Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a comedy-drama directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film is an ode to old Hollywood that reflects the lifestyle of the people in Los Angeles in year 1969. LA was and is a city dominated by cars. And if a movie focused so much on LA, it was a no-brainer that we would get to see many classic cars that were popular in those times.
Besides, Tarantino loves featuring classic cars in his films and it is said that this movie, featured atleast 2000 of these beauties. Check out some of them.
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The 1966 Cadillac Coupe Deville is one of the lead cars of the movie. The car is owned by Rick Dalton (Leonardo Di Caprio) in the film, and several dialogues have been exchanged in front of this car. The car is used in the movie to highlight how accomplished an actor Dalton was that year.
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The Karmann Ghia is a drop-dead gorgeous German car even though it has that Italian bodywork design. In a fast sequence during the film shoot, where the character of Cliff is driving home, the car was modified with a Subaru engine. However, for regular shots, it had a Volkswagen flat-four engine.
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The prototypical post-war British roadster in the movie is driven by filmmaker Roman Polanski (Rafał Zawierucha), with actress Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) in the passenger seat. The MG was once a trendy choice among the Hollywood elites. The MG TD was the successor of the original TA, first produced way back in 1936.
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The 1959 Ford Galaxie was specially made for the movie to resemble actual cars used in the murders committed by the Manson family. The original car that was used, now resides in a museum. But did you know that the owner offered the car on rent to Tarantino for the movie? However, Tarantino felt awkward to use the same car, therefore ended up creating a replica for the shoots. Interesting, isn't it?
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The 1969 Porsche 911 is driven in the movie's later scenes by Margot Robbie's character, Sharon Tate. Released in 1963 as the 901, Porsche was forced to change the name because Peugeot threatened them with legal action considering that they claimed to have the right to sell cars with three-digit names with middle numbers as zero.
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The Fourth Generation Lincoln Continental is remembered for its unfortunate association with the assassination of President Kennedy. The car is visible in the fight scene between Cliff Booth and Bruce Lee in the movie. The Lincoln Continental was introduced in the market due to the rise in popularity of the Cadillac.
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In the mid-sixties, Pontiac wanted their very own sports car to compete against Chevrolet's Corvette. Released for the 1067 model year, Firebird was a success from the outset and gave an equal fight to Camaro sales. In the ending scenes of the movie, a pregnant Sharon Tate is driven to the El Coyote Mexican restaurant in Abigail Folger's '68 Firebird.
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Margot Robbie's character can be seen driving the Cadillac Eldorado (after first driving the 911). Eldorado was Cadillac's first personal luxury car. The car was one of the most expensive models in the Cadillac range. Eldorado was a big hit for Cadillac in the 1967 model year, accounting for almost 12% of all Cadillac model sales.
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We can see the burgundy metallic 1969 Corvette Stingray in the opening shot, where we get a look at Hefner's Playboy West mansion. Introduced in 1968, the 'C3' Corvette was the first production car with a T-top removable roof feature.
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In the penultimate scenes, we see the footage of Dalton in an Italian heist movie, a chase scene where he drives the Fiat 850 Sport Coupe. The 850 Coupe was first introduced in 1965 at the Geneva Motor Show. It had an 853 cc engine and a 47 hp air-cooled four-cylinder engine attached to the rear of the car.
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Once Upon A Time In Hollywood brings out the nostalgia for those who have been connected to the automobile lifestyle of the late 1960s or are passionate about vintage cars. The movie is extremely popular among car enthusiasts and is a definite must-watch for ‘car-watching'!
