50 Years of Mustang, and Eleanor is still my favorite.

"valkyr" (valkyrfilms)
05/15/2014 at 20:54 • Filed to: Eleanor, Shelby, GT500, Gone in 60 seconds, 1967 Shelby, mustang, ford, fastback, bullit, vegas, las vegas, shortfilm, jeremy heslup, copperfield, oppositelock

When you are offered the chance to shoot an original 1967 Shelby GT500 from the film Gone In 60 Seconds, signed by Nicolas Cage; otherwise known as Eleanor, you don't turn it down.

A good friend of mine mentioned to me that one of his co-workers, Chris Kenner, owned the car from the film and would be up for doing a short film with it. This was completely surreal for me because since I was a kid, I have seen the movie plenty of times and idolized the film and the car.

I had only a limited amount of time to shoot already, and we lost a lot of time on account of the brake lights not working properly. But the two days I had with the car flew by and before you know it that was it.

We had a storyline in mind, but weren't sure how to work it in with the footage that we were able to get. When I was trying things in the editing room, I casually put the theme-song from the movie underneath some of the footage, and it just had to stay.

The result is a faux-tribute to the film and the car. And although we weren't able to achieve a lot of the same things in the film, the car sure looked good under the lights of Las Vegas! Enjoy!

DISCUSSION (19)

Lotusexcelle > valkyr
05/14/2014 at 23:17

Eleanor is yellow.

valkyr > Lotusexcelle
05/14/2014 at 23:20

Haha, this is true.
However there was this film in the early 2000s that grossed 230million and started Nick Cage...I don't think anyones ever seen it though.

STREPITUS > valkyr
05/14/2014 at 23:21

Nice photos, but I still like the original Eleanor better

Kinja'd!!!

valkyr > STREPITUS
05/14/2014 at 23:30

Point me in the direction of one and it's going on film :)!

1337HPMustang > valkyr
05/14/2014 at 23:46

great shots of the car man. Especially like the ones on top of the parking garage

Spoon II > valkyr
05/15/2014 at 00:29

Awesome, loved the camera work and the fact that you used the soundtrack from the movie. Worked like a charm!

valkyr > Spoon II
05/15/2014 at 12:56

Thank you! And I tried other songs, but the soundtrack just fit too perfectly not to use it

valkyr > 1337HPMustang
05/15/2014 at 12:57

Vegas just has such great lighting at night

OPPOsaurus WRX > valkyr
05/15/2014 at 21:13

that was awesome. Now I have to go find the movie on Netflix. One of Mt favorite movies ( minus the 100% believable flat bed jump)

JR1 > valkyr
05/15/2014 at 22:14

Amazing photography. Never was a fan of the big bad E however, I would take a GT350 over it any day.

Philbert/Phartnagle > valkyr
05/20/2014 at 00:54

Fricking Awesome! That's my all time favorite movie Mustang ever, great job on the video too!

JokerJB > valkyr
05/26/2014 at 10:20

Officially 100% jealous! Would love to just see a GI60S Eleanor!

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > JR1
05/26/2014 at 10:23

The remake E was made with a gt350 I believe, Mike Musto did a segment on it on /Muscle.

webmonkees > STREPITUS
05/26/2014 at 11:52

Unfortunately so many of them are not unlike the movie car. 45 minutes in. That'll buff out.

JR1 > Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again.
05/26/2014 at 12:30

An orginal GT350? That makes me sick

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > JR1
05/26/2014 at 12:41

I think it was cheaper? Can't remember.

LongbowMkII > valkyr
05/26/2014 at 15:11

the best chase scenemustang isnt even in this franchise. the boxstang isnt exactly pretty and the modern Eleanor is just tacky imo.

Goatsausage > Lotusexcelle
05/26/2014 at 16:26

Yes but of the two car would you really REALLY choose the Yellow (original) car? hmmmmm think good and hard.

Goatsausage > valkyr
05/26/2014 at 16:41

Sorry but as much as i like the car from the original 70's flick the version in 2k is far better IMO. As a mustang owner/enthusiast what Steve Stanford penned to the ShelbyGT500 for the movie along with chip fuse and cvs building the actual car resulted in nothing less than one of the best icons of an american muscle car PERIOD!. IMO the 'restomod' is such a stunning design it actually crosses the bridge from musclecar to the realm of exotic. And the crazy part is the fact that the modification are really moderate at best. What takes the car over the top was really just cleaning up and refining details. Im lucky enough to see one of the official replica's on the road from time to time, and i gota say, the car is on fire!. By far in the hot'est and most representative of a mustangs true soul to date. the 70s mustang represented the design fase of the 'disco' 70's weird funky shapes era, most likely penned by lsd crazed fanatics.