Talk:Gone in 60 Seconds (1974 film)

Needs to have the grammar and spelling cleaned up and the cast list condensed with a table of only the main characters. Who wants to know the identity of the person who played "Policeman"? hitman012 19:12, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Update: I have cleaned up the "Plot" section and a friend is in the process of writing new material. I aim to condense the cast section into the main characters soon and will subsequently remove the cleanup tag once this is completed. hitman012 19:12, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

As for merging this article, I think it is a tough chore because In the 2000 remake of this film, there was a car named "Eleanor" as well; however the Eleanor from the new version was a 1968 silver and blue Shelby, I think. Definitely not a 1973 yellow Mach 1. Slickshoes3234 11:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

how....
did they possibly get away with speeding in real traffic?

Merge tag
It should have the same treatment as the Shelby had in Gone in 60 seconds in 2000 (see Shelby_Mustang). The information should be merged from 1973 Ford Mustang Mach 1 - Eleanor into Gone in 60 Seconds (1974 film) & in the section Ford_Mustang_Mach_1. Plus it is not linked to and it isn't that notable. Lincher 17:46, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Halicki-Bashing v. Halicki-Gushing
Although the original version of the film had a different music score, the reissue in 2000 and 2004 contained the nonoriginal score which could be deemed as if George Lucas reissued the original Star Wars trilogy with altered scenes and/or additional scenes not seen from the initial release. There should have been a reissue with 2 versions of the original Gone in 60 Seconds.

Pop Culture reference
There should be a pop-culture reference, as it is not uncommon to hear people talk about a particular favourite car with phrases like, "My Eleanor" or "My unicorn", which almost certainly originated with this film (or possibly with the remake, but who knows). Does anyone else concur? It looks like it might be difficult to find web references for this particular expression. Jpipkin42000 22:20, 22 March 2007 (UTC)


 * If you can find a verifiable source for them being common expressions and originating with the film, fine; I've never heard or read the phrases... --Mel Etitis ( Talk ) 22:30, 22 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, there are links like the following, I'm just not sure how well they work in the wiki context:

http://www.ratemyride.com/profile.php?uid=982 http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2392026 http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=140671 http://bigcoupe.com/members/DC http://www.sounddomain.com/ride/744463 http://www.ratemyride.com/profile.php?uid=3477


 * and to directly reference Gone in Sixty Seconds:

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/showpost.php?s=b2f09b134e53f2070c9ee0ac7c9df701&p=316072&postcount=56 http://www.ciao.co.uk/Alfa_GTV_3_0_L__Review_5544614
 * Jpipkin42000 23:01, 22 March 2007 (UTC)


 * In reference, my first google-hack was: "my eleanor" -mustang
 * My second was: "my eleanor" -mustang +gone +seconds —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jpipkin42000 (talk • contribs) 23:06, 22 March 2007 (UTC).
 * Jpipkin42000 23:07, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Re. the "Production" section
I'm a bit underwhelmed by the first two sentences of the "Production" section, that read: "Gone in 60 Seconds was classified as an independent film — H. B. Halicki wrote, starred, directed, produced and even did his own stuntwork in the film, which, at the time, was phenomenal. In a contemporary context, however, the portions of the film preceding the chase sequences are seen as typical of a badly acted 1970s movie. "

There are some strange suggestions made here:
 * 1) It used to be phenomenal that one person wrote, starred, directed, produced and did the stunts for a movie, but now it is not anymore;
 * 2) From a current perspective, the acting is bad. Inference: current acting is better than acting 40 years ago;
 * 3) There is a genre called "1970s movies", which suggests that they have more in common than just having produced in the 70s.

Not to mention the weasel wordings: "[the film] was classified as an independent film" and "[the first scenes of the film] are seen as typical of a [...] 1970s movie".

I would suggest a re-write of this section; I'd do it myself but I have not seen this film, I have no knowledge of film studies or anything related and I don't really know my way around 1970's USA either.

82.95.90.204 (talk) 14:46, 3 October 2012 (UTC)


 * The "Production" section lacks references in its entirety. I'm not surprised that it has these issues. The article has not gotten much attention from anyone, unfortunately. If you want to rewrite it, you could search on Google Books Search and include results such as these. Erik (talk &#124; contribs) 14:53, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Eleanor60
Would someone kindly inform user Eleanor60 that their non-encyclopedic edits are making it very difficult to manage this page? Cudak888 (talk) 19:25, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

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