Fireball 500 (1966) Trailer

[marcellisrobinson]

Maria McBane and Jo Collins are listed in the cast as "Leander fans". Did they get much screen time? I didn't see them in this trailer.

[kevlar21059]

Frankie sings the title song:"I'm racing son of a gun"...FIREBALL 500!

[Tiamat583]

this movie was pretty decent,and the fights were kinda amusing. but the ending is absolutely terrible, probably one of the worst endings in motion picture history.

[mikeymars]

If Annette was actually made an offer for 10 films by AIP in late '63/early '64, per CA law it would have to have been in the form of a written contract and a record of the latter would have to have been retained by both parties. The archives of not just AIP but its three successor owners (Filmways, then Orion and finally MGM) don't contain any such record. So unless someone can actually produce a copy of a contract, this supposed "offer/deal" is just another typical throw-away web rumor.

[1965wildhorse]

Habe ihn mal von einer Videothek ausgeliehen. War, bevor es DVD`s gab.

Wer hat den Film in Deutschland auf VHS und verkauft ihn mir?

[starringJayMcK]

Do you remember the peanut butter commercial that started with Annette asking, Can you believe these are really mine?

Of course she was referring to her 2 kids playing in the background. But from the way that the shot was framed, there were a few awkward moments when it seemed like she might be referring to her large, ever-prodigious breasts, dead center screen and foreground. The commercial created a lot of buzz at the time. I dont know how long they kept airing it after.

[monorailblue]

Does this one have songs?

[SandySummers]

Yes, this one has several songs. The title song is great, but some of the others were more pop than rock. Not the best soundtrack.

[SandySummers]

I think the reason Annette was free to appear in this more controverial AIP pic was that Disney was either dead or near death, and not able to micro-manage Annette's career. Uncle Walt passed away either in '66 or '67.

[mikeymars]

Walt died on12/15/66, from health problems that didn't erupt until fall '66. He actually started moving his attention away from Annette earlier, when she married and became pregnant in '65, since she said then was retiring to become a full time mother. However within months of her daughter arriving she changed her mind and let AIP know she wanted back in front of the cameras. They said "great," but only for two films, before deciding she no longer fit in direction their roles were taking.

[SandySummers]

I don't think Annette contacted AIP and asked to be brought back make to make additional movies. I think she got married and had her first child, Gina, while under contract. And continued fulfilling her contract w/AIP through 1967 with Thunder Alley. Only after the filfulling her contract in 1967, did she semi retire.

[mikeymars]

According to my veteran Hollywood sources as well as the IMDB, Annette was fully under contract to Disney (and DIsney only) through mid to late '66. Her work for A.I.P. during that time was on a loaner basis and not part of a separate contract with A.I.P. So Thunder Alley is the only film she made with A.I.P after her Disney contract ended and whatever agreement covered it was clearly a one shot deal, not the end of a longer contract.

[SandySummers]

In putting the question to long time members of the Annette Fan Club, a reply came. After the success Beach Party, AIP offered Annette a 10 picture deal.

[mikeymars]

After Beach Party, Annette made with AIP (in order) Muscle Beach Party, Bikini Beach, Pajama Party, Beach Blanket Bingo, How To Stuff A Wild Bikini, Ski Party, Fireball 500 and Thunder Alley. That is eight, not ten films.

[SandySummers]

I didn't say she made 10 films. I said that, "AIP offered Annette a 10 picture deal."

[mikeymars]

Ah, the final Funicello/Avalon pairing of their 1960s American International Pictures (A.I.P) career, which included six of the Beach Party movies as well as a related clone, "Ski Party." Interestingly, Fireball is a lot "edgier" than those, representing A.I.P.'s attempt to stay current with the then-darkening social environment (within a year and a half, all the studio was making were biker and druggie films). Funicello's last A.I.P. film (67's "Thunder Alley") is very similar to Fireball.

[joh2]

Fireball 500 - I built the AMT scale model of the Barris modified Plymouth Barracuda SSXR that appeared in that film - and it came with a trailer too!!! (one to pull behind another car)