The Love Bug (1997)

Movie"Herbie's Back In A Brand-New Movie!"
Audience Score
56
The Love Bug
PG 1 hr 28 minNov 29th, 1997Comedy, Adventure, Family, FantasyHerbie Collection PosterPart of Herbie Collection
The inimitable VW Beetle is losing all his races and destined for the scrap heap until mechanic Hank takes him over and gives him a new lease of life. Soon, Herbie is winning again, to the fury of his previous owner, who builds a menacing black bug to challenge Herbie to the ultimate race.
StarringBruce CampbellJohn HannahAli Wentworth
DirectorPeyton Reed
WritersGordon BufordBill WalshDon DaGradi

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:November 29th, 1997
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:George Zaloom, Les Mayfield
Production Companies:Walt Disney Television, ZM Productions
Movie Tags:
twinsrebootrace carevil bug

Herbie Collection

Herbie is an anthropomorphic 1963 Volkswagen Beetle, a character that is featured in several Disney motion pictures starting with the 1968 feature film The Love Bug. He has a mind of his own and is capable of driving himself, and is a serious contender in auto racing competitions. Throughout most of the franchise, Herbie is distinguished by red, white and blue racing stripes from front to back bumper, a racing-style number "53" on the front trunk lid, doors, and engine lid, and a yellow-on-black '63 California license plate that says, "OFP 857". One exception to this is his introduction in The Love Bug, where he initially appears as a nondescript white vehicle with a gray colored fabric sunroof (a.k.a. "ragtop"), the style of sunroof offered on VW Beetles made through 1963.