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Why did he get down and look at the train set?

posted 19 years ago by TheHonorable_DrakeSpade
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Anybody?

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[–] modano1973 19 years ago

That may have been an inside joke. From what i can remember reading or seeing somewhere, the antique toys that are shown on the shelf of his house in the film actually belonged to McQueen. I am guessing the train set also belonged to him in real life.

[–] greene515 19 years ago

'I think he obviously has a fascination with toys, just in real life,
Mc Queen collected a lot of junk,

[–] ran2slow 19 years ago

If you remember the first time his pregnant girlfriend is shown, he gave her a present of a vintage toy Buck Rodgers space ship. It was really for the baby. Apparently he was interested in the train because his character liked toys.

[–] jeffscsr 15 years ago

and obviously it was a foreshadowing of what would happen later in the film
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[–] TheManInOil 14 years ago

He was a fanatical toy collector. How could you miss that?

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[–] Jay_Rusty 13 years ago

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080907/trivia?tab=tr&item=tr1269140

[–] LCShackley 10 years ago

He blew the whistle to alert the perp that someone was in the house.

[–] transmentalist 9 years ago

He blew the whistle to alert the perp that someone was in the house.

This, at least this is how I always took it. He was blowing the whistle and looking upwards

[–] melinda2001 10 years ago

Because the shot upward from floor-level made him look like a god? That or he just likes trains.

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