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Old 06-22-2008   #1 (permalink)
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Opel GT in New "Get Smart" Movie

I hope this hasn't been posted already - couldn't find a thread about it. I just got back from seeing the new "Get Smart" movie and an Opel GT does appear in the movie. Max speeds off in a Sunbeam only to have it run out of gas. He then starts to try to flag down cars when an Opel GT pulls up and the driver warns him about getting hit in traffic - at which point the GT gets rear ended! . BTW, the movie is hilarious - I recommend it (and not just for the Opel sighting).
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Yeah, not only did the movie have Don Adams' trademark Sunbeam Tiger and Opel GT, but we caught a glimpse of a somewhat familiar looking blue Karmann Ghia, too. I'm a little aghast at what happened to the Opel, though. I really hope that what we saw was either a special effect or a model custom built for the stunt. There are too few GTs left for that sort of treatment!

Though if you ask me, I think they missed a great marketing tie-in with the new Opel GT. Who wants to see Maxwell Smart tooling around Russia in a Ferrari when he coulda had an Opel GT?
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Yeah, not only did the movie have Don Adams' trademark Sunbeam Tiger and Opel GT, but we caught a glimpse of a somewhat familiar looking blue Karmann Ghia, too. I'm a little aghast at what happened to the Opel, though. I really hope that what we saw was either a special effect or a model custom built for the stunt. There are too few GTs left for that sort of treatment!

Though if you ask me, I think they missed a great marketing tie-in with the new Opel GT. Who wants to see Maxwell Smart tooling around Russia in a Ferrari when he coulda had an Opel GT?
I agree. GM could have done something like they did in Transformers as far as product placement with the new Opel GT being the main car. I couldn't help but observe that in the Transformers movie, it was the Solstice transformer that got ripped into pieces and killed .

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I agree - the movie was hilarious! I went this afternoon with my wife, daughter, and friend. We all enjoyed it; some cheesy parts, but in a good cheesy way. The GT scene was neat but all too brief. I didn't actually see it get hit but it gives the impression the car gets hit. Maybe a blinked. Anyway, nice GT, Tiger, and Ghia scenes. Steve Carrell is hilarious!
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I just saw the movie with my wife and we both liked it a lot. The actors did a nice job in recreating the characters from the TV show. The guy driving the GT was recognized by my wife as Bernie Koppel who played Siegfried (KAOS agent and nemesis of Don Adam's agent 86). Cheesy? Ya, would you believe a good family comedy worth seeing with a helping of cheese. A lot like the TV show. And, it was the #1 movie this weekend!
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I finally saw it too. Stopped the DVD on the GT. It wasn't a super nice one. Window locking strip was trashed and if the rear end hit was a special effect it was a good one, I went through frame by frame it sure looked like they plugged it good hard and for real (maybe why they didn't get too nice a one, or bother to hunt down an gold one either?). We liked the movie too.
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I think we were watching the movie at the same time! I finally got to see it... Excellent movie, very funny. Here's a shot of the GT.
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Cool

Ive been wanting to see that movie,i hardly see the show anymore thought its funny we have the same name and drive the same car ,Maxx
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And a brown one to boot. What was the color of the one in the old show?
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I just watched the new one. Oh man, that GT must be non - existant after that crash
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I can't believe the length of this thread and nobody has mentioned Anne Hathaway! That was probably the best I've seen her look in a movie! But overall it WAS a good movie! I still cringe thinking about that GT...
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I feel worse for that Sunbeam after it was launched down those stairs.. that thing was destroyed!! But then again maybe they used a "stunt double" car for that scene.

The funny thing about the camera angle when the GT got hit is that is looks as though they could have had some kind of impact absorber or something on the back of it, because they never show the whole rear of the car. Either way though, that car must have suffered some serious damage.

Oh yeah Anne Hatheway was great as 99. She was a good match for Steve Carell. Excellent casting. The character development was really well thought out too. Overall the movie was a perfectly styled tribute to the classic T.V. shows. The producers did a nice job of blending the old with the new.
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Who Drives the Opel?

I heard it was the old Siegfried (Bernie Kopell) driving the Opel in the new Get Smart movie, is this true?

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I don't know, it looks like him!
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Wasn't he the head of Kaos ("No more Mr. nice guy")?
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I don't know, it looks like him!
I would not have guessed who it was. But, my wife says so, so it must be true. After all, she's my better half...the half that can remember names, faces, TV shows, movies, etcetera, etcetera, etcetara.
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saw the movie yesterday, too bad a car hit it in the rear. But on the other hand, the GT wasn't in an excellent shape. Notice the headlights that don't fit nice and the condition of the doorwindow rubbers. Just 2 things I noticed immediately. I guess the used a cheezy GT wich was prepared just enough to "run". And if it isn't the case, to bad for the GT
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Bernie Kopell is listed as the Opel Driver on the impd.com site. If you ever want to know who is listed in the credits of movies or tv shows, just do a search on that site. Just make sure where it lists the cast you click on "more'

By the way a hilarious movie, which I posted last week in the other thread.
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He might also have been on "The Courtship of Eddie's Father", "The Love Boat" (which I am proud to say I never, ever watched, and lot's of other 60's and 70's sit-coms. Wasn't the captain on "The Love Boat also in "McHale's Navy", and "The Bob Newhart Show"?.
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