. There are aerial shots of him in a bright red 86 convertble with black body rub strip, split side marker lights, the works. Along the way, he must have decided ahead of time to accept the new position, and traded up. He arrives at the restaurant in a Torch Red 93 convertible, with body color rub strip, wraparound marker lamps, etc. I should check to see if he changed clothes, too.
Since I obviously enjoy Corvettes so much, I started keeping track of where I'd see them in movies. Not just the obvious silly ones like "Corvette Summer", but the good ones that just happened to have one in by chance. "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" shows a very early (53, 54, 55 range) white roadster at two different points during the final chase scenes when Spencer Tracy is being pursued. (Hope I didn't ruin the ending for anyone who hasn't seen that.)
"Apollo 13" has two beautiful shark-era cars. Sadly, the tech advisers didn't do very well. Gary Sinise drives what certainly appears to be a Warbonnet Yellow coupe, which means '71 or '72. Of course, the movie's events took place in April 1970 before those existed... but why let facts get in the way of good storytelling?
Maybe my favorite is the continuity error in "Passenger 57". Wesley Snipes is on his way to a lunch meeting with a prospective new employer. There are aerial shots of him in a bright red 86 convertble with black body rub strip, split side marker lights, the works. Along the way, he must have decided ahead of time to accept the new position, and traded up. He arrives at the restaurant in a Torch Red 93 convertible, with body color rub strip, wraparound marker lamps, etc. I should check to see if he changed clothes, too.
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