Re: Looking for the movie with that insane motorcycle ride cross Paris in only 7-8 minutes

Harjan Brand <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:h7_U4.2173$[email hidden]... > I love this guy, he's got to have the biggest .... in the planet. I would > love to see Mansells face when he would see this. Believe me, they can'tsay > it but F1 drivers will have big time respect for his guts. 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.

>it's ashame he died he would have >been a hell of a Superbike 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/

I think this is what you're looking for! It's absolutely crazy!!!! http://henrik.lewander.com/mc/Pascals_ride_on_La_peripherique.mpg Lasse wrote:

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> 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 think this is what you're looking for! It's absolutely crazy!!!! http://henrik.lewander.com/mc/Pascals_ride_on_La_peripherique.mpg Lasse wrote:

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> 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

If the link doesn't work let me know, I have the video and it is absolutely crazy. The guy is dead now by the way, one of his attemts at breaking the record failed big time.... Mikkel Lever <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3924439b$0$5808@reader2...

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> I think this is what you're looking for! > It's absolutely crazy!!!! > > http://henrik.lewander.com/mc/Pascals_ride_on_La_peripherique.mpg > > Lasse wrote: > > > I'm looking for the movie with that insane motorcycle ride cross Paris

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> > 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 >

Have you seen 'Taxi'? /Carl

Don't try this at home, kids. ;-) Jan. =--- > Yes!! > It gotta be that one! > Many thanks!! > It's time to get inspired!! > /Lasse

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

[email hidden] (Lasse) wrote in <8g1b0g$pf2$[email hidden]>: > >I'm looking for the movie with that insane motorcycle ride cross Paris inI 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.

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>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 > > >

-- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C.

Sound like I'm wrong, it gotta be the guy with this Ferrari that made the run. It can't be two drivers of that kind ;^) I know this isn't the right forum for my request but if anyone know of a link to the mpeg, I''m sure everyone here wants to see it! Thanks Don, I'll focus for the Ferrari. /Lasse

Yes!! It gotta be that one! Many thanks!! It's time to get inspired!! /Lasse

Actually I haven't, but I get a strong feeling that I should ;^) /Lasse Carl Ribbegaardh <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3KXU4.4028$[email hidden]...

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> Have you seen 'Taxi'? > > /Carl > > > "Lasse" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:8g1b0g$pf2$[email hidden]... > > > > I'm looking for the movie with that insane motorcycle ride cross Paris

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> > 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 > > > > > >

Ok, 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 Lasse <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message : 8g1b0g$pf2$[email hidden]...

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> > 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 > >

Have you seen 'Taxi'? /Carl "Lasse" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8g1b0g$pf2$[email hidden]...

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> > 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 > >

In article <[email hidden]>, > >how'd he die? The story is that Pascal died in a later attempt to beat his own record around that same stretch of road... I'm also a sportbike rider, and that video scares me... I just hope that guy didn't take out anyone else when he killed himself riding like that. --John --

> That may be, but I have no respect for him at all. He was playing notonly > with his own life (which it seems he lost in the end), but with the livesof > all those other motorists and pedestrians as well. For what, a thrillride? > If he, you, or anyone, wants to play at being a racer, do it at acontrolled > racetrack. That way you won't end up killing or maiming innocent peopleif > you're not quite the hotshot you think you are. > S. From watching the video, he seemed a very skilled rider and was very aware of the traffic all around him. The only problem comes when drivers do not see him coming and decide to change lanes while he is about to overtake them. He was going so much faster than the rest of the traffic that if for any reason he had to stop, there would be no chance and he would crash. Firstly, I didn't see (m?)any pedestrians on that road, and secondly, I suspect it would be quite difficult to manage to kill someone else in a car when you're riding a bike. Most likely thing that would happen to him would be rear ending a car because he couldn't loose enough speed in time. Did someone mention something about a Ferrari?? 8-)) Scott

In article <8g1ggk$n1u$[email hidden]>, "Mikkel Gram-Hansen" <[email hidden]> writes: >If the link doesn't work let me know, I have the video and it is absolutely >crazy. >The guy is dead now by the way, one of his attemts at breaking the record >failed big time.... No kidding? Wow, that sucks. Did he take any innocent bystanders with him? Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Don't try this at home, kids. ;-) Jan. =--- Lasse wrote in message...

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> Yes!! > It gotta be that one! > Many thanks!! > > It's time to get inspired!! > /Lasse > > >

I love this guy, he's got to have the biggest .... in the planet. I would love to see Mansells face when he would see this. Believe me, they can't say it but F1 drivers will have big time respect for his guts. Unbelievable, I'll have to show it to everyone. 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. "Lasse" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8g1b0g$pf2$[email hidden]...

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> > 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 > >

Found out the hard way 250km/h is not a safe speed in rush hour traffic? Jan. /just a guess. =--- Target 12 <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> >it's ashame he died he would have > >been a hell of a Superbike > > 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/ >

WOW...I'm stunned. If I hadn't seen it I would have never believed someone would actually do this ! I've done years of high speed sport riding, which I've backed away from partly because I was feeling uncomfortable freaking out the citizens, but this guy takes that into another dimemsion. As cool as it is to watch, this kind of stunt hurts the entire sport riding community, and gives the people that would like to ban sport bikes alot of ammunition. On the other hand, if you can get away with riding like that in France then I'm moving there tomorrow. [email hidden] (Steven Dickson) wrote in <8g1tl0$hisr$1@fu -berlin.de>:

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> >Harjan Brand <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:h7_U4.2173$[email hidden]... >> I love this guy, he's got to have the biggest .... in the planet. >> I would love to see Mansells face when he would see this. Believe >> me, they can't >say >> it but F1 drivers will have big time respect for his guts. > >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. >

-- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C.

"Don Scurlock" <[email hidden]> wrote: > On the other hand, > if you can get away with riding like that in France then I'm moving > there tomorrow. Makes you wondering... With the incredible number of cars he passed, we did not see once a police car! -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

Anyone know where I could find this? The motorcycle one was amazing, but I'd love to see the Ferrari. Thanks. Marc

> Found out the hard way 250km/h is not a safe speed in rush hour traffic? > > Jan. /just a guess. Probably a good guess. Not something I'd try. Marc

If anyone is interested in seeing this crazy man, this link to the video does work. Enjoy!! http://www.troutman.org/ftp/pub/motorcycle-stuff/videos/Pascals_ride_paa_La_peripherique-LQ.mpg Cheers, Bob

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> In article <8g1ggk$n1u$[email hidden]>, "Mikkel Gram-Hansen" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >If the link doesn't work let me know, I have the video and it is absolutely > >crazy. > >The guy is dead now by the way, one of his attemts at breaking the record > >failed big time.... >

I have a couple questions about this video. What kind of bike was he riding? Were any of the tunnels in the video the one that Princess Diana died in ? Can anyone who speaks german translate the narration? Or the french translation that is being spoken in the background? "Lever" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:39244391$0$5808@reader2...

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> I think this is what you're looking for! > It's absolutely crazy!!!! > > http://henrik.lewander.com/mc/Pascals_ride_on_La_peripherique.mpg > > Lasse wrote: > > > I'm looking for the movie with that insane motorcycle ride cross Paris

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> > 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 >

Doug Hook wrote: > I have a couple questions about this video. What kind of bike was he > riding? This video was pretty popular in alt.motorcycle.sportbikes a while back. Most people were guessing that the bike was a Kawasaki, either a ZX10 or ZX11. Whatever kind of bike the guy was riding...he was absolutely mad! Gary

Probably a good guess. Not something I'd try. Marc

Believe it or not... the police does not patrol motorways here. Don't know about France, but Belgium (just next door) is road hog heaven. Jan. =--- ymenard wrote...

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> "Don Scurlock" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > On the other hand, > > if you can get away with riding like that in France then I'm moving > > there tomorrow. > > Makes you wondering... > > With the incredible number of cars he passed, we did not see once a police > car!

"Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote > Believe it or not... the police does not patrol motorways here. So there is no official system to control road law enforcing? Wow, so everybody has to deal only with their own morals when deciding of the rules of the highway. Actually it could be a good thing, but probably isn't. At least your free to go 200km/h on a deserted stretch of road <g> -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

There is speed control on the roads in France. Only, cops are quite lazy (red wine makes you sleepy after lunch ;-)), and they just sit by the side of the roads, with their speed control equipment (radars and whatever...) and when they catch you speeding, you receive your speed ticket by mail a few days later! One (of the many) problem(s) of that system is that motorbikes don't have any license plate in the front (only in the back) and the speed cameras can't identify the bikers. Guys like Pascal (the crazy rider flying around Paris in 11 minutes) knew that and took advantage of it... But yes, in the end, it is very easy to drive fast on the french roads. Cheers, Cyrille Vanlerberghe ymenard <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message : SlbV4.91578$[email hidden]... > "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote > > Believe it or not... the police does not patrol motorways here. > > So there is no official system to control road law enforcing? Wow, so > everybody has to deal only with their own morals when deciding of therules

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> of the highway. Actually it could be a good thing, but probably isn't. > > At least your free to go 200km/h on a deserted stretch of road <g> > > > > > -- > -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> > -- May the Downforce be with you... > -- http://www.WeRace.net > -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't

realise > how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. > > >

What is "Taxi"??? I gotta know. Andrew LL wrote:

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> Ok, > > 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 > > Lasse <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message : > 8g1b0g$pf2$[email hidden]... > > > > 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 > > > >

On Thu, 18 May 2000 21:36:34 +0200, "Mikkel Gram-Hansen" <[email hidden]> wrote: >If the link doesn't work let me know, I have the video and it is absolutely >crazy. >The guy is dead now by the way, one of his attemts at breaking the record >failed big time.... > >Mikkel I just hope noone else got hurt by bodyparts flying around. They should lock these guys behind bars. JoH

Basically, apart from the occasional trafic helicopter (very noisy, very easy to spot) and speedtrap (position announced on national radio... I KID YE NOT!!!) you got nothing to worry about but people getting in your way. The official limit on motorways is 75mph, but usually everybody does at least 80. In the now 12 years since passing my licence I have only been "done" for speeding once. Ironically somewhere they changed the speedlimit and I didn't notice (I was well within the old limit). I am not particularly proud of it, but time is money and I usually drive as fast as weather and traffic conditions allow. Nothing as extreme as that guy tho' (besides, I drive a car). I occasionally get up to 90-95mph if I've got the road to myself (a very rare occasion over here). Jan. =--- ymenard wrote... > "Jan Verschueren" wrote > > Believe it or not... the police does not patrol motorways here. > > So there is no official system to control road law enforcing? Wow, so > everybody has to deal only with their own morals when deciding of therules > of the highway. Actually it could be a good thing, but probably isn't. > > At least your free to go 200km/h on a deserted stretch of road <g> >

"Magnus Svensson" <[email hidden]> wrot > Andrew Turner <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >What is "Taxi"??? > > It's a french action film with some pretty cool car chases. And it's -way- over-rated. The car chases are imho not really good. There is much better car chases in the history of movie making. Rent Ronin, Bullit, etc.. It's just not flowing correctly in Taxi. Due to many things, over-producing, bad camera placement, tight editing and low budget. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

On Fri, 19 May 2000 22:00:03 GMT, "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>> >What is "Taxi"??? >> >> It's a french action film with some pretty cool car chases. > >And it's -way- over-rated. The car chases are imho not really good. There >is much better car chases in the history of movie making. Rent Ronin, >Bullit, etc.. > >It's just not flowing correctly in Taxi. Due to many things, >over-producing, bad camera placement, tight editing and low budget.

Yup, forgot to mention that the movie pretty much sucks overall. Emma Sj�berg as a German cop, yeah right... :) I think the car scenes are very unrealistic, but somewhat entertaining. Scratch some, though. Like the scene where the bad guys's mercedes mysteriously flies perfectly horisontally onto an unfinished bridgesection... nggh /Magnus

In article <8g4c6d$2g65$[email hidden]>, "Harald Edwin Boers" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>----- Original Message ----- >From: Don Hancock ("Gunner") <[email hidden]> > >> Lord, I hope not!!! Have you ever noticed how other drivers react to >a >> highspeed pass on the freeway? I have. I've watched my wife just about >take >> us into a ditch because someone sped by us around 100mph. > >100mph faster than your wife? Or did he drive 100mph, because 100mph is not >really superfast imo. And is a freeway the same as a highway? > >Harald

Seeing someone do 100mph(in the US, anyway) is rare enough that it still surprises people. And a freeway is a more 'closed-in' version of a highway. I didn't know how else to explain it...<shrug> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

was it a ferrari? i always tought it was a Citroen SM.... Sudesh Don Scurlock wrote:

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> > [email hidden] (Lasse) wrote in > <8g1b0g$pf2$[email hidden]>: > > > > >I'm looking for the movie with that insane motorcycle ride cross Paris in > 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. > > >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 > > > > > > > > -- > Don Scurlock > Vancouver,B.C.

I always remembered it as a Mini Cooper. [email hidden] (amos-opus) wrote in <[email hidden]>:

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>was it a ferrari? >i always tought it was a Citroen SM.... > >Sudesh > >Don Scurlock wrote: >> >> [email hidden] (Lasse) wrote in >> <8g1b0g$pf2$[email hidden]>: >> >> > >> >I'm looking for the movie with that insane motorcycle ride cross >> >Paris in >> 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. >> >> >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

-- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C.

I always remembered it as a Mini Cooper.

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>was it a ferrari? >i always tought it was a Citroen SM.... >Sudesh >> >I'm looking for the movie with that insane motorcycle ride cross >> >Paris in >> 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. >> >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

-- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C.