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New Fri 30 Oct 15 11:01 
 Cars in movies - John Boy
An article in the Guardian with "Taxi Tehran", a film shot in a cab, as the starting point:

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New Fri 30 Oct 15 12:52 
 Cars in movies - Old Navy
It's not very subtle marketing, called product placement.
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New Fri 30 Oct 15 17:57 
 Cars in movies - WillDeBeest
Product placement in Tehran?
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New Fri 30 Oct 15 18:12 
 Cars in movies - Old Navy
The thread title is Cars in movies not Movies in cars.
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New Fri 30 Oct 15 18:14 
 Cars in movies - Armel Coussine
There was a rich guy from Luxembourg in my class at my last school, who also went to the same Oxford College I disgraced myself at. He lived in Hampstead and had an indulgent dad, so both at school and university he had the use of a Packard Clipper convertible, a thing that could go like the wind with masses of silent straight-eight torque. He was a stylish but pretty careful driver who never made the tyres squeal.

Being a passenger in that was very close to being in a car in a movie.
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New Fri 30 Oct 15 18:25 
 Cars in movies - WillDeBeest
Erm, yes.

Anyway, the most memorable roles are by cars the audience can't go out and buy - if we accept that some of the 'Alan Partridges' mentioned in the article might afford an Aston Martin. My nomination - a surprising omission, I thought - is the green Thunderbird convertible in Thelma and Louise. (Note to self: must re-watch that soon. I expect it will have worn well.)

Watched Wayne's World with the Beestlings the other weekend. One of them asked in fascinated horror, "Dad, what is that car?"
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New Fri 30 Oct 15 18:36 
 Cars in movies - Armel Coussine
>> a Packard Clipper convertible

I don't think Packards exist any more. But they were quality, expensive American cars favoured by the rich, and had a particular look. The Clipper was supposed to be a cheapo range, but it wasn't that cheapo really. Cadillacs by contrast were quite cheapo, just Chevrolets with classy trim.
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New Fri 30 Oct 15 22:27 
 Cars in movies - WillDeBeest
a Memory Lane production

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New Fri 30 Oct 15 22:54 
 Cars in movies - Armel Coussine

>> Vodka & Tonic


Undrinkable crap. Damn quynyne water...
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