Directed by: Dominic Sena
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Robert Duvall, Angelina Jolie, Timothy Olyphant, Giovanni Ribisi, Delroy Lindo, Vinnie Jones, Scott Caan, Christopher Eccleston, T.J. Cross
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 Kip tries to follow in his footsteps, only to become dangerously embroiled in a high stakes caper where something goes wrong, Memphis is sucked back into his old ways-in order to save his brother's life from the stolen-car broker Raymond Vincent Calitri whose nickname is "The Carpenter" due to he's good at making caskets after he kills people for their failures. In order to prevent Kip's death, Randall must reassemble his team and steal 50 exotic cars and have them on a container ship in a few days in 72 hours. It will be tough with Raymond threatening to kill Kip in the car crusher with him in the car and the police unit GRAB after Randall and and Randall's old rival wanting to work for Raymond, to pull off the impossible.
Continuity mistake: During the first chat between Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie (she's under the car) there are a number of wrenches or tools that can be clearly seen by Jolie's character when she is on the ground. Every time the camera cuts from Jolie to Cage, then back on to Jolie, the tools are always in a different position or place than they were a second ago. First, they are together, then they are far apart, then they are in a different direction, and so on. (00:28:32)
Memphis: The ladies are dirty. Walk away. The ladies are dirty.
Trivia: 13 Mustangs from 1967-1968 were modified to be "Eleanor" in the movie. One was a True Shelby GT500, but this was used by Bruckheimer as a reference piece and used by him personally. The rest were run of the mill Mustangs modified with bodykits and other goodies. One was chopped up to film certain sequences (in car shots, etc.), 2 were destroyed, and the other Mustangs were modified to perform certain tasks (Chases, Jumps, etc.).
Question: In the scene leading up to where the mirror is knocked off and the car stalls, there appears to be a billboard in the background with a cowboy with his head in profile. In large letters above it is what appears to be the word "Impotent." (Not "Important"). Does anyone know what is with that?
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Answer: That billboard was part of an anti-smoking campaign from about 18 years ago. The image mocks the iconic Marlboro Man, with the cigarette in his mouth flaccid and drooping. The word "Impotent" is rendered large in the same type style as the old Marlboro logo. In much smaller text (not visible in the film), the sign reads, "WARNING: Smoking Causes Impotence."
Charles Austin Miller