Let's see... not that I can prioritize these particularly, but - Ronin The Bourne Identity series The Italian Job The Blues Brothers the original Gone in 60 Seconds (the remake is perfectly fine also) Goldfinger Die Another Day (and other select Bond chase/stunt scenes) Rendezvous is it's own brand of cult classic, but that would qualify as a short vs. whole movie. that's what comes to mind for the moment... Anyone?
1. "Two Lane Blacktop" (no surprise here I guess) 2. The ORIGINAL "Vanishing Point" 3. "Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry" 4. "Bullitt" 5. "The Last Run" with George C. Scott
to add to the already mentioned collection... Gumball Rally The Wraith Transporter 1 (naturally...) Le Mans American Graffiti Mad Max Cannonball Run Death Race 2000 (the original) can't forget the original Love Bug series...
Wow..don't know how I overlooked some of these good ones too (especially the original 'Love Bug' as opposed to the lame remake). Let's not forget 'Gran Prix' with James Garner either along with the first "Smokey and The Bandit". Can't believe we haven't mentioned that one yet. And yes, I had a blue '78 Trans Am that I bought new....$6395.00 OTD with the infamous T/A 6.6 engine. Dash was rattling at 5k miles but what an engine.....
LMAO no particular order: Mad Max Transporter Canonball Run Ronin Gone in 60 Seconds (original) and for good measure: Mother, Juggs and Speed!
Grand Prix LeMans The Italian Job - the ORIGINAL one, with Michael Caine Cars I guess the thread doesn't call for a list of those that suck like Deathrace 2000, the Mad Max series, Two Lane Blacktop, or Mary/Larry.
I had to laugh at Driving Miss Daisy, although that movie is it's own kind of classic. Terminator 2 & 3 (where else do you get to see semi's and bigger create as much carnage...)
Movies, good or bad Grand Prix is essential; get the two-disc DVD and watch all the special features first, then the movie. Pay no attention to Eva Marie Saint. Learn to affect a French accent when you say, "When Ah see somzing 'orreebool, Ah poot mah foot down, hard---because I know zee othairs are leefting zairs!" Frankenheimer said he made Ronin to go back and remind people how a car chase should be done. American Graffiti is great fun, especially when the farm boy (some guy named Ford) rolls the bitchin' '55 Chevy; the one you see upside down is an obvious junkyard dog with skinny steel wheels. The Last Run is essential BMW-junkie kindergarten. Use it when somebody asks you what you mean by "existential film." Gone In Sixty Seconds is the second most insulting movie ever made, as good a reason as any to boycott Nicolas Cage movies. In one scene the mirror of the Mustang is snapped off, bouncing against the door and hanging by its wires; in the next scene, it's miraculously restored. I can suspend disbelief long enough to put up with what one critic calls "the inevitable flame-and-steam factory," but self-healing mirrors show a disdain for the audience.
That's what's so wonderful about the original Gone in Sixty Seconds. The Mustang used in that movie was the same car from beginning to end (no stand-ins) and as it got damaged in a scene, it stayed that way (and continued to get pounded on throughout the movie). Outside of that movie, I've gotten as used to self healing cars in chase scenes as I have of tires squealing on dirt. That's one that irks me.
That's the problem with chase scene's in 95% of the movies today. Self healing cars, CG crashes and unrealistic CG stunts. Give me a good old Blues Brothers chase through the mall any day!
Grand Prix and Le Mans are both great movies in my opinion, and I know its not a car movie technically but the chase scene in Bullit is one of the greatest
I have to say that the film that Audi did about last year's Le Mans (actually done by NFL Films) is up there in my top 5. Very well told and narrated by Jason Stratham (the Transporter guy). It is a really winner. Shown on ESPN HD only once...But... ...it is free on iTunes for download and watching. Search for "Truth In 24" under the Movies heading.
What a movie . I love the ending car scene when they book through Chicago under the L and all the police cars decided to fly and turn over
Elwood: It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses. Jake: Hit it.
