Showing posts with label 1983. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1983. Show all posts

Friday, March 15, 2013

Iconic Movie Cars 10

Iconic Movie Cars 10


'Risky Business' - 1981 Porsche 928

"Risky Business" is the 1983 teen comedy that made Tom Cruise a star. He plays a suburban Chicago teenager left home alone by his parents for the weekend, with explicit instructions to keep his hands off of the stereo and off of his father's 1981 Porsche 928. Neither instruction is heeded, and the fun begins.

Six Porsches were used in filming, and in 2007 a fan of the movie, Lewis Johnson, told the Porsche enthusiast publication Excellence the story of his decade-long quest to acquire one. After much legwork, he was able to track down a 1979 model used in some wide shots, which he donated to the Forney Museum of Transportation. "I realized that what I was really chasing was an illusion," he told the magazine. "And you can't drive one of those home and park it in your garage."

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Sunday, March 10, 2013

Iconic Movie Cars 05

Iconic Movie Cars 05


'Christine' - 1958 Plymouth Fury

The 1983 horror film "Christine" is about a possessed 1958 Plymouth Fury that goes on a killing spree. According to BoxOfficeMojo.com, the movie debuted at No. 4, just behind "Terms of Endearment," and took in a total domestic gross of only $21 million.

Despite the tepid box office performance, the story and the car are still memorable. Considering that this car was manufactured in a limited run of just over 5,000 units, that's an impressive achievement.

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Sunday, August 28, 2005

AFI #061 Al Pacino as Tony Montana from Scarface (1983)

Tony Montana: You little cockroaches... come on. You wanna play games? Okay, I'll play with you. You wanna play rough? Okay! Say 'hello' to my little friend!

- Al Pacino as Tony Montana from Scarface (1983)

The bolded line is ranked #61 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.