The best car movies you've seen

islero · 19th December 2005, 16:54

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Originally Posted by MustangMan

Islero: Its a Ferrari 275 driven in early morning paris, there are no special effects here. If you see carefully, the guy has some close shaves. regarding the sound, i think it is more to do with the equipment then and the conversion to digital that makes it seem like it was dubbed. Great ***** out driving nevertheless.

wrong my freind. Its a Alpine A110 actually, and the sound has been dubbed over from a racing Ferrari. Ill try and remember which one.....

Abhay · 19th December 2005, 17:45

Islero - looks like you are right

"According to recent claims by Claude Lelouch, he was driving his own Mercedes in the film, and later dubbed over the sound of a Ferrari 275GTB to give the impression of much higher speeds. Calculations made by several independent groups using the film show that the car never exceeds 140 km/h (85 mph), which seems to lend credence to his recent comments."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169173/trivia

sjcherian · 19th December 2005, 18:21

Is there some place one could download the clip err I meant movie . In my earlier post I had assumed it was a 10 minute high speed car driving scene and didnt realise the whole movie lasted only 10 minutes till I read the bit on IMDB which says "The film is nine minutes long because the film cartridge in the camera could only hold 10 minutes of film and it was taken in a single shot."

islero · 19th December 2005, 20:16

Yeah, I do have the clip, but its too big to upload in my limited internet.

Classic and Sports said it was an A110, hmm, one mystery for me to investigate. Diffrent people seem to be saying diffrent versions. One thing is sure. The camera being so close to the ground, gives the effect of very high speed when it actually it wasnt that high (although it wasnt anywhere near legal!!!)

sjcherian · 19th December 2005, 21:40

For those interested I found the clip for C'était un rendez-vous on the net :
http://aoctavio.castpost.com/
It is pretty good as mentioned earlier by Islero and worth a peek. Other writeups about it say in brief : "at times reaching speeds in excess of 135 miles per hour, blowing many stop signs, ramming through one-way streets, and narrowly avoiding hitting pedestrians or other vehicles many times."

supersid · 20th December 2005, 11:12

Gone in 60 seconds is one of the best car movies i've seen...also Fast and The Furious..

narasimha raju · 20th December 2005, 11:52

Fast and Furious, Cannon Ball Run, Mission Impossible 2 and all James Bond movies which have excellent car races

dogdiga · 20th December 2005, 11:53

Blues Brothers... If it qualifies as a car movie...

spdfreak · 20th December 2005, 20:03

the fast and the furious, 2 fast 2 furious, gone in 60 seconds, transporter 1,2. die another day-JB

ac 427 · 29th December 2005, 12:45

also the short films released by bmw, i suppose there are 5 of these . . .really well shot, one them is done by GUY RITCHIE, and has madonna in it, takes the M5 to its limit. really good diving.

MrBoombastic · 29th December 2005, 14:52

It has to be Smokie and the Bandit for me

sbasak · 29th December 2005, 19:05

Bourne Supremacy has some good car chase.

Beeman · 30th December 2005, 14:51

Definately Too fast too furious tops my list. Followed by the italian job.
[SIZE=2]The cars in the bond movies have also held my fascination too. [/SIZE]

Ashi · 30th December 2005, 15:13

Actually lot of em.... but still
2 fast 2 furious, gone in 60 seconds, matrix car chase scene are among the best !!

sujaylahiri · 8th April 2006, 04:36

Ronin (1998), Bullitt (Steve Macqueen is awesome), Gone in 60 seconds (original version with a 45 minute car chase!!), Transporter and Transporter 2 (Jason Statham is awesome), Diamonds are Forever (James Bond evading the cops in a GT 500!!), Italian Job (original one), Goldeneye (James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 and Xenia Onatopp's Ferrari F355GTS in the opening sequence), Tomorrow Never Dies (cellphone controlled BMW 750i!!), Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Minivan chase!!).

19th December 2005, 17:45	#107
Abhay BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pune Posts: 727 Thanked: 11 Times	Islero - looks like you are right "According to recent claims by Claude Lelouch, he was driving his own Mercedes in the film, and later dubbed over the sound of a Ferrari 275GTB to give the impression of much higher speeds. Calculations made by several independent groups using the film show that the car never exceeds 140 km/h (85 mph), which seems to lend credence to his recent comments." http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169173/trivia
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19th December 2005, 18:21	#108
sjcherian BHPian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chennai Posts: 493 Thanked: 585 Times	Is there some place one could download the clip err I meant movie . In my earlier post I had assumed it was a 10 minute high speed car driving scene and didnt realise the whole movie lasted only 10 minutes till I read the bit on IMDB which says "The film is nine minutes long because the film cartridge in the camera could only hold 10 minutes of film and it was taken in a single shot."
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19th December 2005, 20:16	#109
islero Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chennai Posts: 1,574 Thanked: 13 Times View My Garage	Yeah, I do have the clip, but its too big to upload in my limited internet. Classic and Sports said it was an A110, hmm, one mystery for me to investigate. Diffrent people seem to be saying diffrent versions. One thing is sure. The camera being so close to the ground, gives the effect of very high speed when it actually it wasnt that high (although it wasnt anywhere near legal!!!)
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19th December 2005, 21:40	#110
sjcherian BHPian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chennai Posts: 493 Thanked: 585 Times	For those interested I found the clip for C'était un rendez-vous on the net : http://aoctavio.castpost.com/ It is pretty good as mentioned earlier by Islero and worth a peek. Other writeups about it say in brief : "at times reaching speeds in excess of 135 miles per hour, blowing many stop signs, ramming through one-way streets, and narrowly avoiding hitting pedestrians or other vehicles many times."
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20th December 2005, 11:12	#111
supersid Newbie Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 2 Thanked: 0 Times	Gone in 60 seconds is one of the best car movies i've seen...also Fast and The Furious..
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20th December 2005, 11:52	#112
narasimha raju BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 128 Thanked: 54 Times	Fast and Furious, Cannon Ball Run, Mission Impossible 2 and all James Bond movies which have excellent car races
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20th December 2005, 11:53	#113
dogdiga BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 74 Thanked: 0 Times	Blues Brothers... If it qualifies as a car movie...
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20th December 2005, 20:03	#114
spdfreak BHPian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Trichur, presently in Qatar Posts: 121 Thanked: Once View My Garage	the fast and the furious, 2 fast 2 furious, gone in 60 seconds, transporter 1,2. die another day-JB
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29th December 2005, 12:45	#115
ac 427 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,393 Thanked: 244 Times View My Garage	also the short films released by bmw, i suppose there are 5 of these . . .really well shot, one them is done by GUY RITCHIE, and has madonna in it, takes the M5 to its limit. really good diving.
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29th December 2005, 14:52	#116
MrBoombastic BANNED Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chennai Posts: 253 Thanked: 6 Times	It has to be Smokie and the Bandit for me
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29th December 2005, 19:05	#117
sbasak BHPian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CCU-LTN Posts: 608 Thanked: 14 Times	Bourne Supremacy has some good car chase.
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30th December 2005, 14:51	#118
Beeman BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Treasure island Posts: 335 Thanked: 2 Times	Definately Too fast too furious tops my list. Followed by the italian job. [SIZE=2]The cars in the bond movies have also held my fascination too. [/SIZE]
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30th December 2005, 15:13	#119
Ashi Newbie Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Delhi Posts: 4 Thanked: 0 Times	Actually lot of em.... but still 2 fast 2 furious, gone in 60 seconds, matrix car chase scene are among the best !!
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8th April 2006, 04:36	#120
sujaylahiri BHPian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North America Posts: 960 Thanked: 6 Times View My Garage	Ronin (1998), Bullitt (Steve Macqueen is awesome), Gone in 60 seconds (original version with a 45 minute car chase!!), Transporter and Transporter 2 (Jason Statham is awesome), Diamonds are Forever (James Bond evading the cops in a GT 500!!), Italian Job (original one), Goldeneye (James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 and Xenia Onatopp's Ferrari F355GTS in the opening sequence), Tomorrow Never Dies (cellphone controlled BMW 750i!!), Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Minivan chase!!).
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