The Love Bug [Special Edition]

Director: Robert Stevenson

Overview

"Walt Disney Pictures' production of The Love Bug, directed by Robert Stevenson, was one of the studio's most popular and enduring feature films of the 1960s, yielding three sequels and a made-for-TV remake a generation later, though it never got much res

Product Details

Release Date:	05/03/2005
UPC:	0786936192445
Original Release:	1968
Rating:	G
Source:	Walt Disney Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, THX-Supervised Mastering]
Language:	English
Time:	1:48:00
Sales rank:	32,547

Special Features

Audio commentary with Dean Jones, Michelle Lee, and Buddy Hackett; "Susie the Little Blue Coupe" cartoon ; "That Lovable Bug" featurette; "The Many Lives of Herbie" featurette; Herbie Mania; "Lost Treasures: Searching for Herbie" featurette; 1969 Disney studio album; Production gallery; Behind-the-scenes promo; Love Bug Day at Disneyland; The man who gave Herbie his voice; Deleted scenes; Theatrical trailer; DVD credits; Radio spots; Sound Studio 1: "Herbie on the Rocks"; Sound Studio 2: "Thorndyke and the Bear"; Production stills; Comic book; Biographies of Dean Jones, Michelle Lee, Buddy Hackett, David Tomlinson, and Robert Stevenson; Advertising material; Screenplay excerpt from "Herbie Goes Over the Edge

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Dean Jones	Jim Douglas
Michele Lee	Carole
Buddy Hackett	Tennessee
David Tomlinson	Thorndyke
Joe Flynn	Havershaw
Benson Fong	Wu,Man Carrying Herbie
Joe E. Ross	Detective
Barry Kelley	Police Sergeant
Iris Adrian	Carhop
Andy Granatelli	Himself
Dale Van Sickel	The Driver
Regina Parton	The Driver
Bob Drake	The Driver
Hal Brock	The Driver
Gerald Jann	The Driver
Ted Duncan	The Driver
Gene Roscoe	The Driver
Charles Willis	The Driver
Gene Curtis	The Driver
John Timanus	The Driver
Fred Krone	The Driver
Jesse Wayne	The Driver
Fred Stromsoe	The Driver
Kim Brewer	The Driver
Ned Glass	Toll Booth Attendant
Gil Lamb	Policeman at Park
Nicole Jaffe	Girl In Dune Buggy
Russ Caldwell	Dune Buggy Driver
Pete Renoudet	Policeman on Bridge
Alan Fordney	Actor
Gary Owens	Announcer
Robert Foulk	Bice
Wally Boag	Actor
Max Balchowsky	Actor
Stan Duke	Actor
Chick Hearn	Announcer
Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez	Mexican Driver
Bert Convy	Actor
Hope Lange	Actor
Robert Reed	Actor
Pete L. Renoudet	Actor
Jim McCullough Sr.	Actor
George Bruns	Composer

Technical Credits

Bill Walsh

Don DaGradi

Peter Ellenshaw	Special Effects
Howard Jensen	Special Effects
Danny Lee	Special Effects
Eustace Lycett	Special Effects
Alan Maley	Special Effects
Robert A. Mattey	Special Effects
Bill Walsh	Producer,Screenwriter
Don DaGradi	Screenwriter
Dean Thomas	Sound/Sound Designer
Robert Cook	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Opening Credits/Demolition Derby [2:59]
2. A Driver [3:08]
3. Muzzled [6:29]
4. Trick Car [10:12]
5. "Herbie" [5:23]
6. Racing [10:48]
7. Thorndyke's Plot [8:36]
8. The Riverside Race [2:11]
9. A Very Special Little Car [1:17]
10. Herbie Runs Away [8:32]
11. El Dorado [8:16]
12. Thorndyke's Dirty Tricks [:48]
13. The Last Car [12:36]
14. Run for the Gold [6:50]
15. A Tang Wu Enterprise/End Credits [6:49]

Menu

Side #1 --
Play
Bonus Material
Audio Commentary
On
Off
Cartoon: Susie, the Little Blue Coupe
Register Your DVD
Scene Selection
Sneak Peeks
Disney Family Favorites
Set Up
Captions
English for the Hearing Impaired
None
Thx
Side #2 -- The Love Bug (Bonus Material)
Bonus Material
Lost Treasures
The Love Bug Production Archives
Production Gallery
Behind-The-Scenes Promo
Love Bug Day at Disneyland
The Man Who Gave Herbie His Voice
Deleted Scenes: "Used Car Lot" & "Playground"
Theatrical Trailer
DVD Credits
Galleries
Production Stills
Production Photos
Concept Art
Storyboards
Comic Book
Biographies
Dean Jones
Michele Lee
Buddy Hackett
David Tomlinson
Robert Stevenson
Advertising
Posters
Merchandise
Publicity
Press Book
Production Documents
Screenplay Excerpt
Audio Archives
Radio Spots
Sound Studio 1: "Herbie On The Rocks"
Sound Studio 2: "Thorndyke and The Bear"
1969 Disney Studio Album
That Lovable Bug
The Many Live of Herbie
Herbie Mania

Editorial Reviews

Incredibly, in a movie year that included The Graduate, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Romeo and Juliet, Rosemary's Baby, Yellow Submarine, Planet of the Apes, and Academy Award winner Oliver!, 1968's top-grossing film was The Love Bug. Disney's live-action fantasy showcased a Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own: a rubber-burning, wheelie-popping pre-New Beetle that sees the good in the heart of an arrogant, washed-up race car driver (Dean Jones) and saves him. The oily villains here are David Tomlinson, the neglectful dad in Mary Poppins, and Joe Flynn, the perpetually flustered Capt. Binghampton from McHale's Navy. Meanwhile, Jones's pit crew features Buddy Hackett, as the spiritually attuned welding artist Tennessee Steinmetz, and Michele Lee, a spunky girlfriend who doesn't take a backseat to the guys. Set in San Francisco, this film's images of hippies and beatniks (look closely -- one of them is played by Jones) are dated to be sure, but the scenes of "the little car" taking control of the wheel and playing matchmaker are still irresistible. You can expect to get a lot of mileage out of this revved-up DVD. The full tank of features includes archival footage of the film's production and publicity ("Love Bug Day at Disneyland"), breezy commentary by Jones and Hackett, and an endearingly perky Lee, who points out some continuity errors. Highly recommended.