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Re: The Junkman

To: bricklin@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: The Junkman
From: GLCurley@aol.com
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 20:03:20 EST
In a message dated 2/12/2002 12:40:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
jblair@exis.net writes:

>He made 1 more, that is supposedly 
>mostly clippings from the other 2 movies.

That must have been "Deadline Auto Theft" (1983).  I actually rented it at 
Blockbuster (There was a Bricklin on the box, lol) and had not seen the other 
two films.  Here is what one reviewer said:

> This is not a sequel to "Gone in 60 seconds". It is actually the same old 
> 1974 film with new scenes inserted (apparently filmed at the same time as 
> "The Junkman"). This sometimes look a bit strange, since some of the 1974 
> footage is rather scratched. What I find most curious about this film is 
> that I have never found it in any movie encyclopedia. Not even Leonard 
> Maltin mentions this alternate version in his review of the original Gone 
> in 60 Seconds.
> 
> 
    
George

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