Painful Car Deaths

[Neville]

I always though of "The Dukes of Hazzrd" as a painful show, but for other reasons.

[AndyC]

Indeed, but it has a certain nostalgic appeal to people of a certain age.

[peter johnson]

In "Prime Cut", with Lee Marvin & Sissy Spacek, a very nice/very classic/classy Lincoln Continental ('68?) gets devoured by a combine.  Not content with just showing it destroyed, they take shots from a camera inside the vehicle as it's being BALED, like a bale of hay.
It is one of the sickest car destruction sequences ever filmed . . .
peter johnson/denny crane

[Neville]

¡"Prime cut"! Love that one. One of the sickest, most evil movies ever filmed. Should have far more cult status than it does now.

[BoyScoutKevin]

Oh, that's what you meant, Menard. I thought you meant . . .

pedesterians ran over by cars in films. While probably no more painful than anyother film death, the first one I remember, and it still sticks with me, for some reason, is the one in "Diplomatic Courier" w/ Tyrone Power, Patricia Neal, Karl Malden, and Lee Marvin.

I also remember a pedestrian  ran over and killed, in a film whose title I have now forgotten, by an ambulance. I think that is about as an ironic a death you can get in a film.

As for actually being ran over by a car, I have--fortunately--never had the pleasure. Though, I have had some close calls.

Which brings up a true to life case posted on one of the Disney messageboards, which I was perusing.

Apparently, a man near Walt Disney World tried to commit suicide by slitting his wrists. This not working fast enough to suit the man. He drove his van to an overpass over the freeway near WDW.
Where he parked it. He climbed out of his van and dropped onto the freeway below. If that didn't kill him, he was soon dead. As it was early morning and still dark, he was hit by several vehicles.
By the time the Florida state police got there, he was not in one piece, but in many pieces, scattered all over the freeway. The police actually thought they were dealing with a dead animal, until they saw the clothing covering the pieces. While he did leave a suicide note, it was still unclear, as to why he committed suicide. And he left a wife and child behind.  Thus we have not only the man, who must have suffered some pain, but the traumatized pain to his wife, child, the state police, and who ever ran over him in their car. That is about as painful of a car death, as you are ever going to get, in or out of films.

[Menard]

BoyScoutKevin Wrote:
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> Oh, that's what you meant, Menard. I thought you
> meant . . .
>
> pedesterians ran over by cars in films. While
> probably no more painful than anyother film death,
> the first one I remember, and it still sticks with
> me, for some reason, is the one in "Diplomatic
> Courier" w/ Tyrone Power, Patricia Neal, Karl
> Malden, and Lee Marvin.
>
> I also remember a pedestrian  ran over and killed,
> in a film whose title I have now forgotten, by an
> ambulance. I think that is about as an ironic a
> death you can get in a film.
>
> As for actually being ran over by a car, I
> have--fortunately--never had the pleasure. Though,
> I have had some close calls.
>
> Which brings up a true to life case posted on one
> of the Disney messageboards, which I was
> perusing.
>
> Apparently, a man near Walt Disney World tried to
> commit suicide by slitting his wrists. This not
> working fast enough to suit the man. He drove his
> van to an overpass over the freeway near WDW.
> Where he parked it. He climbed out of his van and
> dropped onto the freeway below. If that didn't
> kill him, he was soon dead. As it was early
> morning and still dark, he was hit by several
> vehicles.
> By the time the Florida state police got there, he
> was not in one piece, but in many pieces,
> scattered all over the freeway. The police
> actually thought they were dealing with a dead
> animal, until they saw the clothing covering the
> pieces. While he did leave a suicide note, it was
> still unclear, as to why he committed suicide. And
> he left a wife and child behind.  Thus we have not
> only the man, who must have suffered some pain,
> but the traumatized pain to his wife, child, the
> state police, and who ever ran over him in their
> car. That is about as painful of a car death, as
> you are ever going to get, in or out of films.


And now, back to the lighter side of this thread.