ford mustang’s most memorable movie moments
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F O R D M U S T A N G ' S MOST MEMORABLE MOVIE MOMENTS
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INTRODUCTION
The Ford Mustang has been a hugely popular car over the years, and it's no surprise that it continues to find its way into a number of Hollywood productions.
In fact, the Ford Mustang has been prominently featured in over 500 films since it first hit the market in 1964. Let's take a look at the cinematic history of this classic American car.
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G O L D F I N G E R ( 1 9 6 4 )
Moviegoers first laid eyes on the Ford Mustang in the James Bond film Goldfinger.
The actress Tania Mallet was the first person to drive a Mustang on screen. She gets forced off the road after encountering the "tire slasher" on Bond's car.
Goldfinger came out in September 1964—only five months after the Mustang was introduced.
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BULLITT (1968)
Movie fans still talk about the nine-minute car chase sequence in Steve McQueen's Bullitt. That's a 1968 Mustang GT 390 Fastback that McQueen expertly steers through the streets of San Francisco in pursuit of the bad guy.
It's an amazingly realistic chase that probably had a lot to do with the decision to award Bullitt the Oscar for Best Film Editing.
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Speaking of car chases, Gone in 60 Seconds is famous for its non-stop auto action. 93 cars were wrecked during the making of the film!
The featured automobile in the film is a 1971 Ford Mustang named "Eleanor.“
The movie was remade in 2000 with Nicolas Cage in the lead.
GONE IN 60 SECONDS (1974)
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DEATH PROOF (2007)
It's not one of Quentin Tarantino's more popular films, but Death Proof has plenty of auto action for car lovers.
A vibrant yellow-and-black 1972 Ford Mustang features prominently in the second half of the movie.
A lot of dialogue in the film revolves around classic '70s car movies, including Vanishing Point and Gone in 60 Seconds.
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This sci-fi movie starred Will Smith as the last living man in New York City after a disaster has wiped out almost everyone on Earth. His only companions are his pet German Shepherd and his red-and-white Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500. What else does a man need?
The opening sequence of I Am Legend shows Smith zipping his Mustang through the vacant streets of New York.
I A M L E G E N D ( 2 0 0 7 )
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DEATH
RACE
(2008)
Starring Jason Statham, Death Race is a futuristic sci-fi film about a prison inmate forced to participate in a demolition derby-style sport in order to earn his freedom.
The car Statham drives is actually a 2006 Ford Mustang GT. Keep in mind that those flamethrowers and machine guns on the vehicle were put there just for the movie—they aren't standard Mustang features!
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NEED FOR SPEED (2014)
This movie deals with a high-stakes auto race. So what vehicle does our hero depend on to get from Point A to Point B? A custom Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500, of course.
The Mustang featured in the film was later sold at auction for $300,000.
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SOURCES
• http://mustangs.about.com/od/history/a/mustang-movies.htm
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058150/trivia
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062765/trivia
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071571/trivia
• http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_122553-Ford-Mustang-1972.html
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1028528/movieconnections
• http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_110101-Ford-Shelby-GT-500-SVT-S197-2007.html
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452608/trivia
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2369135/trivia
• http://www.gtspirit.com/2014/04/13/need-for-speed-ford-mustang-auctions-for-300000-at-barrett-jackson/
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Summary
• One of the most beloved of American cars, the Ford Mustang has played a huge role in the cinema over the past fifty years, appearing in such classic films as Goldfinger, Bullitt, I Am Legend, and many others.