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03/30/09
1. 13 years ago, David Cronenberg wrote a script called "Red Cars" that is the story of Ferrari's 1961 F1 season. Cronenberg is a true believer, and if you've seen "Videodrome" or "Crash," you'll know that if his project ever sees the light of day (unlikely) it won't be your typical car-exploitation pic. (Here's some info:
[www.redcars.it]
2. Tobey McGuire? Strange choice. Here's my suggestion: Eric Bana. Good actor, even looks a little like Phil Hill (in the eyes), and a true car guy. He just directed a documentary called "Love The Beast" about his obsession with his first car, a '74 Ford Falcon which he restored, raced, and crashed in the Targa Tasmania.
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'The Spiderman star will not only act, he will also be producing the film under Maguire Entertainment.'
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I wonder if he's spoken to Patrick Dempsey (aka the closest thing we have to a McQueen or Newman right now) about the project. If he hasn't, he probably should, because whatever McDreamy lacks in skills behind the wheel, he purportedly more than makes up for in knowledge and enthusiasm.
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He'd better.
Also, apropos of nothing: obligatory mention of HE'S ON FYAHH! Whew. Sorry, Needed that.
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with talent? Oh no, that would be too hard. It's all
about selling the movie based on the actor's name, and having nothing to do with having a good story line.
It seems that just about how all movies are any more.
Crap story line+high tech effects+no talent actor=
big ticket sales. Run to the movies you stupid sheep.
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On the other hand, Phil Hill was the sort of man we never seem to see in Hollywood anymore. Even if he didn't have Jean Behra's daredevil tendencies or Count Von Trips's aristocratic swagger, he had passion. Phil Hill was a man who sat in a tiny aluminum missile on skinny tires and put his life on the line every weekend because he loved to drive fast. In the early '50s, he developed ulcers from the stress of racing and retired. Then he came back, because he couldn't imagine life without racing. He watched his friends and colleagues die in crashes, and he still raced because he loved racing. We don't see that sort of attitude in our modern society, even in racing drivers. The only actors who I can think of who might have been able to capture that kind of passion are Steve McQueen and Paul Newman-- and it's no coincidence that they both raced in real life.
I'll keep an open mind about this movie. If they can do justice to the drama of the duel between Hill and Von Trips, they'll have a hell of a story. But if they try too hard, or try to modernize the story somehow, it will just be another sad reminder of what we've all lost since men like Phil Hill and Stirling Moss ruled the racetrack.
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But this had better be good. Hill was one of my mom's crush objects, so I have a big emotional stake in this film.
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Ask most of the guys in the safety meeting in that movie how they feel about "that sort of attitude." Oh, sorry, you can't ask most of them. I guess you'll have to ask their widows and children who grew up and grew old without them.
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////Threadjack
What the heck should I offer for this, it fell in my lap and they where going to "just get rid of it"
1961 Impala, four door, straight six, auto on the tree, bench seats, interior in good shape. I'm thinking summer hoon car for parts runs and stuff at the shop. Always need another project. Or some other cool idea.
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Doesn't run, hasn't in 20 some years. Will need brakes all the way around, some transmission attention and some help in the engine, which still turns over. Tires, battery and fluids across the board and some seals here and there I bet.
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And it's a '62, by the way.
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But if I hear one over played sound effect throughout this entire movie (even if it's a sex scene) I will amputate myself in the theater.
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IMG src="http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2007/04/26/spiderman-web.jpg"
To playing Phil Hill.
IMG src="http://www.automoblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/phil-hill.jpg"
To me, it seems like they could have got someone better.
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IMG src="http://media.mlgpro.com/site/images/features/spiderman_7.jpg"
To this:
IMG src="http://static.blogo.it/motorsportblog/PhilHillNurburgring1961Ferrari....jpg" Makes Sense.
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