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Mr. Coppola has long been notorious for sets the size of cities and gear that takes an endless parade of tractor-trailers to move around, but all that has changed with the making of his latest film, "Youth Without Youth." All the stuff- cameras, dollies, whatever- gets crammed into one of the few bright spots from the failed Daimler-Chrysler marriage: a Dodge Sprinter van. [San Francisco Chronicle]
Francis Ford Coppola Builds Studio Into Dodge Sprinter
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3:00 PM on Mon Dec 17 2007
By Murilee Martin
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Dodge Sprinter?
The Horror... THE HORROR!
Probably still uses a Class 8 Freightliner to carry lunch...
@Rust-MyEnemy:
No way my friend. The studio I used to work for had a long wheelbase one ton Sprinter with the extended roof and a Benz diesel in it. It was the perfect grip vehicle. Relatively comfortable on the long haul, miserly with the fuel, and had an incredibly small turning radius. It was, quite possibly, the perfect grip vehicle.
@BSAKat: OK then,
Dodge Sprinter?
The Wonderful... THE WONDERFUL
Our parts service had a Sprinter. It was actually pretty good. Only thing they really disliked about it was that the dashboard would tend to disintegrate.
And the fact it had a Mercedes badge and we were a BMW dealership....
It's much more mundane than a rolling studio.
To prevent ransacking his office, he's just making his stuff easier to steal: [news.bbc.co.uk]
"Take my films, please!"
call me crazy, but i'd make off with his daughter (yes, Sophia of GFIII death scene fame) and any french hatchback.
but i'm easy.
The back of a Ford Transit van would be better.
About Schmidt II: Nurburgring Boogaloo
It's sold as a Mercedes in the UK and possibly the rest of Europe.
Love that van. I think that the fuel economy & exterior dimensions make it the best city delivery truck on the road in the US. Probably make for a brilliant RV w/ the high roof option.
Curious to see if it ends up at Mercedes dealerships now that the happy couple is no more.
Yeah, when I see a box on wheels, a breadtruck looking vehicle, bookmobile--the first word I think of is "Sprinter."
@rexplex: Would anyone like my input. I used to represent these before I went to work for Nissan Diesel America. These are great vehicles, and are currently being marketed at Dodge, AND Freightliner Dealers. Freightliner is owned by Daimler Commercial Vehicles. Freightliner has in it's current portfolio Freightliner Trucks, Sterling Trucks, Western Stat Trucks, Kassboher Buses, Mitsubishi Fuso Trucks, and Thomas School Bus. The sold off the American LaFrance Firetruck Division last year to purchase Mitsubishi Fuso. The Sprinter will continue to be marketed by Freightliner in this country when Dodge loses them in 5 years.
Wouldn't trade mine for anything!
THere's a shipload of these things making deliveries around my small town, all with the Dodge Ram on the hood.
Big deal, I keep my recording studio on my 7-year-old iMac.
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