Leon Guyot wrote:
>Do you remember the Aston Martin DB Convertible pushed of the cliff by
the
>'Mafia' at the very beginning of the Film 'The Italian Job' ? Well,it
was
>totally destroyed as you might expect,but did you know that they had
to do it
>with two seperate Astons before they got it to fall as they wished? It
is
>worth noting that the present day value of those two cars far exceeds
the
>entire budget for that (otherwise excellent) film.
>(in those days they used real cars not mock-ups)
Leon,
"The Italian Job" also trashed a Lamborghini Miura, but that car
was a mockup. The film's budget could not extend that far. As an aside,
a contemporary film "The Battle of Britain" trashed most of the remaining
flying Spitfires and Hurricanes. Sigh. The things the moron execs in
"Hollywood" do for a buck. Whos up for a film about the destruction
of the film industry? =80
Shane Ingate in San Diego
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