Fun facts you did not know about the movie ’60 Seconds ’two decades after its arrival on the big screen.
The film starring actors Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie is considered one of the best in the motor world.
One of the films that managed to mark an entire era in the history of the big screen after its arrival in theaters two decades ago, is 60 seconds.
The film starring the actors Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie is considered one of the best movies in the motor world by car fans, which is why we have now selected some data that perhaps you did not know about the production directed by Dominic Sena.
Box office success
At the time of its premiere in 2000, it was one of the greatest hits at the box office. The film had a budget of 90 million dollars and managed to raise 237.2 million, of which 101.6 were in theaters in the United States.
The mythical Shelby Mustang GT 500
Among all the cars that appear in the film, there was one in which the story focuses. ‘Eleanor’ is a nickname given to the favorite car of the protagonist Memphis, a role played by Nicolas Cage, it is a Ford Shelby Mustang GT 500.
In order to record all the scenes of the film, seven cars were needed and one of the copies was kept by the protagonist.
Angelina Jolie's character
After having a great performance in the 1999 film Innocence Interrupted, Angelina Jolie agreed to participate in 60 Seconds, so they decided to create the character of the car thief Sway.
Delroy Lindo
With all the action scenes in the movie it was impossible for everything to go perfectly. Unfortunately during the filming of a sequence, Delroy Lindo, who played one of the detectives, suffered an accident in a BMW.
Nicolas Cage
Some time after the premiere of the film on the big screen, it was revealed that Nicolas Cage received driving classes in various specialized schools, this in order to be able to do almost all the scenes.
However, we also learned that he liked the experience so much that he continued to attend his classes on a voluntary basis.
Work of a professional
In order to have a better understanding of his role and to be more in his character, Delroy Lindo always had his fictional weapon with him, even in scenes where there was no need to use it.
Also, he took some of his free time to talk to real car theft officers.
Christopher Eccleston
He was one of the main characters in the film. The actor played the movie's villain named Raymond Calitri. However, the famous one assured that it was a bad production and that he had a bad performance.
Remake
The film released in 2000 is actually a remake of Gone in 60 seconds from 1974, with the only difference that in the original version 48 cars are stolen instead of 50.
One of the curiosities is that the Shelby Mustang GT 500, curiously, was parked in the same place in both films.
