Re: IML: Movie Trailer-'60 Ghia

[Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>]

the car-person associated with the film wanted a '60 Ghia explicitly but could not find one.  What you see was several 4D's cobbled together to look like a Ghia.  You'd want to look in the club Archives for the email that I sent out with the clip and full story...

 

I'm glad they didn't get their mitts on a ghia.  Who knows what mischief would have gone on behind the scenes.  They were adamant about owning it and didn't care a whit about a loaner, so, the car may be subject to the unfortunate events the title of the movie describes.

 

-Kenyon

jsadowski <jsadowski@xxxxxxx> wrote:

I think it was Kenyon that originally put the clip on the site.

Perhaps he knows if its still there? He had a little story to go along with it also.

John

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

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
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: RandalPark@xxxxxxx
> To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 6:07 PM
> Subject: Re: IML: Movie Trailer-'60 or '61 Ghia??
>
>
> 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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