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Gone in 60 Seconds

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Gone in 60 Seconds

H.B. Halicki, Marion Busia

When car nut and aspiring B movie maverick H.B. "Toby" Halicki released his debut film, he gave top billing to his car, a yellow 1973 Ford Mustang named Eleanor. That's a good indication of Halicki's ...( read more  read more... )priorities in the original car-crunching, tire-squealing drive-in classic Gone in 60 Seconds. Halicki wrote, produced, starred, and did all of his own extraordinary stunt driving in the picture, the story of a career car thief who makes a deal to steal 48 cars for an overseas smuggler. OK, it's not Shakespeare. The plot is perfunctory at best, and Halicki's all thumbs when it comes to directing his wooden cast, but he gives a crash course in the mechanics of the car-theft biz and tops it off with one of the greatest car chases of all time: a 40-minute finale that roars through five Los Angeles-basin towns and destroys 93 cars in the process. It's a masterpiece of stunt driving, down-and-dirty photography, and sharp, furious cutting; the unsung hero of the picture is editor Warner Leighton, who paces the film perfectly and never lets it stall. Forget the messy Nicolas Cage in-name-only remake, this is outlaw auto cinema at its purest. --Sean Axmaker

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  • stopitgoaway
    December 29, 2008
    stopitgoaway
    The original "Gone In 60 Seconds" will be remembered by many viewers as the best car-chase film of all time. It will also be remembered as the film that featured lots of destroyed cars in a 40 minute chase. As said in the film's IMDb trivia: "93 cars are crashed in this 97 minute...( read more) movie."

    The best part of this whole movie is the 40-minute chase scene. So many cars are crashed and destroyed during the chase, including original city police cars. What's more, the chase scene had absolutely NO special effects, meaning that all the crashes and smashes were real. Furthermore, H.B. Halicki himself wrote, directed, and starred in the movie. He even drove the "star car" (the Mustang) throughout the chase!

    My only negative comment about the film is that the beginning of the movie is very slow; so slow that you may be very eager to get to the 40-minute chase scene. However, if you have the DVD, you can just watch the film starting from the chase scene if you want to.

    Overall, this movie had an awesome chase scene. It is the best chase scene ever filmed in a movie. It has to be seen to be believed.

    P.S: This movie is much much better than the awful remake.
  • organgrinder136
    July 27, 2008
    organgrinder136
    more of a very long car chase sequence than a film... but it's entertaining! yus, that's for sure. the action is directed by and acted in by h.b. halicki. vroooom vroooom!!!!
  • AgentLexi2132
    January 1, 2008
    AgentLexi2132
    A standard original flick.
  • roygutteridge
    October 19, 2007
    roygutteridge
    he 40-minute car chase ... is one wild ride. The rest of the film, however, is sorely lacking.
  • puffchunk
    September 24, 2007
    puffchunk
    not memorable.
  • ghosttrigger
    December 29, 2009
    ghosttrigger
    Nicolas Cage was definetly fit for the role of the main Character and i thought him at times funny and the story it self was pretty decent, and so were the stunts
  • Xial
    December 20, 2009
    Xial
    Loved. LOVED the car chase.
    Was so much more thrilled with this than the Nick Cage 'reimagining' of the same movie.
  • FanboyMatt
    December 18, 2009
    FanboyMatt
    The last good movie that Nicholas Cage has been involved with.

    Whilst I am not a great fan of cars this movie had me interested from the start. There are some top performances in from Angelina Jolie and Christopher Eccleston who make this thrill ride a spectacular watch.
  • drp0304
    December 3, 2009
    drp0304
    its a good movie but it seemed like it was 3 hrs long when i watched it
  • ndog019
    November 21, 2009
    ndog019
    is this the one with Nicklos Cage?
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