Re: IML: Movie Trailer-'60 or '61 Ghia??

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

I hope so...it was too quick for me to really tell. I think it is weird that they would care to (or even want to) make it look like a Ghia. Given the content of the film, any old Imperial would play the part just fine without a disguise. 

Paul

In an email dated Sun, 28 11 2004 1:36:41 am GMT, "jsadowski" <jsadowski@xxxxxxx> writes:

>The car in the movie is NOT a Ghia. The movie clip was on here a while ago. When you stop it close to the car, you can clearly see the car has been mocked up to resemble a Ghia for a blink of the eye.
>John
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> ?Caught that on TV. Not sure what the deal is. Do they actually wreck it? Even if it is a "dog" I can't believe that they would sacrifice that rare of a car for a movie. There were only about 19 of those, 9 '60s and 10 registered as '61s.
>
> ?Paul
>
> ?In an email dated Sat, 27 11 2004 2:11:35 am GMT, "Eric" <gearhead@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> ?>The car on the RR tracks on the new movie coming out looks to be a '60 Crown
> ?>Imperial Ghia Limo with some blacked out chrome trim around the greenhouse
> ?>of the car, ala Hollywood's typical cure for brightwork reflection of the
> ?>lighting equipment used in filming. Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate
> ?>Events
> ?>is the name of the film. To see the car, carefully watch the trailer found
> ?>in this link,
> ?>http://www.dreamworksfansite.com/unfortunateevents/downloads.php
> ?>I'm glad they include it in the trailer, its doesn't look like a movie that
> ?>I'd pay to watch otherwise. Now, if they made a movie "about" '60 Crown
> ?>Imperials, I'd queue up in a flash.
> ?>
> ?>Eric
> ?>Portland, Oregon
> ?>*********************************************************
> ?>Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 11:56:12 -0500
> ?>From: JosephStil@xxxxxxx
> ?>Subject: Re: IML: 59 Imp in Secondhand Lions
> ?>Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ?>List:
> ?>
> ?>In a related matter, has anyone seen the trailers for the movie, "A Series
> ?>of Unfortunate Events?" It is based on the Lemony Snicket series of books.
> ?>
> ?>Anyway, in one of the trailer scenes Count Olaf is stranded on a set of
> ?>train tracks in what appears to be a 1960 or a 1961 Imperial. It looks to
> ?>have been "altered" so I can't tell if it is a LeBaron or a Crown or just
> ?>what it is.
> ?>
> ?>Has anyone else seen the trailers? Is the car owned by someone on the list
> ?>in Southern California?
> ?>
> ?>Joe
> ?>'61 Crown Southampton
> ?>
> ?>
> ?>
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