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Old 09-13-2006, 08:26 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by Grizzly
Nah, not quite the same impact.

I guess your opinion of Ferris Bueller's day off depends heavily upon your age at the time. In 1986, it was the latest in a string of brilliant movies by John Hughes. Mr Hughes seemed to understand and capture young adults and teen angst like no other film maker. To this day, I don't know that anyone has done it better. Even in my (early) forties, a replay of Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, the Breakfast Club or Ferris Bueller's Day off will transport me back to my misspent youth and rivet me to the TV for the rest of the afternoon.

...and John Hughes rarely forgot to include an eclectic collection of rides to assist in his story telling.

Ferris Bueller - Ferrari 250 GT (a kit)

Some Kind of Wonderful - Mini Cooper - '67 Mustang - Jaguar Mark VII - Corvette Convertible

Sixteen Candles - Porsche 944 - Rolls Royce Corniche Convertible

etc...etc...etc...
Hi,

I'm in my early 50's and the movies which bring me back have always been Steve McQueen in Bullitt also Barry Newman and Cleavon Little (loved him in Blazing Saddles!) and the White 440 Challenger R/T in Vanishing Point...

"And there goes the Challenger, being chased by the blue, blue meanies on wheels. The vicious traffic squad cars are after our lone driver, the last American hero, the electric centaur, the, the demi-god, the super driver of the golden west! Two nasty Nazi cars are close behind the beautiful lone driver. The police numbers are gettin' closer, closer, closer to our soul hero, in his soul mobile, yeah baby! They about to strike. They gonna get him. Smash him. Rape...the last beautiful free soul on this planet... Can you hear me Kowalski...?" - Super Soul...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

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