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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 02:25 PM
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Italian Job MINIs made the top 10!

Click Me! Check this out the Italian Job MINI's from the remake made the top 10 coolest cars in movie history. They are sitting beside the Aston Martin DB5 from James Bond movies, the Batmobile, the Ferrari from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", the DeLorean from "Back to the Future" and the 68' Mustang GT from Steve McQueen's Bullitt.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 02:30 PM
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I like the Vanishing Point nod. I disagree with the F&F car. While you know they have to pick one from those movies, that not the one I would go with... Little suprised that the Mustang from Gone in 60 isn't on there, considering the rest of the list.

Good stuff though, go Italian Job.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 02:35 PM
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I disagree with the F&F car. While you know they have to pick one from those movies,
i would have been happy with none picked from those movies
 
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by eager2own
i would have been happy with none picked from those movies
What about the Charger from the first one and the Yanko from the second one. They needed to put a car from those movies in there and they picked the wrong one in my mind.
With out a doubt the '67 GT500 from Gone in 60 Seconds should have been on this list, that movie made ford rethink the mustang and you got what you have today because of it.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 03:19 PM
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and the Italian job made me buy my mini
 
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 03:23 PM
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No Cobra 427 from Gumball Rally?
No Porsche 917 or Ferrari 512 from LeMans?

BOGUS!

Good for the Minis though.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 04:16 PM
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and the Italian job made me buy my mini
Yes! Someone else like me! That movie hands down was the reason I bought my MINI!
 
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 04:21 PM
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I saw that article today too!!! haha That list is pretty cool and I wasn't surprised to see the MINI on the list I don't know if I'll ever be able to transition out of a MINI haha
 
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 07:38 PM
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That was a great read. Thanks.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by blackslvr
and the Italian job made me buy my mini
My mini is the reason I bought that movie
 
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 01:25 AM
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thats pretty cool but you got to admit the mini's are something. I was watching the special features on that movie and they said they built the first 3 electric minis for the subway scene. Also had a 24body shop on hand.
 
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 07:44 AM
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Transformer camaro was a FORD MUSTANG!!!
It's true Gm wouldn't give one up so they made one
 
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 06:20 AM
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Originally Posted by blackslvr
and the Italian job made me buy my mini
I saw that movie when it first came out too. got me all jazzed about the MINI too. Now I own one.
 
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 09:21 AM
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I'm surprised none of the cars from Death Race 2000 weren't on there! C'mon, a car with a knife on the hood is awesome!
 
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 09:56 AM
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bourne identity look alikes

Does anybody in New Jersey have a mini like the one in Bourne Identity?
Am filming a video and need a look alike. Paying for rental of course. Thanks.
 
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by blackslvr
and the Italian job made me buy my mini
Same here. After that movie I knew I would have to get one of those cars.
 
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 10:14 AM
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It is about time for me to see The Italian Job agian.
 

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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 10:24 AM
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I saw that movie when it first came out too. got me all jazzed about the MINI too. Now I own one.
Me too! Now owning one and watching that movie over and over is another story!
 
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 10:25 AM
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Which one first the chicken or the egg?

Originally Posted by blackslvr
and the Italian job made me buy my mini

Originally Posted by skip.irving
My mini is the reason I bought that movie
I don't remember if I bought my MINI first or did I watch the Italian Job first?
Or did they both influence each other?
In any case I have the new Italian Job in DVD, HDDVD, XBox and IPod Video so I can watch it over and over again.
 
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 12:26 PM
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I have to laugh at this. Both here and in a DeLorean forum, people are complaining about the list, and both have cars in it! I could only imagine the complaints on car forums that are about cars that didn't make the list!

http://www.dmctalk.com/showthread.php?t=8538

Anyone know of a good Wayne Industries Tumbler forum???
 
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 12:35 PM
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Sweet that the 1st Gen MINI made the list... not THE deciding factor to make me go out and buy the first pair of Coopers, but it did pique my interest.

I can't believe two things:

1. The 1950 Mercury driven by Stallone in the movie, "Cobra" didn't make the list.

2. I can't find a better pic of that car than this one.

 
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 09:10 AM
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I agree with the Mini being on the list, but they missed one of the most notable movie/tv cars, the general lee
 
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 09:35 AM
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Fast and Furious?!?! please... Should have had James Garner's F1 from "Grand Prix"....

 
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Shifti
It is about time for me to see The Italian Job agian.
Watched the movie last night. I feel much better now.
 
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by catseye
Fast and Furious?!?! please... Should have had James Garner's F1 from "Grand Prix"....

Amen to that. Probably the best Racing movie of all time. Le Mans is also quite good as well, but Grand Prix takes the cake. And the Camerawork by John Frankenheimer is unmatched by today's standards. (who also directed Ronin which has one of the best car chases ever)

And to this list, overall it's pretty good, but no car on F&F deserves to be on that list. And where is Mad Max's Police Intercepter or the Ford Mustang Mach 1 from the original Gone in 60 Seconds?

Booooo!
 
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