Greatest Movie Car Chases! - Page 8

-pre78- · 18-09-2009, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by homegrown

And the 57 chevy that goes under ground through a secret entrance in a football oval

Any help on the titles of these movies would be great.

catch me if you can
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097029/

Dauphin · 27-04-2011, 03:49 PM

A bit of an old thread here but I recently saw the 1980s mob action film Raw Deal on the weekend, starring Arnie.

Arnie is undercover as a mobster as he gives chase to a big black boxy American limo carrying other mobsters trying to escape his pusuit and they go through various settings for two minutes.

Another cool car chase was in The Town, a recent film starring and directed by Ben Affleck. He and a bunch of crooks are in a people mover being chased by police through some very tight alleyways like you see in Europe. Was quite impressive seeing an MPV do all that.

2011G6E · 27-04-2011, 04:26 PM

Is there really any other answer for first place but "BULLITT"????
Real cars, on real streets, no computer animation, and Steve Macqueen scaring the bejesus out of the film makers by demanding to do a lot of it himself...

Ronin was amazing too. The cars used in the movie included an Audi S8, big Puegeot 605's, and a Mercedes 450 SEL 6.9

max_torq · 27-04-2011, 05:49 PM

I like the classic It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world. Three hours of automotive craziness 1963 style.

mad-xa · 27-04-2011, 06:50 PM

heres one not mentioned <eat my dust < mad classic with ron howard

ado351c · 27-04-2011, 08:38 PM

Running On Empty, Classic Aussie movie, Fat 57 Chev Built and Driven by a blind bloke, Phase 3's including a convertable one, and "Fox" Challenger. Bad acting but great cars.

MR.BA.GT.332 · 27-04-2011, 08:53 PM

white lightning & hooper - burt reynolds
the cars that ate paris - crap aussie flick, very ummmm, interesting...
trucks - stephen king movie

wrongwaynorris · 28-04-2011, 06:14 AM

Just spotted this too ,

Noones mentioned Aloha Bobby and Rose and The Last Chase .

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073941/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082642/

Pis-ton broke · 28-04-2011, 04:29 PM

what about Herbie, that bug could beat any car.

herbie goes bananas

Dauphin · 05-03-2012, 02:27 PM

Just updating the list with a film I watched called Drive Angry, starring Nic Cage. It was a pretty silly film with lots of gore and supernatural gun-happy action, but had lots of classic muscle cars in it as well.

Angeldust · 05-03-2012, 02:38 PM

Dont know if it has been mentioned, but in the movie 'BMX Bandits' there are some nice car scenes of an old 'fairlane? or ltd? (im unsure) but its definetly a GREAT watch as its being flogged around Sydney...RECOMMENDED!

hawker · 05-03-2012, 10:59 PM

I'd say 'Ronin'...

Sprint · 06-03-2012, 09:13 AM

blues brothers has the greatest car chase ever on film

aussie muscle · 06-03-2012, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by 82XD393.3v

There was one from the early 80's or late 70's which featured a black Lincon I think.
It was the devils car and it drove around aimlessly killing people. In one of the car chases it barrel rolled onto the cop cars destroying them but I carn't remember the name of it. Does anyone remember this movie?

The movie was called 'The Car' (tag 'What evil drives...'). the car itself was a lincoln customised by George Barris (who did the 60's batmobile).
there was also a made for tV movie ripoff called Wheels of Terror. the car in that was a 71 dodge charger with the front crushed down to look like a frowny face.

*bullitt mustang needed substantial mods to make it go fast enough to do the scenes. the charger didn't need any.

*French connection used undercranking (speeding up the film) to make it look more hectic and dangerous.

*vanishing point they weren't allowed to crash the new challenger, so they replaced it with a 67 camaro for the finale.

blackf6 · 06-03-2012, 12:43 PM

i used to watch wheels of terror all the time. love it

NeillNZ · 06-03-2012, 09:41 PM

Race with the devil
Not a car chase, but a mobile home(winnebago) vs cars, F series trucks, tow trucks etc. Quite fast paced for a 70s film.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073600/

Initial D - live action film.
I'm not a drift fan and there are no muscle cars in this film but I still enjoy it each time I watch it. It is a good story and without the Hollywood bull.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0439630/

Short Time.
Crazy car chase in this
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100604/

Check out this link for 10 of the best chases, ones that have been mentioned already:
http://jalopnik.com/397302/top-ten-b...s-with-a-twist

MAFIA · 07-03-2012, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by -pre78-

catch me if you can
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097029/

I agree with you on that! And the original classic 70's Gone in 60 second.

Chippa666 · 07-03-2012, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by homegrown

Two Lane BlackTop.
I havn't seen that one listed. Thats the same 55 chevy used in american graffiti apparently. Not sure which came out first tho.
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American graffiti came first then two lane blacktop. The car was heavily modded for two lane. Not much dialogue but a cool movie. Have an original VHS copy that I managed to burn to DVD if anyone is interested? Never seen it as a DVD.

A few tragic car chase movies that aren't widely known:

Corvette summer with a very young Mark Hamil

Eat my dust with Ron Howard.

Grand theft auto also staring Ron Howard.

Fast track- no limits. Cheesy euro film but ok.

Le mans- steve mcqeen but more car racing than anything

Days of Thunder- the chase/race/demolition derby in rent-a-cars!! Funny as

In The Red.

Roadracers.

Convoy.

Just a few. Love all the other movies mentioned and own most of them. I'm trying to build up a large collection of car chase/ race movies for myself so this has been helpful.

MAFIA · 08-03-2012, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Chippa666

American graffiti came first then two lane blacktop. The car was heavily modded for two lane. Not much dialogue but a cool movie. Have an original VHS copy that I managed to burn to DVD if anyone is interested? Never seen it as a DVD.

got both American Graffiti 1 & 2 on DVD!!!

Kieron · 08-03-2012, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by aussie muscle

*bullitt mustang needed substantial mods to make it go fast enough to do the scenes. the charger didn't need any.

Bullit Mustang had a 390 vs the Chargers 440, however the 390 wasn't that modified, heads were machined and carb/ignition tinkered with.
Both cars had their suspensions modified, however the Mustang wasn't as strong as the Chargers so suffered on the jumps more iirc.

FPVGT500 · 08-03-2012, 09:10 PM

Gone in 60 seconds!!!!!!!!!

Kevaclone · 08-03-2012, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by SVR73

Forgot to mention I have an original of Midnite spares, great flick
Hope it's on dvd though

Check Ebay, got my copy of Midnight Spares on DVD from there

Nikked · 08-03-2012, 10:11 PM

Metal Skin had some good action in it...

Kevaclone · 08-03-2012, 10:47 PM

Seinfeld, When Jerry's car is stolen by his crazed Mechanic and chased by Kramer and Neumann in the postal van, and George involved in an electric scooter chase with a bunch of oldies

cheap · 09-03-2012, 07:25 PM

Without doubt Vanishing Point

Miss Gilda Texter, simply a superb actress,a natural, fantastic for a 1969 flick!

Oh, and the rest of the movie was cool too

Dauphin · 14-03-2012, 08:40 AM

I watched an obscure Charles Bronson thriller flick from 1970 called Cold Sweat.

It has a long sequence in the second half of the film involving an Opel Commodore GS/E being driven by Bronson as he tries to get a doctor to an injured man up in the mountains, while being chased by cops.

The car is a 2-door coupe that looks like an Euro-style classic Charger and goes through a lot of abuse. Wikipedia says the chase went for 40 minutes.

aussie muscle · 14-03-2012, 09:12 AM

hmm, anyone remember Chain Reaction? stars steve bisley driving a holden ute against the bad guys in a LTD.

i recently got an old 70s american cop movie called 'speed trap', where the protagonist (aka hero) drives a 71 dodge charger.
want to know what that a car is in a particular movie go to the "internet movie car database" http://www.imcdb.org/

Dauphin · 29-03-2012, 10:35 AM

Yes, I have seen Chain Reaction. The opening premise is a bit silly from memory, but lots of Aussie car action does follow.

I recently watched another Charles Bronson film called Mr. Majestyk, where he's a melon farmer who gets caught up with organised crime.

It has lots of car action in this film, with a Ford F series pickup being really abused in the country outback. It was so severe that Ford used the footage to advertise their pickups in the 1970s and made a point that the vehicle in the footage was near-stock. Very impressive!

aussie muscle · 30-03-2012, 09:48 AM

One car chase you may not have seen is 'Master Touch' staring Kirk Douglas. a 58 Plymouth being chased by a Vauxhall (actually an Opel Admiral) with lots of panel damage.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069446/

this video is the car chase (saves watching the rest of the movie)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzlnhz4V3Y8

gtpgav · 31-03-2012, 07:19 AM

Bullit - best ever
Ronin - edge of your seat
Vanishing Point - endurance
Mad Max - a supercharged XB = wow
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry - Benny and the Jets
Cannonball Run - Farrah was hot
Smokey and The Bandit - Sally was even hotter
The Driver - cool
Bourne Identity - manic
The FJ Holden - Kev in a Chev