Literature Review
Introduction Movies and the car culture are normally two different entities that tend to stay separate, that is, unless you’re talking about movies like the James Bond series, Back to the Future, and of course, the Fast and Furious movies. Movies like these create associations in the minds of not only car fans, but movie fans as well. The purpose of this lit review is to explore three different movies that are not only favorites of movie fans, but car enthusiasts, as well. You don’t have to know a lot about cars to know James Bond and Aston Martin go together. Movies that make cars the focus have made certain cars permanent icons in the auto world and having a car featured in a great movie does wonders for the value of the car itself. They become collectors’ items that any car collector would be proud to own. A starring role in a feature film could be the saving grace of a car company, as was the case with DeLorean and Back to the Future.
Back to the Future and the DeLorean The 1985 instant-classic, Back to the Future, as well as its two sequels, made famous a car from an automaker with only one model: the DeLorean DMC-12. The stainless steel-paneled sports car was only produced from 1981-1983. Unfortunately, DeLorean went bankrupt in 1982, ceasing production of any more DeLoreans. Production of the DeLorean ended before the first movie was even made. The DeLorean was certainly a very unique car (unique from other cars, not other DeLoreans, as all of them were identical in appearance from the factory). The gull wing doors gave it a kind of an exotic and “high-end” feel, but the car was anything but “high-end” when