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30 November 1997 (USA)
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Herbie's Back In A Brand-New Movie! more
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Herbie, the magical Volkswagen Beetle, is passed on to a new owner. Together, they must battle a dastardly racer and his devil-car "Horace"...
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Bruce Campbell | ... | Hank Cooper | |
| John Hannah | ... | Simon Moore III | |
| Alexandra Wentworth | ... | Alex Davis | |
| Kevin J. O'Connor | ... | Roddy Martel | |
| Dana Gould | ... | Rupert | |
| Harold Gould | ... | Dr. Gustav Stumpfel | |
| Micky Dolenz | ... | Donny Shotz | |
| Burton Gilliam | ... | Mecanic Race Announcer | |
| Clarence Williams III | ... | Chuck | |
| Dean Jones | ... | Jim Douglas | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Richard Burch | ... | Tow Truck Driver | |
| Jeff Garlin | ... | Highway Patrolman | |
| Alecia Guzman | ... | Bride Model | |
| Rich Hall | |||
| Christin Hinojosa | ... | Trendy Gal | |
| Andy Houts | ... | 1st Mechanic | |
| Doug McCallie | ... | Cocky Mechanic | |
| Earl McDaniel III | |||
| Peter Spears | ... | Young Dr. Stumpfel | |
| Andrew Woodworth | ... | Trendy Guy | |
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88 min | Argentina:90 min
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Herbie The Love Bug was a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle deluxe ragtop sedan painted in Volkswagen L87 pearl white. Under normal circumstances, the interior would be a matching white. However, Herbie's interior was painted a special non-reflective grey color so the camera and studio lights would not reflect.
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Continuity: At the end of the "dueling race", Alex takes off her helmet twice.
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Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#35.1)" (2006)
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5th film in the Love Bug series (following The Love Bug, Herbie Rides Again, Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, and Herbie Goes Bananas), incorrectly labeled a remake is actually a sequel despite it's title (a lot of the original film's plot is reworked but isn't that true of most sequels?) Dean Jones portrays original owner Jim Douglas in the odd numbered films, including this one but he is delegated to a much smaller part (but it does assure us this is a sequel and not a remake.) Bruce Campbell takes over as the new owner of Herbie (hey, if Ken Berry could do it?) Not as good as the first three (Dean Jones was in one and three and how can you beat Helen Hayes driving Herbie around a high rise ledge in number two?) but better than the fourth (which always seemed more like a Benji film to me), and better than the short-lived series that had buried the series for a long time. Apparently there were many changes of continuity in story line from the original and the VW's detailing (hey it's been 28 years and quite a few crashes, why not a little face lift?), but this isn't the type of film to worry about such things. Just have fun and enjoy. It's good to see Herbie working again and he's held up better than most of Hollywood's movie stars.