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.
