Herbie: Fully Loaded
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| Herbie: Fully Loaded | |
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 Promotional poster for Herbie: Fully Loaded. |
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| 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 |
| Music by | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney 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 |
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Herbie: Fully Loaded is a 2005 film by Walt Disney 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. It was also one of the very last movies to be released to the home video market in the VHS videotape format, which would eventually be entirely phased out and replaced with DVD.
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[edit] Plot
The story revolves around recent college graduate Maggie Peyton (Lohan), a former street racer and member of a famous racing clan, whose aspirations of moving to New York and becoming an ESPN sportscaster are put on hold when she meets Herbie, a run-down Volkswagen Bug she finds in a junkyard and buys for $75. Maggie quickly learns the little car has a mind of its own when it takes her against her will to an old garage, where she runs in to her old friend and mechanic Kevin (Long). Kevin persuades Maggie to take Herbie to a car show where they can acquire some new parts to fix it up, but upon arriving, Herbie somehow tricks Maggie into changing into some old racing gear from his trunk (and a helmet labeled "Maxx"), and challenging NASCAR champion Trip Murphy (Dillon) to an impromptu race, which Herbie wins by a hair.
This delights Kevin, who tries to talk Maggie into racing again, but worries Maggie's dad Ray Sr. (Keaton), who had previously forbidden Maggie from racing after a serious accident years back. It also infuriates Murphy, who becomes obsessed with Herbie and its elusive driver "Maxx." He sets up a local street racing competition to lure Herbie back for a rematch, which Maggie and Kevin enter on the hopes of winning the promised $10,000 prize. Herbie easily beats out the other cars and qualifies for the final match with Murphy, who talks Maggie into racing for pinks without Kevin's knowledge. Herbie, jealous over Maggie's desire to drive off in Murphy's stock car, loses the race for her, and is consequently taken away by Murphy's assistant. Maggie now has to rescue Herbie from being destroyed, patch up relations with Kevin and her dad, and win a badly needed title for her family's losing racing team, which nearly has to forfeit the Nextel Cup after driver Ray Jr. (Meyer) injures himself in a crash, but then convinces Ray Sr. to let Maggie race for him.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role | Notes |
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| Lindsay Lohan | Maggie Peyton | Main character |
| Michael Keaton | Ray Peyton, Sr. | Maggie's dad |
| Matt Dillon | Trip Murphy | Drives the Cheetos #82 |
| Breckin Meyer | Ray Peyton, Jr. | Maggie's brother |
| Justin Long | Kevin | One of Maggie's friends |
| Cheryl Hines | Sally | Ray Jr.'s sponsor representative |
| Jimmi Simpson | Crash | |
| Jill Ritchie | Charisma | Another one of Maggie's friends |
| Thomas Lennon | Larry Murphy | |
| Jeremy Roberts | Crazy Dave | The owner at the junkyard |
| E.E. Bell | Beeman | |
| Peter Pasco | Juan Hernandez | |
| Mario Larraza | Miguel Hernandez | |
| Allen Bestwick | Himself | TNT Race Announcer |
| Benny Parsons | Himself | TNT Race Color Commentator/Former NASCAR driver |
| Jeff Gordon | Himself | Drives the Du Pont #24 |
| Jimmie Johnson | Himself | Drives the Lowe's #48 |
| Dale Jarrett | Himself | Drives the UPS #88 |
| Tony Stewart | Himself | Drives the Home Depot #20 |
| Stuart Scott | Himself | ESPN broadcaster |
[edit] Box office
| US Domestic Gross: | $66,023,816 |
| + Other International Takings: | $78,110,000 |
| Gross Worldwide Takings: | $144,133,816 |
[edit] Awards
At the 2006 Kids' Choice Awards, Lindsay Lohan won Favorite Female Actress for her role in Herbie: Fully Loaded, and the film was also nominated for Favorite Movie, but lost to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
[edit] References to other Herbie films
- Maggie buys Herbie from the junkyard for $75. This is the same amount Jim Douglas offers Thorndyke for "cheap, honest transportation" in the original film.
- 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 film.
- Herbie's 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.
- The last name "Peyton" was the first name of the director of the The Love Bug (1997 film).
- Kevin wears patches that also appeared on Wheelie's overalls in "Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo".
- The famous "Herbie music" is heard when Maggie takes Herbie driving for the first time and is remixed during the end credits.
- Although the character never appears in the film, it is implied that Jim Douglas wrote the note that Maggie finds in the glove compartment as the letter is similar to Douglas' dialogue in the previous film.
- The film was originally scheduled for release on June 24, which was the release date for Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo in 1977.
- This film contradicts one of the edicts presented in the 1997 TV movie: in 1997, when Herbie is being rebuilt, Jim Douglas insists that all of Herbie's original parts must be fixed and used, instead of replacing them with vintage parts from ordinary VW Bugs. Not to do so would cause Herbie to lose his "vital essence." In this film, Herbie is rebuilt both into a street racer and later into a NASCAR racer, with new parts, but with no loss of his personality.
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[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
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