Recently, I was perusing an issue of Christophorus that featured an article about Porsches used in various films. I smiled as I read the article and remembered watching "Risky Business" back in 1983 and falling in love with that beautiful 928 — even though it fell into a lake.

The article got me thinking. Whenever a production car has its run of being new, it often draws the attention of Hollywood, which is looking to feature the latest offerings of the automotive world. But as I scanned the article, I noticed that they missed my favorite Porsche — the 968.

You laugh? Well, it is true that the 968 was only offered in the Porsche new car lineup for four short years, but during that time the model did make its mark in film. For those of us who are fans of the mode,l we are very much aware of the 968 that attained cinematic notoriety, the "pink" 968 movie car.

This unusual 968 cabriolet was featured in two 1994 movies. It had a couple of brief appearances in "Beverly Hills Cop III," driven by Eddie Murphy, and had an even larger role in "The Specialist," driven by James Woods with Sharon Stone in the passenger's seat.

Now, neither of these movies is any good, and if not for the 968, I wouldn't even be writing about them. That said, when it came time to pick a special "new car offering of the day" for some on-screen action, someone chose the 968 cab in this most visible of hues. I wondered to myself, what happened to the car?

Armed with a DVR copies of "The Specialist" and "Beverly Hills Cop 3," I watched the scenes that featured the car with the intention of identifying and locating it. Being the "968 production data focused" guy that I am, I already knew the color. The car was painted in the striking, optional and rare 1993-only A7-Raspberry metallic. That fact helped narrow my search down considerably as only six North American 968 cabs were painted in that color.

Watching the movies also told me a few other things: 1) The car had 17-inch Cup1 wheels, 2) the top was classic gray in color (see the gray boot) and so was the interior, 3) the car was a tiptronic (there is a scene in "The Specialist" where you can see the shifter, you’ll have to ignore Sharon Stone for a second who is sitting next to it). Looking at my 968 database, I could see that only one of the six A7 cabs matched those specifications, so I had the car and the VIN identified.

Next up was a Carfax report that showed the first registered owner took delivery of the car with 16,000 miles on it, which also supported the car's early-life use by Hollywood. Carfax also told me this car had been in the hands of only a couple of owners, but it had been driven. It had visited the Kentucky-based dealer often and had accumulated more than 160,000 miles by 2013.

A fellow 968er had a contact at the dealer service department, so I proceeded to make a call to see if they knew the car and to see if I could leave my contact information for the owner. Sure enough, they did know it — how could you not notice a pink 968 cab? — and told me the owner had the car for sale.

Now, I didn't need any more 968s — I already have two — but I wanted to find the car and make sure the owner knew how special this car was and that it didn't get lost. The dealer provided me the contact information, and I placed a few calls and finally got in touch with Lori, the owner.

I explained to her who I was and how I got her number, and she was more than happy to tell me about the pink 968. First off she asked, did I know the car was in the movie "Beverly Hills Cop III"? Secondly, she informed me she had just sold the car, and she practically gave it away.

We went on to have a nice conversation about the car and her experiences with it. Lori was the car's second registered owner and knew of its celebrity status right from the start. The car's first owner purchased and traded it back in at the same Porsche dealer that Lori purchased it from. Lori went on to say that the new third owner was happy with it but forwarded my contact information in case the car was to come up for sale again.

So, will this 968 be a future, high-dollar Porsche collectible because of its Hollywood history? Probably not. The movies are largely forgotten at this point. They weren't car movies, and the car played a small role.

That said, for the 968 community this car will always be the Hollywood A-lister. If you are ever in Louisville, Ky., and you get passed by a pink 968 cab, make note of the fact that you just experienced a "Hollywood 968 sighting" and be sure to grab a photo.