DEFENDING ANGELINA
JOLIE
Copyright 2001 www.tombraiderchronicles.com
[ February 24th 2001 ]
A first
look at Angelina Jolie's Land Rover Defender,
which will soon be transporting the Lara Croft
star across the rugged terrain of Siberia and
the humid Cambodia Jungles in Paramount Pictures
highly anticipated Tomb Raider movie. Lara Croft's
V-8 powered grey Bonatti Land Rover has been modified
by designers to cater for maximum exploit, sporting
an onboard rocket launcher, satellite navigation,
quick release harness system for rapid ejection,
intricate exhaust system come breathing apparatus,
aluminium tread plates and bumpers and four Safari
headlamps fixed to the roof of the cab. And that's
just one vehicle.
Also
packing a mechanical punch throughout the Simon
West movie is a Ducatti / Harley carbon-framed
hybred and a series of similar off-road vehicles
including a customised Range Rover belonging to
Lara's arched rival Powell. Land Rover also slipped
in a series of Discoveries to complement the vehicle
cast list. Tomb Raider is under final editing
following it's wrap last month before the celluloid
is prepared for a June 15th United States debut,
coming to Europe later in the month.
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