1973 Mercury Cougar XR-7 [65F]

1973 Mercury Cougar [65F] in Midnight Offerings, Movie, 1981

Class: Cars, Coupé — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
Jale ◊ 2023-08-25 09:32
Lateef ◊ 2023-08-25 10:28	CougarTim will not like this... '73 Mercury Cougar
night cub ◊ 2023-08-25 10:33	I think he will be ok, I don't think any Cougars were harmed in this scene. The car exploding looks more like a 1973-1974 fullsize Ford
Lateef ◊ 2023-08-25 10:45	It's funny, whenever I see an early 70s FoMoCo product exploding at night I always think of the poor T-Bird from the Crow <- oddly no thumbs there depicting that scene. IMO one the most impactful exploding-car-scenes in film history, up there with the exploding Alfa Romeo from the Godfather.
QueenMDX ◊ 2023-08-25 12:05	For me, my three impactful exploding-car-scenes are the Acura MDX in the "Monk" TV show and the two Autocar A64's: One in The Enforcer (1976) and Maximum Overdrive (1986).
Lateef ◊ 2023-08-25 17:39	Those two I mentioned previously are in relation to a character getting killed off, as such carrying emotional impact. The most epic car-related explosion on film (to me) is the Kenworth tanker exploding in Licence to Kill (14th thumb). It's so powerful that the camera visibly shakes from it.
dsl ◊ 2023-08-25 20:43	Mine is the Renault 4 van at the end of Spyship, even if I'm the only one of us who's ever watched the series and it's only a mundane little van. But it's one of those screen moments that hits you sideways ....