Black Moon Rising (1986) on Netflix
FBI agent Johnson forces former thief Sam Quint to steal a disk from a Las Vegas company. Fleeing a guard, Quint hides the disk in a prototype car that is then stolen.
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Plot summary
Sam Quint, once a burglar, takes a job for FBI agent Johnson: lift a disk holding evidence against a suspicious Las Vegas company. Marvin Ringer, a guard there and an old colleague of Quint's, chases him from the scene. Quint tucks the disk into the rear bumper of the Black Moon, a prototype car that inventor Earl Windom is hauling to Los Angeles, and follows it. A crew of auto thieves under Nina takes every vehicle in a restaurant parking lot, the Black Moon included, and Quint trails them to the Ryland Towers, which Ed Ryland put up. Johnson tells him his pay comes only if the disk is back within three days.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Black Moon Rising (1986)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The Black Moon was based on the 1980 Wingho Concordia II, designed by Bernard Beaujardins and Clyde Kwok and made by Wingho Auto Classique in Montreal. Only one had been built, so a copy cast from a mold was used for stunts, plus a third replica of the interior only.
- John Carpenter wrote the script around the time he made Escape from New York, calling it his "my car is stolen and I'm going to get it back" story, and adding that he has never seen the final film.
- When producer Douglas Curtis asked Harley Cokeliss if he knew of any projects that could be made for around $3 million, Cokeliss suggested Black Moon Rising and got Carpenter's blessing during a chance encounter at the Formosa Cafe in West Hollywood.
- The original screenplay as written would have cost an estimated $10 to 15 million, according to director Harley Cokeliss, which meant several rewrites were needed to get the film to fit inside its $3 million budget.
