Craig Lieberman deserves a lot of credit for the “Fast & Furious” movies. Look for him lower on the end credits, though, than the late Paul Walker, the vibrant young star of the popular car flicks, which represented a hard shift in American car culture more than 20 years ago.
Technical advisor on the first two (often) “Fast & Furious” movies by Universal Pictures, Lieberman starred big time, with a significant role in curating and compiling the tuner cars featured in those films. These “tuner” cars have components and modifications to make them faster.
Beginning with the first film in 2001, the series centered on street racing and its culture of bolt-on parts and death defiance: nitrous injection, turbos and dual turbos, superchargers and high-output manifolds. They pioneered enthusiast films celebrating fast-to-the-point-of-furious imports which had been souped up and tricked out not by the manufacturers but by young performance-driven enthusiasts.
The franchise also includes short films, a television series, toys, video games, live shows and theme park attractions. Universal produced and distributed all of the films.
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