Movie Narrative: Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)



The captivation of moving pictures is a source of tremendous inspiration.  For this reason and many more, RB28’s Movie Narratives, continues showing its love for movies with another movie narrative.  This week, Gone in 60 Seconds (1974), will be converted into a narrative and subsequently highlighted.  It is implied that the blog reader reads the movie narrative, and then, he or she watches the movie.  The effort is to give the blog reader, an enhanced experience.  RB28’s Movie Narratives, ends this movie narrative of Gone in 60 Seconds (1974), with some Hollywood facts.  
            Gone in 60 Seconds (1974) is rated PG.  Furthermore, it is 1 hour and 45 minutes long.  This movie is categorized under the action, crime and drama genre.  The official release date is July 28th, 1974.  The release date is for the Country of the United States of America.  The director was H.B. Halicki.  The writer was H.B. Halicki.  The officially recognized stars were H.B. Halicki, Marion Busia and Jerry Daugirda.  The list of the 10 most important cast members is as follows:
  • H.B. Halicki (Maindrian Pace/Vicinski).
  • Marion Busia (Pumpkin Chase).
  • Jerry Daugirda (Eugene Chase).
  • James McIntyre (Stanley Chase).
  • George Cole (Atlee Jackson).
  • Ronald Halicki (Corlis Pace).
  • Markos Kotsikos (Uncle Joe Chase).
  • Butch Stockton (1-Baker-11 Detective).
  • Phil Woods (1-Baker-11 Detective).
  • J.C. Agajanian, Jr. (Light Blue Unmarked Detective).
             The synopsis follows.  Gone in 60 Seconds (1974) is a crime movie, out of the area of the City of Los Angeles.  Maindrian Pace drives, and, he arrives at a crash site.  Maindrian Pace parks, and, he talks to the police.  The police point Maindrian, to the right direction.  Maindrian Pace works for Chase Research.  Chase Research investigates automobile accidents, for the insurance company.  Pace is there to investigate an accident.  The accident is, a truck crashed into a train.  The train also flipped on its side.  The driver of the truck died.  At a junkyard, Tyler Webb Used Cars buys a crashed junk car.  The car is a 1973 Challenger.  At the shop of Tyler Webb Used Cars, Atlee Jackson is the lead mechanic.  Atlee and other men begin work on the 1973 Challenger; immediately.  Pace is also there doing paperwork.  At Tyler Webb Used Cars, they buy junk cars.  A thief goes out, and, he or she steals an identical car.  The stolen car is converted into the junk car.  The stolen car is sold, as if it was the junk car.  Pace is there doing the work on the documents and automobile insurance claim.  Pace nicknames the 1973 Challenger, Jill.  Pace calls what he does, professional car theft.  It is not to be confused, with amateur car theft.  Jill is finished and successfully converted.  Pace leaves, in order, to attend an important meeting.  Pace meets with Mr. Vilas.  Mr. Vilas offers $200,000 USD, up front.  In turn, Pace is going to steal cars, for Mr. Vilas.  The stolen cars are being sent, to another country.  The stolen cars have to be ready, by Saturday.  Pace agrees to do the job.  At the shop, Pace and Atlee talk about the job.  Pace has the list of the cars, and, their respective nicknames.  There are 48 cars on the list.  Additionally; there are 9 Rolls Royce, 7 Limousines, 4 Ferraris and a truck owned by a famous person that are part of the list.  Everything doesn’t go according to plan.  A yellow Ford Mustang nicknamed Eleanor, becomes an elusive item.  Unfortunately for Pace; Eugene Chase calls the police, and, reports Pace’s activities.  Pace is forced to steal a third Eleanor.  At the location of the third Eleanor, the police are already waiting, for Maindrian Pace.  For Pace, Eleanor is still the last car on the list.  Director, H.B. Halicki, does a good job.  The car chase scenes are incredibly fascinating.  Additionally, the car crashes are incredibly fantastic.  Furthermore, the viewer also feels the pain, of crashing one’s own car.  Unfortunately, some things fall short, for the rest of the movie.  The writer, H.B. Halicki, does an equally good job.  The theme of the car nicknamed Eleanor, as something elusive, is a very good touch.  Furthermore, giving the cars nicknames does add, a lot of originality.  Lastly, the ending does make the viewer feel complete.  The officially recognized stars do a good job performing their roles.  Overall, this movie earns the rating of 5 out of 10.
            The movie narrative of, Gone in 60 Seconds (1974), is as follows.  Maindrian Pace drives.  He arrives at a crash site.  Pace parks, and, he talks to the police.  The police point Maindrian, to the right direction.  Maindrian Pace works for Chase Research.  Chase Research investigates automobile accidents, for the insurance company.  Pace is there to investigate an accident.  The accident is, a truck crashed into a train.  The train also flipped on its side.  The driver of the truck died.  Pace starts to work.  At a junkyard, Tyler Webb Used Cars buys a crashed junk car.  The car is a 1973 Challenger.  A tow truck picks up the car.  The license plate number is 000GAL.  At the shop of Tyler Webb Used Cars, Atlee Jackson is the lead mechanic.  Atlee and other men begin work on the 1973 Challenger; immediately.  Pace is also there doing paperwork.  It results that, the shop is an illegal shop.  At Tyler Webb Used Cars, they buy junk cars.  A thief goes out, and, he or she steals an identical car.  The stolen car is converted into the junk car.  The junk car has all of the appropriate documents.  The stolen car is sold, as if it was the junk car.  Pace is there doing the work on the documents and automobile insurance claim.  Pace nicknames the 1973 Challenger, Jill.  The Chase brothers, or family, are also part of the illegal shop.  Pace hides the documents, in the hot water heater.  The men finish the work, at the shop.  The men leave, in order, to steal the identical car.  At the airport parking lot, the thief arrives.  The thief finds an identical car.  The thief steals the car, and, he drives away.  At the shop, the men convert the stolen car.  Atlee tells the men, how, he met Pace.  Atlee started stealing trucks, by himself.  Pace arrived at Atlee’s house, in order, to investigate an insurance claim.  Pace immediately knew that, the truck was stolen.  In turn, Pace offered lead mechanic to Atlee.  Atlee agreed to work for Pace.  Pace calls what he does, professional car theft.  It is not to be confused, with amateur car theft.  Jill is finished and successfully converted.  Pace leaves, in order, to attend an important meeting.  Pace meets with Mr. Vilas.  Mr. Vilas offers $200,000 USD, up front.  In turn, Pace is going to steal cars, for Mr. Vilas.  The stolen cars are being sent, to another country.  The stolen cars have to be ready, by Saturday.  Pace agrees to do the job.  At the shop, Pace and Atlee talk about the job.  Pace has the list of the cars, and, their respective nicknames.  Pace gives Atlee instructions.  Pace has to leave, in order, to attend a wedding.  Atlee is in charge, until then.  The wedding is in Dunkirk, New York.  The wedding is Eugene’s wedding.  Pace is in attendance, along with the Chase brothers or family.  Unexpectedly, Atlee calls Pace during the wedding reception.  On the telephone, Atlee says that, they have a problem.  There are 48 cars on the list.  Additionally; there are 9 Rolls Royce, 7 limousines, 4 Ferraris and a truck owned by a famous person that are part of the list.  Pace says that, Eugene Chase will not attend his own honeymoon, in order, to finish the job.  Additionally, Pace instructs Atlee to return to work.  During the wedding reception, Maindrian Pace talks with Eugene Chase.  The Saturday is this coming Saturday.  Aggressively, Pace tells Eugene Chase that, he is not leaving for his honeymoon.  Pumpkin Chase, helps convince Eugene.  The group returns to Los Angeles.  Atlee is there to greet the group.  At the airport, they start to steal the cars.  A yellow Ford Mustang is nicknamed Eleanor.  They talk about stealing an Eleanor.  Corlis Pace, Maindrian’s brother, attempts to steal Eleanor.  The attempt fails, and, the group finishes leaving the airport.  Pace holds a meeting with all of the men, who are involved.  Pace doesn’t want mistakes.  Atlee and Corlis Pace will work together.  Additionally, they are considered to be important.  Pumpkin Chase will do the paperwork and insurance work.  The stolen cars have to be insured.  Pace still thinks about the yellow Ford Mustang, nicknamed Eleanor.  They have located the truck owned, by the famous person.  The group starts working, stealing cars.  The first car is stolen, at a race track or speedway.  The racing event is a big important event.  The second car is an Eleanor.  It is stolen from a man named Harold.  At night, Harold leaves, in order, to walk his dog.  Unexpectedly, Harold sees his car, being stolen.  Harold chases in his second car.  At night, there is a dramatic car chase.  Harold is able to keep Pace, with Eleanor.  The police become part of the chase.  The police capture and arrest Harold.  Surprisingly, the thief returns Eleanor.  The police show Harold, the yellow Ford Mustang, parked at his house.  Pace and Eugene meet up to talk.  They talk about Eleanor being returned.  It results that, Harold is a boss at an auto insurance company.  Eugene doesn’t care, because, he wants to leave on his honeymoon.  Maindrian Pace and Eugene become angry with each other.  They steal the limousines.  Pace is one of the thieves, of the limousines.  Pace steals a Ferrari.  Eleanor has become a nightmare.  Apparently, Pace is the thief who cannot steal Eleanor.  Pace steals another Eleanor.  Atlee attempts to steal a car.  Unfortunately, there is a tiger inside the car.  Atlee has to runaway.  Pace steals two more cars.  At the office, Eugene delivers bad news.  The car nicknamed Jill, is being investigated by an insurance company.  The insurance company knows that, it used to be a crashed junk car.  Pace says that, Jill will be destroyed and gone, by the next morning.  At a Plymouth car dealership, a thief steals Jill.  The thief uses a tow truck.  Unexpectedly, a security guard sees the thief.  The thief is confronted by the security guard.  The thief crashes into the car, of the security guard.  The tow truck is able to move the car, out of the way.  The security guard follows.  A dramatic car chase starts.  The thief wins the car chase.  He also drops off Jill.  Jill is successfully destroyed.  The thief abandons the tow truck, and, leaves in a stolen cargo truck.  Maindrian Pace and Stosh, drive around.  Surprisingly, Pace notices another Eleanor.  Eleanor is becoming something elusive, for Pace.  Pace is also informed that, Chase Research has been hired to investigate a stolen truck.  The stolen truck belongs, to the famous person.  Pace arrives, in order, to investigate the stolen truck.  Maindrian Pace talks to the famous person.  During the meeting, Pace learns that dozens of cars, are being stolen.  Atlee continues stealing cars, and, two more cars are stolen.  At the shop, Eugene and Pace argue with each other.  Unexpectedly, a stolen car arrives.  Surprisingly, the stolen car is loaded with heroin.  They argue amongst themselves, about the car and heroin.  At the same time, a police officer arrives.  They hide everything, before the police officer enters.  Unexpectedly, the group left a kilo of heroin, on the shop floor.  The police officer and Pace talk about stolen cars.  However, he calls Pace, Vicinski.  The group successfully hides the heroin, and, the police officer leaves.  The stolen car, and heroin, is set on fire.  At the shop, Pumpkin tells Pace that Eleanor, has to be returned.  This Eleanor doesn’t have auto insurance.  At this point, all of the cars have been stolen.  The contract has been completed.  Pace refuses to return Eleanor.  Eugene enters the room, in order, to argue with Pace.  Eugene wants the heroin.  Pace says that, the heroin is burned and gone.  Eugene becomes extremely angry.  Pace shoves Eugene to the floor.  Reluctantly, Pace will return Eleanor.  He also plans to steal, an Eleanor, which he saw in the City of Long Beach.  Pace inspects the stolen cars.  Pace returns the Eleanor, which they have.  Unexpectedly, Eugene calls the police.  He turns against Pace.  Furthermore, he tells the police about Eleanor, in the City of Long Beach.  Pace arrives to steal Eleanor.  The police detectives are already there; waiting and watching.  Pace is able to enter, Eleanor.  The police detectives prepare for a car chase.  Pace sees the police, and, he starts a car chase.  There is a dramatic car chase with car crashes.  From this point forward; you have to watch, to know how, this movie ends. 
            The movie narrative of the feature film, Gone in 60 Seconds (1974), ends with some Hollywood facts.  The country of origin is the United States of America.  The official language is English.  There are other notable release dates.  The other notable release dates are:  U.S.A., July 13, 1974 (Long Beach, California); Iceland, June 14, 2001 (Video Premiere); Russia, October 18, 2001 (DVD) and Spain, October 10, 2007 (DVD).  There are 26 filming locations, in total, for this particular movie.  All of the filming locations are in the State of California, U.S.A.  Unfortunately, there is limited box office data.  The original budget is estimated at $150 thousand USD.  The gross profits, that are reported, are $40,000,000 dollars.  The filming dates, that are reported, are August 1973 to November 22, 1973.  The production company is H.B. Halicki Mercantile Co.  There are several distributors, for this particular movie.  Some of the distributors include the following; Anderson Digital (U.S.A.), BCI Eclipse (U.S.A.), Halicki Films (U.S.A.), Magna Pacific (Australia), Manga Films (Spain) and Mill Creek Entertainment (U.S.A.).
            To end and as always, RB28’s Movie Narratives, encourages you to continue reading the posted movie narratives.  The aforementioned blog strives to provide basic information, so that it, becomes inspiration.  Movies are a great pleasure to RB28’s Movie Narratives, and, the blog’s author hopes that they are for you as well.  For this week, and in conclusion, the feature film was Gone in 60 Seconds (1974).  RB28’s Movie Narratives looks forward to seeing you next week, when another movie will be highlighted.

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R-Berumen28
04/24/2019

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