Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Giovanni Ribisi, Angelina Jolie, Delroy Lindo, Scott Caan
Directed by: Dominic Sena
Produced by: Jerry Bruckheimer, Mike Stenson
Gone in Sixty Seconds is about automobile aficionado Randall "Memphis" Raines, a car thief of legendary proportion. No fancy lock or alarm could stop him; your car would be there, and then suddenly gone in 60 seconds. For years, Memphis eluded the law while boosting every make and model imaginable.
When the heat became too intense, he abandoned his life of crime and left everything and everyone he loved to find a different life. Now, when his kid brother tries to follow in his footsteps, only to become dangerously embroiled in a high stakes caper, Memphis is sucked back into his old ways-in order to save his brother's life.
Release Date: June 9, 2000 (Wide)
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, sexuality and language.
Distributor: Touchstone Pictures.
Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
Starring: H.B. Halicki, Marion Busia, Jerry Daugirda, George Cole, Jerry Daugirda
Directed by: H.B. Halicki
The basis for the 2000 film starring Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie, 1974's GONE IN 60 SECONDS is a revered cult classic, mostly because of the delirious 40 minute car chase that concludes the film. Directed by its star, writer, producer, and stunt driver H.B. Halicki, GONE IN 60 SECONDS was a drive-in phenomenon when it was originally released.
In it, Maindrian Pace and a group of his colleagues race to steal 48 specific makes and models of cars in a week, which will net them $400,000 if they succeed. However, the group runs into trouble trying to jack a 1973 Mach 1 Mustang, and Pace ends up being chased through seven counties by throngs of police in what is probably the most exciting and ambitious car chase ever filmed.
MPAA Rating: PG.
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