Wheels on Reels: The Love Bug
- When
- March 18, 2016
- Where
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Museum of Fine Arts Houston – Brown Auditorium
1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston,TX 77006 - Cost
- $6. - $2013
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents Wheels on Reels. The MFAH exhibition Sculpted in Steel: Art Deco Automobiles and Motorcycles, 1929–1940 inspires this series of classic movies that celebrate memorable cars and their drivers.
The Love Bug
Directed by Robert Stevenson
1968
USA
108 minutes
The Love Bug “stars” Herbie, a lovable little Volkswagen with a personality all its own.
Abused by a bad guy race-car driver (David Tomlinson), Herbie is rescued by a good guy racer (Dean Jones). Out of gratitude, Herbie enables the luckless good guy to win a succession of races.
The real fun begins when the ruthless hot-rodder connives to get Herbie back through fair means or foul.
Based on a story by Gordon Buford, The Love Bug inspired two equally lucrative sequels, Herbie Rides Again and Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo.
