Blast from the Past: Mustang Movies
Over the years there have been special appearances from Mustangs all over Hollywood. Well, I have put this special list together for Mustang enthusiasts on the net. If you haven’t seen of them, I suggest checking them out. Some of them are my favorite movies!
- (1968) Bullitt - An all guts, no glory San Francisco cop becomes determined to find the underworld kingpin that killed the witness in his protection. Green Bullitt Mustang Throughout whole movie.
- (2003) 2 Fast 2 Furious - Set in Miami, Officer O’Conner, stripped of his badge, is recruited to infiltrate the Miami street racing circuit in an effort to redeem himself. Red candy apple S281 Saleen in the beginning gets crushed by a semi.
- (2003) Hollywood Homicide - Two LAPD detectives who moonlight in other fields investigate the murder of an up-and-coming rap group. Another S281 making an appearance throughout the movie, Detectives Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett drive it.
- (2000) Gone in 60 Seconds - A retired master car thief must come back to the industry and steal 50 cars with his crew in one night to save his brother’s life. Nicholas Cage is running from the cops in a 1967 GT500(Eleanor) at the end of the movie.
- (2007) American Gangster - In 1970s America, a detective works to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas, a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drug into the country from the Far East. 1966 Shelby Mustang GT-350H makes an appearance in the middle of the movie as Josh Brolin’s car, you know the big brother from Goonies.
- (1994) Beverly Hills Cop III - Axel Foley, while investigating a car theft ring, comes across something much bigger than that: the same men who shot his boss are running a counterfeit money ring out of a theme park in Los Angeles. In the beginning of the movie Eddie Murphy rolls up to the cop station in a nice red 5.0 foxbody, a lot better than that beat up Chevy Nova he used to drive :).
- (1993) Born to Run - A look at the world of big city street racers. When one of them falls in love with his brother’s woman he soon finds he must battle the mob to keep her and stay alive. Richard Grieco races a 1970 Mustang Fastback throughout the whole movie. Great underated movie, needs to see this if you haven’t yet.
- (1993) Dazed and Confused - It’s the last day of school at a high school in a small town in Texas in 1976. The upperclassmen are hazing the incoming freshmen, and everyone is trying to get stoned, drunk, or laid, even the football players that signed a pledge not to. 1965 and 1967 Mustang convertible, 1969 coupe, 1969 convertible make appearances. Cult Classic!
- (1989) Road House - A tough bouncer is hired to tame a dirty bar. Ben Gazzara drives a red convertible 5.0 that runs Patrick Swayze off the road. Great movie, I really liked it!
- (1980) Hollywood Knights - Led by their comedic and pranking leader, Newbomb Turk, the Hollywood Knights car gang raise hell throughout Beverly Hills on Halloween Night. 1965 Mustang convertible in the movie. Movie was great, lots of nice cars and laughs throughout the whole movie.
- (1980) Hollywood Knights - Led by their comedic and pranking leader, Newbomb Turk, the Hollywood Knights car gang raise hell throughout Beverly Hills on Halloween Night. 1965 Mustang convertible in the movie. Movie was great, lots of nice cars and laughs throughout the whole movie.
- (1986) Iron Eagle - When Doug’s father, an Air Force Pilot, is shot down by MiGs belonging to a radical Middle Eastern state, no one seems able to get him out. Doug finds Chappy, an Air Force Colonel who is intrigued by the idea of sending in two fighters piloted by himself and Doug to rescue Doug’s father after bombing the MiG base. Doug Masters drives a 1965 convertible Mustang.
- (1989) Lock Up - Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by Leone, and has now arrived on the scene to ensure that Leone never sees the light of day. 1965 Mustang coupe makes an appearance as a car Sylvester Stallone and his jail mates try to fix up.
- (1990) Marked for Death - Chicago DEA agent John Hatcher has just returned from Colombia, where his partner was killed in the line of duty by a drug dealer who has since been taken down. Steven Seagal drives one bad ass 1973 Mach 1.
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