Showing posts with label 1980. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1980. Show all posts

Monday, March 11, 2013

Iconic Movie Cars 06

Iconic Movie Cars 06


'Blues Brothers' - 1974 Dodge Monaco

The 1980 film "The Blues Brothers" tells the story of Jake and Ellwood Blues, musicians who put their old band back together to make money to keep the orphanage where they grew up open. The vehicle they use is a 1974 Dodge Monaco that was once a police cruiser, and it attracts the ire of state troopers, a country and western band, Illinois Nazis and the entire Chicago Police Department.

It's in no sense a classic car, and unless one were customized to look like a disused police cruiser, it is unlikely that anyone would notice the car if they saw it on the street. However, in its incarnation as The Bluesmobile, it is one of the most iconic cars in cinema history.

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Sunday, August 21, 2005

AFI #068 Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance from The Shining (1980)

Jack Torrance: Here's Johnny!

- Jack Torrance by Jack Nicholson from The Shining (1980)

The bolded line is ranked #68 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

AFI #079 Ted Striker and Dr. Rumack from Airplane! (1980)

Striker: The stewardess told me that the pilot needed help...[Notices that only the autopilot is flying the plane] BOTH pilots?!
Rumack: Can you fly this plane and land it?
Striker: Surely you can't be serious.
Rumack: I am serious...and don't call me Shirley.

- Robert Hays as Ted Striker and Leslie Nielsen as Dr. Rumack from Airplane! (1980)

This next exchange is ranked #79 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.