Re: packards in tv and movies

Posted by Sherlock On 2018/5/18 17:05:30

Rest easy, that Packard wasn't really wrecked for the movie. The scene was just clever Hollywood film-making. Even in '41 that car was only a few years old and still worth a bundle. Studios in those days were very cost conscious, so cars were rarely if ever wrecked in real time except maybe some really old Model Ts.

Notice at approx 1 hour and 24 minutes, there is a long cut right after the Packard skids off the road in a cloud of dust. Next time you see the car it is already at a complete stop, tilted, but not lying on it's side. A few parts are flying or falling down, but they were rigged to do so with activation maneuvers edited out. If you look closely there is no real damage to the car, just loose pieces, open doors, some dirt smudges, etc. That Packard was carefully propped up with appropriate special effects prep work and car "makeup" done before the camera rolled for the shot. I doubt even one little bit of paint was scratched.