Olds in Burt Reynolds movie
September 9th, 2009, 08:37 AM
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Olds in Burt Reynolds movie
In the movie "White Lightning" w/Burt Reynolds, did he drive an Olds? I seem to remember being told that it was a "special" edition by my Dad but I'm not sure. I seen it a loooooooong time ago.
September 9th, 2009, 09:09 AM
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073878/
September 9th, 2009, 09:12 AM
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The movie your talking about is WW & the Dixie Dance Kings with Burt Reynolds filmed in 1975. He drove a 55 Olds 88 that was painted to look like some type of made up special edition. They filmed that movie in Nashville close to where I was working at the time and we used to go down on Music Row in the evenings and watch the filming and see the car.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073878/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073878/
So the car was fictional if I understand you correctly?
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Yes it was. The best I can remember it was a 55 Super 88 Holiday Sedan that had fender skirts. It was painted Black and Gold and was according to the movie supposed to be a special edition that was really fast. I am sure there are pictures of the car out there. I think the car was in private ownership some years after the movie here in Nashville. If my memory serves me correctly, there might have even been several made for the movie and one of them was destroyed during the filming in one of the scenes, but it has been a long time since I watched the movie. It was a really sharp looking car.
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black and gold??
I thought the car was red and white, I barely remember that movie , but one line was priceless gas station attendent asks burt if he want's ethyl, and he says yes if she's working LOL.... it was an LTD in white lighting...
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in white lightning,the funniest part is where they show burt reynolds sitting in the driver's seat of a 4 speed Mach 1,but then taking off in a Galaxie 500.
they had cheesy sound effects of a stick car,but you could clearly see reynolds slamming the column shift into drive several times.
that movie's budget must have been $50,including those old cops cars they totalled
they had cheesy sound effects of a stick car,but you could clearly see reynolds slamming the column shift into drive several times.
that movie's budget must have been $50,including those old cops cars they totalled
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