Date:         Sat, 10 Feb 2001 05:07:55 -0500
Reply-To:     Chris DeLong <green536@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Chris DeLong <green536@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Busses in the Movies
Comments: To: techrat@VM.COM
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Dont forget the Iranian terrorists in "Back to the Future" operating a 70-71
with machine guns out ;-)

>
>Here are Three (count 'em, 3) "Busses in the Movies" not mentioned on
>Vanagon.Com
>
>#1) RONIN - A movie that mostly consists of car chases in the narrow
>streets
>of small towns in France, the movie's first 10 minutes however, has all the
>protagonists riding in a Bay-Window Bus right after they leave the cafe...
>
>#2) In the George Clooney film THE PEACEMAKER (1997), in the middle of the
>movie, there's a brief shot of a swat-type team pulling up to a desert camp
>in a Vanagon...
>
>#3) "Prison Heat" Yes, this is one of those R-rated women-in-prison films
>with far too many shower scenes (honest honey, I'm watching it for the
>Vanagon content!). Anyhow, the girls eventually escape the torturous prison
>in the last 15 minutes in a '86 or '87 Vanagon with a really cool front
>bumper (Projectzwo?) that allows them to crash right through several guard
>gates.
>
>And actually, I don't remember if vanagon.com lists the episode of the TV
>series "Sliders" where the heroes escape the police in a Vanagon (and the
>Police can't keep up.. oh yeah, this is Sci-fi after all!)...
>
>Oh yeah, and I can't remember if the 23-window Samba that gets completely
>flattened in "What's Up Doc"? is also listed...
>
>So maybe there's more than 3 mentions here, but it is Friday, so what the
>heck.
>
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Chris DeLong
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