Chevelles
(and
other A-bodies) in Movies and TV (1973-77) -- 80s Era Movies
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A drug dealer is seen driving a 1977
Monte Carlo, which appears under the Chicago El-Train. This takes
place during a police stakeout.
A 1973-75 Buick Century is briefly
seen as a parked car.
During the trailer park scene, a 1973
Chevelle Laguna Colonnade coupe is seen briefly, and the SWAT sequence,
where the serial killer's apartment is raided, featured a 1975 Malibu Classic
and a 1973 Monte Carlo, seen as parked cars.
A 1977 Cutlass Supreme coupe shows
up during the showdown scene, which takes place after the villain's Mercedes-Benz
was switched at a loading dock. The Cutlass is wrecked, after Mickey
Rourke kills the driver.
A 1973-77 El Camino is seen in the
high school parking lot, after Lenny (Jason Gedrick) parks his 1957 Chevrolet
ragtop.
In front of the burger joint across
the highway, where Laura Dern and her friend go there for the second time,
a 1977 Buick Regal coupe is seen, parked with other classics like a 1965
Mustang and 1957 Chevrolet. (The Regal does not belong there).
A 1977 Grand Prix is seen in a Cuban
neighborhood (an innocent bystander tries to get under the car), where
a couple of Miami P.D. cops fire at the crowd with Mossberg 12-gauge pumps.
The cops use a 1980 Malibu 9C1. After two terrorists flee in a stolen
Nissan pickup, a 1973 Cutlass S Colonnade coupe is wrecked and bashed like
a battering ram, when the Nissan jumps a curb.
One of the gang-bangers drive a 1973
Buick Century sedan, and in another scene, when Charles Bronson tosses
a gang-banger (Ricco Ross, the male lead in Whitney Houston's music video
for the song "Saving All My Love For You") the thug lands on a 1973 Monte
Carlo.
A 1977 Pontiac Grand LeMans is seen,
parked in an NYPD police impound yard.
After John Candy and Eugene Levy flee
from Michael Carlino's Beverly Hills mansion, a 1973-77 El Camino is wrecked
during the chase scene. In a later scene, where the crooked cops
spot a "decoy" armored car, a 1977 Monte Carlo is parked on the side of
the street. A 1973 Cutlass is also seen as a parked car.
A 1970-72 El Camino is seen, parked at a street corner, when
the serial killer (Brian Thompson) shoots the headlights on Cobra's 1950
Merc. The villain's car (a 1979 Plymouth Volare) ends up bashed,
like a battering ram, where the front bumper, LH fender, grille, and headlights
were beaten, and during the alley chase scene, Cobra's Merc drives over
a 1968/69 Pontiac Tempest (possibly a Pontiac Bonneville). A Ford
F250 pickup is destroyed, after Cobra fires a Jati 9mm submachine gun at
the hood.
A later scene, where the showdown takes place, a 1976/77
Malibu Classic station wagon is one of the vehicles seen at a roadblock.
The Malibu is wrecked, which is a good sight for A-car purists that love
the 1964-72 generation.
Trivial note: three cast members have a connection
with STAR
TREK. They include Andrew Robinson (DS9's
Elim Garak, as well as the Scorpio killer in Dirty Harry), Brian Thompson
(a TNG episode), and Marco Rodriguez (TNG episodes The Arsenal of Freedom
and The Wounded). More trivia can be found at this site.
Several 1973-77 A-bodies are seen during
the parking garage scene. They include a red 1974 Malibu Classic
sedan (a red sedan, which ends up with a shattered windshield), a 1973
Century, 1973 LeMans, and a 1973/74 Malibu station wagon. In a later
scene that takes place in an alley, a 1973/74 Malibu sedan is seen, beaten
and vandalized.
Trivial note: both the parking
garage and alley scenes were filmed in England.
During the construction site raid,
a 1973-77 Monte Carlo is seen, and ends up plugged with lead.
During the chase scene, an LAPD motorcycle
cop crashes his bike into the bed of a 1973-77 El Camino.
Note: a couple of Cadillacs
are abused, a 1975 Coupe De Ville (its doors are bashed off, and its grille
beater), and a mid-1980s Seville (it gets T-boned by the Coupe De Ville).
Eddie Murphy walks to an alley, where
he spots Charlotte Lewis' car (a mid-1980s Dodge Lancer). A 1973
Buick Century is seen in the background.
Lasado's (Jeroen
Krabbe, of The Living Daylights and The Fugitive (1993) fame) men use
a 1977 Vista Cruiser station wagon, and the Vista Cruiser crashes into
the hotel that Richard Gere and Kim Basinger stays at. The hotel
is the setting for the final showdown.
When Axel (Eddie Murphy) shows up at
a warehouse, where a fence is selling blank American Express credit cards,
a 1976 Monte Carlo is seen, with its LH rim missing.
Right after Jenkins (an FBI agent)
is killed, a chase scene with the Cyclone and a 1975 Vista Cruiser takes
place. During the chase, the Vista Cruiser ends up decapitated.
A 1973-77 Monte Carlo is seen as a parked car during the chase sequence.
When Sylvester Stallone's son is kidnapped
by a couple of thugs (they flee in a mid-1980s Dodge Ram pickup), one of
the thugs jump him, and he slams the thug against a 1975 Pontiac LeMans,
with a bumper jack attached. The LeMans falls off the bumper jack,
after Stallone shoves the thug.
During the chase scene, where Charlie Sheen is driving a
stolen Porsche 911 convertible, the chase scene concludes in a wrecking
yard. Several Chevelles are seen, which include a few 1973-77 A-bodies.
When Charlie Sheen ditches the Porsche, a 1968 Chevelle Malibu 4-door sedan
is seen in a stack of cars, and the stack in front had a 1974 Malibu Classic
on top of a car stack. When the shot focuses toward a police car
(a 1980s-era Dodge Diplomat), a 1970 Chevelle 4-door sedan is seen, uprooted
in a row of cars (the front end is visible).
A 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme 4-door is seen, with some
front end damage, along with a 1975 Buick Century sedan with a busted taillight.
A 1973-77 GM A-body 4-door sedan is
used as the basis for the "picture car", the 6000 SUX. The front
and rear fascia were retrofitted onto two 1973-77 GM A-body sedans.
One was blown up (during the riot scene, which occurs after the Detroit
P.D. goes on strike), and one was wrecked (during the chase scene near
an abandoned factory).
Trivial note: the scene that
takes place when a fired city employee holds the mayor of Detroit and several
city employees hostage is homage to the Dan
White incident that occured in San Francisco. The disgruntled
city employee wanted his old job back, but holds several people hostage,
instead of killing those responsible.
The villains drive a 1973 LeMans sedan.
A 1975 Malibu Classic sedan is rearended
by a mid-1970s Ford Pinto in a Manhattan traffic scene. This is where
Madonna crosses the street, in which she hijacks a limosuine. During
the limo scene, a 1977 Pontiac Grand LeMans is seen in traffic.
A 1976 Monte Carlo is one of the lowriders
that is used by a rival Latino gang.
Note: filmed in Dallas, Texas.
Before the showdown, when the binocular
lenses are seen, the front end of a 1977 Malibu Classic or El Camino
is seen, where the students crowd up the street.
A 1975 Malibu Classic 2-door is seen,
where Sidney Poitier and Tom Berenger spot the killer (Clancy Brown) and
the kidnap victim (Kirstie Alley, of Veronica's Closet and Look Who's Talking
fame).
Trivial note: directed by
Roger
Spottiswoode (Tomorrow Never
Dies).
A drive-by shooting takes place in
front of a church, and one of the vehicles hit with gunfire is a 1973 Monte
Carlo used by the Crips.
A 1977 Monte Carlo is seen at a traffic
intersection, with a "CHEVY" banner on top of the windshield. A similar
Monte Carlo is seen as a parked car, after 4 hitmen with assault rifles
fire at Steven Seagal at an intersection. In an earlier scene, a
1973-77 Cutlass Supreme coupe is seen as a parked car, during a foot pursuit
scene.
The engine block that is seized
(after a raid) is a Chevrolet 305, with C4 hidden in the cylinder bores.
During the pursuit scene (where Jan
Michael Vincent is after a hitman who kidnapped his son) involving a 1973
Chevrolet Blazer 4 x 4 and a Disco-Era Ford Granada sedan, a 1975-77 Chevrolet
Malibu sedan ends up wrecked.
Number Five (a.k.a. Johnny Five) is
seen in an alley, with a gang. A 1976/77 Cutlass Supreme coupe is
seen, vandalized with grafitti. After J-Five is repaired at a Radio
Shack, a traffic scene is depicted, and a brown 1973-77 A-body station
wagon is seen in traffic (unknown make). During the scene where Bonnie
Tyler's "Hero" is heard as background music, a 1977 Malibu Classic 2-door
drives past the construction site.
Trivial note: Don Lake (seen
as Manic Mike, the Radio Shack store manager) has a bit part in T2
as an LAPD detective that interviews Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) in the
mental institution.
The frat boys are in a 1975 Buick Century
coupe, and the car is wrecked and totaled after a "mutant" babe is in the
back seat.
Trivial note: features B-flick
actresses Linnea Quigley, Michelle Bauer, and Brinke Stevens (they often
appear in Femme Fatales Magazine).
The "picture" 1968 Chevelle hardtop
is seen racing a 1973 Grand Prix in one scene.
Several 1973-77 BOP A-bodies were seen
as picture cars. They include a couple of 1973 Centuries, a 1976/77
Regal coupe, and a 1975 LeMans. A 1973 Buick Century sedan is rammed
by a mid-1980s Cadillac limousine, and the same car is seen in front of
a beauty salon (Jami Gertz is the proprietor), where the sail panel is
shot. A 1976/77 Regal coupe is seen in traffic, where the chase scene
after the mobsters steal a Native American artifact from a museum.
In a later scene, where Keifer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips are
in a Philadelphia ghetto, a 1973 Century or Regal coupe is seen, trashed
and vandalized, when the pair walk past by.
Trivial note: features alumni
from the films Young Guns and The Lost Boys. In this film, Kiefer
Sutherland's former co-stars from The Lost Boys and Young Guns (Lou Diamond
Phillips and Jami Gertz) are seen together on screen. Lou Diamond
Phillips was in Young Guns, and the other co-star, Jami Gertz, was in The
Lost Boys. This was the first film that all three stars were in one
film together. Watch for Clark Johnson (Homicide) as a hitman and
bodyguard to the villain (Rob Knepper).
A 1977 Malibu Classic station wagon
is briefly seen, where Heather Locklear is the passenger.
A 1977 Malibu Classic 2-door is used
in this movie as the picture car.
A 1975 El Camino (the base model, which
can be noticeable after spotting the front grille) is seen at the militia
compound. The El Camino is used in the final chase scene, and plunges
into a pond. A 1976 Pontiac Grand LeMans coupe is seen, parked in
Frances Fisher's garage.
Trivial note: this film was
the first time Frances Fisher (Titanic) appeared in a Clint Eastwood film.
She would later portray the madam in Unforgiven, as well as the portrayal
of two mothers (Titanic and the Audrey Hepburn TV biopic, which stars Jennifer
Love Hewitt). The "picture" El Camino has the basic grille, common
with the base 1975-77 Chevelle with 2 headlights.
Emily Lloyd's boyfriend drives a 1977
El Camino (with 8-slot Vette rallies, rear sliding glass, a splintered
dash pad, and a sunroof?!) which is depicted as a total beater in the film.
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