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1993 Ford Crown Victoria [P71]

1993 Ford Crown Victoria [P71] in Bad Santa, Movie, 2003

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1993 Ford Crown Victoria [P71]

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Comments about this vehicle

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G-MANN ◊ 2006-09-01 13:01	These police cars chase after Willie (Billy Bob Thornton) but it only lasts about 2 minutes, so should it be two or three stars? -- Last edit: 2006-09-01 14:01:26
G-MANN ◊ 2006-09-01 14:09	This film is set in the rather un-wintery Phoenix, Arizona. But since the police here are portrayed as trigger-happy types who gun down an unarmed man dressed in a Santa costume, I doubt the real Phoenix Police Department co-operated with this film, so these are probably fake liveries and uniforms. -- Last edit: 2006-09-01 14:11:13
G-MANN ◊ 2006-09-01 19:29	Anyone going to answer my question? The police cars do get in a chase with Willie's BMW but they only get 2 minutes on screen.
Hecubus ◊ 2006-09-01 19:47	Might as well go three stars, huh?
antp ◊ 2006-09-01 23:34	G-MANN wrote Anyone going to answer my question? Sure, but I did not had much time these days (well, others could reply...) 2 minutes is already more than what I consider as "1 scene", so it depends if it is a real character that uses it or a very minor one, if the car is well seen or not, etc. I do not remember at all the role of the car in the movie
G-MANN ◊ 2006-09-03 18:42	Basically the police arrive when Willie and Marcus the midget are robbing the department store at the end of the film. Willie escapes in the BMW and the police cars persue him. The cars (there are numerous cars of early and late model Crown Victorias) get nearly two minutes on screen The policemen are not main characters. When you have a car chase (a normal movie car chase of about five minutes, not a really big one like the ones in The Blues Brothers) involving police, do the persuing police cars count as three stars because they are involved in the chase, even though they aren't driven by characters with much of a speaking role?
G-MANN ◊ 2006-09-03 18:46	I always think it's funny when in a movie you've got dozens of police cars (that are the same car and thus the same speed) chasing after one car, how does this really give them more chance of stopping it then just a few would like in real life? The Blues Brothers sent up this cliche brillianty.
antp ◊ 2006-09-03 18:56	G-MANN wrote do the persuing police cars count as three stars because they are involved in the chase, even though they aren't driven by characters with much of a speaking role? I'd say that it depends if they are well seen or if only the car of the chased guy is well seen. Actually I added "used in a chase" to the description of 3-star ratings for the BMWs of Mr. & Mrs. Smith: /vehicle_9892-BMW-5-E39.html Typical example of car that deserves 3 stars though it is not driven by a real character of the movie.
G-MANN ◊ 2006-09-03 19:09	You can see them well enough, they aren't totally in the background.
antp ◊ 2006-09-03 19:57	We can go for 3 stars then -- Last edit: 2006-09-03 19:58:04
Laqueesha ◊ 2013-05-24 01:14	Those cop cars look like they're using the Philadelphia P.D. livery, which is strange since it's set in Arizona.
rtsbusman1997 ◊ 2013-05-24 01:28	Could be retired Philadelphia PD cars.
rtsbusman1997 ◊ 2019-12-01 16:18	Police Interceptor [P71].
GodzillaFan54 ◊ 2022-12-22 14:19	G-MANN wrote This film is set in the rather un-wintery Phoenix, Arizona. But since the police here are portrayed as trigger-happy types who gun down an unarmed man dressed in a Santa costume, I doubt the real Phoenix Police Department co-operated with this film, so these are probably fake liveries and uniforms. The movie actually references this in Willie's letter at the end. "Thank you for giving that letter to the cops. I forgot I asked you to do it because if you didn't, Santa's Little Helper would have plugged his a$$. And now the cops know I wrote it, so that's gonna keep my ass out of jail. That, plus everybody agreeing that the Phoenix Police Department shooting an unarmed Santa was 'even more f***ed up than Rodney King.'"

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