The Love Bug (1997 film)
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| The Love Bug (1997 Television Movie) | |
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| Directed by | Peyton Reed |
| Produced by | Irwin Marcus |
| Written by | Ryan Rowe |
| Starring | Bruce Campbell John Hannah Alexandra Wentworth Kevin J. O'Connor Dana Gould Harold Gould Micky Dolenz Burton Gilliam Clarence Williams III Dean Jones Jeff Garlin Alecia Guzman Rich Hall |
| Music by | Shirley Walker |
| Cinematography | Russ T. Alsobrook |
| Editing by | Chip Masamitsu |
| Distributed by | Disney-ABC Domestic Television |
| Release date(s) | November 30, 1997 |
| Running time | 88 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Herbie Goes Bananas |
| Followed by | Herbie: Fully Loaded |
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The Love Bug is made-for-television film starring Bruce Campbell and a sequel to the original The Love Bug film. The sequel included a Dean Jones cameo, tying it to the previous films. Also, this movie introduced an evil black Volkswagen named Horace, "the Hate Bug."
The film can be seen as a remake of the original, since the events of the original are repeated closely, as well as a sequel, since it is made clear that this film happens after Herbie Goes Bananas. It can also be thought of as a prototype or "first attempt" of Herbie: Fully Loaded, since the events of that film are also duplicated here, such as a modern racer finding Herbie in a junkyard and restoring him.
[edit] Trivia
- The font and placement of the number 53 on Herbie is completely different from all previous incarnations.
- The name "Hank Cooper" had already been used in the Disney film Gus as the name of the owner of the fictional football team the "California Atoms". Don Knotts starred in the film and co-starred with Dean Jones in the film Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo.
- Unlike all other Herbie movies, The Love Bug (1997) is not available on DVD. It was only released on video in Region 1. (the U.S) It is the only film in the Herbie series not available on DVD.
- Near the end of the final race, Herbie is split in half by a laser installed in Horace. This is similar to the ending of the big race in The Love Bug, where Herbie had fallen apart into a "front" and "back" half. In this movie, Herbie is split into a "left" and "right" half. True to the end of The Love Bug, Herbie takes "first and third place".
- The showdown between Horace and Herbie is somewhat similar to discussions by fans of a possible showdown between Herbie and Christine, an evil car created by Stephen King. Both cars have often been likened as polar opposites.
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