Does anyone know who is Jim Moffet? The guy was played by Christopher Lawford. I tried searching with this name, but cant find a thing. Read on some other topics that the guy was real and John Munro got his pic with his car.
Well @John, is his real name Jim Moffet? Whats his story?
If you watch the making of special on the DVD, you learn that the character is not a real person, but is based on a lot of different people. That's kind of sad to me. All these events which seem so out of the ordinary were true, but one of the most real things (the relationship between Burt and Jim) is actually fake. It would have been just as interesting to stick to the original people.
shareSo its not a true even, but the movie has many a things based on this character.
Its a shame..
Then its a documentary, not a movie. Movies have to take artistic license. I understand what you're saying but those individual characters that made up Jim could have been too flat on their own.
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I live out in the Bay Area (they say Jim Moffet is from San Jose in the movie) and it's interesting to note that the big naval air base out here is Moffet Field. When I first saw the movie, I assumed that his family had to have been involved somehow, but it turns out that there isn't a relation. It very well could be where they got his name though.
shareI have been wondering why in the Cast listing it lists his name as Jim Enz when they clearly say Moffett throughout the movie. Anyone know why this is?
shareThe Redhead streamliner owned in the film by "Jim Moffet" was in fact built by the team formed by Don Hammon, Bob Mc Grath (who was also the driver) and Roger Whipp. Its racing life started with a blown 394 cu.in. Chrysler and a B class record at 249.324 mph.
In 1969 Don Hammon, who had remained the sole owner and driver, renamed the car "Lil' Red".
In 1971 Hammon sold the car to Ed Harding, who fitted it with a vintage Ford flathead.
In 1976 the car was sold again to Jim Lattin and Elmo Gillette who ran it for the next fifteen years, with Jim Lattin and sons Bill Lattin and Greg and Mark Gillette all setting records and getting in the 200 Club with it.
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I saw this too, and when I first saw the flick, I went "Jim Moffett, Moffet Field, cool". So I just saw that IMDB has Chris Lawford's character's name as "Jim Enz". Hmmmm. An Indian website(not the Bollywood one) has Jim Enz as a real acquaintance of Burt.
So I clicked on the Character name, & found it had been changed be a IMDB user ldavis-2 who I'll bet wanted the real Jim Enz to get some credit, but I've submitted an update to IMDB to return to the correct character name.
I've also submitted changes that will change Paris Hilton's surname from Hilton to Inbred-Ferret, Robby Benson's to Balsa, and the title of NBC's proposed US version of Red Dwarf to "There Will Be Smeg"
It is possible that Jim Enz refused to let them use his name.
Jimmy Moffett sounds a bit like Jimmy Buffett, who is a cool American guy.
Possible that they created a composite character based mostly on Enz and other people who assisted Munro when he was in the US.
Who knows if the Indian who helped him with his prostate problems, the transgendered motel clerk or even the very welcoming lady were real?
They are just a gallery of characters, give the movie substance and help set it in context.
Perhaps a sly reference to 'SOTL' when Hannibal tells Clarice to seek out Miss Moffet?
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