The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.
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- TriviaDisney worked closely with Volkswagen to promote the sequel. Every each VW dealer had a Bug on display that was made up to look like Herbie, and 300,000 Herbie posters were distributed to dealers to pass on to their customers. If a customer wanted to turn their new Beetle into a Herbie, they could buy a graphics kit from the VW parts department.
- GoofsThe model year of Volkswagen used for Herbie shifts back and forth throughout the film. It's most visible when the side rear windows change size from smaller (1963) to larger (1966).
- Quotes
Alonzo Hawk: [speaking to his secretary about a group of men in his office] Who're these clowns?
Secretary: They're your new lawyers, Mr. Hawk. You fired the others yesterday.
Alonzo Hawk: Okay, fellas, now I want to tear down the Steinmetz firehouse. Okay?
Lawyer-Second Team: Just a moment, Mr. Hawk. Do you have the necessary permit?
Alonzo Hawk: [suddenly becomes angry] Of course I don't have a permit! I don't even own the land yet!
Lawyer-Second Team: Sorry, Mr. Hawk. Such an action would only jeopardize your entire legal standing of your new building. We can't permit...
Alonzo Hawk: [shouts angrily] Will you get outta here? I didn't hire you to tell me what I can't do, I hired you to tell me how I could do it! GOOOOOO!
[lawyers run out of the office]
- ConnectionsEdited into The Green Fog (2017)
But in this uninspired sequel, the real star is Helen Hayes--not the car and certainly not with Ken Berry, who merely becomes a supporting character in this. Helen Hayes, as an old lady battling a developer, is seen in various life-threatening situations in the movie. In various surreal scenes, Haye's character is knitting while riding Herbie,impervious to the danger around her as Herbie scales a skyscraper or rides atop the Golden Gate Bridge. She is sickeningly sacharrin sweet but she plays her scenes well.
The climax of this movie is weak, and it is really a collection of surreal scenes involving Herbie and Helen Hayes. There is no romance and no racing, both of which were key elements which made the original such a success. This movie was made in the transitional period, between the really great Disney classics like "Mary Poppins" and the excellent productions that Disney puts out today. The movie and plot are very predictable as is the inevitable outcome. Naturally, there's no way that the outcome is realistic as city zoning laws forbid houses in a district of skyscrapers.
- elwileycoyote
- Jul 1, 2003
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- Also known as
- The Love Bug Rides Again
- Filming locations
- Backlot, Walt Disney Studios, 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USA(Willoughby and Nicole swap seats; traffic jam; Herbie cornered in a neighborhood; pretzel cart crash; Hawk Plaza exterior; exterior of Hawk's house)
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- Gross US & Canada
- $38,229,000
- Gross worldwide
- $38,229,000
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.75 : 1
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