Manual transmissions spotted in non-automotive movies/TV

[mtheis]

why didn't they just pretend it was a 3-on-the-tree manual

Good question. I vaguely recall some rationale, but it's been so long since I watched the special features that I can't think of it.

Maybe because the column shifter is commonly thought to be for automatics only? I guess they had to dumb it down for the general public.

[Boston Fit]

In Skyfall (and Goldfinger before that), the shifter in Bond's Aston Martin DB5 flips up to reveal an ejector button.

[AHTOXA]

Is this a trick question? Almost all cars I see in movies/tv are manual because they make the actor look cool when they downshift and accelerate. lol

[Rope-Pusher]

Duel

http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/

Gee, I wonder what this link is about? I wish I could afford a different, interesting car each and every time I went out for coffee.



Starch and Husky

Some guy in Warren, on 13 Mile between Ryan and Mound, parks his "Starskymobile" out on his driveway most of the year.

[theholycow]

Duel is one of my favorites. I'm not sure I'd say either of those are quite non-automotive though. In Duel the truck may be the antagonist; it is written as a character and made to seem alive even though a man exists in the driver's seat and seems to agree with the truck's attitude. I guess in Starsky & Hutch the car isn't quite as important.

[pirripal4]

Another movie that comes to mind is the Bourne Identity. While trying to confirm what vehicle he drove during the Paris chase scene, I stumbled upon this website: Internet Movie Car Database. That seems pretty awesome - thought I haven't checked to see how in depth it is.

You read my mind!

The Bourne Identity car chase was probably my favourite scene in the movie

[bk7794]