Supporting actor nod for Day-Lewis' Bristol?

The great fun Ford had finding and then flaunting the original Mustang from the 1968 film Bullitt at the Detroit auto show last month was a reminder of how well cars and cinema go together.

For more movie motoring magic go see Phantom Thread, the Daniel Day-Lewis vehicle roaring toward next month's Academy Awards. Lewis' character, the fictional dress designer Reynolds Woodcock, is frequently shown lead-footing it through the English countryside in a marvelous, maroon Bristol 405, the only four-door car the dormant British luxury-car stalwart ever made.

Lewis drives the living daylights out of the car, which is no doubt a thrill for Bristol-heads.

And it's not the only screen appearance for the 405 these days. In the new adaptation of Agatha Christie's Crooked House, private detective Charles Hayward (Max Irons) roars around in a similarly wine-colored 405.