I would not be surprised if Topgear's Jeremy Clarkson was an investor in the movie.
R/ Howard -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Davies Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 5:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Spits] A movie NOT for Triumph fans - > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Richard Gosling > > Secondly, I'm guessing (and hoping) that the movie company aren't > interested > in burning money for no good reason, and won't have spent #6,000 or more > on > a decent Stag only to go and wreck it. While I can't comment on this particular case, every so often I get contacted by film and television companies looking for this kind of "prop". Their requirements are usually pretty simple - any state as long as it's an identifiable rolling shell with most of the external trim. They don't even want a cosmetically pretty vehicle, they have people on payroll to deal with this kind of prettying up - why pay for someone else to do it? Bearing in mind how cheap and plentiful rotten Stags are here in the UK, at worst this one might have been a restorable project, more likely it was rotten as a pear! Requirements are of course different when cars play a significant part in the action. Any Jaguar lover who has seen what was done the Mk2s used in the filming of Mona Lisa will know what I mean! If you really want to worry about what is done to decent classic cars in the name of entertainment, Top Gear will be a good starting point. They have the opposite philosophy - start with a good car and make it look bad.... then destroy it. Cheers, Bill. [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
