Bricklin SV-1 - in The Media

In The Media

• The Bricklin Story was a 30-minute 1974 film produced as a self-promotion piece. It aired nationally on CBC and was roundly panned by critics.
• History Television and Barna-Alper produced a documentary entitled Premier, Promoter & Their Car for its Turning Points of History series. The documentary explores the political fiasco that surrounded the Bricklin vehicle.
• A New Brunswick film company, Cojak Productions, reviewed the Bricklin fiasco in a docu-drama directed by Chris LeBlanc. Malcolm Bricklin returned to new-Brunswick to shoot scenes where he played himself. Three Bricklins once owned by the Irving family were discovered in Halifax and were purchased for use in the film. Titled La Légende Bricklin, the film was aired on RDI and Radio-Canada on April 15, 2006.
• Bricklin International member and New Brunswick resident Charlie Russell wrote a two-part song in an album called The Bricklin, where the song takes a satirical view on the history of the car.
• New Brunswick Premier Richard Hatfield's 1974 reelection campaign was nicknamed The Bricklin Election, possibly because of his government's financial support of the Bricklin company and because of Hatfield's use of an orange-colored Bricklin in his campaign. He blamed criticism of the car on the opposing Liberal government.
• An orange Bricklin SV-1 is featured in the movie Deadline Auto Theft.
• In 2010, Theatre New Brunswick and The Playhouse (Fredericton) produced a musical titled The Bricklin: An Automotive Fantasy portraying the Bricklin story through funk music. An orange-colored Bricklin similar to Hatfield's was used on stage during the show. http://www.bricklinmusical.ca/
• A white Bricklin SV-1 is featured in the 2011 movie Hobo with a Shotgun. This Bricklin is currently in Memramcook, NB, in storage.
• The last Bricklin (green) of the assembly line is located in Riverview, NB, to a used car dealer.
• A Bricklin SV-1 makes a brief appearance in the 1982 film The Junkman.
• A Bricklin SV-1 is an item featured in a 2012 episode of American Pickers.