Re: Great Car Chases of the 20th Century....

It's deja-vue all over again... -- Stephen Rob Swindells <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > You were only supposed to blow the bloody door's off! > > Andy Laurence wrote: > > > > Can you imagine driving the Supermarket in the Blues Brothers.. the car > > > chase at the end... What other great ones are there?? > > > > > > There my be a lot more.... let's here them....? > > > > The Italian Job > > > > Andy > > -- > > Visit my site... http://mail.wm-europe.com/~andrew/ > > Read about my Mini... http://mail.wm-europe.com/~andrew/mini/ > > Use console pads on a PC ... http://www.consolepads.co.uk > > Music videos and DC games ... http://mail.wm-europe.com/~andrew/ftp.html >

Of course there is the choreographed spinning of the Audi TT and the Porsche Boxster in Mission Impossible 2, with the same scene recycled about a dozen times... still, it was cool. My vote is for Ronin. -- Stephen

You missed an all time great..... The Citro�n 2cv chase down the hill, in "For your eyes only". Best James Bond chase ever. Mikkel Mark Watkins <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:vR0H5.16308$[email hidden]...

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> Good picks all! > > Lesee, you also missed ... > The French Connection (classic) > To Live and Die in LA (good chase scenes) > GumBall Rally (one of my all time favs - Ferrari Daytona vs 427 Cobra at > speed) > Eat My Dust (hokey old Ron Howard movie I saw as a kid, had some good

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> scenes though) > Vanishing Point (nice Dodge Challenger) > Gone in 60 seconds (original) > Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry > Mad Max (who wouldn't want the Interceptor in their garage) > Road Warrior > > Can't think of more now

In article <vR0H5.16308$[email hidden]>, "Mark Watkins" <[email hidden]> wrote: > Good picks all! > > Lesee, you also missed ... Not to mention "The Seven Ups" (I believe) circa '73 or so starring Roy Scheider as a NYC "bad cop." The chase scene between a big Pontiac (Catalina or Bonneville) vs. a small Pontiac (Tempest or Ventura) with Scheider in it was done by the same stunt coordinator who did Bullitt. The film shows up on AMC every now and then. I personally liked this scene better than Bullitt. One of the lamest chase scenes had to be early in "Live and Let Die" where Bond's cabbie got whacked by the bad mofo in the "ultra white pimp mobile." ;) Did *everybody* in New York actually drive 1973 Chevy Impalas? LOL -J.D. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

Andre Warringa <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 11:41:48 GMT, "Kurt Steinbock" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >How 'bout the one that DEFINED car chase -- Steve McQueen in that Mustangin

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> >"Bullit"? > > Yep, you took the words out of my mouth. I bought Bullit on VHS and > have watched the car chase countless times. And the car scene in Ronin > is classic. By the same director as Grand Prix by the way, > Frankenheimer was his name I believe? > > By the way, a couple of months ago there was an ad on tv, in which > they had a remake of the Bullit car chase. But this time Steve was not > in his Mustang, but in a new car for which the commercial was > (Audi??). Amazing commercial. > > Andre > > >Kurt > > > > >

The car was a Ford Puma. They did some really interesting digital video editing to put him inside the car, instead of the Mustang Fastback. -- Stephen

You were only supposed to blow the bloody door's off! Andy Laurence wrote:

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> > Can you imagine driving the Supermarket in the Blues Brothers.. the car > > chase at the end... What other great ones are there?? > > > > There my be a lot more.... let's here them....? > > The Italian Job > > Andy > -- > Visit my site... http://mail.wm-europe.com/~andrew/ > Read about my Mini... http://mail.wm-europe.com/~andrew/mini/ > Use console pads on a PC ... http://www.consolepads.co.uk > Music videos and DC games ... http://mail.wm-europe.com/~andrew/ftp.html

> On the more recent side of things, I thought the chases in > Ronin were pretty good. Almost as if the director had some > experience filming that sort if thing before. :-) I saw something on the making of Ronin and you wouldn't believe the lengths Frankenhiemer went to to make it correct. All the car sounds in the movie were sampled here in the USA. They even had a European spec BMW 5 series brought over to sample! So, it's not like watching the commercial for Stallone's "Driven" in which you see CHAMP cars and fake CHAMP cars (ugh!) driving around with F1 V-10 engine sounds. All the sounds in Ronin were absolutely correct. I'd wager every clip of DeNiro yanking on the E-brake actually happened as well. And if I'm not mistaken, DeNiro did as least part of his driving. I think some of it was done with a false set of controls in front of him and the real driver next to him so they could get footage of him being scared silly while the car was spinning around. -Chris- **Jesus saves sinners and redeems them for valuable cash prizes** Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

My vote is "Gone In 60 Seconds" ... the original version from the 70's ... not this lame remake that was in the theatres this summer. Admittedly this is NOT a movie to watch for the cinematography ... it appears to have been made on a smaller budget than my son's Baptismal video ... but, the 35 minute car chase is quite entertaining! The two highlights of that movie? First ... "Elenor" (the stolen Mach 1) is headed down the interstate in the left lane. From a "chopper shot" we see the stunt driver wait too long to take the hard right turn (around a slower "jam car" in the right lane) and onto an exit ramp. The right rear of the Mach1 clips the left front of the "Jam Car" and starts a series of vicious spins. The car misses the exit ramp and T-Bones a lamp pole! No way that was planned. As a matter of fact, there's a quick cut to one of the police chase cars where the actor is abviously suprised and shouts back into the car, "he clipped a F***ING light pole!". The second highlight is, of course, the chase ending jump. The multi angled slow motion replays are simple beauty! I still get chills watching this chase. I'm always embarrased for the movies actors, editing and second rate writing ... but, the Stunts and chase sequence more than makes up for what is lacking. "James Pickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:XQWG5.14343$[email hidden]... > After watching "The Blues Brothers" for the umpteenth time, I'm remindedof

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> a game idea I thought of ages ago.... > > > Racing will always be there, and "Driver" touched on it briefly, but how > would a game totally based on the greatest ever car chases (in movies) > sound? > > > Can you imagine driving the Supermarket in the Blues Brothers.. the car > chase at the end... What other great ones are there?? > > There my be a lot more.... let's here them....? > > > > > > James > > > > > >

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>After watching "The Blues Brothers" for the umpteenth time, I'm reminded of >a game idea I thought of ages ago.... > > >Racing will always be there, and "Driver" touched on it briefly, but how >would a game totally based on the greatest ever car chases (in movies) >sound? > > >Can you imagine driving the Supermarket in the Blues Brothers.. the car >chase at the end... What other great ones are there?? > >There my be a lot more.... let's here them....? >

How 'bout the one that DEFINED car chase -- Steve McQueen in that Mustang in "Bullit"? Kurt

On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 11:41:48 GMT, "Kurt Steinbock" <[email hidden]> wrote: >How 'bout the one that DEFINED car chase -- Steve McQueen in that Mustang in >"Bullit"? Yep, you took the words out of my mouth. I bought Bullit on VHS and have watched the car chase countless times. And the car scene in Ronin is classic. By the same director as Grand Prix by the way, Frankenheimer was his name I believe? By the way, a couple of months ago there was an ad on tv, in which they had a remake of the Bullit car chase. But this time Steve was not in his Mustang, but in a new car for which the commercial was (Audi??). Amazing commercial. Andre >Kurt > >

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> > On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 11:41:48 GMT, "Kurt Steinbock" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >How 'bout the one that DEFINED car chase -- Steve McQueen in that Mustang in > >"Bullit"? > > Yep, you took the words out of my mouth. I bought Bullit on VHS and > have watched the car chase countless times. And the car scene in Ronin > is classic. By the same director as Grand Prix by the way, > Frankenheimer was his name I believe? > > By the way, a couple of months ago there was an ad on tv, in which > they had a remake of the Bullit car chase. But this time Steve was not > in his Mustang, but in a new car for which the commercial was > (Audi??). Amazing commercial.

Ford Puma. I know, I've got one :) Kev

Here are a few that you could tap into... Cannonball Run movies Smokey and the Bandit movies Every episode of Knight Rider (the series) Every episode of Dukes of Hazzard (please model Daisy Duke true to life and let me run over Boss Hog with the General Lee!) There are so many movies and TV series out there to choose from, it boggles the mind. Now which are the greatest? That's all a matter of opinion. I pointed out the <above> movies and series because they centered around chase scenes. Dave James Pickard wrote:

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> > After watching "The Blues Brothers" for the umpteenth time, I'm reminded of > a game idea I thought of ages ago.... > > Racing will always be there, and "Driver" touched on it briefly, but how > would a game totally based on the greatest ever car chases (in movies) > sound? > > Can you imagine driving the Supermarket in the Blues Brothers.. the car > chase at the end... What other great ones are there?? > > There my be a lot more.... let's here them....? > > James

> By the way, a couple of months ago there was an ad on tv, in which > they had a remake of the Bullit car chase. But this time Steve was not > in his Mustang, but in a new car for which the commercial was > (Audi??). Amazing commercial. It's the Ford Puma, and the commercial has been aired here in the UK for at least 18 months. Andy -- Visit my site... http://mail.wm-europe.com/~andrew/ Read about my Mini... http://mail.wm-europe.com/~andrew/mini/ Use console pads on a PC ... http://www.consolepads.co.uk Music videos and DC games ... http://mail.wm-europe.com/~andrew/ftp.html

Freebie and the Bean, where he ends up in a house.... -- Colin Harris Bomber Racing: Http://fullspeed.to/Bomber ICQ 25485061 James Pickard <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:XQWG5.14343$[email hidden]... > After watching "The Blues Brothers" for the umpteenth time, I'm reminded of > a game idea I thought of ages ago.... > > > Racing will always be there, and "Driver" touched on it briefly, but how > would a game totally based on the greatest ever car chases (in movies) > sound? > > > Can you imagine driving the Supermarket in the Blues Brothers.. the car > chase at the end... What other great ones are there?? > > There my be a lot more.... let's here them....? > > > > > > James > > > > > >

On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 15:49:34 +0200, "Stephen Ferguson" <[email hidden]> wrote: >The car was a Ford Puma. They did some really interesting digital video >editing to put him inside the car, instead of the Mustang Fastback. Ah yes, the Puma it was. And indeed, the digital editing was fantastic, only the shot where he gets out of his car at the end looks a little bit fake (just a little bit). Does anybody have a clue if this commercial is somewhere for download? I'd love to have it. Andre >-- >Stephen > > >

> Can you imagine driving the Supermarket in the Blues Brothers.. the car > chase at the end... What other great ones are there?? > > There my be a lot more.... let's here them....? The Italian Job Andy -- Visit my site... http://mail.wm-europe.com/~andrew/ Read about my Mini... http://mail.wm-europe.com/~andrew/mini/ Use console pads on a PC ... http://www.consolepads.co.uk Music videos and DC games ... http://mail.wm-europe.com/~andrew/ftp.html

On the more recent side of things, I thought the chases in Ronin were pretty good. Almost as if the director had some experience filming that sort if thing before. :-) In article <XQWG5.14343$[email hidden]>, James Pickard <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Racing will always be there, and "Driver" touched on it briefly, but how >would a game totally based on the greatest ever car chases (in movies) >sound? > > >Can you imagine driving the Supermarket in the Blues Brothers.. the car >chase at the end... What other great ones are there?? > >There my be a lot more.... let's here them....?

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Yeah....there is some footage of Grand Prix on *that* DVD :) - doubt if we will ever see the full film on DVD though....although you never know Ash "Bill Mette" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8sht5i$2f4r$[email hidden]...

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| On the more recent side of things, I thought the chases in Ronin were | pretty good. Almost as if the director had some experience filming that | sort if thing before. :-) | | In article <XQWG5.14343$[email hidden]>, | James Pickard <[email hidden]> wrote: | >Racing will always be there, and "Driver" touched on it briefly, but how | >would a game totally based on the greatest ever car chases (in movies) | >sound? | > | > | >Can you imagine driving the Supermarket in the Blues Brothers.. the car | >chase at the end... What other great ones are there?? | > | >There my be a lot more.... let's here them....? | | | -- | | "Instead of letting the moon be the | Bill Mette | gateway to our future, we have let | Enteract, Chicago | it become a brief chapter in our | [email hidden] | history." - Andrew Chaikin

"Ashley McConnell" <[email hidden]> wrote: > Yeah....there is some footage of Grand Prix on *that* > DVD :) - doubt if we will ever see the full film on DVD > though....although you never know Chances have improved somewhat with the announcement from MGM that they shall be releasing upwards of 400 films on DVD in 2001: http://www.thedigitalbits.com/mytwocentsa33.html#MGM2001 - George

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Good picks all! Lesee, you also missed ... The French Connection (classic) To Live and Die in LA (good chase scenes) GumBall Rally (one of my all time favs - Ferrari Daytona vs 427 Cobra at speed) Eat My Dust (hokey old Ron Howard movie I saw as a kid, had some good chase scenes though) Vanishing Point (nice Dodge Challenger) Gone in 60 seconds (original) Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry Mad Max (who wouldn't want the Interceptor in their garage) Road Warrior Can't think of more now Mark James Pickard <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:XQWG5.14343$[email hidden]... > After watching "The Blues Brothers" for the umpteenth time, I'm remindedof

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> a game idea I thought of ages ago.... > > > Racing will always be there, and "Driver" touched on it briefly, but how > would a game totally based on the greatest ever car chases (in movies) > sound? > > > Can you imagine driving the Supermarket in the Blues Brothers.. the car > chase at the end... What other great ones are there?? > > There my be a lot more.... let's here them....? > > > > > > James > > > > > >

Jeez fella's... I'm disappointed.!! Wot about Herbie.? Now THERE was a race car film star. Ian. "James Pickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:XQWG5.14343$[email hidden]... > After watching "The Blues Brothers" for the umpteenth time, I'm remindedof

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> a game idea I thought of ages ago.... > > > Racing will always be there, and "Driver" touched on it briefly, but how > would a game totally based on the greatest ever car chases (in movies) > sound? > > > Can you imagine driving the Supermarket in the Blues Brothers.. the car > chase at the end... What other great ones are there?? > > There my be a lot more.... let's here them....? > > > > > > James > > > > > >

Mini Coopers from The Italian Job. Up on a building in construction and everything! JB "James Pickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:XQWG5.14343$[email hidden]... > After watching "The Blues Brothers" for the umpteenth time, I'm remindedof

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> a game idea I thought of ages ago.... > > > Racing will always be there, and "Driver" touched on it briefly, but how > would a game totally based on the greatest ever car chases (in movies) > sound? > > > Can you imagine driving the Supermarket in the Blues Brothers.. the car > chase at the end... What other great ones are there?? > > There my be a lot more.... let's here them....? > > > > > > James > > > > > >

Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry... French Connection... Bullit... any Max Sennit(sp?) short... -- Otter "Wosco" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:rG1H5.4279$[email hidden]... > Mini Coopers from The Italian Job. Up on a building in construction and > everything! > > JB > > "James Pickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:XQWG5.14343$[email hidden]... > > After watching "The Blues Brothers" for the umpteenth time, I'm reminded > of > > a game idea I thought of ages ago.... > > > > > > Racing will always be there, and "Driver" touched on it briefly, but how > > would a game totally based on the greatest ever car chases (in movies) > > sound? > > > > > > Can you imagine driving the Supermarket in the Blues Brothers.. the car > > chase at the end... What other great ones are there?? > > > > There my be a lot more.... let's here them....? > > > > > > > > > > > > James > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 20:38:19 +0200, "Mikkel Gram-Hansen" <[email hidden]> wrote: >You missed an all time great..... >The Citro�n 2cv chase down the hill, in "For your eyes only". Best James >Bond chase ever. In Ronin, a nice chase through a crowded city. :) Lots of nice NDE's (near-death-experiences). Ruud

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>Mikkel > > > >Mark Watkins <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:vR0H5.16308$[email hidden]... >> Good picks all! >> >> Lesee, you also missed ... >> The French Connection (classic) >> To Live and Die in LA (good chase scenes) >> GumBall Rally (one of my all time favs - Ferrari Daytona vs 427 Cobra at >> speed) >> Eat My Dust (hokey old Ron Howard movie I saw as a kid, had some good >chase >> scenes though) >> Vanishing Point (nice Dodge Challenger) >> Gone in 60 seconds (original) >> Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry >> Mad Max (who wouldn't want the Interceptor in their garage) >> Road Warrior >> >> Can't think of more now

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On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 17:03:44 +0100, "Ashley McConnell" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Yeah....there is some footage of Grand Prix on *that* DVD :) - doubt if we >will ever see the full film on DVD though....although you never know Footage of Grand Prix on the Ronin DVD?? Just some highlights from the Grand Prix movie or something else? Andre >Ash

Case closed! Nothing to add. Stefan Kurt Steinbock wrote:

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> > James Pickard wrote in message ... > >After watching "The Blues Brothers" for the umpteenth time, I'm reminded of > >a game idea I thought of ages ago.... > > > > > >Racing will always be there, and "Driver" touched on it briefly, but how > >would a game totally based on the greatest ever car chases (in movies) > >sound? > > > > > >Can you imagine driving the Supermarket in the Blues Brothers.. the car > >chase at the end... What other great ones are there?? > > > >There my be a lot more.... let's here them....? > > > > How 'bout the one that DEFINED car chase -- Steve McQueen in that Mustang in > "Bullit"? > > Kurt

Chris Cavin <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8shv40$s1h$[email hidden]... > > I saw something on the making of Ronin and you wouldn't believe the > lengths Frankenhiemer went to to make it correct. All the car sounds > in the movie were sampled here in the USA. They even had a European > spec BMW 5 series brought over to sample! So, it's not like watching Do you suppose the Audi really had nitrous? Stephen

That original version was much better, the whole rough and ready feel is what made it an unique film. Somehow it seemed to fit in with the charecters it was portraying. Why didn't they just re-release that version instead of making a complete stuff-up of the remake? Chris -- Simbok Racing www.geocities.com/simbokza D.B. <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > My vote is "Gone In 60 Seconds" ... the original version from the 70's ... > not this lame remake that was in the theatres this summer.

How bout Robert Mitchem in "Thunder Road" ??

After watching "The Blues Brothers" for the umpteenth time, I'm reminded of a game idea I thought of ages ago.... Racing will always be there, and "Driver" touched on it briefly, but how would a game totally based on the greatest ever car chases (in movies) sound? Can you imagine driving the Supermarket in the Blues Brothers.. the car chase at the end... What other great ones are there?? There my be a lot more.... let's here them....? James

On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 11:36:23 GMT, "James Pickard" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>After watching "The Blues Brothers" for the umpteenth time, I'm reminded of >a game idea I thought of ages ago.... > > >Racing will always be there, and "Driver" touched on it briefly, but how >would a game totally based on the greatest ever car chases (in movies) >sound? > > >Can you imagine driving the Supermarket in the Blues Brothers.. the car >chase at the end... What other great ones are there?? > >There my be a lot more.... let's here them....? > > > > > >James > > > > >

Dirty Larry Crazy Mary...............When they are running from the cops in that old Dadge (I think it was a yellow Dodge Charger). At the end, they outrun all the cops only to hit a train at a railroad crossing. Bummer............ Todd

Ahhh! THATs the one I was wracking my brain for and couldn't remember; the Seven Ups. Your right, fantastic chase scene. Also had a fondness for early 70s Venturas after seeing that film. They beat the bejesus out of that car. Other one I forgot was Gator, with Burts hopped up brown LTD. And Burts opening sequence to the Longest Yard with the Citreon. Also forgot "Cannonball" with David Carradine in 1976 (not to be confused with the silly Cannonball Run series of flix) and its predecessor, with David, DeathRace2000. Someone ought to put together a video compilation of just the chase scenes from all these flicks. I'd buy it. BTW, any of you ever catch ESPNs coverage of the Silver State Classic open road race a few years back. I still yell at my wife for accidently taping over that. Had in car coverage of a black big-block 1969 Charger running at 180+. Sweet car. Mark <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8sied0$akb$[email hidden]...

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> In article <vR0H5.16308$[email hidden]>, > "Mark Watkins" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > Good picks all! > > > > Lesee, you also missed ... > > Not to mention "The Seven Ups" (I believe) circa '73 or so starring Roy > Scheider as a NYC "bad cop." The chase scene between a big Pontiac > (Catalina or Bonneville) vs. a small Pontiac (Tempest or Ventura) with > Scheider in it was done by the same stunt coordinator who did Bullitt. > The film shows up on AMC every now and then. I personally liked this > scene better than Bullitt. > > One of the lamest chase scenes had to be early in "Live and Let Die" > where Bond's cabbie got whacked by the bad mofo in the "ultra white pimp > mobile." ;) Did *everybody* in New York actually drive 1973 Chevy > Impalas? LOL > > -J.D. > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.

My mistake; White Lightning was the movie I was thinking of (with the brown LTD). Burts best movie IMO "Only two things I'm scared of, women and the po-lice". What a line.. Other film I forgot was Two lane blacktop with James Taylor and Brian Wilson. Classic car movie. Mark

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>After watching "The Blues Brothers" for the umpteenth time, I'm reminded of >a game idea I thought of ages ago.... > > >Racing will always be there, and "Driver" touched on it briefly, but how >would a game totally based on the greatest ever car chases (in movies) >sound? > > >Can you imagine driving the Supermarket in the Blues Brothers.. the car >chase at the end... What other great ones are there?? > >There my be a lot more.... let's here them....? > >

There was a film I recall, though I can't remember the name, where there's a guy who has to drive a car across America and has been up for days and is popping pills to stay awake. Anyway he makes a bet with some guy at a garage that he can get it there in something like 72 hours and for some reason which eludes me at the mo the police are soon out to stop him. The driving action is interspersed with a blind, black dj for a local radio station talking over the airwaves as if he knows this guy inside-out. In the end the guy doesn't make it and just deliberately drives straight into a bulldozed doing over a ton (the car, not the bulldozer). I'm pretty sure some of the chase action in this film was pretty good, though it's been ages seen I saw it. Does anyone else remember this one? -- Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington) Remove ALL_STRESS before replying No person's opinions can be said to be more correct than another's, because each is the sole judge of his or her own experience.

That was Vanishing Point, car was a Dodge Challenger good flick. Fox did a remake of it a couple of years ago that sucked Mark Peter Ives <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <XQWG5.14343$[email hidden]>, James > Pickard <[email hidden]> writes > >After watching "The Blues Brothers" for the umpteenth time, I'm remindedof

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> >a game idea I thought of ages ago.... > > > > > >Racing will always be there, and "Driver" touched on it briefly, but how > >would a game totally based on the greatest ever car chases (in movies) > >sound? > > > > > >Can you imagine driving the Supermarket in the Blues Brothers.. the car > >chase at the end... What other great ones are there?? > > > >There my be a lot more.... let's here them....? > > > > > > There was a film I recall, though I can't remember the name, where > there's a guy who has to drive a car across America and has been up for > days and is popping pills to stay awake. Anyway he makes a bet with > some guy at a garage that he can get it there in something like 72 hours > and for some reason which eludes me at the mo the police are soon out to > stop him. The driving action is interspersed with a blind, black dj for > a local radio station talking over the airwaves as if he knows this guy > inside-out. In the end the guy doesn't make it and just deliberately > drives straight into a bulldozed doing over a ton (the car, not the > bulldozer). I'm pretty sure some of the chase action in this film was > pretty good, though it's been ages seen I saw it. Does anyone else > remember this one? > -- > Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington) > Remove ALL_STRESS before replying > > No person's opinions can be said to be > more correct than another's, because each is > the sole judge of his or her own experience.

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>After watching "The Blues Brothers" for the umpteenth time, I'm reminded >of a game idea I thought of ages ago.... > > >Racing will always be there, and "Driver" touched on it briefly, but how >would a game totally based on the greatest ever car chases (in movies) >sound? > > >Can you imagine driving the Supermarket in the Blues Brothers.. the car >chase at the end... What other great ones are there?? > >There my be a lot more.... let's here them....?

The Tank Chase - nuff said!

On Wed, 18 Oct 2000 21:30:45 GMT, "Mark Watkins" <[email hidden]> wrote: >That was Vanishing Point, car was a Dodge Challenger good flick. Fox did a >remake of it a couple of years ago that sucked There's a great website about this flick: http://www.mnsinc.com/kowalski/vpoint.html I saw it when it came out. I was about 12 or 13. It was a Saturday Matinee and there were only about a dozen other kids there. I sat way up front. About half an hour into the movie I noticed it was suddenly really quiet in there and turned around to see that I was the only person in the theatre. Nothing like a private showing of a movie in a real theater. It was also noteworthy because it was also the first time I ever saw a nude woman in a movie (the woman on the motorcycle in the desert). This movie also probably influenced my pursuit and acquisition of a 1970 Challenger 340 later in life. ~daxe

James Pickard wrote: > There my be a lot more.... let's here them....? One of the most famous on film was from Steve McQueen's "Bullit", featuring a Mustang through the hilly streets of San Francisco. And let's not forget the most famous real life car chase - O.J. Simpson in the back of the Ford Bronco on the freeways of Los Angeles. Dave Ewing -- ***************************************************** David A. Ewing Xilinx Boulder [email hidden] *****************************************************

In article <8si6go$md$[email hidden]>, "Mikkel Gram-Hansen" <[email hidden]> writes: >You missed an all time great..... >The Citro�n 2cv chase down the hill, in "For your eyes only". Best James >Bond chase ever. > >Mikkel The one where he says "Take the low road", and she flips the car? That was a pretty funny scene...<g> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +49.67 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <0WWG5.5484$[email hidden]>, "Kurt Steinbock" <[email hidden]> writes: >How 'bout the one that DEFINED car chase -- Steve McQueen in that Mustang in >"Bullit"? > >Kurt How about Gene Hackman in "The French Connection"? Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +49.67 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Andre Warringa) writes: >By the way, a couple of months ago there was an ad on tv, in which >they had a remake of the Bullit car chase. But this time Steve was not >in his Mustang, but in a new car for which the commercial was >(Audi??). Amazing commercial. > I saw that one. I was only half paying attention, and was thinking - WTF? I recognized McQueen, but not the car...<g> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +49.67 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Andre Warringa) writes:

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>>The car was a Ford Puma. They did some really interesting digital video >>editing to put him inside the car, instead of the Mustang Fastback. > >Ah yes, the Puma it was. And indeed, the digital editing was >fantastic, only the shot where he gets out of his car at the end looks >a little bit fake (just a little bit). Does anybody have a clue if >this commercial is somewhere for download? I'd love to have it. >

Try adcritic.com Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +49.67 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

On 19 Oct 2000 17:41:01 GMT, [email hidden] (EldredP) wrote:

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>In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Andre >Warringa) writes: > >>>The car was a Ford Puma. They did some really interesting digital video >>>editing to put him inside the car, instead of the Mustang Fastback. >> >>Ah yes, the Puma it was. And indeed, the digital editing was >>fantastic, only the shot where he gets out of his car at the end looks >>a little bit fake (just a little bit). Does anybody have a clue if >>this commercial is somewhere for download? I'd love to have it. >> > >Try adcritic.com

Allready tried that one Eldred. Great site, without that one I would have missed those 'WAAASSSUUUUPP' and 'I AM CANADIAN!!!' commercials :)) For everyone who didn't see those, go see them now! Andre >Eldred

Ronin is the best car-chase movie in decades (and a great flic to boot). "James Pickard" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>After watching "The Blues Brothers" for the umpteenth time, I'm reminded of >a game idea I thought of ages ago.... > > >Racing will always be there, and "Driver" touched on it briefly, but how >would a game totally based on the greatest ever car chases (in movies) >sound? > > >Can you imagine driving the Supermarket in the Blues Brothers.. the car >chase at the end... What other great ones are there?? > >There my be a lot more.... let's here them....? > > > > > >James > > > > >

Joe McGinn _____________________ Radical Entertainment

How bout the "sister" flick to Gone in 60 Seconds ?? The name was Junkman