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Auto placement in movies is one of the most fascinating identifiers of character. Among films now playing, The Jacket runs what might be the best ad for the Volkswagen Beetle—at least until Herbie: Fully Loaded hits theaters this summer. The hero of The Jacket, Jack Starks (Adrien Brody), can see into the future—and knows he’s changed one woman’s life for the better when he looks ahead and sees her driving a new-model Beetle. One might wonder why Naomi Watts isn’t given a star car in DreamWorks’ The Ring Two.
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