A 1971 dodge challenger rt, 1969 chevy chevelle, 1970 ford galaxie 500 and a 1969 chevrolet impala among others. It reminded me at times of one of my favorite car films. The 1974 directorial debut of michael cimino packs a lot of of subtext into what could have been a standard caper film, albeit one whose final, headlong descent into grimness marked it as a product of its pessimistic era. Lightfoot looses goodys tough old merc in the hills, but trashes the rivs tranny. Thunderbolt and lightfoot stumble across the schoolhouse where the money from the first robbery was hid. Thunderbolt and lightfoot 1974 filming location clint. Reds kick has caused an injury to lightfoots brain. Thunderbolt and lightfoot 1974 filming location clint eastwood jeff bridges duration. Thunderbolt and lightfoot 2001 cast and crew while stealing a car, freespirited drifter lightfoot jeff bridges crosses paths with legendary thief thunderbolt clint eastwood in the midst of.
Thunderbolt and lightfoot are able to evade the two men on the first assassination attempt, but the next time they are ambushed in their latest stolen car and forced to drive to the outskirts of town where they are almost executed at gunpoint. Muscle car drivein movie classics horsepower memories. Jeff bridges lightfoot in a picture with the trans am used in the. Front lift, however, is not a major concern on a street car. As for bridges, i think his pinnacle was in the big lebowski.
Thunderbolt and lightfoot is a 1974 american crime film written and directed by michael cimino and starring clint eastwood, jeff bridges, george kennedy, and geoffrey lewis. As much an eccentric character study as a road movie, michael ciminos directorial debut follows the adventures of a quartet of misfits in their life of crime. Mar 21, 2015 jeff bridges lightfoot in a picture with the trans am used in the movie thunderbolt and lightfoot. Thunderbolt and lightfoot 1974 liams united states of. Clint eastwood was the big star in this movie and the car was actually purchased from him personally by the current owner. John thunderbolt doherty is an exthief who teams up with an enthusiastic, amiable young drifter, lightfoot to seek loot that was probably stolen by thunderbolts gang. Thunderbolt eastwood is an exbankrobber whose been living on the edge as a preacher, until he finds himself on the run after his expartnersincrime red and goody attempt to assassinate him. The owner, who hails from south dakota, handles a lot of stars cars.
The best quotes from thunderbolt and lightfoot 1974. Lightfoot bridges is a common criminal who just happens to be in the right place at the right time as he quickly rescues thunderbolt in a stolen. That film follows the adventures of two irish highwaymen capt. They flee in the car, with red and goody in the trunk, to a nearby drivein movie in progress. The 1973 plymouth fury iii from thunderbolt and lightfoot is one of the more bangshifty movie cars ever audi specialist august 9, 2017 at 5. On drag cars, it has the added benefit of reducing front lift by shifting the weight of the car forward.
Thunderbolt and lightfoot 2001 while stealing a car, freespirited drifter lightfoot jeff bridges crosses paths with legendary thief thunderbolt clint eastwood in the midst of his own escape. Thunderbolt and lightfoot has sufficient action and fresh genre twists. Theres something of a shaggy dog story quality to thunderbolt and lightfoot 1974, the offbeat road movie caper film starring clint eastwood as thunderbolt, an exthief on the run from his former partners, and jeff bridges as a hotshot kid who calls himself lightfoot and decides to become this flinty veterans sidekick. Another car was auctioned at the barrettjackson 2015 scottsdale auction where it. The scene will almost certainly be edited from kcet s broadcast, so this is the only place to hear about it, but whether you know kennedy better from cool hand luke, the airport movies or the naked gun movies, none of his previous roles will prepare you for the. Upon seeing a shirt tail protruding from the cars trunk lid which is a. Some are obviousmilners coupe from american graffiti. So the faster you get out, the better itll be for your ass. Lightfoot isnt a crack driver so much as a reckless speed demonmore leadfoot than lightfoot when it comes to fast cars and offroad stuntsand his manic driving is simply a way to look for thrills and adventure, and perhaps to show off to thunderbolt. In the movie, lightfoot bridges does an assumed good deed by saving thunderbolt eastwood and they begin a journey together to montana to find hidden loot in a oneroom schoolhouse. Clint eastwood and jeff bridgess modern western the new yorker. Later, on foot, they manage to hitch a ride from a insane redneck who likes huffing mopar exhaust fumes.
The movie is thunderbolt and lightfoot and there are a lot of cool old cars in it. I dont wish to be forward but wed like to exchange cars with you. The picture is sharp and colorful throughout, with only a hit of granularity showing during the optical title sequences. Thunderbolt and lightfoot jeff bridges hollywood homes movie cars trans am pontiac firebird clint eastwood peterbilt hot rods.
The colorado oa5599 license plate is produced as seen on the 70 dodge challenger in the 1971 movie vanishing point. Michael cimino modeled thunderbolt and lightfoot 1974 after one of his favorite films from the 1950s, captain lightfoot 1955, directed by douglas sirk. Thunderbolt and lightfoot, movie, 1974 pictures provided by. Thunderbolt and lightfoot is a 1974 american crime comedy film written and directed by michael cimino and starring clint eastwood, jeff bridges, george kennedy, and geoffrey lewis. The dangerous stunt where clint eastwood leapt onto a speeding car being.
Classic western, full movie, gregory peck, english free full western films duration. Thunderbolt even says at one point that when you cant think of anything to do, just keep on moving. It takes thirty minutes for clint, sorry, i mean thunderbolt, to tell lightfoot his history. The 1973 plymouth fury iii from thunderbolt and lightfoot is one of the more bangshifty movie cars ever aug 09, 2017 brian lohnes apex video, bangshift apex 6 by greg rourke movie carseveryone has their favorites.
Clint eastwood plays john thunderbolt doherty, a bigtime thief in hiding who hooks up with a goofy young drifter, lightfoot jeff bridges. Lightfoot, speeding on a country road in a stolen muscle car, picks up the. Thunderbolt and lightfoot on netflix and amazon prime. The movie, which cimino also wrote, is loosely based on, and named after, two infamous earlynineteenthcentury irish bandits. This picture was sent in by chris batson and is a picture of the trans am used in the movie thunderbolt and lightfoot. Until that point they were driving around, stealing cars, picking up girls, and trying to keep one step ahead of red. Lightfoot repeatedly acquires new vehicles to throw people off their trail, so the movie has a hefty listing on the internet movie cars database. Thunderbolt and lightfoot 1974 directed by michael. Nine reasons to watch thunderbolt and lightfoot kcet.
Chrysler cars epoch mopar plymouth jeep classic cars muscle trucks vintage. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. Thunderbolt and lightfoot is a protobromance that becomes a crime. An eye for an eye, cannonball, hooper, pontiac trans am, smokey and the bandit, smokey and the bandit ii, the driver, the hunter, thunderbolt and lightfoot, zero to sixty 10 best pontiac trans am appearances in movies. Clint eastwood might be best known for his dirty harry movies, or when he was a high plains drifter, but in 1974 he did a movie with a young jeff bridges called thunderbolt and lightfoot. The film stars clint eastwood then fortyfour years old and the biggest movie star on the planet and jeff bridges assuredly on the rise as buddies on the run.
When writer and director michael cimino was discussing this movie with jeff. Classic truckstop from the movie thunderbolt and lightfoot. One of the cars was used for sound effects for the bandits trans am in the movie smokey and the bandit. Thunderbolt buys a cadillac convertible and picks up lightfoot, who is acting strangely. Three 1955 chevrolet customs were used in the filming of the movie. Thanks to the amazing creative talents involved, the intelligent script and a litany of cool cars, thunderbolt and lightfoot shines brighter than your average car movie. Theres the old forgotten america that is referenced in michael ciminos 1974 rollick, thunderbolt and lightfoot, and then theres the other one that is thunderbolt and lightfoot. With clint eastwood as the star the film is a norisk proposition. Pursuing thunderbolt and lightfoot are a sadist george kennedy and another thug whos not the sharpest knife in the drawer geoffrey lewis. For a film whose climax involves using a cannon to blow a hole through a stateoftheart safe, thunderbolt and lightfoot is heavy on subtlety and suggestion. Clint eastwoods character thunderbolt, in the passenger seat has obviously been replaced with a dummy. Thunderbolt and lightfoot 1974 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Thunderbolt and lightfoot dvd, 2000 for sale online ebay.
Plymouth muscle cars, dodge muscle cars, mopar girl, 1966 gto, mustang cars, chevrolet camaro, corvette, american muscle cars, hot cars. It was the directorial debut of michael cimino, who wrote the original. The film doesnt turn a blind eye to the passage of time and its attendant changes, yet it never undermines the expansiveness of its visuals. Highpowered cars and stolen clunkers of every description scream down the country roads under blue panavision skies, amid scenery as attractive as a western.
Thunderbolt and lightfoot was one of the films i watched when i was young, perhaps fifteen or twenty years after it was released, a 70s gem that not only takes you on a wild ride like the others i mentioned, but delivers that wonderful mood that i grew up loving. Here, when thunderbolt and lightfoots heroes arrive at a plaque noting, the oneroom schoolhouse evokes a vision of a vanished america outside a building thats been preserved as a landmark, the film doesnt dwell on the significance, but doesnt look away from it, either. Eastwood, who originally wanted to direct thunderbolt and lightfoot himself, gave screenwriter cimino a chance behind the camera, and the director showcases an innate ability for reflecting subtext in form. Thunderbolt and lightfoot 1974 having been a lifelong car nut, a film school graduate, and a veteran of the hollywood film industry for over twenty years, its pretty hard to find a car movie i havent seen. The twilight time bluray of thunderbolt and lightfoot is a beautiful, clean mgm deluxe digital remaster of this popular action show from the years that clint eastwoods malpaso company was trying on different studios for comfort fit. The 1973 pontiac firebird trans am from thunderbolt and lightfoot. Thunderbolt and captain lightfoot as they attempt to raise money to support their irish revolutionary society. Youll notice how in several scenes the cars are driven.
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