I automatically thought of Steve McQueens Le Mans from 1970, but that aint it...then I thought of the upcoming Speed Racer movie ... and I don't think that's it either
Yes. As previously stated, for the time and even to this day, it was the most impressive movie car ever (in my opinion), and the movie is impressive considering when it was made. It was a modified Lola T70 race car. The car to the left is rumoured to be some type of Ferrari. There are a few web sites dedicated to THX 1138. It was George Lucas first full length movie and was made in 1971, and more recently updated for DVD (2004), but it's makes a run on cable tv movie channels every now and then. Although there's dialog mentioning the car going 235mph, it's clear that it's not going that fast. The tunnel is really two different car tunnels near San Francisco, Caldecot tunnel, and Posey Tube. Later there's an unfinished Bart (bay area rapid transit - small train) tunnel made to appear as if it's a very tall vertical shaft.
Since that movie, George Lucas manages to get 1138 somwhere in most, if not all of his movies (THX-1138 was his college phone number). For example, In Star Wars Episode IV, Princess Leia is in cell block 1138.
Enhanced DVD version of the Lola in THX 1138 (the out of tunnel stuff was added with CGI, which is why it's not as realistic looking as the in tunnel scenes).
Wow I'm impressed, since that was the primary one you get to pick the next. I added both the color and black and white pictures of "Rhoda Penmark" to give a clue that the movie is one of the colorized Turner Classic Movies. One noteworthy thing about the movie was the credit ending, which was similar to a play. The actors appear one at a time in an open doorway with the announcer noting their real and character names, and the final credit scene is the little girl getting a proper spanking by her mother (apparently the director was concerned about leaving the audience with the actual movie ending). A bit of trivia, after the initial pre-screening of another horror / sci-fi movie also made in 1956, additional footage was added to the beginning and ending of the movie for a happier ending, anyone care to guess what movie this was?
Three days of the Condor pic was provided in case no one could figure out "Bad Seed" but xaotik figured it out.
Classic line from three days of the condor: "do we have plans to invade the middle east?" (to get the oil, seems prophetic now). The picture is when Robert Redford is in Faye Dunaway's characters apartment. He's analyzed her pictures and noted that there's no people in them and figured out the time of year in the pictures (can't remember if it was just before fall or just before winter).
OK then - here we go. Initially I thought I'd use the second shot as it shows what's the "characteristic" bit of this movie (extra points to whoever gets that) - but I'll throw in the other one as well to make it easier.
In the second picture, the costume on the far right is similar to what "Q" of Star Trek Next Generation wore in the initial episode (as a judge of humankind).
I added this somewhat off-topic trivia question regarding the BadSeed and a similar thing done to another movie.
A bit of trivia, after the initial pre-screening of another horror / sci-fi movie also made in 1956, additional footage was added to the beginning and ending of the movie for a happier ending, anyone care to guess what movie this was?
The only late 50s movie I know of that had different versions was Godzilla and that was for marketing reasons AFAIK - the plot didn't really change (mostly because there really wasn't one to start with) and I only know that because a friend had both versions and we watched them recently. The second one that's got this American actor added in is totally hilarious because it makes even less sense than the original with only Japanese actors and the inserted scenes stand out like sore thumbs.