View Full Version : Slightly O/T - car movies on TCM tonight


Marty
05-08-2008, 08:05 PM
Check out Turner Classic Movies tonight!!
Gran Prix
Green Helmet
To Please a Lady
Corvette Summer
Marty

gear buster
05-08-2008, 08:29 PM
Time for the popcorn...:thumbsup:
Watched one about a moonshiner earlier..

Bout time they put on the good ones...

Wingless Wonder
05-10-2008, 11:55 AM
Grand Prix is definitely a classic! I'll have to flip on the DVD... the disc is already in.:thumbsup:

videojimmy
05-15-2008, 03:37 PM
I saw TCM that night. Every once in a while they'll have race night themes.
I saw "the BIG WHEEL" with Mickey Rooney last time.. and some Pat O'Brien race movie called "Indianapolis" or something like that... both were form the late 30's or early 40's.
Fun to watch!

I love Grand Prix. Jessica Walters is real dish in that one

Paul Newman's "Winning" also a good movie.

Slott V
05-15-2008, 04:36 PM
I believe there is a slot car track in Grand Prix. That movie is filled with famous actors and drivers.

http://www.planetofspeed.com/galleries/nostalgia/ads/GrandPrixAdLARGE.jpg

Slott V
05-15-2008, 04:38 PM
Jessica Walters is real dish in that one
Ya but she creeps me out after seeing "Play Misty For Me". :(

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b1/PlayMistyforMeshot.jpg

videojimmy
05-15-2008, 05:27 PM
The ultimate slot car movie is an Anthony Hopkins film from 1992 called "The Efficiency Expert" ... it's about this this guy who comes to a company town in Austrialia to revamp their processes... and the main event in the town is the Saturday night slot car races.... Netflix has it. They show one race scene that must run about 15 mins.


here's a link to some Grand Prix DVD site....http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.putgrandprixondvd.com/graphics/AronPat.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.putgrandprixondvd.com/defaultorig.asp&h=216&w=281&sz=20&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=qIQfCZSHHII-iM:&tbnh=88&tbnw=114&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djessica%2Bwalters%2BGrand%2Bprix%26um %3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG