- This article is about the 1968 Disney film. For the insect, see love bug.
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| Directed by | Robert Stevenson |
| Produced by | Bill Walsh |
| Written by | Bill Walsh Don DaGradi |
| Starring | Dean Jones Michele Lee David Tomlinson Buddy Hackett Joe Flynn Benson Fong Andy Granatelli Joe E. Ross Iris Adrian Ned Glass Robert Foulk Nicole Jaffe Gary Owens |
| Music by | George Bruns |
| Cinematography | Edward Colman |
| Editing by | Cotton Warburton |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Walt Disney Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 24, 1968[1][2] |
| Running time | 108 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Followed by | Herbie Rides Again |
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Four theatrical sequels followed: Herbie Rides Again, Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, Herbie Goes Bananas, and Herbie: Fully Loaded. Herbie Rides Again is the second in a series of movies made by Walt Disney Productions starring Herbie the Love Bug a white Volkswagen Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo was the third of a series of films made by Walt Disney Productions starring Herbie - a white Volkswagen racing Herbie Goes Bananas was the fourth of a series of films made by Walt Disney Productions starring Herbie &ndash the white Volkswagen racing Herbie Fully Loaded is a 2005 Film by Buena Vista Pictures and Columbia Pictures in some countries starring Lindsay Lohan A five-episode TV series, Herbie the Matchmaker, ran on CBS in the US in the spring of 1982. Herbie the Matchmaker, also known as Herbie The Love Bug, was a short-lived Situation comedy that aired on CBS in the spring CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. In 1997, there was a made-for-television sequel which included a Dean Jones cameo, tying it to the previous films. The Love Bug is made-for- Television film starring Bruce Campbell and a Sequel to the original The Love Bug film The latest sequel, Herbie: Fully Loaded, was released on June 22, 2005 by Walt Disney Pictures. Herbie Fully Loaded is a 2005 Film by Buena Vista Pictures and Columbia Pictures in some countries starring Lindsay Lohan Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. The year 2005 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Devil's Rejects, Cheaper Walt Disney Pictures refers to several different entities associated with The Walt Disney Company: Walt Disney Pictures, the film banner was established
At Walt Disney World's All-Star Movies Resort in Orlando, Florida, Herbie has been immortalized in the "Love Bug" buildings 6 and 7. Disney's All-Star Movies Resort is a resort hotel located at the Walt Disney World Resort. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the
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Tagline: It's a Love in for Herbie. . . the incredible little car who shifts for himself!
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Cast
- Dean Jones . Dean Carroll Jones (born January 25, 1931) is an American Actor. . . . Jim Douglas
- Michele Lee . Michele Lee (born on June 24, 1942) is a Tony and Emmy -nominated American Singer, Dancer, Actress . . . Carole Bennet
- David Tomlinson . David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson (7 May 1917 – 24 June 2000 was an English film Actor. . . . Peter Thorndyke
- Buddy Hackett . Buddy Hackett ( August 31, 1924 &ndash June 30, 2003) was an American Comedian and Actor. . . . Tennessee Steinmetz
- Joe Flynn . Joseph or Joe Flynn may refer to Joe Flynn (US actor Joseph V . . . Havershaw
- Benson Fong . Benson Fong ( Chinese: 鄺[[wikt 炳|炳]] 雄, Pinyin: Kuàng Bǐngxióng October 10, 1916 – August 1, . . . Mr. Wu
- Joe E. Ross . Joe E Ross ( March 15, 1914 - August 13, 1982) was an American actor known for his trademark " Ooh! Ooh! " exclamation . . . Detective
- Barry Kelley . Barry Kelley ( August 19, 1908 - June 5, 1991) was a heavy-set actor in movies in the 1940s 1950s and 1960s . . . Police sergeant
- Iris Adrian . Iris Adrian ( May 29, 1912 – September 17, 1994) was an American Film Actress. . . . Carhop
- and Herbie
- with: Andy Granatelli*, Ned Glass*, Robert Foulk*, Gil Lamb*, Nicole Jaffe*, Wally Boag*, Russ Caldwell*, Max Balchowsky, P. Herbie (born 1963 in Wolfsburg, Germany) is a fictional character an anthropomorphic Volkswagen Beetle, which is featured in several Disney Anthony "Andy" Granatelli (born March 18, 1923 in Dallas TX) was the CEO of STP. Ned Glass ( April 1, — June 15,) was an American film Character actor who appeared in more than eighty films and on television over one hundred times Nicole Jaffe is an American Actress, best known as the original voice of Velma Dinkley in Hanna-Barbera 's Scooby-Doo Wallace Vincent Boag (born September 13, 1920 in Portland Oregon) is an American performer known for his starring L. Renoudet*, Brian Fong*, Alan Fordney*, Stan Duke*, Gary Owens*, Chick Hearn*, Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez*. Gary Owens (born May 10, 1936) is an American Disc jockey and Voice actor. Francis Dayle "Chick" Hearn (November 27 1916 &ndash August 5 2002 was an American Sportscaster. Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez ( May 24, 1925 – February 6, 2006) was an American Character actor best known for his appearances
- Dale Van Sickel†, Reg Parton†, Regina Parton†, Tom Bamford†, Bob Drake†, Marion J. Dale Van Sickel ( November 29, 1907 &ndash January 25, 1977) was an American football player and Stunt performer. Bob Drake may refer to Bob Drake (musician, musician and recording engineer Bob Drake (Formula One, Formula One driver Playan†, Hall Brock†, Bob Hickman†, Rex Ramsay†, Hal Grist†, Lynn Grate†, Larry Schmitz†, Richard Warlock†, Dana Derfus†, Everett Creach†, Gerald Jann†, Bill Couch†, Ted Duncan†, Robert Hoys†, Gene Roscoe†, Jack Mahoney†, Charles Willis†, Richard Brill†, Roy Butterfield†, Rudy Doucette†, J. Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE (16 December 1917–19 March 2008 was a British Science fiction Author, Inventor, and J. Wilson, Jim McCullough†, Bud Ekins†, Glenn Wilder†, Gene Curtis, Robert James, John Timanus†, Bob Harris†, Fred Krone†, Richard Ceary†, Jesse Wayne†, Jack Perkins†, Fred Stromsoe†, Ronnie Rondell†, Kim Brewer† . Bud Ekins ( May 11, 1930 &ndash October 6, 2007) was one of the foremost stuntmen of his generation Robert James may refer to Robert S James, father of the American outlaw Jesse James Robert James (actor, Scottish actor Bob Harris, (born 1942 known as "The Voice of the Blue Devils " is hall of fame-inducted Play-by-play announcer for Duke University men's Jack Perkins (born December 28, 1933, in Cleveland Ohio) is an American reporter commentator War correspondent, and Anchorman . . . The drivers
* Billed in opening credits, but not closing credits; not credited with specific rôle on-screen. Closing credits, inside a Motion picture or Television program come at the end of a movie or show and list all the cast and crew involved in the production Andy Granatelli, the Association President, appears as himself. Other parts which can now be identified are as follows: Ned Glass (Toll booth attendant); Robert Foulk (Bice); Gil Lamb (Policeman at park); Nicole Jaffe (Girl in dune buggy); Russ Caldwell (Boy driving dune buggy); P. L. Renoudet (Policeman on bridge); Brian Fong (Mr. Wu's nephew – Young Chinese man carrying Herbie); Gary Owens (Announcer); and Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez (Mexican driver).
† Billed in opening credits, but not closing credits.
Notes
- Even though it did not get special thanks in the credits, some of the racetrack scenes were shot at the Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California. Riverside International Raceway (Sometimes known as RIR or Riverside Raceway) was a Race track or road course in Riverside California Riverside is the County seat of Riverside County, California, United States.
- The driving sequences were supervised by Carey Loftin, who – as Cary Loftin – would go on to play the unseen menacing truck driver in Duel (1971). Carey Loftin ( January 31, 1914 &ndash March 4, 1997) (also credited as Cary Loftin) was an American Actor and Duel is a 1971 Television movie about a motorist (played by Dennis Weaver) on a remote and lonely road being stalked by a large Tanker truck Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar.
- The hippie in the van next to Carol who talks to her ("We all prisoners, chickie baby. The Hippie Subculture was originally a Youth movement that began in the United States during the early 1960s and spread around the world We all locked in. ") when she is trapped inside Herbie at the carhop is actually Dean Jones himself, in makeup.
- A scene shot, but not included – presumably for time reasons – in the final cut of the film, featured Jim calling at a used car lot prior to his visiting Thorndyke's auto showroom. A car dealership or vehicle local distribution is a business that sells new cars and/or Used cars at the Retail level based on a dealership contract This missing sequence has sadly long since been lost; all that now remains is the script and a single black and white photograph of Jim talking with the salesman at the lot. See also Pre-production Screenwriting A screenplay or script is a written plan authored by a Screenwriter, for a Film or Television Black-and-white is a number of Monochrome forms in Visual arts. A photograph (often shortened to photo) is an Image created by Light falling on a light-sensitive surface usually Photographic film or an electronic
- A scripted but unfilmed scene towards the end of the film was to have shown Herbie playing with children at a nearby playground prior to taking the newly-married Jim and Carole off on their honeymoon. A playground or play area is an area designed for Children to play, indoors or outdoors A honeymoon is the traditional holiday taken by newlyweds to celebrate their marriage in intimacy and seclusion The script of this never-shot sequence still exists, along with the original storyboard. See also Pre-production Storyboards are graphic organizers such as a series of Illustrations or Images displayed in sequence for the purpose of
- For the first and only time in The Love Bug series of films, Herbie has his own cast billing in the closing credits: 'and Herbie'.
- During one scene in the movie, Herbie has lost one of his wheels, and Tennessee is hanging out of the passenger side door to balance him. The door opens, and there is no "53" logo on the door. Without realizing the mistake, Disney used the image to heavily promote the film.
- Dean Jones credits the film's success to the fact that it was the last live-action film that Walt Disney had authorized for production. Dean Jones is the name of Dean Jones (cricketer, an Australian cricketer Dean Jones (actor, an American actor Dean Jones (singer Walter Elias Disney (December 5 1901 – December 15 1966 was a multiple Academy Award -winning American Film producer, director, Screenwriter
- Contrary to popular belief, the "Thorndyke Special" is actually an Apollo GT, not a Jaguar E-Type. The Jaguar E-Type' (UK or XK-E (US is a British Automobile, manufactured by Jaguar between 1961 and 1974
References
- ^ HerbieMania.com Retrieved 14 Jan 2007.
- ^ Official Disney website Retrieved 14 Jan 2007
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