My Maverick in a new movie!

Well here in Lafayette Louisiana there has been streets closed. I also saw a lot of old restored cars on the sides of the road, being curious, I wanted to find out what was going on.

So I asked around an found out that there was being a movie shot in town and the old cars were being used (the film is set in 1970). As I was looking around on the internet about the movie(The Secretariat) I found out that they were looking for 1970s cars. I was so exited to here that, and I live a mile from where they were shooting, so basically just went up to the set and asked if they needed some more cars. The lady asked me questions about the Mav, year, color, millage, ect.

I didn't hear back from them until today, when a man called me saying that he was from The secretariat, saying that he might need my car in the movie. so anyways, my car might just be in a movie!!

 

Very cool.

 

Yahoo. Local boy makes good. It might be a good idea to take out a short term insurance policy to cover everything. They might scratch it badly or something and it would be nice to have it covered. they don't care for you car nearly as much as you do.

 

cool as hell!!!

 

Score! Hope it happens for ya!

 

Very cool! Is this movie about the race horse named Secretariat? I heard someone was making a movie about him.

 

I hope you get your Maverick in it then you will have a memory that you can throw in the DVD player whenever you get the urge. Cool.

 

Cool!!! Keep us posted!

 

yep that the movie

 

Hey,you might want to ask if the scene your car is in involves a firey crash of any sort! Just curiouse.:16suspect

 

Or a Dukes of Hazard canyon jump!!!

 

very cool if they use your car be prepared to be patient

 

Congrats! Time spent working on a film is an exciting and memorable day.

If your car is a background vehicle, there should be no worries about it out of the ordinary. Maybe some dimwit leaning up against it or child star riding a bike a bit too close repeatedly (been there .... you get really conflicted ... don't want to scold the kid, but ...grrrrrr).

Typically you will be driving it, as you hold the insurance etc.

Be prepared for a long day... 12 hour days are normal. Setting the lights and cameras takes longer than most folks would believe, and they shoot multiple angles of the same scenes... over and over. Bring quiet entertainment ... puzzle book, Ipod, deck of cards... you'll make some new friends with some of your fellow extras (especially others that own old cars). A comfortable camping chair is a great idea too. Perhaps some snacks, too. Most movies have a good craft table, some don't.

Don't pester the folks wrangling the extras too much ... frequently they only know a little bit more than you about what is going on. Also, bringing cameras is usually forbidden ... most film companies do not want behind-the-scenes pics leaked.

 

yeah its a pretty big movie, but im still not sure if they want my car, the guys on the phone asked is it stock? I said "Uhhh kinda", and proceded to tell him all the stuff that I did, but really the only thing that he seemed interesed in was the exterior. I have 17 inch rims with 45 series tires so if im going to be in the movie ill be a bad ass, for that time.

 

You probably wont be picked then if they are looking for 70s eras cars and you have 17s