Herbie is a car.. but under no circumstances is Herbie an ordinary car.The Herbie is a car story follows as the Volkswagon Beetle with a mind of its own.
The fun story of herbie the love bug from the showroom to the race track, is
filled with quick adventures..
and humor with various close escapes to avoid
total disaster.
Three additional Herbie
movies followed the first Herbie Fully Loaded movie:
- Herbie Rides Again
- Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo
- Herbie Goes Bananas
Herbie Rides Again
Stars Helen Hayes, Ken Berry, Stefanie Powers, John McIntire, Keenan Wynn
Directors: Robert Stevenson
Theatrical Release Date: June 6, 1974
Rating
Genres: Action, Family, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Synopsis Alonzo Hawk is a mean-spirited property developer who has bought several blocks of land in the downtown district in order to build a gigantic shopping mall.
There is one problem however; an elderly widow named Steinmetz won't sell the one remaining lot that Hawk needs to proceed with his scheme.
So he resorts to all manner of chicanery, legal or otherwise, to get it.
Fortunately, the widow Steinmetz has an ace up her sleeve in the form of Herbie, the miraculous Volkswagen.
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Stars Dean Jones, Don Knotts, Julie Sommars, Jacques Marin, Roy Kinnear
Directors: Vincent McEveety
Theatrical Release Date: June 24, 1977
Rating
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Action, Family
Synopsis Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, is racing in the Monte Carlo Rally. Unbeknownst to Herbie's driver, thieves have hidden a cache of stolen diamonds in Herbie's gas tank, and are now trying to get them back.
Herbie Goes Bananas
Herbie Goes Bananas
Stars Cloris Leachman, Charles Martin Smith, John Vernon, Stephen W. Burns, Elyssa Davalos
Directors: Vincent McEveety
Theatrical Release Date: June 25, 1980
Rating
Genres: Family, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Plot Outline The adorable little VW helps its owners break up a counterfeiting ring in Mexico.
The simple pleasure of watching a living car squirt oil in a villain's face just never goes away. Disney, in their effort to revitalize the Herbie franchise, has made the wise choice of not trying too hard--aside from a small bit of skateboarding action, just about every element of Herbie: Fully Loaded would fit right into the 1963 original ( titled The Love Bug) or its various sequels. Maggie Peyton (Lindsay Lohan, the fiery-tressed starlet of Mean Girls and Freaky Friday) wants to join her family's dynasty of race car drivers, but her father (Michael Keaton, Batman Returns) worries that she'll get hurt.
Instead, as a college graduation gift, he buys her a junked-out Volkswagen Beetle--which turns out to be Herbie, a car with a mind of its own.
Soon Maggie and Herbie are racing against an arrogant racing champion and duking it out with monster trucks, eventually hoping her father's heart will change.
Herbie: Fully Loaded is formulaic fluff, but executed with cheerful enthusiasm; everyone involved has clearly embraced the mix of slapstick hijinks and light family drama.
There's even a handful of cameos by NASCAR drivers.
The result is every bit as ridiculous yet entertaining as its forebears. ol’ Number 53 has some new tricks under his hood!
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