The French Horn Guy Got What He Deserved. - The Car (1977) Discussion

[–] fiatlux-1 11 years ago

I thought he seemed like a cool guy....until he screamed a nasty, crude insult at The Car.
No he didn't deserve to be run over! But that was a seriously moronic thing to do.
You never know who you are dealing with (as he found out lol) plus no one HAS to give you a ride.

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[–] jnoble11 11 years ago

it's implied that the only reason the car stopped to kill him after missing the first time after it swerved at him is because he cursed it. If Johnny kept his mouth shut, it would've kept on going down the road.

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[–] fiatlux-1 11 years ago

That's what I was saying. He cursed at it, so it turned around & ran him over.

I was saying that he shouldn't have done that...no matter who was behind the wheel.

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"Didn't he discover America?"
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[–] capnmrvl 11 years ago

The fact that the Car didn't run him down intentionally - just because - is weird. I didn't know the Car left anyone alive on purpose.

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[–] ElectricWarlock 10 years ago

He was very annoying and I don't think I could've stood watching him for the 97 minutes the movie was on, but that said I don't think someone deserves to die just for being annoying.

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[–] Rueiro 9 years ago

Yes!!!
I felt sorry for the two cyclists at the beginning, but this idiot... he is one of those *beep* characters that piss you off right from the first moment they turn up in the scene. Just because a motorist won't stop for you when you are hitchhiking doesn't give you an excuse to shout curses at them. It served him well.

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[–] PacinoDeNiro1991 9 years ago

Just because a motorist won't stop for you when you are hitchhiking doesn't give you an excuse to shout curses at them. It served him well.

Watched that scene twice today, the car intentionally tried to him (it went out of its way to the right to nail him) and that guy just nearly escaped it so he had every right to curse

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[–] drunkbear 9 years ago

Watched that scene twice today, the car intentionally tried to him (it went out of its way to the right to nail him) and that guy just nearly escaped it so he had every right to curse

The Car already had it in for him, just because he was there. It probably would have come back to get him whether he swore at it or not, just to be thorough.

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[–] Rueiro 9 years ago

I hadn't seen the film for a long time and didn't remember every detail of this particular scene. Now I've seen it again and, like you say, the car has a go at the guy as it races past him. So the guy has an excuse to shout obscenities to the car. Yes, I agree that no one deserves to be murdered just for something like that.
But the guy is a total *beep* First he blows his horn at dawn next to a house when people inside are likely to be still in bed. Just craving for attention. And then when he spots the car approaching he swells up like a peacock, talking to himself that it must be a nymphomaniac he will be banging all day long. A sex-crazed moron.
The car just cuts all the *beep* for good.

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[–] drunkbear 9 years ago

Yeah, anybody brandishing a French horn at sunrise is just BEGGING to get crushed.

And this is coming from a former French horn player, who is currently dating a French horn player.

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[–] rogueforte 9 years ago

Yeah, but who wouldn't run over a guy standing on the side of the road with a French horn?

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[–] Eddysfitzboy 9 years ago

I was thinking the same thing about that knucklehead! 

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[–] BoxOfficePoison 9 years ago

Give him a break, everybody! At least it wasn't a bagpipe.

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[–] Eddysfitzboy 9 years ago

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[–] heyteegs (1207) 5 years ago

I was surprised that John Rubinstein’s role was that small. He was somewhat of a ‘name’ and had starred in Pippin in Broadway. His dad is pianist Arthur Rubinstein.

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