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Pagodas in the movies
« on: October 13, 2004, 09:06:39 »
We watched an excellent movie last night on rented video, "The Unfaithful Wife (La femme infidele)", directed by Claude Chabrol. The movie was made in 1968, and is French with subtitles. The protagonist's mother, near the beginning of the movie, leaves his house in her white Pagoda, top down. I would recommend the movie without the car, but it is a nice addition.
Maybe if the wife had the car instead of the mother, there'd be no need to make the movie!
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Re: Pagodas in the movies
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2004, 15:28:44 »
Another good movie is The Life and Death of Peter Sellers. We just watched it last night. Great if you like classic British cars. Of course the higlight of the film is when Brit Ekland's character makes a very dramatic exit in a silver Pagoda. A nice Teutonic touch considering she had the choice of an E type Jag and a Bentley.

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Re: Pagodas in the movies
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2004, 12:25:46 »
- Another film with great footage of a blue 230 SL is: "Knocking on heaven's door", a 1997 German film with Til Schweiger. More info: http://www.moviemaze.de/filme/232.html

- And short but nice footage of a silver 250 SL in "Killing me softly", with Heather Graham and Joseph Fiennes...

- "10", the film with Bo Derek also has some footage of a W113...

- "Tiempos mejores", an Spanish film from 1994 (with Arturo Fernández and Toni Cantó), has some scenes with... my red 230 SL! Previous owner rented the car to the producer!

- More movies with Pagoda here: http://www.hampstead.com.au/mb/Reviews-W113.html

- Any other?

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Re: Pagodas in the movies
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2004, 12:48:27 »
I remember reading somewhere that Sellers bought a Ferrari 500 Super America as a gift for Ms. Ecklund, but ended up keeping it for himself.

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Re: Pagodas in the movies
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2004, 00:12:47 »
Just spotted a 113 in the movie Body Double. It's in the car wreck scene near the end. It'snot in the wreck, just waiting at the scene.

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« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2005, 09:36:19 »
My wife saw an ad for the The Laughing Policeman and thought there was a Pagoda in it.  We saw the movie last night, and sure enough she was right, there is even a brief chase scene involving said Pagoda (white with white hardtop).  Lots of tire squealing and vrooming, it sounded pretty good!

It's not a great movie, but is tolerable.  Made in 1973, crazed killer/good cop seeking redemption for past failure/bad cop genre.  I think I also spotted the rear end of a 190 SL in the distant background of one shot.

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Re: Pagodas in the movies
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2007, 16:13:38 »
The wife and I saw "Jack of Diamonds" on Turner Classic Movies the other night. It was made in 1967 and starred George Hamilton and Joseph Cotten. It was probably near the end of the movie careers of both actors, and while Cotten looked bored and bemused, Hamilton looked positively pale. He was smart to divert his savings from acting lessons to tanning ointments, to be sure.
This was the first time the movie has been shown on tv, and it will probably be the last.
George and Joseph were living in Europe and drove to Switzerland, to ski, in a Mercedes sedan, and I thought to myself "Wouldn't it be wonderful to see a 113 with a ski rack in a movie?" Such was not to be in this movie, alas. Later in the movie, though, George must make a run to the airport, and he ends up driving his other car, a red 113. The model plate was never displayed, so I don't know the model. I did notice, though, that the antenna did not descend when the car was turned off, and thought that strange.
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Re: Pagodas in the movies
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2007, 17:29:13 »
My wife & I saw it, too, and it wasn't so bad!  Just not in the same league as The Italian Job or It Takes A Thief...  The red 230/250SL shows up near the end of the show also, in caravan with the sedan, after the whole gang returns all the stolen goods and heads off into the sunset.

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Re: Pagodas in the movies
« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2007, 10:13:37 »
"The Intersection" for Richard Gere also has one on a skid at the start at the movie and inside and at the finish. It is very sad movie for car and him. I cry for him.
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Re: Pagodas in the movies
« Reply #9 on: April 04, 2007, 10:33:20 »
I think there is at least one other thread about Pagodas in movies.  Anyway, in the 1966 classic Gran Prix there is a Pagoda in the background in one scene. In the movie Hopscotch, Glenda Jackson drives a red one around Salzberg.

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Re: Pagodas in the movies
« Reply #10 on: April 04, 2007, 11:12:46 »
Go to the search page, and use "movie" in the search field and limit the search to General Discussion, and title only, and you will get a handful of hits. The one with the most is "Pagoda Movie Siting".

There is also a searchable data base, www.imcdb.org (imcdb = internet movie car data base).

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Re: Pagodas in the movies
« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2007, 10:30:52 »
quote:
Originally posted by Joe

I did notice, though, that the antenna did not descend when the car was turned off, and thought that strange.
Many Pagodas have a manually operated antenna.

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Re: Pagodas in the movies
« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2007, 15:38:01 »
Another "famous" french movie is featuring a pagoda : "Les demoiselles de Rochefort", a film by Jacques Demy, in which you would also find George Chakiris, Gene Kelly, and, of course, Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac...
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Re: Pagodas in the movies
« Reply #13 on: April 15, 2007, 21:14:33 »
The movie Hoax with Richard Gere has a blue w113 in the begining when he is picking up his 220SE convetible at the dealer. I think the 220Se is a 67' anybody else know for sure. It is one sweet ride, he drives it throughout the movie.

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Re: Pagodas in the movies
« Reply #14 on: April 16, 2007, 09:47:58 »
The recent film The Last King of Scotland, starring Forrest Whittaker features a pagoda given as a gift from dictator Idi Amin (Whittaker) to his doctor. The car is in a number of scenes.

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Re: Pagodas in the movies
« Reply #15 on: April 16, 2007, 15:23:26 »
quote:
Originally posted by veronique

"The Intersection" for Richard Gere also has one on a skid at the start at the movie and inside and at the finish. It is very sad movie for car and him. I cry for him.



Yes the destruction of that car was very sad.  I did enjoy watching the spirited driving and the rev counter in action.
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Re: Pagodas in the movies
« Reply #16 on: April 23, 2007, 07:33:59 »
There is also a Pagoda prominently featured in 2004's 'A Door in the Floor' starring Jeff Bridges and Kim Bassinger. The 280 sl appears in a number of scenes being driven by Kim Bassinger. The Film is based on the novel 'A Widow for One Year' by John Irving.


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Re: Pagodas in the movies
« Reply #17 on: May 01, 2007, 20:13:37 »
What movie was it that Alex Karras lifted a Pagoda-a 230SL ??  Think it is so old, it was black and white.

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Re: Pagodas in the movies
« Reply #18 on: November 08, 2007, 16:38:05 »
Just viewed the movie "Romance" a 1999 French film with a very nice white W113, with a jump seat. I'm not sure of the exact model, Caroline Ducey, the female lead kind of stole the show. It's French with English subtitles. She cruises around Paris in it quite often in the movie.

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Re: Pagodas in the movies
« Reply #19 on: November 08, 2007, 17:23:43 »
there is a great pagoda in "Wah Wah"
it is the movie about Richard E Grant's childhood in Swaziland in the 60's.
 the best part is how much joy the characters exhibit about driving it.

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