{"id":11,"date":"2009-04-30T08:14:42","date_gmt":"2009-04-30T07:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simonbattersby.com\/blog\/?p=11"},"modified":"2024-06-17T10:27:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T09:27:21","slug":"volvos-in-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonbattersby.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/volvos-in-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Volvos in films"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OK, I&#8217;ve just been writing some more serious stuff about dealing with people,  so as an antidote for myself, here&#8217;s something really trivial that&#8217;s been  bugging me for a while. Is it me, or are there a disproportionately high number  of appearances of Volvos in films. Here&#8217;s a list of ones I&#8217;ve noticed (so far).<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><strong>School of Rock<\/strong> &#8211; This is a true Volvofest. The car park at  the school where Jack Black works has, at various points at least two XC70s, an  S80 in the background, a V70, and a V40. One of the fathers drives an XC90. When  Jack arrives for the parents evening the first five cars he drives past are  Volvos. Right at the end a V70 drops a child off for the new school. You&#8217;d think it was filmed in Sweden&#8230;<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Freaky Friday<\/strong> &#8211; Jamie Lee Curtis drives an S60<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Garfield<\/strong> &#8211; his owner drives another S60<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Two Weeks Notice<\/strong> &#8211; Sandra Bullock drives an S80<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Cheaper By The Dozen 2<\/strong> &#8211; Steve Martin&#8217;s daughter drives what  looks like a V70, although you don&#8217;t see much of it<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong>The Fly<\/strong> &#8211; Jeff Goldblum&#8217;s girlfriend drives a 200 series  estate.<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong>The West Wing <\/strong>&#8211; CJ&#8217;s Dad has an old 200 estate when she visits him in series 4<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>The Sure Thing <\/strong>&#8211; John Cusack initially gets a lift from Tim Robbins in an Amazon estate<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Mrs Doubtfire<\/strong> &#8211; Sally Field drives a red 850 saloon<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>New Moon<\/strong> &#8211; Robert Pattinson drives an XC60. Even vampires drive Volvos&#8230;<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Twilight<\/strong> &#8211; &#8230;and change them quite regularly it seems, as in the first film he drives a silver C30.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Eclipse<\/strong> &#8211; my daughter tells me there&#8217;s a different one in this as well. Currently unconfirmed.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Back To The Future<\/strong> &#8211; Near the start, where Michael J Fox and his girlfriend are in the town square, you can see a 240 in the background<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Son of The Mask<\/strong> &#8211; Again near the start, there&#8217;s a big explosion at a party, and two 240s get turned over. There might be some more Volvos in the film, but frankly, I couldn&#8217;t take more than a few moments of this one&#8230;<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Must Love Dogs<\/strong> &#8211; Diane Lane&#8217;s boyfriend drives a gold C70<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Music And Lyrics<\/strong> &#8211; Hugh Grant&#8217;s agent drives an S60<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Sydney White<\/strong> &#8211; at the hustings for class president (or whatever it is) there&#8217;s a black XC60 prominently behind Amanda Bynes<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>The Shaggy Dog<\/strong> &#8211; I literally only saw 30 seconds of this, honest, but the dog was being driven around in an XC90&#8230;<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Something&#8217;s Gotta Give<\/strong> &#8211; Diane Keaton drives a C70<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Marley And Me<\/strong> &#8211; Owen Wilson drives a navy blue S80<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Never Been Kissed<\/strong> &#8211; Drew Barrymore&#8217;s friend drives a 240 estate<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>27 Dresses<\/strong> &#8211; Katherine Heigl drives a 240<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>This list also gives a slightly embarrassing indication of the sorts of films I watch, doesn&#8217;t it? I cite a 13<del>11<\/del> year old daughter as partial defence, m&#8217;lud. Street cred improved slightly by New Moon, I think, but then Son of The Mask messes that up a bit.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The answer, no doubt, is that those clever Volvo marketing types are placing  their product squarely in front of their target market &#8211; parents. People like me, in fact. <\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, I&#8217;ve just been writing some more serious stuff about dealing with people, so as an antidote for myself, here&#8217;s something really trivial that&#8217;s been bugging me for a while. Is it me, or are there a disproportionately high number of appearances of Volvos in films. Here&#8217;s a list of ones I&#8217;ve noticed (so far). 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