The New York Times reports:
THE makers of “Bullitt” reportedly put together that film’s legendary car chase in 1968 using two 1968 Dodge Chargers and two 1968 Ford Mustangs. In 1977, the director Hal Needham recalls, all of the mayhem in “Smokey and the Bandit” was accomplished with five black 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Ams.
But for “The Green Hornet,” the movie starring Seth Rogen that is due to open in January, a staggering 29 vintage Chrysler Imperials were modified to portray Black Beauty, the superhero’s luxurious supercar.
“I wonder how they did it with only four cars,” Neal Moritz, producer of “The Green Hornet” and the man behind the car-obsessed “Fast and Furious” movies, said about “Bullitt.” “Because of the advent of technology, we’re able to use cars for so many different things...
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