It doesn't matter if you are in european, japanese or american cars. You can be a fan of nascar, stock car, rallye or dtm. But this scene truly contains the essence of motorsport.
My wife doesn't understand why this scene gives me chills. Simply brilliant. Side note, the scene before this shows the building where this takes place as a dilapidated barn. However, the inside is a magnificent shop with clean concrete floors.
Man this scene gives me goosebumps every time. This is what racing is all about. Man and machine. Props to Hans Zimmer too, serves the scene brilliantly.
I've seen this movie at least a thousand times. It was always the go to for my dad and I when I was a kid. He's been gone now 6 years and this scene still gives me goosebumps.
Michael rookers acting is super underrated as well. He’s been beside some of the greats from cruise to Stallone to mall rats to the walking dead to gauradians of the galaxy.
As much as I love this scene, it kills me knowing in the next segment Cole is gonna wreck the heck out of this car as he gets his introduction to NASCAR. "There goes the fender..."
I was looking for the comment., The montage of the build of the perfect machine And then the montage of all the failures the rookie experiences in his first season That's racing
The strength of this scene lies in the fact that a person who does not know the world of motor racing can understand the passion and desire of these men behind the scenes... Tony Scott was a genius at conveying emotions... When I see Robert Duvall in this scene, I cry like a child every time... When he talks with the chassis, when the man talks with the machine, when the man breathes a little bit of his soul into something that should not have any... The magic happens... A thought for all the mechanics who don't count their hours to make a dream or a legend live or relive...
This scene reminded me about Rusty Wallace and his love for the "Midnight" car no matter what body it had. It went into the NASCAR HOF, as a Ford Thunderbird, when he was inducted. Back in '96, I got to drive it's backup version. I worked at DIS 1996-2006 as part of the security/safety teams. My uncle was a high level executive for MAZAK Industries, one of Rusty Wallace's sponsors. I was told if I wrecked it, I had to buy it. 174+ mph for two laps on the DIS track. Rusty gave me an autographed die-cast replica of the car and it's on my desk in a protective case.
In this whole scene, the first seconds are almost quiet while Robert Duvall speak to the chassis and then the crew build the car. But it starts to be serious at : - 00:40 the beginning of the construction with the crew. - 01:16 to make us feel the end is near. - 01:29 we guess the car will be beautiful and Robert Duvall is smiling and still alone with his baby. - 01:36 is just the best moment, the WOW effect ! It's not only about the scene, it's also the background music that match perfectly because it's the same thing. Hans Zimmer, you're just the best !
for me the best part is the first part, when he's talking to her. i've talked to every car i've built. makes it so much better when you fire her up the very first time if you've already been in a relationship with her from the get go.
There was another dude in full paint gear with mask in that room who handed Harry the spray gun. It might just be a type of "Tradition" thing with Harry where he gives it the last spray as a type of "I put the final touch on it". I can buy that and why he has no mask for just one spray or two.
Such a beautiful machine! Those late 80's into early 90's stock cars look incredible. Takes me back to seeing them in person as a kid, good stuff. Great scene!
My favorite car/paint scheme of all time is definitely Davey Allison's 89 Thunderbird with the white/black and silver numbers. I also loved his black 90s havoline Thunderbird. Also bill Elliott's blue melling 9 car.
@Lester Crest u do most so called rules you want to get rid of are there to save someones life and now nascar is nothing like it was back then but i do miss smashing door by door action
I LOVE THIS SCENE... simply because it reflects ALL OF OUR LIVES. in the love and pride we take in our work. The music digs into our heart and souls! We feel alive when we see the finished product of what we do. Brilliant cinema. This scene chokes me a and makes me cry because it's beauty is its simplicity. It reflects us all.
When I saw this epic scene as a kid it gave me such a mysterious and gloomy vibe, that amazing lighting, that beautiful 80s car shape, those crispy synths and Robert Duvall's emotional monologue. Still getting goosebumps today...
I saw this at the movie theatre when it first came out. I was 8. I had no idea what I was going to see, I literally thought it was a movie about weather. It changed my life.
Hands down my favorite scene from this movie. Also I never realized it was only a minute and 44 seconds I could watch this scene over and over and over again.
Love it, I'm an offroad racer and I fabricate a lot. This scene inspired me about 20 years ago when I was just getting started. Now I see it and feel like an old guy wanting to make a true cheater 'stock' car. We build to the rule book and bend where ever we can. The ingenuity and tricks these mechanics and fabricators have is outstanding. Great competitors.
Back a few years ago, one trick they were doin is punching small holes on the top corners of the tires. It would only let out a little bit of air when that part of the tire was on the pavement. So when tires were changed and they got on the track, after getting the air inside the tires hot it would remain roughly the same psi due to light purging of air and can take the turns better. Became a problem when a few unlucky drivers stopped on the track for red flags and stopped the tire on the right spot to constantly bleed air and nascar was wondering wtf these guys had flat tires out of nowhere for lol. Good ol tiregate
Hard to believe that barn is now in the middle of Morrison plantation today. There is a advanced auto right in front, a autozone next door, a quiktrip across the street, but the barn still stands.
Actually it doesnt the barn was burned by a fan after the movie aired, why do you say, because i helped fight the fire, the barn and house are on the same property
Love how he talks to the car. Robert Duvall was made to play this character. This part always gave me goosebumps seeing it come together into this badass yellow and green beauty sitting on the track with the music 🎶. Man! That part burned itself into my 13 year old brain in 1990.
A sequel to this needs to happen next, it could just simply be Cole chasing an elusive championship down before he retires from Nascar. I hope, we see this happen especially after how epic Top Gun: Maverick was.
“I’m gonna shave half an inch off you and shape you like a BULLET.” Imagine where NASCAR would be if they’d allow THAT level of passion to guide the sport..
I always come back to this once in awhile. This scene is absolutely epic even down to the music. Hans Zimmer kills it with his music for every movie he does hands down.
Everytime I remember a movie I watched as a kid the music is fresh in my memory and when I look up the scene its always by Hans Zimmer. Absolute Genius and Living Legend! This movie got me and my dad into Nascar too!
Talk to an empy chassis, hard work, handy guys thousands of dollars spent, and 1st practice straight to the wall. And start again talk to an empy chassis....
I love this movie so much like can't remember for how many years I thought about this scene before re-watched the movie in 2018-late 2017 like out of all the scenes of the movie remember this one scene and I still think about it tail this day❤
Never been in a good ol boy shop uh...buncha good ol boys in a dark seedy barn out in middle of nowhere buildin a bunch of bad ass machines...theyre everywhere
Why do so many people today not understand what it means to take pride in the quality of their work? Luckily, my father and grandfather conditioned me well from a young age to take pride in everything I do and say, because my name would be attached to it. Eventually, this valuable life lesson would be more well-defined, on-the-grounds-that, it wasn't only just my name that was attached to everything I do, it was also attached to my father's and Grandfather's name as well.
My grandfather when he was alive I'd sit out in his garage everyday late into the night by my self . No one to talk to ... but when I saw this scene of this movie. It reminds me of dale earnhardt . Imagine after his dad passed away and he had to build those cars and all in his dad's garage and if he ever talked to himself as if he was talking to his dad ? Lol . But he's also talking to the car while building it ? give that one a good thought . if 1 man is building a ride for some one else what's he's saying is his mind in his heart knowing he's not the one driving or racing it
I wish they had made this scene much longer by going into more in depth details of how they built the car but Hans Zimmer's awesome theme music probably would've ran too short for such an extensive version.
i love the smokey reference about a fuel line that holds an extra gallon. nascar told him what size fuel cell and what capacity but nothing about the line so he ran a 3 inch line that was extra long just to hold more fuel.
Ah man, such memories! Bear with me now; as an early teen in '91, me and my cousin played the heck out of Days of Thunder on NES. We were both obsessed with that movie and Nascar. I was particularlly obsesed with that scene and music so much that I dubbed it from VHS to radio casstte, and played it back to back while I built a tube frame slot car from plastic sprues from model kits, a motor from who knows what toy I dismantled, and a Dodge Ram Nascar truck body made of several layers of thin foil, so it could sustain realistic damage on my cousin's slot car track. Of course, I painted my truck in the classic Mopar Performance livery of the day!!! I honestly think that it's a problem that no modern movie or music pushes or drives kids to go on and just build stuff! Everyone's going electronic, and almost no one has interest in manual work anymore!
With the exception of the high tech safety features...glad to have those expensive engineers who keep the drivers safe. Other than that, I agree with you.
Robert Duvall played the taxi driver who drove Steve McQueen (Frank Bullitt) before the chase in the movie Bullitt !!! , i think Steve would appreciate this scene.
If I could own a Nascar of that period, or even a replica, I'd have it in that livery. I was actually quite disappointed to learn that the dealership in real life is blue and white.
@@dxknudsen well I'd suggest you get off you tube and get selling your 40hp oil pans, also I can't see how it would increase HP maybe improve drag Coefficient meaning existing HP will improve top speed but mechanically speaking the HP output won't change i don't think.
@@justbreakingballs did i say 40 hp? no... but i did understand what it was supposed to be said in the movie.... from windadge you can gain 5 to 6hp easy... from the oil pan
@@dxknudsen so you randomly answered a question no one asked. I commented about a 40hp gain from an oil pan. You comment about gains and windage not related to 40hp. Cheers for that 👍
That style of stock car was fun to watch, they got airborne if turned around at high speed, could drive through the grass and had no spliter in the front to plow into the dirt. And if anyone here is old enough to remember the famous "pass in the grass" (Which WAS legal in that case) you'll know what I'm talking about.
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