They used opposite-hand-drive cars, and gave a fake dash and wheel to the
actors. The (rather brilliant) stunt driver flung the cars (and lucky
actors) through countless gorgeous 4-wheel drifts and handbrake turns. I
can't get enough of the wrong-way part of that chase.
Sorry, am I rambling? <blushes>
- John P. Wilson
Jesse
> > > Or, how about in The Rockford Files when you see the car going down
the
> > > street, then coming around the corner, and it has *two less
headlights*?
> > > Whoops!
> > Loved Rockford. Most times they crashed/burned/blew up the Firebird,
> > they used an old car from the earlier seasons.
GMF
Another Great Chase Scene that rivaled Bullit at the time was the early to
mid 70's Original Classic "Gone In Sixty Seconds"
Where 93 cars were wreaked in a 40 minute chase scene, that was done mostly
on the open freeways in LA, in regular traffic!
The Digitally Re-mastered version of it was on Speedvision's Lost Drive in
about a couple a months ago. :-)
I hope that the new "Speed Channel" keeps Bruce Dern's Lost Drive In. It's
great to see those old classic Hot rod B movies from yester-year. "Hot Rods
to Hell" yup that's what corrupted my life. :-)
--
R.I.P. - William Joseph Dunlop OBE MBE 2/25/52 - 7/2/2000
http://www.roadracers.uk.com/legend.htm
Greetings
Olaf
> >hi,
> >i've watched the first 45 minutes or so of Driven.
> He, I stopped Driven after 10 minutes, fast-forwarded to the racing
> scenes and even skipped those halfway.. what a BAD movie.
> >I'm dreading to go back and watch Driver after many years. My memory
> >probably does it too much justice. I'd had to watch it again and be
> >disappointed. I always used to refer to the chase in Bullitt as the
> >best car chase I'd seen, even though I'd last seen the movie > 15
> >years ago. I bought the DVD last year and was royally disappointed.
> I saw Bullit for the first time a year or two ago, I bought it on
> video. Besides that the movie is a classic, I thought the chase was
> the best chase I ever saw.. The funky music, racing through the
> streets of San Francisco, the emotionless expression from McQueen
> during the chase.. classic :))
> Also nice that they kept the part in the movie where the car hit the
> camera :)
> Andre
> >For a bit of fun, watch the car chase and watch them use the same
> >footage of a green beetle being passed 3 times, each time viewed from
> >a different camera angle. I can't believe i'd never noticed it
> >before.
> >oh well.
> >Regards all,
> >istoff
However! The one thing that makes it worth watching is that cop car crash
seen. I laughed sooooo hard! I would compare it to Homer skateboarding off
the cliff.
... and then some.
--
"Racing! - Science for the action minded."
mark
> Silly, yeah. But fun - especially in the mall...
> > hi,
> > i've watched the first 45 minutes or so of Driven.
> > What do the Cart cars have in the pedal setup? Everytime somebody
> > wants to overtake, there is this pump action pedal thing that the
> > drivers do and it lets them overtake.
> > I don't understand. Oh well...
> > I hope the movie gets better. I might even watch the rest of it.
> > I'm dreading to go back and watch Driver after many years. My memory
> > probably does it too much justice. I'd had to watch it again and be
> > disappointed. I always used to refer to the chase in Bullitt as the
> > best car chase I'd seen, even though I'd last seen the movie > 15
> > years ago. I bought the DVD last year and was royally disappointed.
> > For a bit of fun, watch the car chase and watch them use the same
> > footage of a green beetle being passed 3 times, each time viewed from
> > a different camera angle. I can't believe i'd never noticed it
> > before.
> > oh well.
> > Regards all,
> > istoff
Ronin. :-) Great.
--
"Racing! - Science for the action minded."
mark
> > Silly, yeah. But fun - especially in the mall...
> > > hi,
> > > i've watched the first 45 minutes or so of Driven.
> > > What do the Cart cars have in the pedal setup? Everytime somebody
> > > wants to overtake, there is this pump action pedal thing that the
> > > drivers do and it lets them overtake.
> > > I don't understand. Oh well...
> > > I hope the movie gets better. I might even watch the rest of it.
> > > I'm dreading to go back and watch Driver after many years. My memory
> > > probably does it too much justice. I'd had to watch it again and be
> > > disappointed. I always used to refer to the chase in Bullitt as the
> > > best car chase I'd seen, even though I'd last seen the movie > 15
> > > years ago. I bought the DVD last year and was royally disappointed.
> > > For a bit of fun, watch the car chase and watch them use the same
> > > footage of a green beetle being passed 3 times, each time viewed from
> > > a different camera angle. I can't believe i'd never noticed it
> > > before.
> > > oh well.
> > > Regards all,
> > > istoff
--
"Racing! - Science for the action minded."
mark
> They used opposite-hand-drive cars, and gave a fake dash and wheel to the
> actors. The (rather brilliant) stunt driver flung the cars (and lucky
> actors) through countless gorgeous 4-wheel drifts and handbrake turns. I
> can't get enough of the wrong-way part of that chase.
> Sorry, am I rambling? <blushes>
> - John P. Wilson
> > Ronin. (Frankenheimer. Snap quiz: how were the chase scene interiors
> > shot?)
>Greetings
>Olaf
Andre
> For quality car chases, I'd suggest The French Conenction and To Live
> and Die in L.A. are had to beat....
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
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--Groucho Marx--
Greetings
Olaf
> >Lucky me I didn't see it.
> >For me, it was Bullit wich was(unfortunatly) the best. But since I got
Ronin
> >on video. There is a new number one. Ronin.
> >Greetings
> >Olaf
> Yes, the chase from Ronin was superb too, but the funky music and
> McQueen still keeps Bullit my favorite :)
> PS You do know that the guy who made Roning, Frankenheimer, also made
> the movie Grand Prix? And now for some bad news, his next movie will
> be a prequel movie of The Exorcist, so no car chases I assume :)
> Andre
>Greetings
PS The best racing action ever put on film is a short movie from
Peugeot, where you see Vitanen climbing Pikes Peak (spelling?)
I watched it again yesterday for the zillionth time, it's absolutely
amazing what he is doing.. and totally crazy too :)
It's on the net somewhere.. or perhaps you can find it with
Morphieus.. Or if someone has a big upload space I'd be happy to
upload it, from memory it's around 40-50mb.
Andre
Hi Andre!
Thank's for the tip Andre! I found it at:
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
6min, 67Mb
The***minute is shit, but then.......whoahhhhhh
My trousers are still wet! ;-))))
Greetings
Klaus
>Hi Andre!
>>PS The best racing action ever put on film is a short movie from
>>Peugeot, where you see Vitanen climbing Pikes Peak (spelling?)
>>I watched it again yesterday for the zillionth time, it's absolutely
>>amazing what he is doing.. and totally crazy too :)
>>It's on the net somewhere..
>Thank's for the tip Andre! I found it at:
>http://www.racesimcentral.net/
Great eh :) And I swear you, next time you're driving your car in real
life, you'll subconsiously start humming that piano tune :)
Too much info there :)
Andre
