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| john w. houghtaling, II (Johnhoughtaling)
Junior Member Username: Johnhoughtaling Post Number: 84 Registered: 11-2002 |
According to Peter Weller (Robo cop) he used to hang out quite a bit with Lelouch and recounts the true story. (Peter drops by now and again, is a big Ferrari fan. He was at my home watching an F1 race last year and my buddy Franco Valobra and I really grilled him.) According to Peter the car is not a Ferrari. I forgot the name of the car but it was a very small pedestrian french car. The sound is dubbed (no surprise there), but the sound is from a real 275 GTB (which Lelouch drove). The film is not sped up. Instead the camera was mounted very low, almost touching the ground (hence a greater sensation of speed. ). The streets were not blocked off, but they did have several lookouts. Still, Peter says that Lelouch claims he was almost killed several times. Lelouch leaves the car at the end. The babe is his girlfriend. In any event, I think the film is fantastic. A wonderful film. A must see for every Ferrari fan. | ||
| James Glickenhaus (Napolis)
Member Username: Napolis Post Number: 635 Registered: 10-2002 |
Wayne I think you said it best. Sometimes overanalization misses the entire point. I remember a review of Albert Goldman's book on Elvis. The reviewer correctly pointed out that the only thing that Goldman had forgotten to mention was that the son of a bit*h could really sing. Who cares how Claude did it? It's still way cool. Best Jim Jim | ||
| L. Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
Intermediate Member Username: Lwausbrooks Post Number: 1035 Registered: 8-2002 |
I have this short flick on VHS and I love it. I don't care if it was rigged or dubbed. I just enjoy popping it in every once in a while, sitting back and letting my imagination take over. This is a bargain since I paid through the nose for it several years ago. | ||
| Andreas Forrer (Tifosi12)
Member Username: Tifosi12 Post Number: 510 Registered: 10-2002 |
I'm surprised by the movie poster (1st message below). That is obviously typical for the time the movie was made, but quite different from the cover the US VHS cassette uses. Looks pretty awesome. BTW: One should note, that Lelouch is a real movie director, who did lots of other (strange) films. This was some sort of an aberration. Thanks to my own obsession my girl friend (who is serious into movies) was the only one in her class who could name this movie. :-) | ||
| Dennis (Bighead)
New member Username: Bighead Post Number: 10 Registered: 2-2003 |
There has always been a lot of debate about this movie, as Jonas points out. F-Listers have debated this in detail, pointing out examples of where the sounds have been added in, determining how the car cannot be a Ferrari, whether it was made with the cooperation of the police, etc. In any event, the movie is only 9+ minutes long, and it was long available in the US on VHS for $49.99, so 15 pounds for a new DVD version sounds quite reasonable. It's probably worth getting if only because it's now a historical classic, and has served as inspiration for many other film projects (including the notorious Scandinavian getaway films). Just be aware of what you're buying. vty, --Dennis | ||
| Rob Lay (Rob328gts)
Board Administrator Username: Rob328gts Post Number: 3702 Registered: 12-2000 |
I love this film, it's spectacular with the sounds and how fast he appears to be driving through public street (almost running people over). We've had many extensive conversations on this film in the past on FerrariChat.com. You might check the archives, but I think it's my conclusion and that of others that this film was edited. The sounds was edited in by the fact of 7 gear changes and there's other evidence the film was sped up. Some even suggested from sources that he had people placed through the streets as look outs and maybe even the people "almost" getting run over. Amazing none the less even if it was rigged. | ||
| Jonas Petersen (Karsten335)
Junior Member Username: Karsten335 Post Number: 214 Registered: 11-2002 |
If it is the one I have seen on the net, it's deadboring. It looks like the car is driving slow, and the engine sound has been edited in. It's early morning and no traffic, you really don't see the Ferrari! It's boring. | ||
| Anthony_Ferrari (Anthony_ferrari)
Junior Member Username: Anthony_ferrari Post Number: 158 Registered: 11-2002 |
This one looks interesting aswell, from the same people: The Cobra Ferrari Wars Ten years in the making, this fast-paced, sixties-style, split screen epic with an amazing soundtrack tells the extraordinary story of how Carroll Shelby, together with a bunch of Southern Californian hot-rodders took on the might of Enzo Ferrari and his GTO in the mid 60s. Aside from original interviews from all the participants there's wonderful archive footage alongside some beautiful, newly filmed reconstructions with the original cars (Ferrari GTO, 250 SWB, Cobras and Daytona Coupe) on the track. A must for Cobra and Ferrari fans alike. "I spent a whole lot of time with Richard on this and he's really nailed it. Got all the right people, from Dan Gurney to Lee Iacocca. It's a wonderful, wonderful story and I've never seen anybody tell it better. I'm very proud to have been part of it." Carroll Shelby | ||
| Andrew Menasce (Amenasce)
Member Username: Amenasce Post Number: 606 Registered: 10-2001 |
Awesome ! cant wait ! thanks for the info ! | ||
| Anthony_Ferrari (Anthony_ferrari)
Junior Member Username: Anthony_ferrari Post Number: 157 Registered: 11-2002 |
Thanks for that. I'll certainly be ordering it!  | ||
| Justin Randall Kenyon (Kenyon)
Junior Member Username: Kenyon Post Number: 135 Registered: 10-2002 |
RENDEVOUS TO GET PUBLIC RELEASE Tuesday 25th February That famous blast through Paris hits the big screen and the little one For many years "C��tait un Rendezvous" has been passed around the internet by petrolheads around the world. Filmed in 1976, the revered short film by French director Claude Lelouch is regarded as the ultimate street driving film, making the likes of Bullitt seem amateur. Mystery and speculation surround the film. Was it Lelouch or a hired Formula One driver who drove the car and was it really a Ferrari 275 GTB? What we do know is that there are no special effects or blocking off the streets. Lelouch simply mounted the camera on the front of the car and took it on an astonishing, death-defying drive through the streets of a beautifully filmed 70s Paris with a brutal soundtrack courtesy of the engine, exhaust and tyres. It's a film that gets the spine tingling - not just because of the beautiful sound track, but because it's so Politically incorrect in these namby pamby times. Now the film is to escape the underground and receive public viewings. It will be shown for two weeks (before George Clooneys� "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind") at The Electric Cinema, Notting Hill, London from March 14-28. DVD/VHS copies will be available on-line from March 14 at www.spiritlevelfilm.com priced at �14.99.  |