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vickie Seriously Crusin Dubber

190 posts · joined Oct 2005 ·

#666938
There is a 70's squareback starring with russell crowe in American gangster... great to see......

even if it is a 70's model which is first shown in the movie during a 1969 shot.......

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#667010
that seems to be the problem...

No one in the film industries knows the date of VWs...

In a movie which was supposed to be in the early 50s in germany they showed a beetle with towel rail bumpers..

not sure if it was Walk the line [Johnny Cash] or an Elvis movie... lol


although the silliest thing was in STOCKINGER - the Austrian police show on SBS where He drove a late model type 3 variant.. and didn;t know where the engine was ??
and He was a detective... lol

Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#667030
One that I remember along those lines was The Rutles - All You Need Is Cash, the Beatles send-up movie made by ex-Python Eric Idle:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077147/

Fantastic film if you're a Beatles fan. It was made in 1978, but was sent in the Beatles' era, 1963-1970. In the early 'Beatlemania' scenes, 1963 or so, you can see a Mk 1 Golf in the background.

byronmcmanus59 Seriously Crusin Dubber

199 posts · joined Apr 2008 ·

#667071
also theres a 70's square in weirs "witness" bout some bent cops and amish people.. ahah we studied it in english.

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#667135
its only the vw nuts that notice that sort of thing which is a small portion of the audience so producers dont care
always makes me laugh tho, there was an add on a few years ago i cant even remember now what for but this guys girlfreind is leaving him and it shows her chucking here luggage into the engine bay of a blue KG cabrio
or the one that makes me laugh every saturday is the red Lbug on the front of the checkoutclassifieds listed as a 1960 beetle 😂

Brissybug Learner Dubber

8 posts · joined Aug 2008 ·

#667579
I agree, like Vickie says its great to see......

I saw the movie to... the squareback gets a lots of screen time.....

LukeV85 P Master

154 posts · joined Sep 2007 ·

#667582
trust vee dub addicts to notice this hahaha
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Notch Nut Custom Title Time!

1,011 posts · joined Apr 2006 ·

#667587
On a different note with out of date styling, have a watch of the first ALIEN movie. How freakin 80's do those guys dress for something set eons into the future!!😏
If you can't fix it with a hammer,
you have an electrical problem....

AnnaBee Casual Dubber

44 posts · joined Sep 2008 ·

#667710
Take comfort in the fact that most things on tv / in movies is incorrect, you just notice the stuff that you're interested in! TV research is very patchy, and often they don't even consult someone who knows the subject, they just make it look how they want to.

Hmmm, shall I look for tv work over here, or perhaps I should try something else, am not sounding too impressed with it all am I?! 🙄
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