Micanopy, Fla.: 'Doc Hollywood' For three months in 1990, the small historic town of Micanopy, Fla., and its population of 600 residents played host to the cast and crew of the film "Doc Hollywood." But it surprised me by also being a love story, and a pretty good one - the kind where the lovers are smart enough to know all the reasons why they shouldn't get together, but too much in love to care. You with me? The MJ Fox classic is never mentioned. They are voiced by, respectively, Larry the Cable Guy, Tony Shaloub, George Carlin, Paul Dooley, Cheech Marin … And what feeling is that? Being almost at opposite ends of the country, it wasn’t as if I could drop in every week to check on progress, but we kept in close contact, including weekends. But, I’ll create a new category — Intangibles — and just say that since Doc Hollywood came first (and because of the Julie Warner nude scene), I gotta go with Michael J. In addition, there was the need to find room for a larger (21 USG) and safer fuel cell mounted in such a way as to counterbalance the added mass of the bigger power unit. Even so, the challenges of doing so were numerous, such as the need to make the space in the chassis and within the original body profile house the longer six-cylinder engine and five-speed transaxle. While reporting about the event on television, Mater forgets his lines and calls it the \"Mater-National Championship.\" Several international racing superstars arrive in Radiator Springs and befriend McQueen, including Giovanni, an Italian Ferrari; Otto Von Fassenbottom, a Ger… Chassisnumber 117356551. Sheriff Rosco P. Coltraine's police car and Cooter's truck outside Hollywood Star Cars Museum 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse from The Fast and the Furious at Hollywood Star Cars Museum This 1960 Porsche 356 Speedster was driven by Michael J. The characters are the same. I guess you can see I appreciated rear-engine, air-cooled cars. Advantage: Doc Hollywood. Yep, change “hot-shot racecar” to “hot-shot doctor” and you’ve got the plot of Doc Hollywood, starring Michael J. I guess I like to feel I’m driving that road every time I head out in my Intermeccanica S6. Marriage came along, and there was little money for toys anymore, but I did manage to hold on to an MGTD that I restored myself, an MGB, and a TR6 that also required a complete self-restoration. So, the judge assigns Dr. Stone to pay for the damages to his fence by serving the town as its doctor for a week. But they were essentially the same character doing the same job. Just like Lou went to law school in Doc Hollywood. Fox. Lightning tries to catch up with Mack, but he accidentally follows another 18-wheeler and finds himself near Radiator Springs. I’m proud to admit that portions of Doc Hollywood – including the famous lake scenes – were filmed in my own hometown of Mechanicsville, VA. Reading this one day after watching the movie CARS made my whole day. Many reviewers also felt that Cars' plot was too indebted to the 1991 Michael J Fox comedy Doc Hollywood, in which a hotshot Los Angeles doctor learns a new set of values when he is stranded in an average American town. Doc Hudson sentences him to repave Main Street. With Michael J. Who planned that trip? Nobody did. The makers of the Disney/Pixar film Cars (2006) have been accused of plagiarizing its plot from Doc Hollywood (1991). I haven’t seen plagiarism like this since Dook basketball great Greg Newton. And a brand new “real” car would never give me the feeling I get when I push that start button, put the transmission in gear, and head down the road. Classic. Advantage: Doc Hollywood. Doc Hollywood: Four words. After you saw it the first time you had to know she wasn’t getting naked again! The result is a superb combination — an open-top, air-cooled, Porsche-inspired sports car with the look of the timeless 356-A and the power of the 911, along with a purpose-built steel-tube chassis that weighs at least 500 pounds less than any 911! It all started with a movie. A lone voice hollering, “Freebird!” Now, as someone who has yelled “Play some Skynrd!” at every concert I’ve ever attended (symphonies included), I gotta tell you, I almost peed my pants. Fox in the movie Doc Hollywood. Directed by Michael Caton-Jones. Phone:(702) 331.6400. It was odd, really, because there haven’t been a large number of talking-car movies. His voice is self-assured with an undercurrent of vulnerability. Couple that with a hand-finished interior and exterior, and there’s not much more that I could want. (But I’m still looking for that perfect set of wheels to replace the Porsches we put on as a ‘holding set’). I mean, really… I grew up in a town that had a “Poultry Jubilee” and boasted the “World’s Largest Frying Pan” and I was aghast at the depiction of Grady. That Cars borrowed heavily from a lot of other, similar stories – and that Doc Hollywood did likewise – is also pretty much just true. Which raises yet another question… if this was in the first 30 minutes of the movie (which I believe it was) what made you watch the remaining 1 hour? The fence belongs to the town magistrate. I’ve been asked, “Why a replica — why this car?” Why have this car built, when for similar dollars I could have bought a brand new “real” car? But, when my life allowed it, I had my current Intermeccanica built as I wanted. Cars: A majority of the movie takes place in Radiator Springs, a former stop on the famed Route 66 that was bypassed when I-40 came through the area. Cars: In Radiator Springs, Lightning meets Mater the tow truck, Luigi who sells tires and loves racing cars but only Ferraris in Europe (note that Dr. Stone drove a foreign sportscar in Doc Hollywood, by the way), Fillmore the hippy who lives next to Sarge the army car, Ramone who does paint jobs for cars and his girl Flo who owns the service station. COLORFUL CAST OF SECONDARY CATEGORIES Doc Hollywood and Cars. Paul Newman voices Doc Hudson, the town’s magistrate and mechanic (aka, doctor) who’s really hard on Lightning throughout the movie. What is there not to love? "Many reviewers also felt that Cars' plot was too indebted to the 1991 Michael J Fox comedy Doc Hollywood, in which a hotshot Los Angeles doctor learns a new set of values when he is stranded in an average American town. I’ve always had what I would call a “sporty” car, starting with a baffed-out Bugeye Sprite back in high school, during the days of the British sports car invasion of the 1960s. Plus, it really ups the value of re-watching the movie on HBO, not on basic cable. It goes as far back as 1986, when my father and I were developing the tube chassis that would eventually replace the combination of subframe and VW floor pan, upon which all previous Intermeccanica 356 reproduction vehicles had been built. I mean, c’mon Pixar! The Body is from fiberClass. A young doctor on his way across the country to a job interview crashes his car in a small town and is sentenced to work for several days at the town hospital. As a Canadian, I am a fan of Edmonton-born Michael J. ), WACKY DETOUR OFF THE INTERSTATE in doc hollywood was due to cows being walked down the road and doc tried explaining said too then unbeknownst to him the judge who is upset about the best fence he had just put up and was still painting. From Family Ties through Spin City and most movies in between, he always brought his A game. Cars: Here’s where the similarities get really weird. Just a nice… bit of scenery. It's a familiar plot made special by Fox's talents and a heartwarming script. etc. Fresh out of residence at a Washington D.C. hospital, hot-shot plastic surgeon Ben Stone (Michael J. 2. Let’s do a comparison of Cars and Doc Hollywood. Hell, again, it’s essentially the same plot. Awwwww… Like Julie Warner, Bridget Fonda was absolutely peaking when this movie was made. Playing a self-assured doctor. And that he’s as much of a redneck as George W. is a cowboy? Maybe Transformers. Maybe Knight Rider or Herbie, the Love Bug (although the latter didn’t talk, but man, what raw emotion that Volkswagen could portray). Original Car From Doc Hollywood. On the basis of the movie's trailer, I was expecting "Doc Hollywood" to be a comedy. ), So, like I did with Ray and Walk the Line, I can’t help but compare the two. Doc Hollywood ( 2,445 ) IMDb 6.2 1 h 43 min 1991 X-Ray PG-13 Michael J. In Doc Hollywood, he did a phenomenal job with a B+ script. The one that was destroyed by the circus truck was an old rotten Porsche coupe that had the top cut off for that scene. On the other hand, the entire Cars movie is based on a fantasy where cars are the world’s only inhabitants. Did you notice? So I’m not the only one who thinks we’re building the “ultimate” 356! ( Log Out /  These movies are so similar, it's almost like they're set in mirror dimensions -- and in one of those dimensions, every character is a talking car. My answer is simple: A “real” car could never be as unique or as personal as this one is. This is a very good Change . That’s ri-damn-diculous. Email: steve@luckmedia.com WACKY DETOUR OFF THE INTERSTATE Doc Hollywood (Brasil: Dr. Hollywood - Uma Receita de Amor /Portugal: Doutor Sarilhos) é um filme de comédia romântica estadunidense de 1991 dirigido por Michael Caton-Jones, e escrito por Jeffrey Price e Peter S. Seaman.O filme é estrelado por Michael J. With all Porsche 911 mechanicals (1987 Carrera chassis and 1995 993 engine), I can’t say enough about how the car drives and performs. These two stories are identical. While trying to evade the police (he’s being stopped because he has decals for headlights, not the lights themselves), he pretty much rips the town apart. Then it hits me… a hot-shot racecar on his way to California takes an inadvertent detour from the interstate, winds up in some BFE town, accidentally causes damage, gets sentenced to “community service,” has to stay in town for a week, rails against the slow-witted townfolk at first, falls in love with the random way-too-hot-for-this-hick-town local girl, gets into a spat with the crusty town doctor, ultimately falls for the charms of the town as well as the girl, learns ass loads of life lessons, winds up coming back to BFE town… etc. Lightning McQueen is hosting an international championship in Radiator Springs, to celebrate the construction of his new racing stadium and headquarters. Advantage: Cars. Fox gem, from its basic plot points to its feel-good conclusion. Next stop, Netflix, to put Doc Hollywood back on the queue…, thanks man our final exam in english is to compare cars to doc hollywood ahahha : The Doc Hollywood writers should sue the pants off of Steve Jobs’ boys and girls at Pixar. SMP 200th post extravaganza (an all-clip episode) « sweet monkey pie, Why the ‘Cars 3’ Daytona 500 Trailer Makes Me Far Less Excited About This Pixar Sequel | Fishstream TV, UNC baseball: Undone by karma (and some poor fielding). Did your writer just find an old script and copy it? Chick appears and tells Lightning that he plans wins the Race-O-Rama series to shut down the Doc Hudson Racing Academy, thus bringing mor… Overall, a good job. Plus, any movie with Larry the Cable Guy loses style points. Like millions of other parents around the US, this weekend I trundled off with my kid to see the new Pixar/Disney movie, Cars. I thoroughly enjoyed Cars, but I can still readily see that in storyline and theme and characters and tone, it’s pretty much a lot like Doc Hollywood.That’s simply a statement of fact. Fox and company. She has obviously had opportunities to go elsewhere, but she has devoted herself to saving the struggling town. Doc Holliday's Saloon and Restaurant, Glenwood Springs: See 272 unbiased reviews of Doc Holliday's Saloon and Restaurant, rated 3.5 of 5 on Tripadvisor and ranked #26 of 87 restaurants in Glenwood Springs. The Car is a Replic with some Original parts nice condition . The movie stars Michael J. Doc Hollywood is the story of a young and promising doctor that’s bound for Beverly Hills where he plans to make a good living, perhaps a superior living, as a plastic surgeon. My concern is that you’ve actually watched Doc Hollywood more than once! "It just rips off Doc Hollywood, almost note for note," said Christy Lemire of the San Francisco Chronicle. We're talking about Doc Hollywood, the Michael J. He ultimately comes around and agrees to be Lightning’s crew chief in the final race. Fox. SHOCKING MOMENT For close to two years, there were emails and phone calls, sometimes three or four per day, as we sorted through every little detail. (If you don’t get that reference, find a UNC fan… they’ll know. The main car that Fox drove in that movie - at least in the opening scenes - is a red speedster with a white dash, much like this one being sold. A truck drove through a group of protesters in Hollywood on Thursday night, striking and running over at least one person as it sped through the crowd, footage shows. Critic Simon Kinnear of Total Filmconcurred, stating "Actually, this one pretty muc… Girls got a nice romantic comedy; guys got boobies. The desire to stuff a six-cylinder Porsche engine (and driveline) into the back of one of our Intermeccanicas was there along with the requisite customers. Although based on your comments, I can assume it was primarily for the Julie Warner nude scene. Change ). Fox stars in this romantic comedy about a Beverly Hills-bound doctor who gets stranded in a Southern town where he finds himself falling in love, and re-evaluating his life. Jose Feliciano? Doc Hollywood: In Grady, Dr. Stone runs into a bunch of characters: Woody Harrelson as Lou’s would-be fiancée Hank Gordon, David Ogden Stiers as the mayor, and Bridget Fonda as the mayor’s amorous daughter. Doc Hollywood, Movie, 1991 Pictures provided by: antp , mike962 Display options: Display as images Display as list Make and model Make and year Year Category Importance/Role Date added (new ones first) Episode Appearance (ep.+time, if avail.) Very nice comparison! Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Full of himself, yet still being an approachable, likeable guy. The city is struggling, as drivers no longer stop by for gas, tires, paint jobs, etc. HICK TOWN Julie Warner skinny dipping. Oh, and fun fact, we first see Sally in a courtroom serving as a prosecuting attorney in Lightning’s case. Fantastic and completely unexpected. With a lot of Documention and Picture and Original Titel from 1957 . My allegiances switched back and forth from England to Germany — front engine, water cooled to rear engine, air cooled. And now I have a British racing green German-Canadian car. I don’t quite get why the OP should be bothered by this. The one thing that always bugged me about Doc Hollywood: why the hell was Dr. Stone in South Carolina if he was going from NYC to California. I help with shipping world wide. The 1991 romantic comedy Doc Hollywood starred Michael J. Lightning McQueen and the Doc Hudson Racing Academy are in a race competing against a rival academy. The makers of "Doc Hollywood" called. 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