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Joe Shlabotnik

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95. LOl great points

Sun Jan 8, 2012, 03:09 AM

Jan 2012

another that just popped into my mind was that 'the bad guy' with the shot shotgun, had to ride around with the stunt man for a chunk of the scenes: He was totally white knuckled and physically ill. But ya, don't get me wrong wrong: shit, If 68 fast back came along and I had the money for it I'd probably jump at it, but I AM a die-hard Mopar fan, so for my tastes, and what I know of them (a buddy of mine owns a '68 Charger), THAT is the car for me. And your right with the shark analogy. Maybe tomorrow I'll search through my 2000+ bookmarks and see if I saved that article about how that scene was filmed. It was really in depth and very enlightening. If I find it I'll send your way.

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