rec.autos.simulators

I'm looking for the movie with that insane motorcycle ride cross Paris in
only 7-8 minutes.
I knew it's out there somewhere in mpeg format and size about 50 Mb.

Anyone got a working link??

/Lasse

I haven't heard of a motorcycle ride. Sure it wasn't a car ? If so the short
film was called "Rendezvous" 1977

This from a movie review page:

The most famous motoring footage of all time, or more perhaps infamous. A
breathtakingly insane sprint across Paris in a Ferrari. Claude Lelouch has gone
for the minimalist approach in the documentation of 'the bet' as legend puts
it. No dialogue, no plot, just the sights and sounds of a headlight's eye view
of Paris early in the morning as Lelouch tries desperately to traverse
the Paris CBD in under 8 minutes. The boy racer in everyone will enjoy the
enthralling ride - equal to any racecam footage modern motorsport provides -
the roar of a 60's Ferrari - to the enthusiast a sound now made mechanically
impossible by noise regulations. While Lelouch desperate flinging of the car
through Paris is a joy, half the fun is the reactions of pedestrians,
animals and other vehicles as Lelouch thunders through.

--
Don Scurlock
Vancouver,B.C.

Thanks Don, I'll focus for the Ferrari.
/Lasse

 http://henrik.lewander.com/mc/Pascals_ride_on_La_peripherique.mpg

 http://henrik.lewander.com/mc/Pascals_ride_on_La_peripherique.mpg

Mikkel

It's time to get inspired!!
/Lasse

/Carl

/Lasse

Here is a bit of feedback

The title is RENDEZ-VOUS, which means Meeting or Date, in that case it's
more Date because at the end he meets a woman on the Sacre-coeur.

I'm not sure it was made in a Ferrari, will check on this.

About taxi....GET IT GET IT GET IT, Taxi 2 just got released in france, not
as much fun as the first one (the surprise effect is gone) but still a very
entertaining picture.

TAXI 1 is out yet on DVD, probably not in english version though, you can
probably get it at www.fnac.fr

Good luck

Jan.
=---

And it's not even only about guts, he's a very talented biker as well. He
took those corners at an amazing speed, it's ashame he died he would have
been a hell of a Superbiker.

That may be, but I have no respect for him at all.  He was playing not only
with his own life (which it seems he lost in the end), but with the lives of
all those other motorists and pedestrians as well.  For what, a thrill ride?
If he, you, or anyone, wants to play at being a racer, do it at a controlled
racetrack.  That way you won't end up killing or maiming innocent people if
you're not quite the hotshot you think you are.
S.

how'd he die?
Racer X
Veteran Sim Racer
#4 Corvette C5-R in the GTIC
#24 Monte Carlo in the DORL
Victory Lane-
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1423/

http://www.troutman.org/ftp/pub/motorcycle-stuff/videos/Pascals_ride_...

Cheers,
Bob