Two other films to look out for if you want to see R4s on screen are Romancing The Stone, and Traffic.
If my memory serves me correctly, in the former Danny De Vito drives an R4 around the jungle somewhere in South America in pursuit of the bloke from The Streets of San Francisco who married that stupid Welsh woman (I can't remember what either of them is called, but someone out there will know who I mean...). I don't remember much about the plot, but I think the R4 pops up fairly regularly throughout the film.
The second film, Traffic, is an absolute must-see for R4 lovers, as the star is none other than an F4 van! It was made in 1971 by French director Jacques Tati, and is a really cool film. The basic plot is that the Renault has to be delivered from Paris to the Amsterdam motor show, but the lorry gets lost, breaks down, etc. and the whole thing becomes a bit of a farce. I don't know whether it's available on DVD, but if it is it's definitely worth seeing.
I seem to recall there being quite a few R4s in the film of The Day of the Jackal too - too many, probably, as although as the film is set c.1963 it was filmed about ten years later with little thought for clearing the streets of post-63 cars.
Are there any other fims out there with R4s in a starring role?
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