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| Dave (Maranelloman)
Member Username: Maranelloman Post Number: 296 Registered: 1-2002 |
Mille grazie, Wayne!! | |||
| L. Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
Junior Member Username: Lwausbrooks Post Number: 51 Registered: 8-2002 |
Thanks, Dave. Sounds cool. Don't know if I'll ever get to see it though. BTW, I checked out your profile. VERY COOL pic of you in your 550! Wayne | |||
| Dave (Maranelloman)
Member Username: Maranelloman Post Number: 293 Registered: 1-2002 |
It used to be on the old Speedvision. It was from the 70s & 80s, where a camera was strapped on the roll hoop of a bunch F1 cars, mostly during practice & qualifying) (this before BernieVision...). Remember, this was back when these cars had stick shifts & very few electronics, so the drivers actually DROVE (and shifted) their cars. The sound is superb, and watching these guys steer, slide, shift, coundersteer, etc. with tha sounds, is increduble. Very gritty & real, and makes you appreciate how difficult it was (and still is) to drive F1 cars at speed. | |||
| L. Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
New member Username: Lwausbrooks Post Number: 50 Registered: 8-2002 |
"Rendezvous" is awesome. The car in "Ferris Bueller's", though, is a bad fake. It's not even an exact replica and is somewhat of an amalgam of LWB and SWB styles. What is "Lap of the Gods"? I missed that one. | |||
| Dave (Maranelloman)
Member Username: Maranelloman Post Number: 292 Registered: 1-2002 |
Ferris Bueller (anyone? anyone??) Rendezvous Lap of the Gods Ferrari: Victory by Design | |||
| Eric Eiland (Eric308gtsiqv)
Member Username: Eric308gtsiqv Post Number: 358 Registered: 11-2001 |
Yes...right after he purchases his dream car, while driving down the main boulevard at night -- he stops at an intersection and some girls in another car are giving him the eye. As he floors it to show off, the car starts going crazy -- doors opening and closing, lights flashing, etc. Rather funny scene. Irony is, from what Lambo owners tell me of their experiences, this replica might not be to much different from an original (LOL)  . Joking aside, the Countach is still on my wish-list. | |||
| L. Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
New member Username: Lwausbrooks Post Number: 20 Registered: 8-2002 |
Is that the one where the car keeps breaking down? | |||
| Eric Eiland (Eric308gtsiqv)
Member Username: Eric308gtsiqv Post Number: 357 Registered: 11-2001 |
Speaking of kitcars...anyone ever see the 1988 movie "It Takes Two"? It's about these two childhood sweethearts Travis & Stephi who are forty-eight hours away from their wedding. But when Travis heads to Dallas to buy his dream car (a Lambo Countach replica), he meets a wild woman who takes him on the ride of his life! The Lambo, even though it was a "replica", was very well done -- perhaps a Prova? Here's a pic of the video cover:
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| Ron Thomas (Ronsupercar)
Junior Member Username: Ronsupercar Post Number: 232 Registered: 5-2002 |
Have anyone here seen "Force of One" Many Ferrari and Lambo chase scenes.. (all kitcars but cool driving) | |||
| nick m........ (Nickm)
Junior Member Username: Nickm Post Number: 108 Registered: 8-2001 |
Herbie the Love Bug!!!! Yeaahhhh! Check out the cars Herbie is racing. You'll see a bunch of cars people would kill to own today. And, THEY ARE CRASHING LEFT & RIGHT! | |||
| L. Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
New member Username: Lwausbrooks Post Number: 10 Registered: 8-2002 |
Here's a good one. Which was worse, the fake Cal Spyder in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" or the fake GTO in the opening dream sequence of Vanilla Sky? | |||
| Mark (Study)
Member Username: Study Post Number: 288 Registered: 10-2001 |
Not be the best... but makes me laugh. Funniest Fcar movie- Cheech & Chong's Next Movie, had a 246 Dino at the end.. with cops chasing them on dirt roads and into a weed field. "That was too easy, slow down and let them catch up again" | |||
| L. Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
New member Username: Lwausbrooks Post Number: 9 Registered: 8-2002 |
Best chase scenes: 1. Ronin (Both scenes) 2. Bullitt (of course) 3. Goldeneye (Mostly because of the cars involved and that look on Miss Onatopp's face) My favorite Ferrari to ever appear in a movie: The Thomas Crown Affair. 275 GTS/4 NART Spyder s/n 09437. This was the first of the ten NART Spyders and the only one with a competition history, having finished 17th in the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1967. The car was featured in the Sept 1967 issue of road and track and then was repainted a deep red before appearing in The Thomas Crown Affair with Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. A sad point: in the Director's Commentary on the DVD director Norman Jewison refers to the car as "the new Jag that was out at the time." | |||
| Ron Thomas (Ronsupercar)
Junior Member Username: Ronsupercar Post Number: 226 Registered: 5-2002 |
You guys are forgetting some of at awesome driving in one of the James Bond flicks where he is in the vintage Aston Martin and he races the chick in the F355 GTB.. Another great movie to catch is "No Man's Land" where Charlie Sheen steals Porsches with a rookie cop...A 365 Boxers makes a small appearence in the movies | |||
| Ken (Allyn)
Member Username: Allyn Post Number: 493 Registered: 10-2001 |
Dave Smith wins the Gold Star!!!! Lotus Europa was the answer. It was a JPS and mine is a Twin Cam, but close enough! | |||
| Edward Gault (Irfgt)
Intermediate Member Username: Irfgt Post Number: 1718 Registered: 2-2001 |
How about "The Great Race" with Tony Curtis. The car that Professor Fate used actually was powered by a Corvair engine. Great pie fight too! | |||
| David P. Smith (Dave330gtc)
New member Username: Dave330gtc Post Number: 13 Registered: 3-2002 |
11 Harrowhouse - 246 Dino and Lotus Europa | |||
| bruce wellington (Bws88tr)
Member Username: Bws88tr Post Number: 642 Registered: 4-2002 |
ken they used a ferrari for all their jewelery heists ??? | |||
| Harlan Mott (Hmott3)
Junior Member Username: Hmott3 Post Number: 167 Registered: 12-2001 |
I should not have forgotten the two movies that probably put the Ferrari bug in. The first was Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and the second was Weird Science. I doubt either get top billing for car scenes but they seemed to work on me. | |||
| Ken (Allyn)
Member Username: Allyn Post Number: 492 Registered: 10-2001 |
11 Harrowhouse. A gold star if anyone can say why I chose that! | |||
| billy zissis (89tr)
Junior Member Username: 89tr Post Number: 207 Registered: 4-2001 |
Actually one of the best movies I have seen witha Ferrari and a good raace at it was "Munsters go Home" the movie. In the end I believe it was a 250GT spyder racing against all these great cars including the Munstermobile. Has to be one of the greatest if not funniest races I have ever seen. | |||
| Jens Haller (Jh280774)
New member Username: Jh280774 Post Number: 30 Registered: 9-2001 |
My favorite Ferrari movie is definitely "La Passione". It was directed by Chris Rea who is a big Ferrari fan. The story is about a poor italian family living in Great Britain selling italian ice cream there. The smallest son is a ferrari addictive and becomes a big fan of von Trips and the shark nose F1 Ferraris of 1961(F156). There is a lot of previously unreleased film footage taken by von Trips himself. You can also hear some really nice tracks written by Rea and sung by Shirly Bassey. The story is basically about this boy becoming rich and realizing his dreams about owning very rare Ferraris of the 60s. On the other hand he looses contact to his family and gets lonely. A quite interesting story with lots of nice Ferraris from the 60s, great original film clips and a fantastic sound track. This movie should definitely not be missed by any serious Ferrari enthusiast. Con saluti cordiali, Jens Haller | |||
| Rob Layton (Mr_ferrari)
New member Username: Mr_ferrari Post Number: 9 Registered: 11-2001 |
Did anyone see �the glass house� that came out on DVD/video six months ago? Towards the end of the movie, they used a red Ferrari TR that was destroyed in a head on collision with a semi truck. I hope that was a kit car used for the stunt� It brought a large tear to my eye to see that happen to a Ferrari�. I think they should have used a Porsche instead� | |||
| chris cummings (Entelechy)
Junior Member Username: Entelechy Post Number: 108 Registered: 5-2001 |
Glad Norman mentioned it - I have to say "Mad Max" was pretty amazing for a low-budget indie film. Capturing speed on film and making it look realistic is very difficult. Mad Max used a lot of low angles on moving cars with wide lenses, plus the stunts are pretty phenomenal. Those Aussies are balls out! Check out the motorcycle rider who spills and has the bike nail him in the back of the head. Yes, it's low budget and has a certain comic book charm, but it's extremely well done. I just spent six months working with the director George Miller on Wonder Woman up at Warner Bros. and I can't say enough how impressed I was with him. He's brilliant and a terrific guy - in fact, he was a doctor (pediatrician) before he became a movie director. I've been fortunate enough to have worked with the likes of Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis, James Cameron, and others and George Miller still remains one of the best learning experiences I've had. ~C | |||
| Kelly J. Vince (Tifosi1)
Member Username: Tifosi1 Post Number: 326 Registered: 2-2002 |
Smokey and the Bandit | |||
| Chuck Babel (Chuck_98_rt10)
New member Username: Chuck_98_rt10 Post Number: 23 Registered: 5-2002 |
Wow, only two votes for American Graffiti??? It's gotta be the best car movie of all time. | |||
| Tim Hogan (Tojo)
New member Username: Tojo Post Number: 50 Registered: 4-2002 |
What was the Dirty Harry film where he got chased by the remote control car? That was a pretty cool scene | |||
| Norman Yung (Storminnormin)
New member Username: Storminnormin Post Number: 7 Registered: 7-2002 |
The original Mad Max movie with Mel Gibson has got to be a cult classic! | |||
| Jason Biggs (Jason179)
New member Username: Jason179 Post Number: 2 Registered: 8-2002 |
My favorite car movie has to be gone in 60 seconds. jason | |||
| Patrick (Patrickr)
New member Username: Patrickr Post Number: 48 Registered: 4-2002 |
I too like Ronin. Definitely some great car chases and killer drifts  Others include Gone In Sixty Seconds... gotta love te GT500. Don't kill me but I haven't seen Grand Prix... will check it out though! Patrick | |||
| Todd Gieger (Todd328gts)
New member Username: Todd328gts Post Number: 48 Registered: 6-2002 |
I still love the old muscle cars...The 70 Charger in Fast and Furious with Vin Diesel and Nicholas Cage in Gone in 60 seconds with many cool rides (not to mention the Lone Rider song is a pisser)...just a couple I thought of off the top of my head...I cut my teeth with the 67-69 Firebirds 400 Ram Air/4 Speed etc... | |||
| Jack (Gilles27)
Member Username: Gilles27 Post Number: 512 Registered: 3-2002 |
Seriously. "Grand Prix", "Le Mans", and that's it. The rest are chase scenes. | |||
| Daniel B Reese MD (Dbr328gtb)
Junior Member Username: Dbr328gtb Post Number: 107 Registered: 5-2001 |
OK, you guys. I saw a great movie on tv at the beach last year. It was made in the 1950s and was about a guy on a Ferrari race team. There were realistic crashes. Some characters were killed in these crashes. His romance was a subplot. Basically he was struggling with the idea of racing with death looming because of crashing. I forgot what it was called. It was a great period Ferrari movie. Anybody know? | |||
| J. Grande (Jay)
Member Username: Jay Post Number: 486 Registered: 10-2001 |
Loved "American Graffiti", I really liked "Gone in 60 seconds" the new version. Of course "Grand Prix" is a no brainer. "The Rock" used a kit for the 355 scene. If you look closely when the car crashes the entire side of the car comes off in one piece! No opening doors. I also love the "Cannonball run" movies, something about Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr dressed up as priests driving a 308! | |||
| Barry Wolinsky (308gtb)
Junior Member Username: 308gtb Post Number: 211 Registered: 2-2002 |
I liked the chase scenes at the end of "The Blues Brothers." And, of course, Le Mans and Grand Prix. I guess I'm fortunate in that I saw Grand Prix the way John Frankenheimer intended it be seen, in  | |||
| arthur chambers (Art355)
Member Username: Art355 Post Number: 572 Registered: 6-2001 |
Le Mans was the best in my opinion. Interesting story: was filmed mostly at Sebring that year. McQueen's car was the Prosche and Andretti was driving the Ferrari at the end. Even though filming, the Porsche had about a 3 minute lead in the last hour or so. Andretti broke the lap record 3, 4 times catching the Prosche to go onto the win (not shown in the actual footage) Andrette at the end: "There was no way I was letting that f*cking actor win." Art | |||
| Jim E (Jimpo1)
Member Username: Jimpo1 Post Number: 601 Registered: 7-2001 |
I have to go with Ronin and Gumball Rally. I love the GR scene with the Daytona and the Cobra racing over the mountains. The chase scenes on Ronin are how I usually introduce people to my surround sound! | |||
| Horsefly (Arlie)
Junior Member Username: Arlie Post Number: 115 Registered: 5-2002 |
King of the Mountain: "Time is speed, speed is time"-Dennis Hopper. Two Lane Blacktop: one of my favorites, partly because one of the scenes was filmed here in Arkansas about 15 miles outside of my hometown. It was also filmed in an almost documentary fashion and captured the times very well. Two guys with nothing to do just drifting around in a '55 Chevy. Reminds me of my friends '57 Chevy and the times we spent riding around to nowhere in general. Bit of trivia: The '55 Chevy in Two Lane Blacktop was also one of several '55 Chevys used in American Grafitti. They used one 55 for interior shots, the Grafitti car for wide shots, another 55 for the rollover scene, and a fourth car for the burning car after the rollever. Or so I read. | |||
| chris cummings (Entelechy)
Junior Member Username: Entelechy Post Number: 104 Registered: 5-2001 |
I checked out "The Hidden" and was traumatized the way they destroyed that beautiful 308 in the opening. Didn't watch the rest, were there more F cars in the film? | |||
| Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
Member Username: Ernie Post Number: 325 Registered: 11-2001 |
Yeah it is "Against all Odds"!!!!! it has been along time since i have seen it. Thanks for the correction, oh that would have sucked to rent the other one and watch the whole thing and no Ferrari scene. Nice save guys. But for sure you guys have you go to the BMW Films website. The movies are a must see. | |||
| Harlan Mott (Hmott3)
Junior Member Username: Hmott3 Post Number: 166 Registered: 12-2001 |
Ronin without a doubt. Also you can find a 456 and a (if I remember correctly) 330 in the movie if you are paying attention. | |||
| Terry Daniel (Dogue)
Junior Member Username: Dogue Post Number: 61 Registered: 9-2001 |
Duel (one of my favorite movies) Delirious (no chase scene but John Candy in a 250 GTO) | |||
| Mark (Markg)
Junior Member Username: Markg Post Number: 219 Registered: 2-2001 |
The Italian Job (Lambo Miura) The Hidden (stupid movie about an alien obbsesed with stealing Ferrari's) Vanishing Point Le Mans Gumball Rally | |||
| Dave L (Davel)
Junior Member Username: Davel Post Number: 190 Registered: 7-2001 |
Against all odds chase was 911 versus Black 4valve GTS | |||
| Don Norton (Litig8r)
Junior Member Username: Litig8r Post Number: 92 Registered: 6-2001 |
Isn't the Against All Odds chase with a Mondial? I don't recall off the top of my head but I think it was a black Mondial, no? Also, how about Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (or some combination of those nouns and adjectives)? Love the Old Mopars. | |||
| Mr. Doody (Doody)
Member Username: Doody Post Number: 349 Registered: 11-2001 |
was always amused by the 355 chase sequence in The Rock. hardly the finest auto chase scene, but a lot of fun! Stoner: "Dude - you trashed your Ferrari!" Cage: "It wasn't MY Ferrari!". doody. | |||
| Andre Vieira (Goggles_pisano)
New member Username: Goggles_pisano Post Number: 28 Registered: 5-2002 |
I would like to hear some of these Renny Harlin stories...it just seemed to kill Geena's career to appear in "Cutthroat Island" and "The Long Kiss Goodnight". A shame really, it seems like her talent's being wasted. Oh yeah, car movies. I like...
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| David P. Smith (Dave330gtc)
New member Username: Dave330gtc Post Number: 11 Registered: 3-2002 |
I will have to agree with Edward and disagree with Chris. I think that Vanishing Point is the best car movie out there. I did see it in the theater when it originally came out and have watched it repeatedly since then. I think the generation comment from Chris is valid as it really was a movie for it's time. I still like to relive those days occasionally and Vanishing Point still hits home for me. Just my 2 cents. | |||
| chris cummings (Entelechy)
Junior Member Username: Entelechy Post Number: 102 Registered: 5-2001 |
It's come up here many times, but I'm with Ross - Grand Prix, Le Mans, and Bullitt. Still haven't seen Rendezvous - too expensive for ten minutes! I think the Ferrari vs. Porsche race that Ernie was referring to is "Against All Odds". It really is a fantastic scene (I've got it on DVD). Love the 308. The DVD has commentary in which the actors and director give some interesting background about filming the race. And finally, "Driven" has got to be the biggest blight to auto racing ever. I used to work for Geena Davis when I first came to Hollywood and I can attest firsthand to what a simian, knuckle-dragging moron Renny Harlin is. I even suffered through part of his commentary on the DVD. In the opening minutes, he talks about how the project came to "fruitation"...ummm, I think the word you're looking for Renny would be "fruition". Granted, English isn't his first language, but I've got some Renny stories that are truly beyond belief. Too bad, because he truly seems passionate about F-1, he just doesn't have the talent and vision to deliver it in the way Frankenheimer could decades earlier. I picked up "Winning" with Paul Newman and "Vanishing Point" and really wasn't too impressed with either. Vanishing Point seems to be the forerunner to Dukes of Hazard, but it may be a generational thing. Bottom line, I wish more people in Hollywood understood that truly exciting car chases like Bullitt, Ronin, the French Connection, etc. are all about real speed and driving, not ridiculously impossible "Michael Bay" type crap. " Just my opinion, but Hollywood is my business and someday I'd love to direct a REAL car chase film like the ones that inspired me. Best, ~chris | |||
| Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
Member Username: Ernie Post Number: 324 Registered: 11-2001 |
How yeah even check out the short movies at www.bmwfilms.com. The files are pretty big but worth the waite, Excellent Stuff! | |||
| Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
Member Username: Ernie Post Number: 323 Registered: 11-2001 |
A memorable one for me was "King of the Mountain". It was the first movie I remember seeing Dennis Hopper in. Also I liked the Ferrari vs. Porsche race in "Terms of Endearment", a good one for you 308 guys. | |||
| Norman Yung (Storminnormin)
New member Username: Storminnormin Post Number: 6 Registered: 7-2002 |
Ronin has two great car chase scenes, one of which is probably one of the best car chase scenes ever! | |||
| Tenney (Tenney)
Junior Member Username: Tenney Post Number: 199 Registered: 2-2001 |
American Graffiti Bullitt Two Lane Blacktop Grand Prix Rendezvous Super Speedway On Any Sunday (well, it involves wheels) | |||
| Edward Gault (Irfgt)
Intermediate Member Username: Irfgt Post Number: 1697 Registered: 2-2001 |
Vanishing Point! Numero Uno! best Drive-in flick ever. | |||
| TomD (Tifosi)
Intermediate Member Username: Tifosi Post Number: 1165 Registered: 9-2001 |
I have only caught bits of Driven but it looks like the worst movie ever done | |||
| James Dixon (Omnadren250)
Member Username: Omnadren250 Post Number: 267 Registered: 7-2001 |
The Gumball Rally!!!!! | |||
| Greg Rodgers (Joechristmas)
Member Username: Joechristmas Post Number: 421 Registered: 3-2001 |
Cannonball Run!!!! | |||
| ross koller (Ross)
Junior Member Username: Ross Post Number: 222 Registered: 3-2002 |
let's hear what movies everybody rates when they feel the need for speed.....on the video. i'll volunteer that i like: grand prix le mans bullet i will even (if desperate) watch: days of thunder not worth the cost of rental: driven |
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