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Days of Thunder (1990) directed by Tony Scott is a film about an open–wheel race car driver trying to make it in the National Association of Stock Car Racing (NASCAR). Cole Trickle (Tom Cruise) is picked up (hired) by race team owner Tim Daland (Randy Quaid). Daland convinces Harry Hogge (Robert Duvall), a retired crew chief, to come out of retirement and be crew chief to his race team. Rowdy Burns (Michael Rooker) is Trickle’s racing nemesis; he is a hot headed driver who will do whatever it takes to win the race. Trickle meets Dr. Claire Lewicki (Nicole Kidman), Trickle’s love interest, after his crash involving Burns at Daytona Speedway. The races at Daytona speedway, along with all of the other races, were filmed on location at real NASCAR tracks. The filming at each of these tracks captured what it is like at a …show more content…
I think these two scenes are amazing. In the first scene Hogge (Duvall) is telling the car all of the things he is going to do to get it “race ready”. This scene shows how much Hogge cares about his job as a car builder, and crew chief. For me, this scene also shows how much Hogge respects the racecar, and what potential it has. This is not just a hobby or sport to Hogge; this is his way of life. In the second scene Hogge speaking to the car about the upcoming race with Trickle (Cruise), shows Hogge’s concern for Trickle. Concern that Hogge felt he could not express to Trickle with all that he was dealing with already. Talking to the car was Hogge’s outlet and made him feel a little more at ease after giving the car instructions on how to “handle” Trickle.
Days of Thunder has drama, action and even “the big one,” what more you could ask for in a movie, for me not much more. Fast cars, big crashes, sexy drivers, and even a very pretty doctor, make this film easy to watch. This movie is a must see movie for NASCAR
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