I've owned a '86 maroon Saab 900 since it was new. A great driving, reliable and wonderfully designed car.

Here is my collection of appearances of Saabs in movies and TV.

Movies

"Anger Management" (?)

The woman in the red dress drives a Saab convertible.

"Arrival, The" ('96)

Charlie Sheen drives an old 95.

"As Good as it Gets" ('97)

Jack Nicholson drives a 900 convertible.

"Baby Snatcher" (?)

David Duchovny drives a silver 4-door in the first sceen.

"Beautiful Girls" ('96)

a '95 9000CSE

"Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey" ('91)

a red '85 or '86 base model.

"The Boxer" ('97)

?

"Bullitt" (?)

The beginning has a man being driven around in a taxi. The Taxi drives past a long row of parked cars in front of (I beleve) a fence. The camera then switches to the drivers side of the rear seat, looking at the man in the back seat. If you look closely, you can see the top half of a bright red Saab 96.

"Carriers" ('98TV)

a 9000

"City of Angels" ('98)

Meg Ryan has a nice black 900T.

"Clerks" ('94)

900

"Crazy People" ('90)

Dudley Moore. They talk a lot about Saabs in one of their ad campaigns. (A patient gets a red 900)

***"Crocodile Dundee 2" ('?)

One on the way to the mansion where they're holding Mick's girl. (I didn't see it)

"Dance Me Outside" ('94)

a 900

"Deep Impact" ('98)

It was packed with all kinds of SAAB's. Tea Leoni drives a silver SAAB NG900.

"Dumb & Dumber" ('94)

The police car is a 9000.

"Face/Off" ('97)

a 9000

"Female Perversions ('96)

?

"Final Analysis" ('92) Gere drives a 900 convertible.

"Four Seasons" (?)

A Maroon one at the campus during 'Fall'

"Four Weddings and a Funeral" ('94)

At the wedding one of the guests arrives in a 900 cabriolet.

"The Fly" ('86)

Geena Davis drives a white 99. A bit of rust can be seen nearby side mirror.

"GI Jane" ('97)

NG900

"Grosse Pointe Blank" ('97)

Minnie Driver's character is driving a 900 (convertible i think).

"Haunting of Sarah Hardy" ('89)

Power blue Saab 900 hatchback driven by the housekeeper.

"High Fidelity" (2000)

Laura drives a convertible.

"Hudson River Blues" ('97)

A red, four-door 900 in the beginning.

"Ice Storm" ('97)

a 96.

"Immediate Family" ('89)

The family owned a black turbo convertible 900.

"Independence Day" (?)

There is an explosion scene where two cars fly towards the screen; one of them is an older Saab, a 99 or a 900 (and it was not blown up).

"In the Bedroom" (?)

'Dr Fowler', drives a silver classic 4d 900.

"Intersection" ('94)

an NG900

"Jungle Fever" ('91)

Wesley Snipes and a 900 convertible

"Let Me Call You Sweetheart" ('97TV)

Baxter's assistant drives a light blue 9000 four door.

"Lost in America" ('85)

Albert Brooks drives a 900 turbo at the begining.

"Matrix" (?)

There is a scene near the end where Neo is being chased by agents down an alley. He rounds a corner, and climbs up a fire escape. The agents then round the corner, and if you look in the background, you will see a burnt out Saab 99.

"Men at Work" ('90)

Politican drives off in a 900 in the opening scene.

"Mighty Aphrodite" ('95)

Woody Allen drives a 900 SE V6. (or is it a '95 900i?)

"Miracle Run" (2004)

The first boyfriend drove a red C900s.

"Moneytree, The" ('93)

Old black 900T.

"Mother" (1996)

He drives a 900.

"Moving" ('88)

Richard Pryor drives a classic black 900T, which gets beat up in the end.

"Narrow Margin" ('90)

Anne Archer drove a classic 900 convertible at the beginning.

"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" ('89)

Julia Louis-Dryfus and her partner (who live next to the Griswolds) had a 9000.

"Necropolis" ('?)

a 900

"Night Falls Over Manhattan" ('97)

a late 9000

"No Ordinary Baby" ('01TV)

Bridget Fonda drives a black convertible at the end of the movie.

"Object of My Affection" ('98)

Jennifer Aniston's sister drives a yellow convertible in the Hamptons.

"Paper House" (')

Little girl's mothers light blue turbo 900 in the first scene.

"Poison Ivy 2" ('95)

A 900s hits a little girl as she runs out into the road.

"Prize, The" ('63)

Paul Newman, an old one (?) is seen parked in front of a hotel.

"Problem with Spies, The" ('?)

Donald Sutherland takes an old 99 taxi.

"Reality Bites" ('?) Adam Sandler drives a convertible.

***"The Saint" ('97)

The bag guys drove a 5 door 900 se. (I couldn't see it!!)

"Scenes From a Mall" ('91)

Bette Midler and Woody Allen each drive a 9000 or a 900 convertible

"Shopping" (1993)

Paul Anderson's cautionary tale of joy-riding & ram-raiding starring Jude Law, Jonathan Price & Sadie Frost (and The Utah Saints) had a black? (it was shot at night) 9000 turbo .

"Singles" ('92)

Matt Dilon and Bridget Fonda are riding around in a older red 99 quite a bit in the flick...

"Sleepless in Seattle" ('93)

Bill Pullman (Walter) drove a 9000.

"Sure Thing, The" (?)

Green c900 hatchback passes the couple hitchhiking just before it rains.

"Swardfish" (2001)

A black 900 convertible

"Sweet Home Alabama" (?)

She's driving a 9-3 convertible.

"Teen Agent" {aka "If Looks Could Kill"} ('91)

The bad guy with the gold hand drives a black '91 900T (with front mounted machine guns) in the chase scene with Richard Greico. The Saab gets blown up by a rocket!

"There Was a Little Boy" ('93)

Cybil Shepherd looks for her kidnapped child. Years later a mysterious teenager entyers her life. Her dark blue Saab 900 is seen entering the priest's nursing home, at school during the fight, and in the home parking lot.

"Three Days of the Condor" ('75)

There is a scene where Redford gets out of the car and first enters the CIA building; you can clearly see a blue Sonnett III parked right behind him.

"Throw Momma from the train" ('87)

Billy Christal drove a 96 - and crashed it!

"A Time to Kill" ('96)

Matthew McConaughey drives a 900.

"Transporter, The" (?)

The French detective drives a classic 900

"Two" ('96)

The evil Michael Easton character escapes from his good brother with squealing tires in a late '80s 900T harchback.

"Virtual Obsession" ('?TV)

A 900 is involved in a minor rear-end collision and explodes 'a la' a Ford Pinto.

"Volcano" ('97) [SitM]

The reporter who wouldn't get out of his car to help save the life of a fireman trapped in his truck was driving a brown, mid to late '80's 900 turbo.

"Who's Harry Crumb?" ('89)

a 900.

TV

'"Ally McBeal"

Her car was a 9-5

"Crackers" (A&E, UK)

Fritz's wife drove a black classic 900.

"Coupling"

The first episode of the first series contained a C900.

"Dharma & Greg'" >dd>They crash a 9-3 convertible while avoiding a deer on the road.

"Diagnosis Murder"

In the later episodes, Dr Mark Sloan drives a NG900 convertible.

"McGyver"

His boss drove a 9000.

"Pretender" episode :"F/X"

The ad rep had a blue Saab.

"Prime Suspect" (UK)

Helen Miren drove a 900 in one of the episodes.

"Seinfeld"

He had a classic 900T convertible, (the hood of which opened the wrong way.) Then he had a NG900SE V6 convertible which was stolen by his Saab mechanic because Jerry didn't take good enough care of it. Later episodes he has a 97 or 98 900SE T convertible.

Commercials

Kohler

The couple racing home to use a Kohler shower, the girl drives a black convertible.

"Pep Boys"

A customer tries to stump the clerk, asking for "... a starter for a Saab?"

Tylenol commercial.('99)

Two college students drive a light blue 900 hatchback to a ski slope and get Tylenol Cold medicine on the way.

Music Videos

The Human League's "Don't You Want Me Baby?"

It featured a black 99 turbo.

Video Games

"The Getaway" for the playstation II

It features a new 9-3 and also an older SPG.

Saab Newsgroup: alt.autos.saab

Saab Links
MHilvers Saab 96 with clips from the films.
Saab Models (Thanks Martin)

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