"black moon rising car"

THE CAR:

I remember watching this in my youth and marveled at it's sleek futuristic design wondering if we'd all someday be driving vehicles like these. Though this didn't eventuate (like flying cars) for me it still possess that 'cutting edge design'. It turns out that the Black Moon was a one off and that replicas were used from moldings for stunts and interior views. The car is based on a 1980 Wingho Concordia II built by the Wingho Auto Classique motor company in Montreal.

COMPANY INFO:

wingho auto design team headed by Dr. Clyde Kwok concepter of Concordia II who has performed many innovative design projects in the past. Starting in early 80''s  the Concordia II featured in the movie "Black Moon Rising."

company - Wingho Concordia II

 

THE MOVIE:

Sam Quint (Tommy Lee Jones) an ex CIA agent is paid to steal a cassette containing account records from a shady company and in the process runs into Marvin Ringer (Lee Ving) a former hit man who happens to be in charge of security. Quint narrowly manages to escape though with vehicle trouble and stops by a local garage where he runs into -

Dr Melato (Richard Angarola) and his crew, the owners of the 300-MPH prototype vehicle - The Black Moon. Quint notices the vehicle on a trailer and finds out that it is destined for a public presentation in Los Angeles. He then decides to hide the cassette in a pouch at the back of the vehicle just before Marvin Ringer and his gang catch up which him for which Quint manages to escape again.

Arriving in LA Quint manages to catch up with the Black Moon car but before attempting to retrieve the cassette the vehicle along with the others in the vicinity are stolen by Nina (Linda Hamilton) and her gang. She drives off in the Black Moon with Quint pursuing. Quint tracks the evading Nina and manages to find their secret hideout which turns out to be a professional crime gang operated by Ed Ryland (Robert Vaughn) dealing in stolen vehicles for the exotic auto market. The race is on for Quint to get Black Moon back and retrieve the cassette before it's to late.

 

CAST:

Tommy Lee Jones as Quint
Linda Hamilton as Nina
Robert Vaughn as Ed Ryland
Richard Jaeckel as Earl Windom
Lee Ving as Marvin Ringer
Bubba Smith as Johnson

Dan Shor as Billy Lyons
William Sanderson as Tyke Thayden
Keenan Wynn as Iron John
Nick Cassavetes as Luis
Richard Angarola as Dr. Melato (fictitious designer of black moon car)

 

PRODUCTION:

Written by: John Carpenter
Film directed by: Harley Cokeliss
Music production: Lalo Schifrin
Cinematography: Misha Suslov