Minis as film stars (and related automotive humour)
Minis are known to have appeared in the following films.
Links are to the Internet Movie Database.
The Italian
Job
- the remake
involved both one Mini and three BMW MINIs
The Bourne
Identity
- driven in a car chase by Matt Damon
Goodbye Pork
Pie
51st State (Formula 51 in the USA)
- Samuel L Jackson comes to the UK to try and sell his new drug; and at some point in the film is driven round Liverpool by Robert Carlyle in a Mini.
Some Kind Of Wonderful
- A windowless Mini-driving tomboy, Mary Stuart Masterson,
is after Eric Stoltz...
The Man Who Knew Too Little
- Bill Murray comedy spy flick type thing...
Three Men And A Little Lady
- Tom Selleck swaps a Ferrari for a rented Cooper and thrashes the nads off it. Not used to a manual gearbox, y'see...
Forget Paris
- Billy Crystal romantic comedy
The Avengers
- <homer>Hmmm... Uma Thurman in catsuits...</homer>
and a nice Mini too... pity the film wasn't better...
Shallow Grave
- Ewan MacGregor as a Cooper-thrashing journalist caught up in some decidedly grisly business
The Gods Must Be Crazy
- Also famous for a tree-climbing Land Rover
Arabesque
- Gregory Peck in a story of international intrigue
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
- Robert Carlyle visits his hometown to win back his ex
A Room For Romeo Brass
- A green Mini Van features heavily in this drama
Other Automotive Films
Grease/Grease
2
Silence of the cams
Vice Jaws: The Revenge
Die Hard : 1/4" BSP tapered
Reservoir Clogs
Fight Clubhammer
Downdraft
2001: A Race Odyssey [In the
pits, no one can hear you swear]
The Rocker Horror Picture Show
Whose Car Is It Anyway [US
version]
The Incredible Lightness Of Rear
Subframes
The Good, The Bad and the BMW MINI
Lord of the Piston Rings
The Two Towerbolts
Dead Cam
The Core Plugs
Forrest Sump
The Heater Matrix
The Heater Matrix: Recored
The Heater Matrix: Revolutions
5Jx10
Fillerdelphia
The Falken and the Snowman
Bridgestone over the River Kwai
On The Wing (Are Bubbles Of Rust)
Das Boot (Kappe Läuft Aus) The Boot (Lid Is Leaking)