and then you keep rebuilding them as you go through the show.
Economically, it's more feasible to rebuild five than it is to have 50 and
dispose of them as you crash them."
Next, Duncan's shop was selected as one of numerous shops that built
and repaired cars for The Dukes of Hazzard television series. With those
two credits to his name, more and more offers came in.
At the time, camera cars
were not available in the
South and were shipped in
from the West Coast.
Together with a person he
met on the set, Duncan
decided to build a camera car
and try to rent it to the many
productions coming to the area.
Finding success in renting, they
built another one and another
one. Along the way, he also
began providing picture cars for feature films such as The Big Chill,
Witness, When Harry Met Sally, Patriot Games, Forest Gump, Inspector
Gadget, and Hannibal. He has served as picture car coordinator on
Striking Distance, A Time to Kill, and Hearts in Atlantis, to name a few.
"I'm fortunate that this industry has been very good to me financially.
I've enjoyed it and met a lot of great people that I would never have met,
had it not been for the film business."
....
"Nowadays,
many people enjoy
picking movies apart
for the errors. If you're
providing a car for the
year 1962, you have to know the car you
choose is proper and correct for the time
period."--Gary Duncan
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