Film Appearances
A black 280S was stolen by James Bond (Roger Moore) from comrades of General Orlov (Steven Berkoff) in East Germany in the 1983 film Octopussy. When its tires were punctured by a trap, Bond famously drove the car along a railway track in pursuit of a train carrying Octopussy's circus across the West/East German border (although the scenes were actually filmed in Cambridgeshire, England), and just before reaching the border Bond managed to jump upon the train just before the car collided head-on with another train and was sent flying into a river.
In The Hangover the personages use a 1969 280SE Convertible to go from Los Angeles to Las Vegas and trash the car. Apparently the convertibles in the movie the Hangover were modified coupes. 16 coupes were used in the movie as they were crashed multiple times. The 280 SE coupes and convertibles are actually designated W111 in Mercedes nomenclature.
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Their little knowledge bringing them nearer to their ignorance,
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