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Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
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25 June 1980 (USA)
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Ole! It's south of the border disorder when.... [UK Theatrical] more
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The adorable little VW helps its owners break up a counterfeiting ring in Mexico. | add synopsis
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A journey too far
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Cloris Leachman | ... | Aunt Louise |
 | Charles Martin Smith | ... | D.J. |
 | John Vernon | ... | Prindle |
 | Stephen W. Burns | ... | Pete (as Stephan W. Burns) |
| Elyssa Davalos | ... | Melissa |
| Joaquin Garay III | ... | Paco |
 | Harvey Korman | ... | Captain Blythe |
| Richard Jaeckel | ... | Shepard |
 | Alex Rocco | ... | Quinn |
| Fritz Feld | ... | Chief Steward |
| Vito Scotti | ... | Armando Moccia |
| Jose Gonzales-Gonzales | ... | Garage Owner (as Jose Gonzalez Gonzalez) |
| Ruben Moreno | ... | Store Owner |
| Tina Menard | ... | Store Owner's Wife |
| Jorge Moreno | ... | Bus Driver |
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100 min | 93 min (TCM print)
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.75 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Photophone Sound Recording)
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Herbie The Love Bug was a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle deluxe ragtop sedan painted in Volkswagen L87 pearl white. Under normal circumstances, the interior would be a matching white. However, Herbie's interior was painted a special non-reflective grey color so the camera and studio lights would not reflect.
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Crew or equipment visible: When Paco runs across the street, studio floodlights are reflected in the side of a VW Camper as it drives by.
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Referenced in "The Adam and Joe Show: (#2.4)" (1997)
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Look At Me
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Easily the weakest of the series, this is a film the Herbie franchise could have done without. Having a child as the nominal lead in an essentially adult role is a surprisingly common motif in children's movies; surprisingly, because more often than not it fails to work and it certainly fails here. Eight-year old taxi drivers? I think not, not even in Mexico. Our Paco is more annoying than lovable and I found myself rooting for the villains instead.
Clearly the writers are to blame for the mess - the cast is actually quite good, e.g. you cannot ask for much better villains than John Vernon, Alex Rocco and Richard Jaeckel, but they were fighting a loosing battle against a rotten script.
The best asset of the film is Harvey Korman who shows the right spirit, and is given the freedom to act out his madcap humour. Neither his routines nor his character fit very well into the story, but the story is so weak one does not care.