[EldoFan]

An overlooked 'car' movie, trimmed with plenty of action is 1973's White Lightning.......it's not a 'car' movie in the traditional sense, but does feature alot of pretty good chase scenes w/Burt Reynolds behind the wheel of a sleeper Ford (hot-tuned Custom 500) over, around & through the Arkansas back country.

Is kinda hard to find nowadays, but if you got some time to kill......this would be a good way to kill it

 

[plane]

Is that the movie where Ned Beatty does a pig impersonation?
Or is it the one where Eddie Albert stars as the prison warden?
Or the one with a Little Beaver that made the Trans Am famous?

I'm so confused....

 

[EldoFan]

Is that the movie where Ned Beatty does a pig impersonation?
Or is it the one where Eddie Albert stars as the prison warden?
Or the one with a Little Beaver that made the Trans Am famous?

I'm so confused....

The one with Ned Beatty.....:lmao:

 

[prowlerjc]

Best lines from that movie:

Deputy: Sherriff! Are you OK?
Sheriff: I'm walkin', ain't I?

 

[solman98]

Is that the movie where Ned Beatty does a pig impersonation?
Or is it the one where Eddie Albert stars as the prison warden?
Or the one with a Little Beaver that made the Trans Am famous?

I'm so confused....

No on all three accounts. This is when Gator first appeared. They got him out of prison to track moon shiners. :drive: And report on them.

 

[New_Mexico_Sunset_on_Rt66]

Is that the movie where Ned Beatty does a pig impersonation?
Or is it the one where Eddie Albert stars as the prison warden?
Or the one with a Little Beaver that made the Trans Am famous?

I'm so confused....

Ahh, I got to educate my 'youngbloods.

Ned Beatty is the sheriff in this one. He does the pig impersonation in 'The Deliverance'.

Eddie Albert is the prison warden in 'The Longest Yard'.

Not sure on your last question.

But yes, these are all great Burt Reynolds action flicks from the 70s.

In 'White Lightning' he is going after moonshiners, but also gets the sheriff who killed his brother in the swamp.

'Gator' is the followup to this.

But yes, good taste Eldo.

Theer have been a few threads on this topic already, but my top 'car movies' of all time.

1). 'Bullitt'. Often overlooked in this movie is Bill Hickman, the driver of the Charger.
2). 'Le Mans', with Steve McQueen.
3). 'American Graffiti'
4). 'Gone in 60 Seconds' the original with H.B. Halicki, not the piece of **** with Nichloas Cage.
5). 'Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry'.
6). 'Gator'
7). 'White Lightning'

 

[solman98]

Ahh, I got to educate my 'youngbloods.

Ned Beatty is the sheriff in this one. He does the pig impersonation in 'The Deliverance'.

Eddie Albert is the prison warden in 'The Longest Yard'.

Not sure on your last question.

But yes, these are all great Burt Reynolds action flicks from the 70s.

In 'White Lightning' he is going after moonshiners, but also gets the sheriff who killed his brother in the swamp.

'Gator' is the followup to this.

But yes, good taste Eldo.

Theer have been a few threads on this topic already, but my top 'car movies' of all time.

1). 'Bullitt'. Often overlooked in this movie is Bill Hickman, the driver of the Charger.
2). 'Le Mans', with Steve McQueen.
3). 'American Graffiti'
4). 'Gone in 60 Seconds' the original with H.B. Halicki, not the piece of **** with Nichloas Cage.
5). 'Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry'.
6). 'Gator'
7). 'White Lightning'

The last one was Smokey and the Bandit.

 

[t-rex]

Don't forget non-car movies with hellatious car chase scenes...

To me, it's a tossup between The French Connection and To Live And Die in L.A. As much as I adore Gene Hackman, Popeye Doyle, and Popeye's Fried Chicken (named for Doyle, not the sailor man!)... I think I'd give the top nod to that beat-up Impala in the latter film!

Anybody remember Ron Howard's Grand Theft Auto from the mid 1970s? Or how about that lameass Corvette Summer? Which I think was Annie Potts' film debut. Other awesome car(ish) flicks: Used Cars. The Love Bug. Deathrace 2000. And who could forget Gumball Rally?

Another old fave... Goldie Hawn and William Atherton as Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin in Steven Spielberg's Sugarland Express.

Edit: sorry, I've got this "thing" for crappy, kitschy 70s films!

 

[EldoFan]

Don't forget non-car movies with hellatious car chase scenes...

To me, it's a tossup between The French Connection and To Live And Die in L.A. As much as I adore Gene Hackman, Popeye Doyle, and Popeye's Fried Chicken (named for Doyle, not the sailor man!)... I think I'd give the top nod to that beat-up Impala in the latter film!

Anybody remember Ron Howard's Grand Theft Auto from the mid 1970s? Or how about that lameass Corvette Summer? Which I think was Annie Potts' film debut. Other awesome car(ish) flicks: Used Cars. The Love Bug. Deathrace 2000. And who could forget Gumball Rally?

Edit: sorry, I've got this "thing" for crappy, kitschy 70s films!

Corvette Summer......man, I was just like "WTF?"

Another one that you never see or hear about anymore.....is 'The Driver' with Ryan O'Neal & Bruce Dern. The first few scenes are my absolute favs, where O'Neal is getaway driver for a pair of robbers, tearing ass through downtown LA in a mid 70's, sky blue Ford Galaxie......later scenes towards the end feature him in a Firebird and a Chevrolet C10 Pickup. *(Coincidentally, the director of this film--Walter Hill--also directed White Lightning......so go figure on the chase scenes )*

 

[Ttple]

Surprisingly, the movie "Short time" has a good car chase scene.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT0tdDgTitg

 

[prowlerjc]

The Seven Ups had a pretty good car chase in it.