Convoy
The death of Ernest Borgnine made me think of this, one of my favourite childhood movies. Really showing my age here! I just wanted to be Kris Kristofferson and drive a big truck for a living.
If you asked me what I thought were the best engine noises in movies, among the obvious like the Countach in the opening credits of The Cannonball Run would be the noise of Rubber Duck’s Mack RS700L as it comes over that hill at the start of this film.
Incidentally, there’s a bit in this movie where Ali MacGraw’s character says to Rubber Duck “you really love this truck, don’t you?” and he replies “I certainly do not love this truck, you oughta meet Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, talk about a man who loves his trucks, named his dog Kenworth”. Twenty odd years later I found myself in an Indian restaurant in Edinburgh having dinner with none other than Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, talking about his dogs and his good friend Kristofferson. Life has a habit of going in circles like that.
So long Ernest, between Convoy and Airwolf I thought you were great when I was wee!
