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I was a bit worried when I sat down earlier as the wife had paused an old episode of Open All Hours and I thought she wanted to continue watching (not my thing) but then I looked at the picture and all was clear :D

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Peter-S wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2020 8:24 pm I was a bit worried when I sat down earlier as the wife had paused an old episode of Open All Hours and I thought she wanted to continue watching (not my thing) but then I looked at the picture and all was clear :D

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:lol: :lol: Brilliant !! Love it !! What a great spot by your wife Peter and the fact she actually paused it for you to is just great ! Mrs F would not have done this for me :cry: :lol: :lol:

What a great little line up there and the thing is back then it was just normal ! How things have changed eh mate. So how long were you allowed to keep the tv on pause for...apart from long enough for you to get your camera and take this snap :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Hi Peter,
What a great spot by your wife. That is one fantastic vintage butcher's boy bike, I can see why she was so keen for you to see it.
Oh, you mean the Capris... :D

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F,F,F, Ford C,C, Capris Granville.
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Uninteresting fact - it was filmed in Doncaster in a hairdressers which was converted each time :-

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Now that was a great find and two capris :applaud:

Never new that Tom thought it was a normal shop
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Peter-S wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2020 8:24 pm I was a bit worried when I sat down earlier as the wife had paused an old episode of Open All Hours
I never worked out why it was called that, the hypocritical fucker spent an age god bothering at the end as he blundered around shutting the place.
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Major_Tom wrote: Sat Jan 18, 2020 1:06 pm
Peter-S wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2020 8:24 pm I was a bit worried when I sat down earlier as the wife had paused an old episode of Open All Hours
I never worked out why it was called that, the hypocritical fucker spent an age god bothering at the end as he blundered around shutting the place.
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Great picture Peter. Was watching the original ‘Gone in 60 Seconds’ last night when I spotted this mk1 sneaking an appearance behind the stolen mustang.

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Caprifan Rob wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2020 2:10 pm Great picture Peter. Was watching the original ‘Gone in 60 Seconds’ last night when I spotted this mk1 sneaking an appearance behind the stolen mustang.

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Now that is a car chase :D

Great ending too :)
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andyd wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2020 2:38 pm
Now that is a car chase :D

Great ending too :)

40+ minutes of tyre squealing & sirens :drive:
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Caprifan Rob wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2020 2:45 pm
andyd wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2020 2:38 pm
Now that is a car chase :D

Great ending too :)

40+ minutes of tyre squealing & sirens :drive:
:cheers:
They wrecked some cars making that film Rob!

Must have cost a fortune in 1974 :shock:
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andyd wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2020 3:07 pm
Caprifan Rob wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2020 2:45 pm
andyd wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2020 2:38 pm
Now that is a car chase :D

Great ending too :)

40+ minutes of tyre squealing & sirens :drive:
:cheers:
They wrecked some cars making that film Rob!

Must have cost a fortune in 1974 :shock:
:agree: Must have, a lot of nice cars disappeared making that film. What tickled me was how many spectators were lined up watching the stunts, there were so many they were in front of the cameras in some scenes. Great chase though & the car is still about & doing stunts in its smashed up state.
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Caprifan Rob wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2020 3:30 pm
andyd wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2020 3:07 pm
Caprifan Rob wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2020 2:45 pm


40+ minutes of tyre squealing & sirens :drive:
:cheers:
They wrecked some cars making that film Rob!

Must have cost a fortune in 1974 :shock:
:agree: Must have, a lot of nice cars disappeared making that film. What tickled me was how many spectators were lined up watching the stunts, there were so many they were in front of the cameras in some scenes. Great chase though & the car is still about & doing stunts in its smashed up state.
Found this online;

"Of all the films we've covered in this crossing the line series, Gone In 60 Seconds is by far the cheapest, with a budget of just $150,000 - a miniscule sum of money for a car chase flick, even by 1970s standards. But Gone In 60 Seconds also the most ambitious, with HB Halicki writing, producing and starring in this daring story about an insurance investigator who also happens to be an expert car thief. The rather thin plot sees him tasked with stealing 48 desirable vehicles in just five days - a pretext, really, for a series of spectacular car chases, culminating in a 40-minute driving sequence which still holds the record for the longest in movie history."
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andyd wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2020 4:53 pm
Found this online;

"Of all the films we've covered in this crossing the line series, Gone In 60 Seconds is by far the cheapest, with a budget of just $150,000 - a miniscule sum of money for a car chase flick, even by 1970s standards.
Must have cost more than that to fit out Arkwright’s shop ;)
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Caprifan Rob wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2020 5:04 pm
andyd wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2020 4:53 pm
Found this online;

"Of all the films we've covered in this crossing the line series, Gone In 60 Seconds is by far the cheapest, with a budget of just $150,000 - a miniscule sum of money for a car chase flick, even by 1970s standards.
Must have cost more than that to fit out Arkwright’s shop ;)
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andyd wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2020 4:53 pm The rather thin plot sees him tasked with stealing 48 desirable vehicles in just five days - a pretext, really, for a series of spectacular car chases, culminating in a 40-minute driving sequence
Who needs a plot when you've got a 40 minute driving sequence? :D
I haven't seen the film, but I'll check out the highlights on YouTube when I've got the time spare.

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I watched this a while back simply because it had a 40minute chase in it - I don't remember there even being a plot, just a lot of nice old cars screaming around :lol:
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D366Y wrote: Mon Jan 20, 2020 12:12 pm I watched this a while back simply because it had a 40minute chase in it - I don't remember there even being a plot, just a lot of nice old cars screaming around :lol:
I don't think there would have been many awards for the standard of acting :lol:

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But what about the remake?!! All the great cgi, the way it worked with the quick, jazzy camera cuts and zooming in and out to simulate actual excitement.. it just worked. Ooh, and the supporting actors were just the tops, every line of dialgue and all those little subplots and their relationshipsjust added such dynamism to the already complex story. It just worked so well. And Nicholas Cage, oh, what a memorable performance, so believeable and inspired, not at all like any of his other characters he's played. And the soundtrack....
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