Cars In The Movies


by Vicki Churchill - Date: 2007-01-18 - Word Count: 319 Share This!

Since movies have been shown the car has featured heavily in them.

The film Bullitt released in 1968 starring Steve McQueen although probably not the first film to feature a car chase was undoubtedly one of the original car movies of all time. Audiences were stunned by the intense and dramatic footage of a Ford Mustang and Dodge Viper screaming through the streets of downtown San Francisco.

Many movies have featured dramatic car chase scenes. In 1971 The French Connection, a thriller about two NYC cops in the narcotics bureau starring Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider. The film featured a thrilling car chase through busy streets of which the film is ultimately remembered for.

You would be mistaken to think the only reason cars would ever feature in movies would be for the sole purpose of an exciting car chase. You would of course be wrong as many films have not only included cars in them but the car itself has been the main star.

In 1964 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang a book by Ian Flemming was first published. The book was later made into classic movie with Dick Van Dyke in the lead role but of course the real star of the movie was the car itself. The movie was essentially for children but it is one of those films that is entertaining for the whole family.

In 1969 we saw three mini's weaving through the traffic jammed streets of Turin in the fabulous The Italian Job starring Michael Caine. The red white and blue mini's were without doubt the stars of the movie which was latter remade in 2003 and starred Mark Wahlberg.

In 1983 John Carpenters Christine was released. This was a story of a possessed regenerating car hell bent on killing. Arnie Cunningham played by Keith Gordon finds a Plymouth Fury in need of restoration. As Arnie rebuilds Christine he begins to change himself transforming from a shy type to arrogant.


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