C'était un Rendezvous: On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris. The film was limited for technical reasons to 10 minutes; the course was from Porte Dauphine, through the Louvre, to the Basilica of Sacre Coeur.No streets were closed, for Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit.
The driver completed the course in about 9 minutes, reaching nearly 140 MPH in some stretches. The footage reveals him running real red lights, nearly hitting real pedestrians, and driving the wrong way up real one-way streets.
It has just been remastered and released on DVD.
Quicktime here. It's absolutely terrifying, despite looking a lot like a video game. "Red light! Red light! Red light! GARBAGE TRUCK!!!" The only thing it's missing is a woman pushing a baby carriage, and a couple of guys carrying a plate-glass window.
That video is wild as hell. I've seen some similar motorcycle videos out of Greece and Paris, and they are insane. I always have this desire to go buy a PS2 racing game after seeing these, but then I realize it just won't be the same. What I really want is one of those arcade games where you can at least sit on a real faux crotch rocket.
I've got one of those as an AVI file archived somewhere. I'll have to dig it out and post a link.
The one I remembered was from Greece, and during the entire time you just keep thinking someone has to open a car door as this guy flies by and just send him sailing ass-over-applecart.
Sadly, no big payoff. But boy, does this guy drive like a complete dick for well over 10 minutes.
GTA3 will give you the closest experience to this, but pedestrians will sometimes dive in front of your car. For extra fun, get the cops on your tail before you try this.
The buses, the BUSES!!!
~much enjoyed, though~
those pigeons are good at avoiding the cars...
ho. ly. crap.
damn.
Don't forget the cart full of watermelons. Ya need a cart full of watermelons in the road, too. (thanks to Wayne's World)
So, apparently, all vehicles in Paris are buses, garbage trucks, or VW hippie vans.
(Then again, it was 1978.)
It was also very early in the morning. Once paris wakes up, the fastest you can go on four wheels is like 45mph, and that's in a monster truck.
He did it in August - no French left there in August, they're all on holiday. Splatting a tourist would be seen as entirely forgivable by the French, there's always plenty more of them.
good eye! thanks for solving that mystery for me.
And now you never have to go to Paris. Win win.
It's the only way to out run the smell.
Obviously you've never been to San Francisco if you think Paris smells bad.
You drive fast in Paris to outrun the smell.
You drive fast in SF to outrun the gay people trying to corrupt your straight marriage and turn you gay.
This inspired many similar films. Search for the "Getaway in Stockholm" series, there are at least three of them that I've seen.
It's a shame I sold the NSX as I used to give rides like this to friends (140 mid day through Cupertino, the 20 minute drive from SF to San Jose chasing a Lamborghini, the 20 minute drive from San Leandro to San Jose, averaging 70MPH one night going up 9, catching air on the way back down, etc.). This is why I'm not allowed to get a Lotus Elise.
How many felony charges can one person rack up while driving just for speeding?
Sounds like a question only a field test can answer!
The thing about speeding is that it's a lot like parking tickets, but with a slightly more complicated dance. Pay the fine, plead not guilty, show up in court. If necessary, file summary appeal (using a lawyer). I've only ever been unable to talk down to a no-points offense once, but I was given three citations, of which two went away and one was severely reduced (to like 10 over or something).
The Getaway series is awesome.
I've seen 2, and I believe there are 4 total. One was a Porsche, and one was an NSX and a Corvette. I love my 'Vettes, so it was awesome to see one full-bore in a city. Of course, I don't condone street racing.
-bZj
jebuss christ. Try searching for "gumball" on video.google.com. The homemade clips from the gumball rally are what you want.
I am pretty sure this was the inspiration for the inner-city chase scene in the movie Ronin, which was pretty insane and a feat of filmmaking in and of itself, even with a closed set.
just been remastered and released on DVD
Just released? I bought my copy 2 years ago.
No. Remastered and released.
Thanks, I have been trying to find this for 3 years.
Muchas gracias for the car-porn.
Now I have to change my pants.
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I, too, used to love doing the 20-minute commute down 280, but alas... my baby has gone and left me.
Similar, but on a motorcycle:
http://www.zone-videos.net/video-photo/video.php?action=file&id=494
the same, better footage:
http://bestoflooping.club.fr/video/Moto-Periph-Le-Prince-Noir.mpg
most impressive illegal racing video. better than ghost rider, getaway in stockolm and of course the lelouch. more i see it, more i think it's a fake.
Similar, but on bicycles: http://www.digave.com/videos/red-web.mpg
More: http://www.digave.com/videos/
Those are a lot more entertaining than the Ferarri in Paris one, I think, if not as terrifying. The one where they ride around on the frozen Charles is hilarious. I hope it happens again this year.
I've seen Lucas Brunelle at Critical Mass in Boston a few times. (He's pretty hard to miss - rides a jet-back carbon bike with "Lamborghini" painted on the downtube) He's a great guy.
i alway wanted to do this. I think I could prefer short sprints.
If memory serves, there's a sequel, with two cars, made much more recently... in Nice? maybe. Regrettably, the front-end cam on one of the two gets nailed by a pebble early on. That one's been out on DVD for a while. Mysteriously, I've yet to acquire either, which will be rectified soon.
Also, if anyone's willing to pay (for the camera and for the court fees), I'll be happy to provide a similar video of downtown Philadelphia...
In a Ferarri?
I've got (counting)... $3.12 on it.
-bZj
nerds
I'll chip in $3.14 in court costs. Hey, looks like you almost have enough to buy 2 gallons of gas!
Wow, it's like a hi-poly version of a 'Burnout' game :D
Fuck, the video just says, "le film que vous allez voir a ètè fait sans aucun trucage ni accelerè."
Except then it doesn't show me anything. :(
Putain con, etc.
Putain, for sure..
while I'm driving on Belgian highway, cops always find in somehow amusing to send me the bill for driving at 95MPH. no pedestrians, nor waste-trucks or buses..
But then again.. it was recorded in 1978...
The only thing it's missing is a woman pushing a baby carriage, and a couple of guys carrying a plate-glass window.
quicktime not there anymore. wahhh. :(
i wanted to see a fruit cart get knocked over.
God I love that sound. The downshifting especially.
I'm surprised no one has done the obligitory quote:
"It is so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up."
I'm surprised no one has done the obligitory quote:
"It is so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up."
I just choked on my coffee. Thanks for the great obligatory quote and a good laugh.
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I made a .wmv of this video clip, it can be found here:
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Right-Click, Save As please.
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What ever the truth about this short film. It's a cracker, that's for sure. I have to have a 'fix' every now and then.
Just come across this...
http://www.bhendrix.com/wall/Gmaps_GVideo_Mashup_Rendezvous.html
sorry can't see any evidence for 140mph 70-80 yes but no faster. the cars that are passed arn't going by at a high enough rate.the sound dubing has one or two mistakes in it as well if you listen to it.where are the infamous french horn and other car noises eg noise from the diffent surface changes and building proximity?nice but not real.