Cadillacs in movies.

[Barry M Wheeler #2189]

I just checked TCM for 8:00 PM tomorrow evening EDT. Steve Martin (I believe) drives a 1941 Cadillac 60S in "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid."

[Abe Lugo]

For a brief moment a 1941 Convertible Couple is in a couple scenes in Oppenheimer. 
It happens to look very much like my car. 
I happen to see the movie car at Disney's Dapper day expo and they let me sit it in.
Coincidentally the cars for sale. 

[jwwseville60]

Oppy really did have a couple of convertible Cadillacs.
I recommend the new book on him.
The man had class and brains.

[colorado4x4]

1970 Cadillac Deville......Many Saints of Newark.....a young Anthony "Tony" Soprano and his father Giovanni Francis "Johnny Boy" Soprano

[59-in-pieces]

Abe,

What is Disney's Dapper day expo.
Would you give us the scoop.
Sounds interesting - especially anything Disney.

Have fun,
Steve B.

[Eric DeVirgilis CLC# 8621]

1941 Series 62 convertible sedan driven by the main character in Bugsy (1991). I heard the car was repainted this color for the film because of better visibility in night time scenes.

[MickeyCaddy]

My black 1955 Series 62 sedan had the privilege of appearing in "Oppenheimer" twice, as Robert Downey Jr.'s "character car".

In early 2022 a call went out via the SoCal CLC branch for a 1953 sedan. I was told they couldn't find one (go figure), and the search was expanded to include 1954-55 models.

My black '55 was chosen, and appears twice in the movie. Once at 1:03:18, in black and white, with Downey Jr (as "Strauss") in the back seat; and again at 2:23:51, in color, when Strauss tells Oppenheimer "Take my car, I insist", and Oppenheimer gets in the left rear door. The next scene continues the story, with Oppenheimer riding in the back seat.

My car isn't seen very clearly or for very long, possibly because it's too new a model to be in those scenes. But when Oppenheimer is riding in the back seat, you can look to the left side of the center of the frame, above his shoulder, and see the red glow of the taillamp up above the rear fender – not possible with pre-1954 models. There's not enough visual evidence to prove it's mine, but I do have the canceled checks.

My '55 also appeared in season 2, episode 9 of "The Afterparty" on AppleTV, where it's quite visible.

Both were experiences were a lot of fun, especially when "Oppenheimer" was awarded the Oscar for Best Picture!

Michael Chanslor
CLC member #29849

[jwwseville60]

What other car brand even comes close in movies?
Maybe Porsche?

[Abe Lugo]

Abe,

What is Disney's Dapper day expo.
Would you give us the scoop.
Sounds interesting - especially anything Disney.

Have fun,
Steve B.

Dapper Day is a specific date Fall and Spring at the Disney Parks.  Where people dress dapper as in dressing like the old times.  Or go Disneybounding.  Sort of cosplaying their favorite Disney characters.  The Expos was Spring and Fall.  But now it's just Spring.  At the Expo you can purchase Dapper Clothing and bits.  Usually there is live music and dancing and usually they have a fancy car.  Most likely a Cadillac.

It's good time.  Check dapperday.com for more info 

[59-in-pieces]

Abe,
How cool was that.

Thanks & have fun,
Steve B.

[cadillacmike68]

Lots of Cadillacs in the Dirty Harry series of films and several episodes of Columbo have Cadillacs.

[Art Director]

"Undercover Brother." The lead actor, Eddie Griffin, drives a 1970 DeVille Convertible.

There's a cheesy scene in the beginning with some special effects where he does a 360 in the car and doesn't spill a drop of his Big Gulp.

[TMoore - NTCLC]

I am sure that many members already know about this, but I think they have done an incredible job of cataloging Cars in Movies at this site:

IMCDB - Cadillacs

This makes it incredibly easy to find movies with a specific year or model car - even some pretty obscure titles (or in my case, a pretty obscure vehicle - 1942 Series 67)

[Cadman-iac]

I am sure that many members already know about this, but I think they have done an incredible job of cataloging Cars in Movies at this site:

IMCDB - Cadillacs

This makes it incredibly easy to find movies with a specific year or model car - even some pretty obscure titles (or in my case, a pretty obscure vehicle - 1942 Series 67)

 Cool site, thanks for the link.

 Rick

[Carfreak]

My Cousin Vinny just started on AMC

[Clewisiii]

Watching the movie Matinee with John Goodman.

Seeing the 59 convertible he drives into town in. They actually do a crash scene with this car. I dont know if they crashed the real car. But since this was 93 they may have sacrificed it.

[Clewisiii]

But he replaces it with a 61 Eldorado.

[TJ Hopland]

I have been watching some early 80's TV shows like the A-Team.  Seems like just about every episode that takes place in the USA at least the bad guys have some sort of Cadillac limo that gets destroyed somehow by the end of the episode.  Most of them look to be in the 75-80 range which makes sense since those would be old and common enough that they could buy them cheap enough to just wreck em.

I suppose in some ways its the same thing now, lots of the bad guys drive Escalades so Cadillac is still a player?  If it wasn't for the Escalade would most people even have heard of the brand?

[SteveB3155]

The opening of the Paul Newman movie, "Sweet Bird of Youth" features a 1961 Cadillac convertible.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62U08G2XYG8

[Cadillac Jack 82]

Supposedly a line producer has eyes on the girls for a horror film?  50 and the 59 are in line for film time come Q3 2025.