Movie Motors: Mustang GT |
This weeks Movie Motors brings you a car from across the pond, The Mustang GT. The star of hundreds of motoring movies over the last 40 or so years the Mustang is seen as an iconic slice of America, an American Muscle Car which fits nicely into almost all genres of film, from Fast Car action films such as Gone in 60 Seconds (2000 Nicholas Cage and Angelina Jolie) and Bullit (1968 Steve McQueen) to films like Back to the Future II (1989) and Bruce Almighty (2000) and even music videos (Guns N Roses “Don’t Cry” features a Shelby GT-350H.)
The list of films in which the Mustang is featured is believed to top 1000, making the Mustang well and truly a Movie Motor! The cars featured show the development of the Mustang and the variety of different models and variants available. For example in the 1968 film Bullit starring Steve McQueen features a 1968 Ford Mustang G.T.390 Fastback. A car that has become synonymous with the film and inspired the new models of the mustang since 2001.
Gone in 60 Seconds is another film which features a rare Mustang, namely the 1967 Shelby Mustang GT 500 (nicknamed Eleanor in the film.) The film was produced in 2000 and featured Nicholas Cage and Angelina Jolie as part of a crack team of car thieves. The penultimate scene of this film features Nicholas Cage attempting to escape with the Shelby Mustang from a whole host of law enforcement officers, offering a similar car chase scenario to that of Bullitt. Within the film the car is shown to be iconic and rare and is the last in a long line of expensive and sought after cars.
But the mustang is not included in every film in such a appreciative way, other motoring movies such as Thelma and Louise (1991), Back to the Future and Superman II (1980) the cars are more set pieces than stars. Eitherway the Mustang and all its variants have become infused within the American culture, so much so that it seems almost intrinsic to American Movie Making. The Mustang has secured its place as one of the Wheels-Near-U Movie Motors.
You can view some great Motoring Movie Clips in our Car Movie Clips archive or alternatively check out our Movie Motors Gallery!
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