Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)

Director:

Vincent McEveety

Writers:

Don Tait (written by)
Gordon Buford (characters creator)

Release Date:

25 June 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy

Tagline:

Ole! It's south of the border disorder when.... [UK Theatrical]

Plot:

The adorable little VW helps its owners break up a counterfeiting ring in Mexico. |

Plot Keywords:

Language Barrier | Smart Car | Gadget Car | Fall Into Water | Panama Canal

Cast

Cloris Leachman	...	Aunt Louise
Charles Martin Smith	...	D.J.
John Vernon	...	Prindle
Stephen W. Burns	...	Pete (as Stephan W. Burns)
Elyssa Davalos	...	Melissa
Joaquin Garay III	...	Paco
Harvey Korman	...	Captain Blythe
Richard Jaeckel	...	Shepard
Alex Rocco	...	Quinn
Fritz Feld	...	Chief Steward
Vito Scotti	...	Armando Moccia
Jose Gonzales-Gonzales	...	Garage Owner (as Jose Gonzalez Gonzalez)
Ruben Moreno	...	Store Owner
Tina Menard	...	Store Owner's Wife
Jorge Moreno	...	Bus Driver

Also Known As:

Herbie dreht durch (West Germany) [de]
Herbie sbarca in Messico (Italy) [it]
Herbie vild och galen (Sweden) [sv]
Herbie, torero (Spain) [es]
La coccinelle à Mexico (France) [fr]
Riemukupla Meksikossa (Finland) [fi]
To katsaridaki paei sti Notia Ameriki (Greece) (TV title) [el]
To katsaridaki stis megales trelles tou (Greece) [el]

Runtime:

100 min | 93 min (TCM print)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.75 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone Sound Recording)

Certification:

Australia:G | Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | USA:G | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

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.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Paco runs across the street, studio floodlights are reflected in the side of a VW Camper as it drives by.

Quotes:

Paco: What's your name?
[Herbie beeps twice]
Paco: Que?
[he beeps twice again]
Paco: I just call you Ocho, okay?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Adam and Joe Show: (#2.4)" (1997)

Soundtrack:

Look At Me

An okay sequel overall, but for me the weakest in the series

Herbie Goes Bananas was an okay sequel, it was just laking the greatness that the first one brought, and some clever entertainment that the other 2 sequels could offer.I mean it was i guess a entertaining and watchable sequel, it was just not that great and needed a touch up.The things i didn't care for were,the little boy, he only got annoying in the beginning, the ideas that they added in this were not that great and made it feel a bit plain.Ill say it was entertaining and Herbie was himself which made it entertaining.So overall this is a bit of a let down for the series and could have been done better, but her they made this okay and nevertheless entertaining.

6.2 out of 10 stars