The Love Bug (1968)

Director:

Robert Stevenson

Writers:

Bill Walsh (screenplay) &
Don DaGradi (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

13 marzo 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Sport

Frase comercial:

It's a Love-in for Herbie... the incredible little car who shifts for himself!

Plot:

A race car driver becomes a champion with a Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own.

Plot Keywords:

Animate Car | Inanimate Object In Cast Credits | 1960s | Automobile | Ghost Town

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Herbie Is Likable, But Age Has Made Him Ready For Junkyard

Cast

Dean Jones	...	Jim
Michele Lee	...	Carole
David Tomlinson	...	Thorndyke
Buddy Hackett	...	Tennessee Steinmetz
Joe Flynn	...	Havershaw
Benson Fong	...	Mr. Wu
Andy Granatelli	...	Association President
Joe E. Ross	...	Detective
Iris Adrian	...	Carhop
Ned Glass	...	Toll Booth Attendant
Robert Foulk	...	Bice
Gil Lamb	...	Policeman at Park
Barry Kelley	...	Police Sgt.
Nicole Jaffe	...	Girl In Dune-buggy
Wally Boag
Russ Caldwell	...	Boy Driving Dune-buggy
Max Balchowsky
Peter Renaday	...	Policeman on Bridge (as P.L. Renoudet)
Brian Fong	...	Chinese carrying Herbie
Alan Fordney
Stan Duke
Gary Owens	...	Announcer
Chick Hearn
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez	...	Mexican Driver (as Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez)
Dale Van Sickel	...	Driver
Regis Parton	...	Driver (as Reg Parton)
Regina Parton	...	Driver
Tom Bamford	...	Driver
Bob Drake	...	Driver
Marion J. Playan	...	Driver
Hall Brock	...	Driver
Bill Hickman	...	Driver
Rex Ramsey	...	Driver
Hal Grist	...	Driver
Lynn Grate	...	Driver
Larry Schmitz	...	Driver
Dick Warlock	...	Driver (as Richard Warlock)
Dana Derfus	...	Driver
Everett Creach	...	Driver
Gerald Jann	...	Driver
Bill Couch	...	Driver
Ted Duncan	...	Driver
Robert F. Hoy	...	Driver (as Robert Hoy)
Gene Roscoe	...	Driver
Jock Mahoney	...	Driver (as Jack Mahoney)
Charles Willis	...	Driver
Richard Brill	...	Driver
Roy Butterfield	...	Driver
Rudy Doucette	...	Driver
J.J. Wilson	...	Driver
Jim McCullough Sr.	...	Driver (as Jim McCullough)
Bud Ekins	...	Driver
Glenn R. Wilder	...	Driver (as Glenn Wilder)
Gene Curtis	...	Driver
Robert James	...	Driver
John Timanus	...	Driver
Bob Harris	...	Driver
Fred Krone	...	Driver
Dick Geary	...	Driver (as Richard Geary)
Jesse Wayne	...	Driver
Jack Perkins	...	Driver
Fred Stromsoe	...	Driver
Ronnie Rondell Jr.	...	Driver (as Ronnie Rondell)
Kim Brewer	...	Driver
Herbie The Love Bug	...	Itself (as Herbie)
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Larry J. Blake	...	Race Track Timekeeper (uncredited)
John Cliff	...	Track Official (uncredited)
Harold Fong	...	Mr. Wu's Manager (uncredited)
Ben Frommer	...	Mexican Official (uncredited)
Allen Jung	...	Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Kathryn Minner	...	Flower Selling Lady (uncredited)
Bing Russell	...	Race Track Starter (uncredited)
Herb Vigran	...	Policeman on bridge (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Robert Stevenson

Créditos del guión
Bill Walsh		(screenplay) &
Don DaGradi		(screenplay)
Gordon Buford		(story "Car-Boy-Girl")

Producida por
Bill Walsh	....	producer

Música original por
George Bruns

Fotografía por
Edward Colman		(director of photography)

Montaje por
Cotton Warburton

Dirección artística
Carroll Clark
John B. Mansbridge

Decorados
Hal Gausman
Emile Kuri

Diseño de vestuario por
Bill Thomas

Departamento de maquillaje
Otis Malcolm	....	makeup artist
La Rue Matheron	....	hair stylist

Dirección de producción
Paul Cameron	....	unit manager (as Paul L. Cameron)

Ayudante de dirección
Christopher Hibler	....	assistant director
Arthur J. Vitarelli	....	second unit director
Robert Webb	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
Robert O. Cook	....	sound supervisor
Dean Thomas	....	sound mixer
Ben Hendricks	....	sound editor (uncredited)
Bill Wylie	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Efectos especiales
Peter Ellenshaw	....	special photographic effects
Howard Jensen	....	special effects
Danny Lee	....	special effects (as Dan Lee)
Eustace Lycett	....	special photographic effects
Alan Maley	....	special photographic effects
Robert A. Mattey	....	special effects

Visual Effects
Peter Ellenshaw	....	matte artist (uncredited)

Especialistas
Max Balchowsky	....	stunts (uncredited)
Steven Burnett	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Harris	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Carey Loftin	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Carey Loftin	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tom Steele	....	stunt driver (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Stan Reed	....	key grip (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Chuck Keehne	....	costumer
Emily Sundby	....	costumer

Music Department
Evelyn Kennedy	....	music editor
Walter Sheets	....	orchestrator

Otros miembros del equipo
Carey Loftin	....	supervisor: driving sequences

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Productions (presents)

Distributors

• Buena Vista Distribution Company (1968) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1979) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE) (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2003) (Spain) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Pictures
• Gativideo (Argentina) (video)
• Suomi-Filmi (1969) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• Walt Disney Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)

También conocida como:

Car-Boy-Girl (USA) (original script title)
Cupido motorizado (Argentina) (Mexico) [es]
Ahí va ese bólido (Spain) [es]

Duración:

107 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.75 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Clasificación:

Australia:G | Iceland:L | Canada:G (video rating) | Argentina:Atp | Canada:F (Ontario) | Finland:S | Norway:A | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | USA:G | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

1000 block of Lombard Street, Lombard Street, San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivialidades:

During the exchange between Jim Douglas and Mr. Wu while hanging from Herbie's rear bumper: "Car very strong." "And very fast." "The strength of forty horses." The stock Volkswagen Beetle engine did have forty horsepower.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Herbie the car is following Jim (who is on the tram), ropes can be seen that are attached from the front of Herbie to the back of the tram as the car passes the camera. Thus revealing that the car is being towed by the tram.

Quotes:

Jim Douglas: [on the phone] Yeah, yeah, Thorndyke. I know what you did to my car. You need your brains kicked out.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (1985) (V)

Herbie Is Likable, But Age Has Made Him Ready For Junkyard

Sorry to sound like Scrooge, but after seeing these films once again in the late '90s, I did not particularly enjoy this late '60s Disney movie favorite, nor its sequels. I watched them when they came out and was mildly amused at that time, but these Herbie flicks did not age well. I can understand why they did a remake recently.

I know it's a fantasy, but it just looks now so stupid it's almost beyond description. In a nutshell, we have a 40-horsepower VW bug that wins auto races because it's "alive," complete with a personality and - get this - a soul! Meanwhile, the driver of the race car (Dean Jones as the annoying "Jim Douglas") thinks he's responsible for the race victories. Well, at least that made sense. The film turns out to be a propaganda piece for Buddhism!! I kid you not!

In fairness, Disney and other studios who have done animation have always made inanimate objects human-like and many times we laugh at that, myself included. So, I'm not really making fun of the premise but it just looks and sounds so dated 40 years later, especially the San Francisco hippie scenes.

"Herbie," by the way, was a likable "guy." It was good to see Benson Fong (Charlie Chan films) again, and Joe E. Ross (Bilko, Car 54, Where Are You?) and even goofy Buddy Hackett as "Tennessee Steinmetz." I always found it a shame, though, that humorous stand-up comics like Hackett and Don Rickles played so many stupid roles in these '60s films.