You Could Own One of the Original "Eleanor" Mustangs
Presented by Mecum Auctions – In 1995, the idea began circulating about remaking H.B. “Toby” Halicki’s legendary 1974 film, ?Gone in 60 Seconds,? but polishing it up and heightening the experience. Enlisting Touchstone Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer, Halicki?s widow, Denise, entered into a licensing agreement to produce the remake with Denise acting as the executive producer. Filming began in 1999 and ?Gone in 60 Seconds? premiered on June 9, 2000, with an all-star cast including Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Robert Duvall and Will Patton among many other gifted actors blending with edgy cinematography, spectacular stunt work, a tremendous musical score and a revised story from the original with a lot of heart wrapped in tough packaging.
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Like the original, the film depicts a band of car thieves led by Memphis Raines (Cage) out to score an impossible heist of 50 cars in just several hours. As in the original, for identification purposes, each car was given a lady?s name to keep the cars under the radar while the crew communicated on radios with transmissions that could be heard by others, including police.
The movie was packed with an array of stunning and stellar cars, but it was a 1967 Ford Mustang GT500 in Pepper Gray Metallic with black stripes riding on Halibrand-style wheels with a host of subtle and not-so-subtle enhancements that would become the hero car and an instant dream car?this was Eleanor. Sketc...
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