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Re: pagoda movie sighting
« Reply #100 on: January 23, 2012, 16:11:29 »
Does anyone watch 'Blue Bloods' with Tom Seleck?

Bill, it was a repeat; I posted this sighting on October 8th!!!
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Re: pagoda movie sighting
« Reply #101 on: February 17, 2012, 22:01:09 »
Not enough screen time for the 113's in my opinion but nobody asked me.   :o ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb1QLuRrOIk&feature=player_embedded

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Re: pagoda movie sighting
« Reply #102 on: February 23, 2012, 17:49:56 »
This just in today on the Mercedes news wire...

Mercedes-Benz Recognizes a Film Icon in Motion

Hollywood’s love affair with motion is not exclusive to pictures, but also with the wheels belonging to the iconic Mercedes-Benz SL, which has played a role in over 150 movies and television programs in its lifespan not to mention fame on studio lots and the streets of Tinseltown.

The legendary SL, for a span of six decades, continues to be one of most iconic and desired cars in Hollywood. Its first role was garnered in the late 1950s and now has reinvented itself with a complete redesign for 2013. Each model of the SL franchise over its 60 year history has made multiple appearances on the silver screen starring in many notable films like High Society with Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby and The Rookie with Clint Eastwood.

This Academy Awards season, Mercedes-Benz is commemorating the SL anniversary by supporting film restoration through a contribution to The Film Foundation (www.film-foundation.org) in addition to creating an SL vehicle retrospective and an exclusive reveal of the 2013 SL to be seen by those attending Mercedes-Benz annual invite-only Oscar viewing party at the Soho House in West Hollywood.

“We’re grateful to Mercedes-Benz for its support of The Film Foundation,” said Executive Director Margaret Bodde. “The foundation is committed to restoring and preserving as many films as possible. We want to make sure that movies, which are such an essential part of our cultural heritage, are still around for people to enjoy — not just today, but far into the future.”

Between 1958 and 1975, the SL Roadster made 53 appearances in feature films and television programs that starred many of Hollywood’s most talented actors and actresses such as Ava Gardiner and Fred Astaire. Beyond the earlier decades, the SL appeared in cult hits like Beverly Hills Cop, Cannon Ball Run and The Flamingo Kid.

“Classic films are similar to vintage cars in that they are a window into the past, whether communicating society’s aspirations or people’s style and taste during that era,” said Michael Kunz, manager of the Mercedes-Benz Classic Center in Irvine California. “Restoring Mercedes-Benz vehicles is part of our DNA and we take great personal pride and determination in helping keep thousands of Mercedes-Benz classic cars on the road today and true to their originality.”

About Mercedes-Benz USA
Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA), headquartered in Montvale, New Jersey, is responsible for the distribution, marketing and customer service for all Mercedes-Benz and Maybach products in the United States. MBUSA offers drivers the most diverse line-up in the luxury segment with 14 model lines ranging from the sporty C-Class to the flagship S-Class sedans and the SLS AMG supercar.

MBUSA is also responsible for the distribution, marketing and customer service of Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Vans and smart in the US. More information on MBUSA and its products can be found at www.mbusa.com, www.mbsprinterusa.com and www.smartusa.com
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Re: pagoda movie sighting
« Reply #103 on: February 28, 2012, 08:00:29 »
Pagoda sitting on driveway, about 10min 30 seconds in. Lots more sightings of W108, W114, W111's and BMW/Porsche/Fiat/Alfa's from the 60's & 70"s.

Uk viewers can watch it on the BBC's iplayer:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01cr94k/The_Baader_Meinhof_Complex/


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Re: pagoda movie sighting
« Reply #104 on: February 28, 2012, 16:03:59 »
http://www.notcot.com/archives/2012/02/mercedes-sl-history-in-movies.php

Sadly, the film retrospective that MB put together and showed in Hollywood this past week will not be for public consumption...all about rights management.  But the above link has some interesting pix in it, including the 1960s and our beloved Pagoda...

Also, this movie listing:

SL Pagoda (produced 1963 - 1971)
Die! Die! My Darling, 1965
 starring Stephanie Powers, Peter Vaughan and Donald Sutherland
I’ll Take Sweden, 1965
 starring Bob Hope, Dina Merrill and Frankie Avalon
Arabesque, 1966 
starring Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren and Alan Badel
The Singing Nun, 1966 
starring Debbie Reynolds, Ricardo Montalban and Greer Garson
Barefoot in the Park, 1967
starring Robert Redford, Jane Fonda and Charles Boyer
Two for the Road, 1967
starring Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney and Eleanor Bron
Caprice, 1967
starring Doris Day, Richard Harris and Ray Walston
Nobody Runs Forever, 1968
starring Rod Taylor, Christopher Plummer and Lilli Palmer
The Shoes of the Fisherman, 1968
starring Anthony Quinn, Laurence Olivier and Oskar Werner
The Wrecking Crew, 1969
starring Dean Martin, Elke Sommer and Sharon Tate
The Million Dollar Duck, 1971 
starring Dean Jones, Sandy Duncan and Joe Flynn
Shampoo, 1975 
starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie and Goldie Hawn
Breaking Away, 1979
 starring Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid and Daniel Stern
10, 1979 (plus R 107) 
starring Dudley Moore, Bo Derek and Julie Andrews
Body Double, 1984 (plus R 107) 
starring Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith and Gregg Henry
Top Gun, 1986 
starring Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis and Val Kilmer
Intersection, 1994 
starring Richard Gere, Sharon Stone and Lolita Davidovich
Killing Me Softly, 2002
 starring Heather Graham, Joseph Fiennes and Natascha McElhone
Life or Something Like it, 2002 
starring Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns and Tony Shalhoub
The Sum of All Fears, 2002
 starring Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman and James Cromwell
Second Nature, 2003 (TV movie)
starring Alec Baldwin, Powers Boothe and Louise Lombard
The Door in the Floor, 2004
starring Kim Basinger, Jeff Bridges and Jon Foster
Starsky & Hutch, 2004 
starring Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson and Snoop Dogg
Cannon, TV Series 1971 - 1976
Kojak, TV Series 1973 - 1978
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Re: pagoda movie sighting
« Reply #105 on: March 10, 2012, 02:30:38 »
New(er) movie that I (had) to watch with my wife and daughter.

Monte Carlo... 

With Salina Gomez.   Many scenes with a very nice blue 230sl.
The guy is some type of prince or something that is supposed to
watch over the star...   yada, yada, yada.....

Anyway he drives her around in the pagoda. 

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Re: pagoda movie sighting
« Reply #106 on: April 26, 2012, 17:01:22 »
French film - Les Lyonnais (A Gang Story in English release)

Full of some very nice early 70s cars including many Citroen DS and MBs (inc a Pagoda), Porsche, Peugeots, Simcas...  I wathched parts of it over the shoulder of a fellow passenger on a flight from Geneva the other night

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Re: pagoda movie sighting
« Reply #107 on: October 08, 2012, 16:46:12 »
Take a look at the beautiful Signal Red 1970 280 driven by Jerry Seinfeld on "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee." The short film co-stars Alec Baldwin. Just Google the title of the show and the content should appear. Enjoy!

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Re: pagoda movie sighting
« Reply #109 on: October 18, 2012, 08:45:46 »

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Re: pagoda movie sighting
« Reply #110 on: October 18, 2012, 13:59:36 »
looks like Pagoda in the Ferrero Rocher has the same color like mine :), but it must be a 230 or 250 I guess?
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Re: pagoda movie sighting
« Reply #111 on: December 12, 2012, 07:55:25 »
French film - Les Lyonnais (A Gang Story in English release)

Full of some very nice early 70s cars including many Citroen DS and MBs (inc a Pagoda), Porsche, Peugeots, Simcas...  I wathched parts of it over the shoulder of a fellow passenger on a flight from Geneva the other night


I saw the entire film during flight back home Paris Seoul Noumea fifteen days ago and noticed the gold pagoda coming in front of a castle but nobody watched over my shoulder...

Cheers

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Re: pagoda movie sighting
« Reply #112 on: April 01, 2013, 20:09:35 »
Just watched on HBO on March 28, a filmed in 2011 movie called "Monte Carlo" staring Selea Gomel.  Had a silver/cream 230 SL.  Many scenes throughout the movie had the Pagoda driving all around the winding roads Monte Carlo, of course with the top down.  Even had a scene where the SL drives up to one of the 4 star hotels and the leading man and woman get out of it to go into the hotel.  Wow, the doors sounded really great then they shut, thump.
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Re: pagoda movie sighting
« Reply #114 on: July 03, 2013, 00:38:34 »
Peter, I think this might be what you had in mind as the link in your above post :)

http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/alec-baldwin-just-a-lazy-shiftless-bastard/
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Re: pagoda movie sighting
« Reply #115 on: July 05, 2013, 18:56:53 »
I haven't seen anyone mention, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy".  A brief glimpse when they go to mainland Europe.  Hard to tell the model.

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