| Overall: | B |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B |
| Sexual Content: | B+ |
| Language: | A- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | A |
| Run Time: | 101 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 24 Oct 2005 |
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After watching a movie with your children or students, we encourage parents and teachers to look for education opportunities to teach with movies. Here are a few discussion topics that can help with lesson plans or teaching in the home.
In speaking of Herbie, someone says, “You can take the car out of the junkyard, but you can’t take the junkyard out of the car.” How does this comment apply to people? Do you think its true?
Many of the racing scenes were filmed at the California Speedway. For more details about what you can see there in reality, check their homepage.
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Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for