Whats the best movie with a Towtruck in it ? ? ? Transformers,Cars, what you think ? ?
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 firstpatriottowing |
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heat and the terminator
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Posts: 1992 06/21/2008 17:15
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As far as a brief scene but actor and story quality, HEAT by far, take that to the bank! As far as a scene with a tow truck, the original "Gone in Sixty
Seconds" with Ron Howard. The scene with the chase of the wrecker and the wrecker as driving backwards with a car on the hook. For all you newbies, you
really wouldn't understand the hook up of the vehicle, it was with a sling like on a Holmes 440 or 480 or similar. Glen in Sunny Montana!
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Posts: 991 06/21/2008 22:07
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Does a "Dukes of Hazzard" TV episode qualify? If so, "Cooter" losing the car off the back of his "tow truck" was certainly the
predecessor of 'TowMater' in the "Cars" movie.
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Men in black also had a tow truck driver in it, but it is not the best portrayal of a tow truck driver. The tow truck driver pulled aside his collar to reveal
a long barreled hand gun. He also did not appear too clean in the shot.
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I always liked Urban Cowboy when Sissy is workin for her dad out towin. Just cool
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Don't tell Mom the babysitters dead????,,,I think that was the name of the movie with the semi wrecker in it????
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Posts: 1153 06/22/2008 13:26 Minnesota |
US Marshalls had that scene where Wesley Snipes flipped a Ford wrecker
I do love the scene in Any Which Way But Loose where Orvile was listening to the radio and had the magnetic stickers for the other companies and beat them to the calls |
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"Cars" Hands down.
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Posts: 2161 06/26/2008 18:44 Australia |
All of the above ....
I agree with Glen the original Gone in 60 seconds I really enjoy the chase in it but man they must have welded the car to that truck or trucks... Awesome to watch...... One of the Lethal Weapons with the rollback jumped over by car..... Deliverance had a wrecker in it to the hillbilly wrecker..... 
Chip is that Orville and Ma or two guys from Michigan image is blury..
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Posts: 342 06/27/2008 13:42
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In the first chase scene of the original Mad Max.
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Posts: 125 06/28/2008 12:54 |
"Any which way but loose" when ma drove the wrecker WITH a car on it and ground it into nothing cursing the whole way. Orig. "Gone in 60 sec.", "Heat" I wish I could do that. TV Dukes when Cooter lassoed the car with his hook. How many times did he rip out a rear end (and fixed it)? That's one helluva rope he got thar, yup.
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What was it, Navy Seals, where Charlie Sheen gets his car back off the rollback going down the road? At the time, I was like cool. Now I understand it is
impossible, (pto not engaged, dock stabilizers not hitting the ground, etc.).
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Posts: 643 06/29/2008 09:56 Tennessee |
My favorite movie that had towing in it was Grand Canyon. Danny Glover played a tow truck driver and I believe he portrayed the profession well. It is a
fine movie.
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Posts: 874 06/29/2008 14:49
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I agree with Robert... it was by far the best for the towing Industry....
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Posts: 434 06/30/2008 22:17
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I liked Grand Canyon, but I also liked:
Phenomenom (with john travolta), Eraser & Raw Deal & Terminator2(with arnold swarzenegger),Rocky4 (with stallone),Heat (with al pacino),Lethal Weapon2 (with mel gibson),Navy Seals (with charlie sheen),Mr. Destiny (with jim bellushi),Pulse (with madeline stowe),Fair Game (with bill baldwin)Die Hard2 (with bruce willis), MIB & US Marshals (with tommy lee jones),Gone in 60 secs & Family Man (with nick cage),Every which way but loose & Any which way you can (with clint eastwood) hands down tho would be CARS.
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Posts: 919 06/30/2008 23:11
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midnite spares
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Posts: 1689 07/01/2008 00:24
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How about that quick scene in SWAT where the wrecker pulls that wall out.
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Posts: 1243 07/02/2008 09:05
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truck2 wrote: Seen it and have to agree and you still see some of the truck around |
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Posts: 1096 07/02/2008 09:48
Elite Member Company WreckMaster #040082 Georgia |
The second "Gone In Sixty Seconds" had several wreckers in it including a couple of tators. I loved the scene from "Heat" though with the
wrecker.
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