THE CAR

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'''The Car''' is a 1977 thriller/horror film directed by Elliot Silverstein and written by Michael Butler and Dennis Shryack. It starred James Brolin, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley, and Ronny Cox. The story is about a mysterious car driven by a murderous, unseen driver.
The movie was produced and distributed by Universal Studios, and was influenced by numerous "road movies" of the 1970's including Steven Spielberg's 1971 thriller ''Duel'' and Roger Corman's ''Death Race 2000'' (from 1975). It has also been compared to Spielberg's ''Jaws'', with a car replacing the shark. The film is memorable for its sound effects including the terrifying horn blast the car makes before claiming a victim.
'Taglines:'

★ "Is it a phantom, a demon, or the Devil himself?"

★ "What evil drives... The Car"

Contents

Plot summary

Main cast

Trivia

External links

Plot summary

A small Utah community is terrorized by a phantom black sedan that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. The main character, Sheriff Wade Parent (James Brolin), is on a mission to stop the car which seems to have a demonic driver. The police officers chase the automobile down highways throughout the desert, but it destroys several squad cars before injuring Wade and then mysteriously disappears.
The hunt for the car becomes a personal vendetta when the automobile eliminates Wade's girlfriend Lauren (Kathleen Lloyd) in a shocking sequence. Gathering his remaining officers, Wade concocts a plan to stop the horsepower-laden menace, but after discovering it hiding in his own garage, Wade is forced to lure the car into a mountainous canyon area. A final confrontation settles the score and reveals the driver's frightening identity.

Main cast

★ James Brolin - Wade Parent

★ Kathleen Lloyd - Lauren

★ John Marley - Everett

★ R.G. Armstrong - Amos Clemens

★ John Rubinstein - John Morris

★ Kim Richards - Lynn Marie Parent

★ Kyle Richards - Debbie Parent

★ Doris Dowling - Bertha Clemens

★ Ronny Cox - Luke

Trivia

★ The evil car in the film was a customized 1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III designed by famed customizer George Barris who designed the The Munsters' Munster Koach and the Batmobile used in the 1966 television series ''Batman''.

★ There were six cars built in six weeks for the filming and all were destroyed during production. Supposedly, a seventh car was built later and displayed for a time at Universal Studios but was eventually given back to Barris who later sold it to a private collector in the 1980s.

★ The Ertl Company made a limited edition die cast model of "The Car".

★ In an episode of the animated series ''Futurama'', Bender is run over by a strange car that infects him with a virus. This causes him to turn into a "werecar" that looks exactly like "The Car."

External links

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