Looks like a P 15 will have a significent role in GAngster Squad.

[fstfish66]

well  i finally got to see the movie,  pretty good  i thought,loved the senery and back round music,,but really loved the old stock cars,,,i  sure hope they didnt  buy those cars,,then  shoot them all up,,

 

this  could make for a new topic,  who would sell there car to a movie maker ??

[greg g]

Rodney B has had several of his cars leased to movie companies, you might want to contiact him about his experience with movie cars.

[fstfish66]

I just returned from viewing the movie. Good storyline and great acting. My wife thought it was a bit too bloody for her liking.

Couple of observations. In one scene the cops jump in there P-15 and attempt to start it using the ignition key and not the starter button. They turn the key all the way to the right and the sound of a starter motor can be heard but it is not a P-15 startor motor sound. In a few other scenes they slam the car doors and the trunk lid but the sound is incorrect for a P-15.

A few years back forum member David Maxwell loaned his P-15 to the movie maker sound guys so they could get the sound of the doors closing correct. They must have not used those soundbites in this film. Also I dont think a 50 or so Cadillac is capable of peeling out on dry pavement from a dead standstill.

One thing I learned, if any of you guys are in the slammer I will not use the rear bumper on my P-15 (chain through the jail window bars hooked to the rear bumper) to break you out as it has been proven that the rear bumper will dislodge very quickly when this is attempted.

i could see the bumper flying off before it happened,,,i hope they didnt really shoot up those cars,,

[TodFitch]

I met a guy the other day that works at the studios in Hollywood. He works on "Picture cars". I told him I had a 48 Plymouth and asked about the process for renting out my car to the movies. He said "DON'T DO IT!" He said movie people have no respect for old cars. He's seen them get scratched and dented. I would like to give it a try but I think I'll take his word for it rather than learn the hard way.

I believe it.

 

My limited experience was driving my car in Washington DC back in the '70s for a low budget movie shoot. They are interested in getting their shots and your car is just another prop for them.

 

If it is a setup where they want the owner to drive (and get paid for being an extra) that can be okay as you are with your car and can watch over it. But I'd never rent it out to them and have them "take care of it" for me.

[Young Ed]

Hagerty just sent me this little write up on the cars. Sounds like they did it right to me.

 

To those moviegoers who fork over $10 to watch the new Sean Penn film “Gangster Squad” and walk away thinking, “More Emma Stone, please,” we’d like to add this: “More of Emma Stone’s car, please.”

In a movie starring beautiful people (Stone, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin) and chock-full of stunning classic vehicles, we see way too little – just a glimpse, in fact – of the gorgeous black 1949 Jaguar XK-120 driven by Stone’s character, Grace Faraday. Only five seconds on the screen? Come on. Of course, that’s like complaining there aren’t enough green candies in a package of M&M’s. Rest assured there are plenty of sweet treats in “Gangster Squad” for everyone, both in characters and cars.

On the automotive side, the story of mobster Mickey Cohen’s reign over post-war Los Angeles includes more than 100 vintage American cars … and, of course, at least one foreign beauty in the ’49 Jag. Star cars include a light blue 1941 Ford Deluxe Convertible, driven by Gosling’s character, Jerry Wooters, and the stunning 1949 Packard Super 8 limousine that chauffeurs Penn’s ruthless Cohen. Bullet-nosed 1947 Ford sedans serve as police cars, and we also get to see a very rare 1936 Oldsmobile convertible with tan ragtop, as well as a 1946 Chevrolet pickup in a pivotal Chinatown scene.

Cars from “Gangster Squad” were on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles during January, including that head-turning but little-seen Jaguar XK-120.

“These cars, they’re as important as the buildings and clothing and makeup in establishing the time and place,” Leslie Kendall, Petersen’s chief curator, told the Associated Press. “If you want to lock a movie scene in, use the right car and they will immediately get it.”

The characters discuss the cars they drive only once onscreen, but the banter is typical.

“You should get your wife a Cadillac,” Anthony Mackie, as Rocky Washington, says to fellow Gangster Squad member Conway Keeler, played by Giovani Ribisi. “You drive a Studebaker. She deserves a Cadillac.”

According to the Associated Press, picture car coordinator Tim Woods spent 12 weeks working with “Gangster Squad” director Ruben Fleischer to get the automotive look of 1949 Los Angeles just right. A few of the vintage cars came from Woods’ own personal collection, and he called on Southern California car collectors (and a few local junkyards) for the rest.

Many of the car owners were allowed to drive their own vehicles in the movie, knowing they’d have a better feel for their cars – and would be more cautious with them – than anyone else. Of course, no mobster film could be made without bullet holes and car wrecks, but Woods told the AP that only four 1949 Cadillacs were damaged, along with eight other cars – mostly junkyard finds that were modified for the rough stuff. “We blew them up, crashed them and destroyed them,” Woods said.

Woods said no harm came to those vehicles owned by collectors, however. Those hundreds of bullet holes? All computer generated.

“We never ever shot a hole in a single fender,” Wood said. “Those cars were not even scratched.”

[fstfish66]

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