Gone In 60 Seconds (1974)
The boyz discuss Gone In 60 Seconds.
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Was so excited to see the car crash where he jumps the car and lands on its nose is on the 190th hill! I went to elementary school at Towers right near the bottom of that hill and rode my bike down a million times growing up. Next time you're driving to Redondo Beach towards the King Harbor sign check out how steep that hill actually is. Doesn't come across as well in the movie but it's steep, also the houses on that street a lot of them still look exactly the same.
I actually do work in a 70s DJ booth (sometimes). I work for a vintage tech museum, and my boss is in the radio industry and owns several stations. One of them has been moved from its original location, and we use it as a storage location for the museum, but he doesn’t want to lose the classic look so it’s still laid out the way it has been since the 70s, including the DJ booth, which I now use as a repair workbench. It’s pretty sweet, I’m surrounded by tons of switches and buttons and soundboards! If anyone wants to see a pic just let me know and I’ll post one.
Ordered a VHS copy after watching so I could get the original audio. Looking forward to comparing!
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talking about car stealing tools, anybody else watch the Lockpicking Lawyer on Youtube? I've almost gotten a lockpickinng set multiple times now
I watched this on my surround sound and all of the dialogue came through my left rear speaker. I completely recalibrated my whole system thinking it was broken. Nope.
Goon In Sixty Seconds
I feel like it’s possible that George Miller saw this
Strokes album out soon and Albert’s dad highlighted in the paper being read by guy whose car gets stolen
Another great ep. Sorry to be "that guy" but I recommend "Striking Distance" starring Bruce Willis and Sarah Jessica Parker, just added to Netflix. It also stars Farina, Sizemore, Braugher: a murderer's row of actors and the plot is bonkers.
You’ve got a 7 year old gift waiting for you
Fun fact: Phoenix was the 1st US city to adopt use of Waymos. Don't believe CA elites like Ben Rodgers that nobody outside of CA and TX know about them 😉
A scholarly discussion of the sculptor John Chamberlain would be a great Shadow Wolves episode to go along with this film.
This podcast is better than uppers and if you disagree you can shove it up your doo-bob. Also, you got any uppers?
Hell yeah ABZ! No Stew No Stream! Love my ABZ extended universe!
Love the guy that plays beef in phantom of the paradise! He’s also in child’s play 2 - there’s a VHS of child’s play 2 in Jerry’s apartment in Seinfeld. Beef plays an uncredited clown in the pagliacci opera episode
Rodgers with the Spockish pronunciation of ‘sensors’
As an Armenian, I was happy to hear at one point in the movie that a guy with a name like “J.C. Aghajanian” had his car stolen.
That's a real dude - he's a got whole Wikipedia page
Why do the waymos run away when you approach them. Do they fear us those freaking waymos?
The premise of The Junkman is so funny. The writer/director/star of Gone in 60 Seconds writes/directs/stars in a movie where his character is the writer/director/star of Gone in 60 Seconds being chased by assassins on his way you a screening of his movie.
Man, I always get jealous of how dim car headlights used to be when I watch 70s films.
Don’t blame the headlight. They were running leaded gas back then. Everybody was a little dim.
Shit ton of Waymo’s in Orlando popping up
I was looking for this. This makes me happy
Just saw an airbrushed Bugs Bunny riding a motorcycle on the side of an RV while listening to this pod God does exist
the guy who did the Atlanta Olympics bombing was a right wing domestic terrorist fellas
I loved this movie, I did actually like all the dry opening stuff. A indie movie from that era for sure, but very charming. Hell of a climax. Trounces that awful remake.
it always stresses me out when a car lands a jump by smashing down on the front bumper and the driver is like YES I NAILED IT… like no dude the whole front of your car is absolutely fucked now! If I did that to my subaru my whole life would tailspin as a result!
Most memorable license plates that have appeared in films covered by Action Boyz? AZZ KIKR - Con Air?
Breaking: Chimp Civil War https://www.npr.org/2026/04/13/nx-s1-5781149/chimpanzee-civil-war-primate-conflict-anthropology
If making you feel miserable is the goal? Then Deer Hunter is the greatest movie ever.
More like Drear Hunter
When bringing up crazy stunts, the first one that always comes to mind, and the stuntman suing Nicolas Cage later, is from KISS OF DEATH. Remember when Nicolas Cage throws a drunk passed out truck driver onto the pavement and then kicks him? The stunt man said Nic was too into the character and over threw him, making him land on his head, which you can actually see bleed in that scene. I don’t remember what happened with the lawsuit.
Not driverless, they’re driven by extremely low income workers
Driven by a.i. - an indian dude
Woah memory unlocked, the Nic Cage one is the only movie I've seen in a drive-in haha how sad
This movie is a great time!
this shit rocked
the stuff about marge and louis is very true!
This movie is perfect ABZ fodder! I was sucked in from minute one. The 10 minutes of cutting between the cars and Pumpkin(?) cry smoking will stay with me forever.
Potentially the most 70’s movie ever made!
Anyone else use the archive.org source with the original audio? Seems like a labor of love from the uploader to sync with the blu-ray.
Unrelated - On their “Punisher” episode, the Boyz talked about their Marvel trading card collection. That inspired me, during a visit to my old house for Mother’s Day, to rummage through boxes of my old stuff looking for my old binder of Marvel cards. I found it: https://youtube.com/shorts/84utsU0INQ0?si=YIPtq9MansWwu2Fp It’s true: when you get old enough, you become interested in your past hobbies again.
Love this. You going through these was like a time transport back to grade school. Bonus points for that sweet table being a perfect backdrop.
20 minutes into the final car chase I thought, Jesus Christ: this has to be the longest car chase ever put on film. The second line from the Wikipedia entry: “The film centers on a group of car thieves and the fifty cars they must steal in a matter of days. It is known for featuring a 40-minute car chase scene, the longest in film history, during which a total of 93 cars were destroyed.”
Truly a love letter to ADR.
stilted dubbing is a character in the movie