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1995 525i
07-25-2005, 09:09 AM
I was roped into watching Jersey Girl this weekend and there are 2 reasons to watch it; 1) George Carlin and and a black on black E34. Many shots of it in the movie.

:)

DaCan23
07-25-2005, 11:48 AM
Nothing tops the E34 M5 chase in Ronin... which is a close to "Car Porn" for us E34 nuts...

rps1072
07-25-2005, 11:55 AM
I agree. I have to watch it everytime it's on the tube.

1995 525i
07-25-2005, 01:32 PM
I agree. I have to watch it everytime it's on the tube.
I'm renting it as soon as I get home. I've never seen it.

beamerman5
07-25-2005, 01:40 PM
in the begining of John Q there was a white e34.

1995 525i
07-25-2005, 02:25 PM
in the begining of John Q there was a white e34.
yet another one I haven't seen.

brodee
07-25-2005, 02:34 PM
Glad someone brought this up. I've heard talk about Ronin and had seen it a couple times prior to owning an e34. The M5 that is in the chase has a normal front bumper on it instead of the m-tech. Is this normal over there, had that one just been changed out, or did they use a 525 or 535 for the action scenes?

ryan roopnarine
07-25-2005, 03:40 PM
Glad someone brought this up. I've heard talk about Ronin and had seen it a couple times prior to owning an e34. The M5 that is in the chase has a normal front bumper on it instead of the m-tech. Is this normal over there, had that one just been changed out, or did they use a 525 or 535 for the action scenes?

the car they did the chase in for acutally filming the sequences is not an m5. it is a RHD e34 that has a fake LHD steering wheel/gauge cluster/ display so that it would appear natasha mcellhone (however her name is spelled) is driving, when really it is a stunt driver in the passenger seat driving the the car with the RHD stuff....
still, they do a good job hiding the fact it isn't an m5, don't they?

liquidtiger720
07-25-2005, 07:26 PM
in the begining of John Q there was a white e34.

Too bad the smashed it up with a 18 wheeler.

Johntee540
07-25-2005, 07:41 PM
I saw an interview with the director of Ronin where he was asked about the M5 in the movie. Apparently he is nuttier about e34 than we are. He thought abusing and using an m5 in the movie the way he did was sacrilige. He used a 520 instead and dubbed the engine noise in later. He could get 6 520 for the cost of abusing one m5. They were all dressed as m5. That explains the lack of mtech front bumper. - JT

Nick.Hay
07-25-2005, 07:42 PM
Not an E34, but in the US remake of french film "TAXI", there's a lush, pimped-out 760iL!! It's red with chromes... then its blue. And a couple of nice E46 M3 cabrios too!!

The bad guys drive an E34 in a Chris Rock movie (where he is a twin who has to fill in for his dead brother in order to save the world...). But its only 5 sec of footage, and its no stunt driving!!

The hero in the Transporter fangs around in a lovely Black E38 (with revolving number plates... I NEED THAT MOD!!!)

"Handsome Rob" Has a lush 850CSi in the new "Italian Job"... again very little heroics from the 8er.

And a riced-up black E36 M3 gets killed in "2fast, 2furry-assed"



Oh, does anyone know if they have released vol. 2 of BMW Films??

632 Regal
07-25-2005, 11:43 PM
i just dropped "next friday" an old 2000 movie, funny as hell even where the bimmer gets "damaged"... Im not givin any more info, a good watch.

rickm
07-26-2005, 02:31 AM
There is a BMW in Bewitched I think...the opening sequence. Ok, I sat through it, Nicole sure is cute.

bimmerd00d
07-26-2005, 04:43 AM
Not an E34, but Mr. and Mrs. Smith has a decent car chase involving some E39 528's, with the sound of an E36 M3.

DaCan23
07-26-2005, 07:39 AM
Oooo good thing to know that it wasn't a real M5 trashed in Ronin as my eyes get a little teary eyed at that part.

Qsilver7
07-26-2005, 07:57 AM
what? no ones mentioned The Transporter yet! For me, the movie ends when the e38 gets blown to bits...what a shame! :(

Beemr750
07-26-2005, 08:47 AM
Since nobody came up with the Seinfeld episode wiith the awfull smelling E34 supposedly caused by a parking garage attendant,I thought it was a little out of line when it "could'nt" be eliminated. Well another Hollywood type makebelieve.

LMUNick
07-26-2005, 08:48 AM
Good call- The e39/minivan chase scene was great. I was relieved when the hood popped open to see they weren't 540's...American filmmakers have been notorious for such waste-

brodee
07-26-2005, 09:41 AM
Since nobody came up with the Seinfeld episode wiith the awfull smelling E34 supposedly caused by a parking garage attendant,I thought it was a little out of line when it "could'nt" be eliminated. Well another Hollywood type makebelieve.

You sure that wasn't an e38? I know Seinfeld owned an e38 on there for a while.

LMUNick
07-26-2005, 12:24 PM
Nick Cage drives an e34 in Leaving Las Vegas. He has to sell it to buy more booze. Sad movie on many counts...

kyleN20
07-26-2005, 12:36 PM
no no, its was a e34, couldent sell the damned thing, i remember that one.

bondheli
07-26-2005, 05:13 PM
Nothing tops the E34 M5 chase in Ronin... which is a close to "Car Porn" for us E34 nuts...

I dunno; Ben Affleck late for his daughter's play is pretty wild -pot holes and road construction to avoid n such :p

TheDuke
07-27-2005, 09:33 PM
Just seen a music video on Fuse with An e34, AFI - "Silver and Cold". There is a silver 540i with a stick tranny. At the end of the video they crash it into a some sort of military truck. I believe that the video was shot in Prague. You can see it at yahoo videos.

digitaldragon03
07-28-2005, 12:48 AM
You sure that wasn't an e38? I know Seinfeld owned an e38 on there for a while.
Well the episode will be aired again on August 2 on UPN at 10pm Pacific.

Dragunov
01-03-2008, 07:32 AM
Seen jersey girl a couple of days ago, and today john Q. That white e34 got raped by two 18 wheelers in the first two minutes. It was a sad sight.

Morgenster
01-04-2008, 02:23 AM
He used a 520 instead and dubbed the engine noise in later. He could get 6 520 for the cost of abusing one m5. They were all dressed as m5. That explains the lack of mtech front bumper. - JT

Hold on a sec. You mean I could drive mine like that?

leicesterboy15
01-04-2008, 02:51 AM
didn't the doctor drive an e34 in Twelve Monkeys?

BigTed00
01-04-2008, 03:31 AM
i just dropped "next friday" an old 2000 movie, funny as hell even where the bimmer gets "damaged"... Im not givin any more info, a good watch.


i LOVE that movie

-This ain't bad, right?
Yeah, it is.
That scratch make it real ugly, make you not even want to drive it.
-aww damn


haha i had my e36 back then and used to get su much **** when I watched that movie with my friends

LunatiC
01-04-2008, 09:57 AM
i LOVE that movie

-This ain't bad, right?
Yeah, it is.
That scratch make it real ugly, make you not even want to drive it.
-aww damn


haha i had my e36 back then and used to get su much **** when I watched that movie with my friends

Here is the scene on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCD6k7xFPho

Damn I laughed so hard! Need to get this movie!