A chase scene better than Bullitt!

[87natty]

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 (225 Km/h) 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. Upon showing the film in public for the first time, Lelouch was arrested. He has never revealed the identity of the driver, and the film went underground until a DVD release a few years ago.

Now, thanks to the miracle of the Internet, you can watch it in your browser

http://www.bsdunix.ch/public/rendezvous20_04.mov

Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%27%C3%A9tait_un_rendez-vous

[ledzeppac]

hey link doesn't work... at least for me....

[87natty]

Hmm... I'll get back to this. I stole the movie, so I'll upload it.

[ledzeppac]

I got the link from wikipedia so it works now.....

[SuperSix]

Ack.. Quicktime.    

[Recklessrob]

Ack.. Quicktime.

[sun dog]

Did "save link as" and downloaded from Brian's link.  Head spinning video, looks like your on a cycle.  I've heard of this clip, but first I've seen it, Thanks.

[Racer X]

A chase scene better than Bullitt!

HEY HEY HEY!!! These are near blasphemous statements! Then once a I read your description I breathed a sigh of relief. The film you are talking about is not a chase scene but one guy that has balls bigger than any ten Frenchies combined ripping through France, no chase, whew!  

I will have to watch the vid tomorrow when I get to the high speed wire at work.

[87natty]

http://rapidshare.de/files/5973187/rendezvous20_04.mov.html

[Recklessrob]

I've heard of that video, but 34=mb is way too long for
dial up. I tried to get DSL, and they say it isn't available to my phone number
yet.
 :flat;