The Official "Rendezvous" (C'était un rendez-vous) Thread

I have to say after knowing the car used, an S class with dubbed 275 sound over and actors playing pedestrians, I'm, disappointed. But its still a cool continuous shot that no ones has really successfully reproduced since this short movie came out!

Thanks.

BTW, here is the Making Of vid:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHn5Q15kaIA[/ame]

 

LOL! Someone, please; count how many times this story has been posted and debunked!
Must be nearly 100X on FChat alone, let alone the "lesser" online rags........
Is this the single most enduring *myth* in the Ferrari world?

 

What story exactly are you referring to? Was the sound not overdubbed by that of a 275?

 

No Merc with a V12 in 76 I'm afraid....

 

I still find it hard to believe it's a 275. It sounds too high pitched for a road ferrari. I would think the sound is from a 312F1 or similar..

 

Mercedes 450 SEL 6.9

 

Oh, why not......
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Still a great car nonetheless. My friend still has one just sitting on wooden blocks in his parking lot.

BTW, any remake of this old 8 mins movie ? In a Lambo Superleggera perhaps ? Cut it down to 4 mins

 

no, rendez-vous is not the greatest driving movie ever. you need to see more movies.....

 

I think Ken Block's latest San Francisco commercial blows Rendevoux away. No contest. And it was real.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuDN2bCIyus&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/ame]

 

YESSSSSSS!

 

how did they manage to do that in san fran?

 

Wow. Those are some crazy skills.

 

Truly insane and skilled driving! Just Wow that was awesome!

 

Long time lurker,almost never post here,but i wanted to seize the oportunity to ask something that´s been bothering me for quite a while regarding this movie,at minutes 3:31 & 4:31 & again at 5:57 :

http://vimeo.com/34039780

What did the driver do in order to produce that sound? Is it a simple downshift with heel and toe?

What kind of cars can reproduce the sound of the downshifts made in the movie (disregarding driver skill),can only older cars with carburetors sound like that or can a modern car make those kinds of sounds?

Hipothetically,not being a millionaire what car could i buy that sounded the most like the one in the movie?

Thank you

 

Who cares what the real story is?

The impression and the experience you get from watching is ALL that matters. Reality should never change image.

Space may be the final frontier but it's made in a Hollywood basement. SO WHAT.

 

Funny to see Pastrana (on the dirt bike) in Block's video, Pastrana out drives Block in the cars, and anything else for that matter.

 

Not sure if kidding or serious.....

 

Enjoy

Rendezvous on Vimeo

 

fantastic!

 

Too bad it wasn't really a Ferrari.

 

Consider this:
This was made in 1976! It was a wide angle 35mm camera hard-mounted on a Mercedes driven by the director himself...No gyros! The soundtrack is said to be from the director Claude LeLouch's Ferrari 275GTB.

 

Still great.

 

It's been 40 years but it still holds up.

[ame]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zvDXlDxMnb4[/ame]

 

A real classic.