Writer, Producer, and Director John Frankenheimer stated during an interview on National Public Radio's "Fresh Air" that during the portion of the brainwashing sequence shown from the perspective of black soldier Corporal Allen Melvin (James Edwards), he had a white actor dressed as a servant standing in the background as if prepared to wait on the black women at the gardening lecture. Given the racial attitudes in 1962, however, that particular shot did not make it into the final cut of the scene.
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Doc Hudson's dismissal by the racing community in 1955 has some basis in history. Hudson Hornets were a popular and successful choice for stock car racing in the early 1950s, due to their low center of gravity, which gave them excellent stability on the dirt tracks used at the time. However, Hudson used older flat head technology in their engines, and by 1955, GM, Ford, and Chrysler had all developed more powerful overhead valve V8 engines. Consequently, Hudsons were no longer considered competitive.
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At the end of the first race at the start of the movie, the twins Mia and Tia flash their headlights at McQueen. This is a sly wink to adult racing fans, who know that "flashing their headlights" is the term for when female fans lift their shirts and show their breasts to the racers.
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In the teaser trailer, the number 57 race car has a sign on his side that says "CDA 2319". This is a reference to the CDA from Monsters, Inc. (2001), and, one of the monsters in that film would a lot of times yell "2319".
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Bob Peterson was considered the voice of Chick Hicks, and he voiced Chick Hicks in Cars 3 (2017).
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The leaning tower of tires outside of Luigi's tire shop references The Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy.
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In the teaser trailer, when all the cars are racing, when the red one that has 57 as his number is being pushed by a green race car. You can see the logo for Toy Story 2 (1999) and A Bug's Life (1998) on his side.
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Sally the Porsche's profession as an attorney is a reference to Portia, a nickname for female lawyers, named after the character in William Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice".
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