Cruise’s father in the movie? In Pontiac history, that was a significant year in the ultimately long-running Grand Prix line, as it was advertised as “the most perfect Pontiac” ever. What was the significance, if any, of the 1967 Pontiac Grand Prix owned by the guy who played Mr. (The rest of the song’s words? Mostly “Wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa…” Try getting that out of your head, once you start.) Diaz refers to in the script it’s the real deal for GTO lovers, and highly valued by collectors it raised horsepower output to 360 5,200 r.p.m. That perfect GTO was rented for a week’s worth of final shooting in January 2010.Īnyway, there’s no confusion about the Tri-Power carburetor option that Ms. The gold paint showed up better in night shots the interior of that car was also cobbled together, and different from the correct interior in the beach scene GTO.
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But the paint came out looking more like Capri Gold – no wonder it was so confusing in this movie ( This car may have subsequently been used in the movies “Faster” and “Drive”). The stunt car was something of a junkyard dog, assembled by the production crew (see in comments below), and painted to resemble a Martinique Bronze GTO. Diaz’ garage, and on the beach at the movie’s end. The color is Parchment.” The movie’s GTO, owned by a private collector, he added, “is preserved as ordered new in 1966.”Īctually, there appear to have been two ’66 GTOs used in the movie – one for the night time stunts, the other for scenes in Ms. Wasn’t the movie car Capri Gold with a gold interior, that was only offered in ’65? No. But picture car coordinator Gary Duncan, of LongShadow Productions, corrected me when I asked him to confirm that: “The GTO is a 1966, numbers matching.” Hmmm. Cruise has said in interviews it was a ’65. Three deuces and a 4-speed, and a 389…” There is some debate about the year of the car in the movie. (They were actually from Nashville, Tenn.) Remember the lyrics? “Little GTO, you’re really lookin’ fine. “Wa, wa, Little GTO” Yes, the Pontiac GTO in the movie is a direct descendant of the model immortalized in the 1964 song by Ronny and the Daytonas, a faux “surf band”. Disappointed? Really, is one airport any different than another these days?Ģ. The airport scenes? Boston’s Logan and a regional airport in Worcester, Mass. Funny thing, the filmmakers never shot a single frame in Wichita or any other part of Kansas. “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas…” …because we’re not.
Trivia tidbit: The whole movie, in fact, is something of a paean to Pontiacs. Wichita also has a large, active GTO owners club, and is in fact host of the 2010 GTO Association of America’s 31st annual national convention (June 30-July 4). Why was she in Wichita? Because several major auto recyclers and classic car parts specialists operate out of there it’s a logical place to look for those increasingly hard-to-find parts for historic Pontiacs.
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Diaz portrays, is on her way home to Boston with a rolling suitcase full of rare engine parts for a 1966 Pontiac GTO. The movie presumably starts in Wichita, Kansas, where June Havens, the tomboy auto restorer Ms. The 2010 movie “ Knight and Day”, starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, had an original working title of “Wichita” (and, later, “Trouble Man”).
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