The Love Bug
The Love Bug (also known as Herbie the Love Bug) is a 1969 American sports adventure comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson from a screenplay by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, based on the story "Car, Boy, Girl" by Gordon Buford. The film is the first installment in the Herbie film series.
Plot
Race car driver Jim Douglas has been reduced to competing in demolition derby races against drivers half his age. Jim lives in an old fire house overlooking San Francisco Bay with his friend Tennessee Steinmetz, a claimant of Buddhist spiritual enlightenment, who is a mechanic and sculptor who uses old car parts. At an upmarket European car showroom, Jim meets mechanic/sales assistant Carole Bennett, and the dealership's British owner, Peter Thorndyke, who abuses a white Volkswagen Beetle which had been returned to the showroom that morning. Lacking money, Jim leaves Thorndyke's showroom, but the Beetle follows him home. After a police run-in on charges of grand theft, Jim agrees to lease-purchase the little car.
More details
| author | Bill Walsh Don DaGradi |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | San Francisco |
| director | Robert Stevenson |
| editor | Cotton Warburton |
| events | motor car |
| genre | adventure comedy fantasy |
| keywords | buddhism buddhist car dealership car driver car parts car show co-driver demolition derby dirty tricks el dorado enlightenment fatigue fire house golden gate bridge grand theft irish coffee lamborghini 400 gt lost time make up metal fatigue mind of its own morning motor vehicle theft newlywed old car open road race open-road racing police station race car driver riverside international raceway riverside raceway road race road racing san francisco bay sierra nevada spiritual enlightenment volkswagen beetle win yosemite valley |
| musicBy | George Bruns |
| producer | Bill Walsh |
| productionCompany | Walt Disney Productions |
| publisher | Buena Vista Distribution |
| recordedAt | San Francisco |
| theme | race romantic comedy |