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Post by The Ferry Man on Oct 4, 2004 15:17:07 GMT -8
hey I saw the movie "walking tall" last night and the first thing i saw when it started was the Albert J Savoie sailing up howe sound and docking at darrel bay in squamish. The Rock(famous wrestler/actor) was walking around on it too and I also spotted the Garibaldi II at one point too. I know theres a few movies where theres BC Ferries in it, I saw another movie a few years back that had one part in it where a car jumped the ramp onto the Queen of Vancouver and then there was lots of running around on the ship until they got up to the passenger deck and went outside and the ship was moving and somehow they got the gates open on the handrails and one guy fell into the water and and you see him underwater and you see the hull of the Queen of Vancouver. The movie was made in the late 80s maybe really early 90s because berth 5 wasn't fit for the spirits but the Queen of Vancouver was lifted and had the classic dogwood flag and red and blue stripes. But the thing is I don't know what the movie was called at all. Does anybody know? I really want to see it again! ;D
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Post by Curtis on Oct 4, 2004 16:41:57 GMT -8
I don't know about that movie but i think ive seen one of the Spirt Classes on the real live movie of Mr. Magoo
starring Steve Martin.
Theres two people at the upper outside deck of a ferry the lady opens a side gate the man falls off the side of the ferry when he falls off the boat you see the
Spirts Dogwood Colours but im not sure that movie was a few years ago i haven't seen it for awhile ill have to watch it again.
hmm maybe this weekend ill watch it
anyone seen Mr. Magoo
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Post by Koastal Karl on Oct 4, 2004 17:20:42 GMT -8
I have seen a few movies with the ferries in them. That one that Ferryman was describing sounds familiar, but I also saw an episode from a television show a few years ago and it was either filmed on the Queen of Vancouver or Esquimalt. First off they showed the loading onto the vehicle deck, I think maybe it was a crime show or something. Then there up moving around on the passenger deck, I remember one part one guy asked how to get off the ship, the crew member tells him about the gangplank may still be open which I would assume would be the passenger walkway ramp. There is some shooting in this scene were they are up top on the upper outside passenger deck shooting at someone and they hit the passenger lounge windows which break, and then they use the fire hose and next thing you know some guy has fallen overboad and you can see him fall into the water. Now I thought that was some tv show, that was on, could be wrong, I dont know if that is the same one you are reffering too. Also other movies, Disturbing Behaviour, Katie Holmes is a co star, about a family that moves to an island, sci fi sort of movie, which is filmed on Bowen Island as they are on the Capilano, the Queen of Naniamo appears in one scence, I think maybe it was also filmed on parts of Galiano too, maybe. Mayne Queen also or maybe Bowen Queen, not sure which one. Although there is also a scene where the guy is racing down to the terminal on Bowen Island on a motorcycle and jump the ramp onto the Mayne Queen where the rest of the friends are waiting. It's funny how the movies use two ships for to make it look like the same one. For example, they jump the ramp to the ferry, you can cleary see it's the Mayne Queen then they are on the car deck scene and it's the Capilano.
Another movie with Tommy Lee Jones, the Tachek appeared in the movie disguised as a WSF, Double Jepardy, that's the name.
WSF have appeard in the second Free Willy movie. The Quinalt was in the movie The Ring, scene where the horse jumps overboard and gets killed by the propeller. Also Scary Movie 3, with a spoof to the Ring movie a short scene of that scene in the ring only this time the Bowen or Mayne Queen. Jennifer Lopez in one movie filmed near Port Townsend, another steel electric ferry in that movie, cant remember the name though.
Another Stakeout, again filmed on Bowen Island, either the Mayne Queen or Bowen Queen in that movie, another short scene at the house overlooking the water as either the Queen of Oak Bay or Surrey pass by. That's all I can think of for now.
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Post by kylefossett on Oct 4, 2004 19:55:55 GMT -8
another movie with a ferry in it is Bird on a Wire. This movie was filmed in the 80's starring Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn. I believe the ferry is the New West pre lift. It is a Burnaby class vessel shown leaving berth one at tswassen, loaded aft into the berth for the movie.
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Post by Dane on Oct 4, 2004 20:18:50 GMT -8
Free Willy 3. It was either, or may have been all 4 V Class vessels (well, the real ones at least).
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 4, 2004 20:40:28 GMT -8
I believe that "Peter Pan" had a fairy in it.
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Post by NewWest on Oct 5, 2004 0:06:37 GMT -8
I beleive the movie you are referring to was: "Shoot To Kill" - Starring Tom Berringer & Sidney Potier. -made in 1987.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Oct 5, 2004 8:36:52 GMT -8
Dane, what do you mean by your message?? The Free Willy movie that has a number of WSF in it is, the second one. Are you saying the 3rd one has BC Ferries V class in it??, cause I havent seen the third one.
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Post by The Ferry Man on Oct 5, 2004 14:37:27 GMT -8
I think theres a V-Class in the 1st free will as well at the very beginning and end and its way in the distance like a silouete or however u spell it.
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Post by NMcKay on Oct 5, 2004 19:41:10 GMT -8
i think ive seen that. Theres gonna be some filming on the HL. i cant remember why. but i think it might be a training film..
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Post by Dane on Oct 7, 2004 15:37:43 GMT -8
Yeah Free Willy 3 was filmed near Active Pass (well, parts of it) and has shots of the Vs going back and fourth, I assume before the S Class were in service??? Or they just missed them...
It was also shot near Horshoe Bay and you see the outline of the Cowichan going to Langdale (by the outline I assume it was before the Surrey took over)...
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Post by Curtis on Oct 9, 2004 20:48:05 GMT -8
I don't know about that movie but i think ive seen one of the Spirt Classes on the real live movie of Mr. Magoo starring Steve Martin. Theres two people at the upper outside deck of a ferry the lady opens a side gate the man falls off the side of the ferry when he falls off the boat you see the Spirts Dogwood Colours but im not sure that movie was a few years ago i haven't seen it for awhile ill have to watch it again. hmm maybe this weekend ill watch it anyone seen Mr. Magoo I watched the movie i made a few mistakes Leslie Neilson stars as Mr. Magoo. (Scene) Mr. Magoo is on his boat he thinks fog is rolling in but it is two V Class Ships Queen of Vancouver in the back and Queen of Esquimalt in the front. look pretty new and shiny for those two boats in 1998 hmm maybe they gave them a paint job before that scene)A man and woman are on the Esquimalt the woman opens a side gate kicks the man off the boat he holds on to the gate Mr. Magoo casts out his line the hook gets caught in the guys pants he falls into the water the guys pants slip off and Mr. Magoo catches them then the guy gets out a dagger and trys to kill him. He moves away to a dock gets on the back of a stern wheeler and the man gets caught in the wheel of the stern wheeler then goes to another scene. Those are the two ships Vancouver and Esquimalt |
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Post by Seaghost on Oct 14, 2004 18:19:39 GMT -8
The Albert J Savoie was already owned by Rainy River Logging for this flick. Capt. John Horn had to take the Savoie back and forth between Britania Beach and Squamish 14 times (including the film crew following in a helicopter) just for that one opening shot!
Ashley Judd starred in a movie called "Double Jeopardy" (1999) and she drives a car off the end of a BC Ferry.There was a fair amount of footage on the Ferry in this movie.Good movie also.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Oct 14, 2004 19:00:03 GMT -8
Tommy Lee Jones was also in the movie Double Jepardy and they did show him walking aroung upstairs in the passenger lounge. It looked to me like the ship they used had a snack bar on it as he was holding a cup of coffee it looked like. Although if there was they never showed it. Or just made you think there was one. It was the Tachek they used in that movie renamed for the movie the Puget Islander. I have one of the BC Ferries newsletters December 98 edition. My aunt works at Tsawwassen so she got all the newsletters for me.
Deas Dock Paint Department did the repainting of the Tachek, and there was a crew who were assigned to the Tachek for 10 days while shooting.
For anyone else who has seen the movie can you tell me where the dock was they used when they were driving on the Tachek in that movie??? Looked like maybe one of the docks in Howe Sound.
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Post by Doug on Oct 14, 2004 19:25:02 GMT -8
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Post by Balfour on Oct 14, 2004 19:48:18 GMT -8
The scene was in Howe Sound. The dock was located at Porteau Cove south of Squamish.
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Post by NMcKay on Oct 15, 2004 10:17:38 GMT -8
Cool. Now i know. And i thought the ship looked familiar, but i never thought that they would repaint the ship for the movie. maybe it was a cheap paint?
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Post by The Ferry Man on Oct 15, 2004 14:17:50 GMT -8
That Double Jeopardy Movie looks pretty interesting but in one pic with the car jumping of the ferry the boat is going slow and then at another angle you see the ferry going fast  oh well, there sure is alot more movies with BCF than i ever thought!  |
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Post by Curtis on Oct 15, 2004 14:41:26 GMT -8
The Tachek looks like its disguised as a WSF
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Post by Koastal Karl on Oct 15, 2004 16:25:36 GMT -8
Yes, the Tachek was disguised as a Washington State Ferry. She was called the Puget Sound Islander in the movie.
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Post by BrianWilliams on Oct 19, 2004 20:49:04 GMT -8
An early ferry film (shot in 1969) is "Five Easy Pieces" .. this monumental Jack Nicholson movie has two lengthy scenes on small BC Ferries.
I can't identify the boats or their docks. The Brentwood-Mill Bay route is one possibility; Swartz Bay-Fulford is another. The scenes represent Puget Sound, but the cars all have BC's blue 69-70 license plates (**see note), and the scenery is generic winter BC island country.
**note: In the second ferry scene, Susan Anspach is driving an elderly Volvo with Washington plates, but a CAA sticker is clearly visible on her windshield.
Any enthusiasts who have the DVD: look at the ferry scenes at the end of chapter stop 16; then a couple of chapters later. There are at least two open-deck boats used. Perhaps the scenery will be familiar to some.
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Post by Gregg on Oct 29, 2004 18:34:55 GMT -8
"Cool. Now i know. And i thought the ship looked familiar, but i never thought that they would repaint the ship for the movie. maybe it was a cheap paint"
It was the Tachek, and hollywood paid for both paint jobs. I know the Captain who worked on the film, and he said that the catering was fantastic.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Oct 29, 2004 21:46:49 GMT -8
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Post by BrianWilliams on Oct 30, 2004 23:47:25 GMT -8
For really, really old guys only: anyone remember "Tidewater Tramp"?
It was a CBC-TV series in the early 1960's, aimed at after-school kids. As a 10 to 13-yr old, I thought it was great.
The setting was Northland Navigation's MV Canadian Prince. The weekly adventures took us city kids to Alert Bay, Kitimat, Bella Bella, Namu, Ocean Falls and Prince Rupert.
Sure, they shot most of it on cardboard sets in the Georgia Street studio .. but they gave kids like me a taste for salt water BC. Sort of a precurser to The Beachcombers, I guess.
A brave effort, and a d*m sight better than Baywatch.
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Post by ProudCanuck1644 on Nov 1, 2004 21:20:54 GMT -8
The scene from Double Jeopardy was filmed at the Porteau Cove single vehicle ramp at Porteau Cove Provincial Park.
This ramp is no longer owned or maintained by BC Ferries, it was turned over to the Ministry of Transportation & Highways when BC Ferries became a private operation.
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oh well, there sure is alot more movies with BCF than i ever thought! 
