{"id":4204,"date":"2012-08-24T11:14:25","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T17:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=4204"},"modified":"2012-08-24T11:14:26","modified_gmt":"2012-08-24T17:14:26","slug":"b-list-movie-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=4204","title":{"rendered":"B-List Movie Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A-list movie cars come in three categories: First are the glamorous cars like James Bond\u2019s silver 1964 Aston Martin DB5; next are over-the-top custom creations like the Batmobile; and finally, the decidedly unglamorous cars that nevertheless grabbed a ton of screen time in their respective films. Think the Bluesmobile in \u201cThe Blues Brothers\u201d or the Wagon Queen Family Truckster in \u201cNational Lampoon\u2019s Vacation.\u201d These aren\u2019t those cars. No, they\u2019re the B-listers, cars that had brief but highly memorable bit parts in films that we all love. See how many you can remember:
\n 1960 Buick Le Sabre (\u201cFast Times at Ridgemont High\u201d): Actor Judge Reinhold in one of his first major roles played big man on campus Brad Hamilton in the movie that launched a thousand careers, Amy Heckerling and Cameron Crowe\u2019s seminal 1982 teen comedy \u201cFast Times at Ridgemont High.\u201d His 1960 Buick LeSabre was his calling card. The classic land yacht was referred to affectionately by Hamilton and his friends as \u201cthe cruising vessel.\u201d
\n 1963 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible (\u201cScarface\u201d): In Brian De Palma\u2019s \u201cScarface,\u201d Al Pacino turned in a chillingly memorable performance as gangster psychopath Antonio \u201cTony\u201d Montana, and while not his \u201clittle friend,\u201d the 19-foot-long 1960 Cadillac got a fair amount of screen time as the hoopty that Tony and Manolo cruised Miami in while serving as underlings of boss Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia) prior to moving up to a new Porsche 928 upon Frank\u2019s sudden \u201cretirement.\u201d
\n 1989 Lotus Esprit SE (\u201cPretty Woman\u201d): A classic supercar of the \u201cgreed is good\u201d era, the Lotus was owned by Richard Gere\u2019s smarmy business associate (played by Jason Alexander) and borrowed by Gere and Julia Roberts. While Gere\u2019s character may have known his way around a board room, he was pretty ham-fisted with a gearbox in the film, and it took hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold Julia Roberts to drive the temperamental Lotus properly. The actual car still exists and has been a staple at collector car auctions over the years.
\n1965 Chevrolet Corvette (\u201cStar Trek\u201d): Who knows if cars will still be on the road in the 23rd century. We like J.J. Abrams\u2019 assertion that they\u2019ll still be around and still be the objects of collectors\u2019 attention. Sadly, we find out that young not-yet-captain James T. Kirk was bit of a juvenile delinquent, and the 1965 Corvette Sting Ray convertible belonging to his stepfather comes to a bad end at the conclusion of a joyride by Kirk.
\n1973 Ford Torino (\u201cThe Big Lebowski\u201d): We like to think that the Coen Brothers put just as much thought into casting the 1973 Torino driven by Jeffrey \u201cThe Dude\u201d Lebowski as they did in brilliantly casting the other bit roles in this cult classic \u2014 Phillip Seymour Hoffman as Big Lebowski lackey \u201cBrandt\u201d or John Turturro as \u201cJesus the Bowler\u201d\u2014 but somehow, we can picture the car being found by happenstance in a North Hollywood police impound lot just as it was reclaimed by The Dude in the film. Like the \u201cStar Trek\u201d Stingray, the nearly unkillable Torino meets its end on film. We won\u2019t spoil it here.<\/p>\n

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