Herbie: Fully Loaded
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| Herbie: Fully Loaded | |
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| Image:Herbiefl poster.jpg Promotional poster for Herbie: Fully Loaded. | |
| Directed by | Angela Robinson |
| Produced by | Robert Simonds |
| Written by | Thomas Lennon Ben Garant Alfred Gough Miles Millar |
| Starring | Lindsay Lohan Justin Long Breckin Meyer Matt Dillon Michael Keaton |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures\Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | June 22, 2005 (USA) |
| Running time | 101 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $50,000,000 |
| Gross revenue | $144,146,816 |
| Preceded by | The Love Bug (1997 film) |
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Herbie: Fully Loaded is a 2005 film by Buena Vista Pictures and Columbia Pictures in some countries, starring Lindsay Lohan alongside Michael Keaton, Matt Dillon, Breckin Meyer and Justin Long. The movie features many NASCAR drivers, including Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Mark Martin, and more. It is the first theatrical Herbie film since Herbie Goes Bananas in 1980.
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[edit] Plot
During the opening credits, viewers are reintroduced to the once famous Herbie – The Love Bug. It is revealed that he has been a famous racing car, but eventually went into a decline which saw a slump in his fortunes on the racetrack before he was finally withdrawn from the sport and was then used as a taxi. Viewers then see that he has been consigned to a junkyard, where he is condemned to demolition in a crusher.
The focus then shifts a college graduation ceremony. There, one Maggie Peyton (Lindsay Lohan) becomes the first of her family to receive a college degree. Maggie will be spending the next few weeks living with her father Ray Peyton (Michael Keaton), owner of the Peyton Racing Team. This team, founded by Maggie's grandfather, has been famous in the past, but Maggie's brother Ray Jr. (Breckin Meyer), who is currently its driver, is incompetent. His lack of drivers' skill and of any passion for racing has led to the team's lack of victories, which in turn have caused its sponsors to lose confidence. Maggie, under the influence of her family, was once a great street racer, but as a result of an accident, her frightened father refuses to let Maggie race again. Instead, Maggie is designated to go to New York to work as an assistant producer for ESPN.
Ray decides to get a car for Maggie as a graduation present. Due to their lack of money, all he can do is bring her to the junk yard and tell her to choose the car she wants. Maggie goes from car to car, never paying attention to Herbie although he is constantly trying to make himself noticed. When Maggie has chosen a car (a black Nissan 200SX), Herbie drops from a crane onto it. Frustrated, Maggie buys Herbie instead.
Upon entering Herbie's interior, Maggie is given a wild ride by the relieved Beetle through the back streets of the town. They arrive in the garage of an old friend and would-be boyfriend of Maggie's, Kevin (Justin Long), who was Maggie's mechanic during her street races.
Kevin agrees to help fix Herbie and joins Maggie for a test drive. Once again, Herbie takes over and races through town, bringing them to a car show featuring the current NASCAR champion, Trip Murphy (Matt Dillon). Maggie does not admit to any of those who address her that she owns Herbie; annoyed, he sprays oil on Maggie's shirt. Luckily, there is a racing jumpsuit and helmet in the trunk, so Maggie wears the jumpsuit to replace her own clothes. When she searches for the key, Herbie literally knocks Maggie into the helmet. On the helmet is the name "Maxx", which presumably belonged to a previous unseen driver of Herbie. When Trip Murphy insults Herbie, Herbie defaces Trip's prized racing car (A Pontiac GTO).
An offended Trip confronts the helmeted Maggie, whom he does not recognize, and challenges her to a street race. Herbie takes over during the race, but eventually Maggie learns to control the car and rides the rail of a fence to pass Trip and win the challenge, as ESPN films the whole thing. Later that day, back at home, her dad's main sponsor, Sally (Cheryl Hines), brings a tape record of the race to show Ray as a joke. Ray sees Herbie winning the race and confronts Maggie, who improvises the lie that 'Maxx' is a friend of Kevin's, who had borrowed Herbie for the match.
In his workshop, Trip is ashamed of having lost to a Volkswagen Beetle. Seeking revenge, he sponsors a two-day, $10,000 challenge to all street racers.The first day is to be spent finding the local street champion; on the second day, Trip will challenge that champion to a match.
Kevin and Maggie restore Herbie with all manner of hi-tech gear. 'Maxx', as Maggie is called when hidden by her helmet, races and wins the first day of competition. That night, Trip approaches Maggie and lets her drive his NASCAR racing car, so as to distract her with pleasure while trying to discover Herbie's secret within the engine. Maggie returns; Trip, suspecting that 'Maxx' and Maggie are the same person, wagers his racing car against Herbie on the coming race. Maggie accepts the wager.
The next day, the race occurs. When Maggie, now partially a believer in Herbie's intelligence, urges him on so that she may win Trip's racing car, an angry Herbie refuses to complete the race. Maggie is further disgraced when she responds to Trip's command that she remove her helmet and reveal her identity. Now the new owner of Herbie, Trip loads him up onto a transporting truck and takes him away as Ray rebukes Maggie for lying to him.
Maggie, distraught and ashamed of her own behavior, approaches Trip to buy the car back, but finds that he has already sold Herbie to the owner of the local demolition derby. This derby is a gladiatorial competition, wherein the drivers of several cars drive at great speed/velocity toward each other, intending to crash and shatter their opponents.
Maggie heads out to the arena and is shocked to see a trembling Herbie in the middle of the arena, dodging cars as she runs towards Herbie. She finds him and vows never to "give up" on him, whereupon he resumes his customary agility, audacity, and finesse. He rescues Maggie from being flattened, ejects his former driver (one of Trip's team) and battles to get out of the arena. With Maggie in control they survive the battle and destroy a Monster Truck in a spectacular move. Herbie survives and leaves but is somewhat badly damaged due to being very dejected over Maggie abandoning and being unwilling to fight before Maggie arrived. Maggie drives him to Kevin's for repairs, but due to Kevin's mounting bills he's unable to get the parts needed to fix him.
Meanwhile, back at Peyton Racing, Ray Jr. is accepted into the coming weekend's NASCAR race, but crashes and injures himself in qualifying. His depth perception is damaged, leaving him incapable of driving. Maggie offers to drive in his place, but is refused by her father on the grounds that she is all that remains of his late wife. Back at Kevin's garage as a dejected Maggie and Kevin try half-heartedly to decide what to do with Herbie, the Peyton Racing Team arrive, led by Ray Jr. He tells Maggie that he wants her to drive. Maggie agrees, on the condition that she drives Herbie and no other car. Herbie is therefore rebuilt by the team into a racing car.
On the next day, Maggie and Herbie arrive and Trip is left frustrated and angry that Herbie is still around. Thanks to some help from Sally, Maggie and Herbie are allowed to race (Sally convinces the judges to let Maggie, a girl, to race which has never been done before). The race begins, and Herbie and Maggie are at first left behind, slowly progress towards the front of the field. Herbie is cornered by the other cars on all sides and Maggie, frightened, is contacted over a radio transceiver by her father, who has come to help her reach victory having realized that he should support her. When the car behind Herbie knocks him onto the car before, he simply climbs over it and continues his advance.
The collision damages Herbie's oil tanks; the mechanics replace them with similar tanks taken from Sally's Volkswagen. Though this has temporarily solved the problem, Maggie is warned that she should be careful not to bump into the other cars, as it may put Herbie in danger. Hearing this, Maggie considers surrendering the race. Herbie, however, refuses to give in, and resumes the race, with Maggie in his seat, and soon brings himself to the attention of Trip Murphy.
Trip's crew chief desperately advises him to concentrate on the race and take care of revenge later; but he disregards the advice. He tries repeatedly to crush Herbie and Maggie against a wall. Maggie hits the brakes, Trip misses and his car hits the wall at full speed. Trip loses control and lands upside down in front of Maggie. Herbie, at this, rolls onto the fence above Trip, rides on it at an unconventional angle, and lands perfectly in front of Trip, and takes the chequered flag to win. The crowd, having grown engrossed in Herbie's progress, celebrates this triumph as he performs donuts on the infield.
Trip's frustration at having lost so spectacularly combines with his correct guess that Herbie is "alive" (ergo, autonomous and intelligent), causing him to accuse Herbie in a manner that leads his teammates to brand him insane. He is therefore incarcerated. Kevin's romantic interest in Maggie is finally fulfilled when Herbie, noticing their proximity and the trend of their conversation, knocks them together and they kiss one another. Also it is indicated that Ray Jr. faked his depth perception injury to give Maggie a chance as she tooses him a boquet of flowers on the side he supposedly has a problem with and he catches it easily.
Herbie, too, is given romantic fulfillment when Ray permits him to court Sally's yellow Volkswagen New Beetle. Herbie had met the yellow Beetle earlier in the film, only for Maggie to tell him that the yellow Beetle was "too young" for him. Ray, however, insists on a curfew, and after Sally persuades him to let them go, they drive off on their date.
[edit] Cast
- Lindsay Lohan as Maggie Peyton
- Michael Keaton as Ray Peyton, Sr.
- Matt Dillon as Trip Murphy
- Breckin Meyer as Ray Peyton, Jr.
- Justin Long as Kevin
- Cheryl Hines as Sally
- Jimmi Simpson as Crash
- Jill Ritchie as Charisma
- Thomas Lennon as Larry Murphy
- Jeremy Roberts as Crazy Dave
- E.E. Bell as Beeman
- Peter Pasco as Juan Hernandez
- Mario Larraza as Miguel Hernandez
- Allen Bestwick as Himself
- Benny Parsons as Himself
- Jeff Gordon as Himself
- Jimmie Johnson as Himself
- Dale Jarrett as Himself
- Tony Stewart as Himself
- Stuart Scott as Himself
[edit] Box office
| US Domestic Gross: | $66,023,816 |
| + Other International Takings: | $78,110,000 |
| Gross Worldwide Takings: | $144,133,816 |
The film also became a huge success when released into the home video market. It sold several million copies on DVD, and was also one of the very last movies to be issued in the VHS format. The VHS videotape format would eventually be phased out after 2006.
[edit] Awards
At the 2006 Kids' Choice Awards, Lindsay Lohan won Favorite Female Actress for her role in Herbie: Fully Loaded.
[edit] Trivia
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- Angela Robinson, Jill Ritchie and Jimmi Simpson had already worked together before Herbie: Fully Loaded, on the 2004 film D.E.B.S.
- Maggie buys Herbie from the junkyard for $75. This is the same amount Jim Douglas offers Thorndyke for "cheap, honest transportation" in the original movie.
- The sign at the car show at the beginning of the movie says "El Dorado." This is the name of the final big race in the first movie.
- Herbies race-winning move echoes the moves he made in Herbie Rides Again of going up the side of a cliff, as well as a similar move executed at the end of Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, wherein he won by overtaking his rival on the roof of the Monte Carlo F1 circuit.
[edit] Soundtrack
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Herbie: Fully Loaded at the Internet Movie Database
- Herbie: Fully Loaded at Rotten Tomatoes
- Herbie: Fully Loaded at Box Office Mojo
- TVGuide.com/movies: Herbie: Fully Loaded
- Follow the fans who supplied and brokered many of the "Fully Loaded" cars! LoveBugFans website and Community Forum
The Herbie films |
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| The Love Bug (1969) • Herbie Rides Again (1974) • Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977) • Herbie Goes Bananas (1980) • Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005) Made for TV: Herbie the Matchmaker (1982) • The Love Bug (1997) |
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