Scooter movies revisited

Post by **ericalm** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:32 am

Ant-Man wrote:All these scooter movies and no one has mentioned Quadrophenia? Lot's of mention of Mods vs Rockers and The Who. Yet no Quadrophenia?!

That's why this thread is "revisited." I think Quadrophenia and Roman Holiday are the big ones!

jrsjr · Post by **jrsjr** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 3:46 am

Add Big Hero 6 to the list of movies with a scooter scene, albeit animated. The scooter scene is pretty well done. The rest of the movie is amazing, not to be missed.

skipper20 · Post by **skipper20** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 4:26 am

jrsjr wrote:Add Big Hero 6 to the list of movies with a scooter scene, albeit animated. The scooter scene is pretty well done. The rest of the movie is Amazing, not to be missed.

Last year's "Spring Breakers" had a scene with the 4 (or was it 5?) outlaw college young ladies, who were the principal characters, blasting down the streets on Buddy scooters. I suspect they were Buddy 50s.

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Stinkdyr · Post by **Stinkdyr** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 12:33 am

I like the music in this one....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E63mhDC73fg

Dewtron · Post by **Dewtron** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 5:06 am

Repo Man - Ska band The Untouchables horse around on Vespas before kicking Otto's ass.

The Legend of Billie Jean - the whole plot stems from a bunch of bullies destroying Christian Slater's Honda Elite.

az_slynch · Post by **az_slynch** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 5:26 am

How about Mr. Peabody & Sherman? There's a very familiar looking sidehack that gets a decent bit of screen time. Legshield looks like it was a partial cutdown, but the rest is distinctive:

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 1:38 pm

^ Sidecars: pet carriers for scooterists without proper pet carriers.

BeefSupreme · Post by **BeefSupreme** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 5:26 pm

Off the top of my head.
Cheeky British comedy Heartlands takes place all on a Honda Cub with some scooter vs motorcycle humor.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295303/

and Odd Thomas, The main characters ride a vespa in quite a few scenes.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1767354/?re ... lmg_act_20

Both are on netflix

ucandoit · Post by **ucandoit** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 7:14 pm

Just re-watched Roman Holiday with Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn. It was filmed entirely in Rome, Italy, which is really cool, esp. in 1953. Lots of Vespas. Audrey rides one and gets out of control, causing damage, and they are taken to the polica station. I guess Vespa means "wasp" in Italian.

Drum Pro · Post by **Drum Pro** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 3:25 am

Dunno if this counts as it's not a movie but in the series, "Dead Like Me", the main character's dad rides a Vespa.

wheelbender6 · Post by **wheelbender6** » Fri Dec 26, 2014 2:21 pm

Pauly Shore in the aforementioned "Encino Man".

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Fri Dec 26, 2014 3:39 pm

wheelbender6 wrote:Pauly Shore in the aforementioned "Encino Man".

I think I'd be more entertained spending 90 minutes staring at my scooter instead.

wheelbender6 · Post by **wheelbender6** » Fri Dec 26, 2014 6:03 pm

I was watching "White Christmas" starring Bing Crosby and there was a cool scooter in it. The scooter looked similar to the one in the pic below, but it had an an aircraft style fairing on the front wheel, rather than a fender.

jrsjr · Post by **jrsjr** » Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:15 pm

wheelbender6 wrote:I was watching "White Christmas" starring Bing Crosby and there was a cool scooter in it. The scooter looked similar to the one in the pic below, but it had an an aircraft style fairing on the front wheel, rather than a fender.

Thinking maybe of a Maico Mobile?

Neurotic-Hapi-Snak · Post by **Neurotic-Hapi-Snak** » Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:59 pm

Salisbury?

jrsjr · Post by **jrsjr** » Fri Dec 26, 2014 10:15 pm

Neurotic-Hapi-Snak wrote:Salisbury?

Probably a better guess. Something more like this, perhaps?

wheelbender6 · Post by **wheelbender6** » Sat Dec 27, 2014 12:22 am

I do believe the red Salsbury looks like the on in White Christmas. A telegram delivery man rode the scooter.

service with a smirk · Sat Dec 27, 2014 3:19 pm

A good old Vespa movie is "Jessica" with Angie Dickinson and Maurice Chevalier.

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 10:40 pm

A shot from the upcoming Man From UNCLE reboot:

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 3:43 am

TVB wrote:
wheelbender6 wrote:Pauly Shore in the aforementioned "Encino Man".
I think I'd be more entertained spending 90 minutes staring at my scooter instead.

Ha! I liked Encino Man when it came out, but I'd probably agree with you if I saw it now.

KrispyKreme · Post by **KrispyKreme** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:32 am

TVB wrote:
That Scooter Guy wrote:How can this thread have this many posts without a mention of the 1953 classic, Roman Holiday?
I remember them! I miss the 1980s....

Just WOW. I miss the 80's too! Love the guy in the middle on all fours with the "come hither" look. Had to give this one a bump.

KrispyKreme · Post by **KrispyKreme** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:39 am

"Heartlands" Enjoy the free preview on youtube.com

Edit-BeefSupreme beat me to it, but I'll leave my post. Good movie.

http://youtu.be/89hga8N3Yno

Stinkdyr · Post by **Stinkdyr** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 1:13 am

Here's a fun retro clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTC392qgaRQ

BeefSupreme · Post by **BeefSupreme** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 4:58 pm

KrispyKreme wrote:"Heartlands" Enjoy the free preview on youtube.com

Edit-BeefSupreme beat me to it, but I'll leave my post. Good movie.

http://youtu.be/89hga8N3Yno

Just glad i'm not the only person who's seen that movie. It is a fun watch.