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Re: LBC's in films [well, no exactly LBC-related]

To: GuyotLeonF@aol.com
Subject: Re: LBC's in films [well, no exactly LBC-related]
From: ingate@shiseis.com (Shane F. Ingate)
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 97 09:12:48 PST
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Leon Guyot wrote:
        >Do you remember the Aston Martin DB Convertible pushed of the cliff by 
the
        >'Mafia' at the very beginning of the Film 'The Italian Job' ? Well,it 
was
        >totally destroyed as you might expect,but did you know that they had 
to do it
        >with two seperate Astons before they got it to fall as they wished? It 
is
        >worth noting that the present day value of those two cars far exceeds 
the
        >entire budget for that (otherwise excellent) film.
        >(in those days they used real cars not mock-ups)

Leon,
        "The Italian Job" also trashed a Lamborghini Miura, but that car
was a mockup.  The film's budget could not extend that far.  As an aside,
a contemporary film "The Battle of Britain" trashed most of the remaining
flying Spitfires and Hurricanes.  Sigh.  The things the moron execs in
"Hollywood" do for a buck.  Whos up for a film about the destruction
of the film industry?  =80

        Shane Ingate in San Diego

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