Pixar "Cars" Drives Interest in Historic Route 66
Philipsburg, MT (ContentDesk) June 12, 2006 -- Pixar's newest animated offering, "Cars" opened at almost 4,000 theaters last weekend and is predicted to be the summer's first blockbuster.
In addition, the $70 million dollar offering from Disney appears to have sparked an interest in American history in much the same way "A Bug's Life" stimulated children's curiosity about insects."We've seen a big jump in interest in our Route 66 films, even before the film opened," said Jim Jenner whose Montana-based
film company [www.66films.com
offers four
documentaries on the famous highway.
"The cartoon could be the biggest thing to happen to the historic highway in many years.
It's great.""Cars" tells the story of a NASCAR race car that accidently gets off the interstate and into "Radiator Springs", a Route 66 town that suffered when the freeway replaced what John Stienbeck called the "Mother Road", the famous two lane highway that ran from Chicago to Santa Monica.In creating the new film Pixar went to great pains to understand the history and texture of Route 66, beginning more than six years ago by enlisting Route 66's best known expert, author Michael Wallis, whose "Route 66: The Mother Road" is credited with stimulating the rebirth of the highway when it was published in 1990.Wallis, who is also featured in Jenner's documentaries, spent months on the highway with Pixar's team and ultimately was asked to be the voice of the Sheriff in the new film."I've worked with a lot of creative people in my career" said Wallis from his home in Tulsa, OK, "But I've never met any group that matches the wonderful group Pixar assembled for this film.
They managed to perfectly capture the essence of Highway 66 and I believe many thousands of people will now want to know more about its history and explore the highway on their own."According to Jenner,
the Pixar film will likely have far reaching effects on
the businesses and museums along the old highway and those companies, like his, that work to keep the story of the road alive."It may be a cartoon, but Pixar has done a terrific job in helping people understand that this wonderful two-lane road represents a different era, and a different pace, than today's boring interstate highways." said Jenner,
"It's bound to increase visitors for the businesses that fight to stay open out there.
For us it means that millions of people will realize what a compelling story the preservation of historic Route 66 really is.
They are sure to seek out books and documentary films that tell the whole story," said Jenner Among his award-winning documentaries Jenner expects to do well are "Route 66: An American Odyssey" which chronicled the history of Route 66 as told by Wallis and songwriter Bobby Troupe, who penned "Get Your Kicks on Route 66", first recorded by Nat King Cole and subsequently by over a hundred other artists,
and now featured in "Cars".Another documentary he expects to benefit is "Route 66: Return to the Road", which appeared on PBS and featured actor Martin Milner, who starred in the 1960's TV-Series named after the highway.
"Return to the Road" was heralded as "glorious" by MOTORTREND magazine and documented Milner, in a 1961 Corvette, revisiting the highway some thirty years after his TV show first brought it fame.
Both films were Directed by John Paget."It's more than a funny and heartwarming story about the "Mother Road", said Jenner " 'Cars' could prove to be the mother lode for all the people who have struggled for years to help the public appreciate what a unique part of American history Route 66 represents.".
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Virginia Beach, VA (ContentDesk) August 9, 2006 -- AG Select Imports announced today that it has a new mission; to get every person that desires it behind the wheel of their own luxury car through a series of initiatives design to make luxury autos more accessible to the average American.
Millions of people dream about owning a luxury car but dont think that they can, says Harry Hindmarsh, Marketing Director for AG Select Imports.
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Popular Electric Cars Drive To Europe
With more and more vehicles roaming and zooming through the streets and roads, it is not very likely that one day we will find ourselves waking up to a foggy environment. Smog would surely fill the air and children would no longer remember what it was like to live in a place where the breeze was fresh and air was very clean.
This has been one of the great concerns of the auto industry. Despite being the culprit behind creating vehicles that would bring about dirt and smoke to the environment, auto manufacturers are now concerned about the welfare of the environment as well as of the people. That is most certainly they have created the Zero Air Pollution which they believe would be one of the best ways to reduce pollution.
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