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The Car

  • 1977
  • PG
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
11K
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The Car (1977)
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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.

  • Director
    • Elliot Silverstein
  • Writers
    • Dennis Shryack
    • Michael Butler
    • Lane Slate
  • Stars
    • James Brolin
    • Kathleen Lloyd
    • John Marley
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    11K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Elliot Silverstein
    • Writers
      • Dennis Shryack
      • Michael Butler
      • Lane Slate
    • Stars
      • James Brolin
      • Kathleen Lloyd
      • John Marley
    • 170User reviews
    • 155Critic reviews
    • 21Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
  • Videos4

    The Car
    Trailer 2:01
    Watch The Car
    The Car: Right On Track
    Clip 2:36
    Watch The Car: Right On Track
    The Car: Mountain Road Chase
    Clip 2:45
    Watch The Car: Mountain Road Chase
    The Car: Director Elliot Silverstein Interview
    Featurette 2:04
    Watch The Car: Director Elliot Silverstein Interview

    Photos68

    "The Car"
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    James Brolin in The Car (1977)
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    Ronny Cox in The Car (1977)
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    Kim Richards, Kyle Richards, and Elizabeth Thompson in The Car (1977)

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    James Brolin
    James Brolin
    • Wade Parent
    Kathleen Lloyd
    Kathleen Lloyd
    • Lauren
    John Marley
    John Marley
    • Everett
    R.G. Armstrong
    R.G. Armstrong
    • Amos
    John Rubinstein
    John Rubinstein
    • John Morris
    Elizabeth Thompson
    • Margie
    Roy Jenson
    Roy Jenson
    • Ray Mott
    Kim Richards
    Kim Richards
    • Lynn Marie
    Kyle Richards
    Kyle Richards
    • Debbie
    Kate Murtagh
    Kate Murtagh
    • Miss McDonald
    Robert Phillips
    Robert Phillips
    • Metcalf
    Doris Dowling
    Doris Dowling
    • Bertha
    Henry O'Brien
    Henry O'Brien
    • Chas
    Eddie Little Sky
    Eddie Little Sky
    • Denson
    Lee McLaughlin
    • Marvin Fats
    Margaret Willey
    • Navajo Woman
    Read Morgan
    Read Morgan
    • Mac Gruder
    Ernie F. Orsatti
    Ernie F. Orsatti
    • Dalton
    • (as Ernie Orsatti)
    • Director
      • Elliot Silverstein
    • Writers
      • Dennis Shryack
      • Michael Butler
      • Lane Slate
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Car cost $84,000.00 to build.
    • Goofs
      When Chas drops Lauren off at her home to collect things to spend the night with Wade's children while Wade's in the hospital, her home appears to be the center house in either a dead end or cul-de-sac; however, when The Car flies/drives through her home to kill her and lands on the other side of her house, it lands on a highway and drives away as if her house was built on a straight roadway.
    • Quotes

      Donna: Wade... there's something I... I wanna tell you about last night. Well, the old lady... well, Chas, he didn't translate everything that she said.

      Wade Parent: What do you mean?

      Donna: Well, uh... she said... there was no driver in the car.

    • Crazy credits
      Over the end credits, a camera follows The Car as it travels through a major city, suggesting it escaped from its entombment.
    • Alternate versions
      The 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.
    • Connections
      Edited into Knight Rider: Trust Doesn't Rust (1982)
    • Soundtracks
      Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46: I. 'Morning'
      (uncredited)

      Music by Edvard Grieg

    User reviews170

    Review
    Review
    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.
    helpful•36
    17
    • willybgood
    • Oct 11, 2003

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 13, 1977 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • -The official trailer
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • DeathMobile
    • Filming locations
      • Snow Canyon, Utah, USA(Carter's Road)
    • Production company
      • Universal Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
      • 4-Track Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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