The Love Bug
The Love Bug (also known as Herbie the Love Bug) is a 1968 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
Jim Douglas is a once-prominent race car driver now relegated to participating in demolition derbies. Residing in a converted firehouse overlooking San Francisco Bay, Jim shares his abode with Tennessee Steinmetz, an eccentric mechanic and sculptor whose artistic creations repurpose discarded automobile components.
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| author | Bill Walsh Don DaGradi |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | San Francisco |
| director | Robert Stevenson |
| editor | Cotton Warburton |
| events | car |
| genre | adventure comedy fantasy |
| keywords | back to life betray car dealership car driver demolition derbies demolition derby disillusion drive el dorado flee follow golden gate bridge honeymoon limp newlywed one dollar police station race car driver riverside international raceway riverside raceway san francisco bay sentience sierra nevada spring volkswagen beetle |
| musicBy | George Bruns |
| producer | Bill Walsh |
| productionCompany | Walt Disney Productions |
| publisher | Buena Vista Distribution |
| recordedAt | San Francisco |
| theme | children's race romantic comedy |