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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ OT: Story of the greatest chase on film

Posted by: URY914 Jun 11 2005, 10:39 PM

http://www.hottr6.com/triumph/BULLITT.html

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Posted by: firstknight13 Jun 12 2005, 08:39 PM

i had a "68" charger and i used to eat mustangs 289 all day long!!! they couldn't believe i was only runnin' a stock 318 orange. for those who don't know the orange motors were high pro engines. those were the good old days!!!!

Posted by: Bleyseng Jun 12 2005, 09:17 PM

I thought in Bullet he was running a 390 bad boy.

Posted by: URY914 Jun 12 2005, 09:28 PM

I guess it is only us old guys that know the true importance of that classic.
I bet I've seen that chase 15 times.

Paul

Posted by: TimT Jun 12 2005, 09:30 PM

I remember I ducked

Posted by: GWN7 Jun 12 2005, 09:33 PM

Cool read of the story....saw the movie in a theater when it came out. My stomach "jumped' with the cars...

Posted by: Bleyseng Jun 12 2005, 09:38 PM

Time to buy the DVD and go watch it on the bud's 52" HighDef tv.
Maybe get some Kettle corn and Rootbeer too.

Posted by: jimtab Jun 12 2005, 09:47 PM

I agree that it was an amazing film, I saw some of it get shot. BUT, if you think these guys thought this stuff up, check out the career of Remy Julien, a french stunt driver who pioneered crazy street sequences. See the original Italian Job with the "real" minis...this guy was doing this stuff 5 years before Bullit....I think he is where they got the idea for some of the stuff....Bullit had drivers who were as good but the original ideas may have come from Europe....Remy's stuff is amazing...check it out.

Posted by: i love porsche Jun 12 2005, 10:01 PM

i absolutely love that chase scene. ive never seen bullit all the way through..but ive seen that scent at least 5 times....freaking awesome

i still like le mans better though =]

Posted by: Elliot Cannon Jun 12 2005, 10:15 PM

Bullet, Ronin, To live and Die in LA. Great chase scenes. Also Borne Identity and Borne Supremecy. But for most carnage, Gotta be Blues Brothers.
Cheers, Elliot

Posted by: grantsfo Jun 12 2005, 10:54 PM

Bullitt definitely is the classic.

Ronin and Bourne Identity are my other favorite movies with great car chase scenes - great driving!

Have you seen the Boxitt spoof? Pretty funny

http://www.tobygaines.com/boxitt.mov

Posted by: Aaron Cox Jun 12 2005, 11:08 PM

a classic indeed...

anyone count how many times the green beetle shows up in the chase scene?

Posted by: URY914 Jun 13 2005, 06:38 AM

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Jun 12 2005, 09:08 PM)
a classic indeed...

anyone count how many times the green beetle shows up in the chase scene?

You're right. I'm surprized that they didn't see that when they edited the cuts and do something about it.

But I'm sure they didn't think a bunch of motorheads would be picking it apart 40 years after it was made.

Paul

Posted by: redshift Jun 13 2005, 06:41 AM

Anytime you are in a room full of people, and it's on... they all stop talking, and hold their breath.

M

Posted by: URY914 Jun 13 2005, 06:44 AM

But you know they could have been so concerned about what was going on in the foreground they forgot about the background.

Like in this picture. Look out the window.
This was shown on a real estate website trying sell the house.

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Posted by: redshift Jun 13 2005, 06:47 AM

lmao

I remember seeing that before

M

Posted by: street legal go-kart Jun 13 2005, 10:33 AM

Miss Encinas seems to have some facts wrong.
There were four primary cars but I belive that they used up 9-10 Chargers and 13 Mustanges , one of which they stuffed into the first floor of an office building along the route. My grandfather worked on the 9th floor. Not all of the cars were prepared the same, some setup for jumping and some for the high speed runs and turns.
In one of the jump sequences you can see the frame of the Mustang collapse as the landing occures. Any one who has launched a car of this vintage will tell you that on every landing stuff breaks no mater how modified the car is.

Still great after all these years.

JT

Posted by: firstknight13 Jun 13 2005, 09:40 PM

ok you old guys how about the chase scene i "dirty mary and crazy larry" mopar rules!! AFTER THE TEENER that is