A small desert town is terrorized by a powerful, seemingly possessed car, and the local sheriff may be the only one who can stop it.A small desert town is terrorized by a powerful, seemingly possessed car, and the local sheriff may be the only one who can stop it.A small desert town is terrorized by a powerful, seemingly possessed car, and the local sheriff may be the only one who can stop it.
R.G. Armstrong
- Amos Clements
- (as R. G. Armstrong)
Ernie F. Orsatti
- Dalton
- (as Ernie Orsatti)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaCar cost $84,000.00 to build.
- GoofsDuring the final chase on the motorbike, it alternates from night / day.
- Quotes
Amos Clements: [complaining about Morris' french horn] And if I hear another sound out of that thing, I'll ram it so far up your ass, you'll be farting music for a year.
John Morris: [thoughtfully considering the idea] Wouldn't that be fantastic? Farting music. For a year!
- Crazy creditsThe Car's horn blows at the beginning and the end of the ending credits.
- Alternate versionsThe NBC edited for TV version of this film includes some additional scenes to pad out the movie due to needed commercial breaks. The aforementioned additional scenes were during the cemetery standoff between the school band and the Car. The part where Lauren is insulting and taunting the Car is longer and there is a short dialog between her and her friend Margie planning on how one of them will run out and escape to call for help. These are not on the official 1999 DVD/VHS release.
- ConnectionsEdited into Knight Rider: Trust Doesn't Rust (1982)
- SoundtracksDies Irae, Dies Illa
(uncredited)
Traditional, thought to be written by Thomas of Celano
[Instrumental version played over the opening title card and credits]
Featured review
What is the car? It's a Barris.
Designed for the movie "The Car" starring James Brolin. Made from a 1971 Lincoln. Fenders were 20 gauge steel shaped over the original body. The grill was hand made from square steel tubing. 4 bumpers made from heavy 18 gauge steel. Seven inch single headlights sunk behind the grill and fender. Body was raised to upper doorline. Four radius wheel wells around a six inch reverse deep chrome wheels and Goodrich tires.
Top was chopped 4 inches with all black transparent windows. Full body roll bars installed over and around stunt driver. A steel tube canon was installed on passenger side which had a telephone pole inside and steel cap which housed dynamite and black powder. When the stunt man rolled the car he would trigger the tube telephone pole by igniting the dynamite which drove the pole into the ground and roll the car 5 times. Finished with 20 coats of black pearl lacquer. A total of four were made.
I love this particular custom. Its looks mean and growls nicely. Too bad i can't afford it.
Top was chopped 4 inches with all black transparent windows. Full body roll bars installed over and around stunt driver. A steel tube canon was installed on passenger side which had a telephone pole inside and steel cap which housed dynamite and black powder. When the stunt man rolled the car he would trigger the tube telephone pole by igniting the dynamite which drove the pole into the ground and roll the car 5 times. Finished with 20 coats of black pearl lacquer. A total of four were made.
I love this particular custom. Its looks mean and growls nicely. Too bad i can't afford it.
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- willybgood
- Oct 10, 2003
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- DeathMobile
- Filming locations
- Snow Canyon, Utah, USA(Carter's Road)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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