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When I was 13, my father bought me my first boat, a GT150, a 1980 model with a 90 Evinrude (the max factory outboard rating). That was the last year Glastron produced the GT150. It was a little rocket and a blast to drive, but one thing I never liked and felt was a design flaw: the hull. In a medium or sharper turn while on plane at a trim setting other than completely bow down, it would get air underneath and roll/bank sharply up like an airplane as if it was going to roll over. When watching this movie note how that GT150 is bow down with negative motor trim. It looks stable in the movie doing all those turns! The other Glastron "speed" boat hot rods shown (CV-19s) in the movie were actually Glastron-Carlsons, Glastron's performance line of boats with their own badging. I had one of those at 16, a 1984 model CVX-17. Much better hull design and to this day one of my favorite all time boats ever owned.