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Classic Car Chase From 1968 Movie Bullitt, recreated
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| May 19, 2014
Posted on 05/26/2014 4:32:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Kickass Conservative
How about the aforementioned green Volkswagen ? Just watched the Youtube version of the chase, and it’s in three successive cuts. Obviously, multiple shots of one scene.
You’d think somebody would have mapped out the identifiable locations. I doubt they connect up very well.
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posted on
05/26/2014 5:21:16 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: Starstruck
He had a recurring role on “The Rockford Files”. He played a sort of sleazy private eye, sort of a competitor to Rockford.
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posted on
05/26/2014 5:21:54 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
To: Kickass Conservative
Its worse then that, the mustang did so poorly they had to keep giving it headstarts.
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posted on
05/26/2014 5:33:35 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: nickcarraway; All
""Before the filming could be done, the Charger and the Mustang required preparation. One of the best wrenchmen in the movie business, Max Balchowsky, recalls the Mustang in particular needed considerable modifications so it could hold up during the relentless beatings it would take during the filming. ...Balchowsky remembers I hardly had to anything to the Dodges engine, but what I was worried about was the strength of the front end. To shore up the front, Balchowsky revised the torsion bars, beefed up the control arms and added heavy duty shocks. As with the Mustang, all parts were fluxed. For the rear end, Balchowsky told us, I got some special rear springs, what you call a high spring rate, a flat without any arch in it, and using that spring the car would stay low. Its similar to the same springs they use in police cars, which makes a good combination. When the police specify a package, they have more spring here, a little bigger brake there, a little bit more happening in the shocks, and it makes a good car. But the director of BULLITT wanted a brand new car instead of an ex-police car, so I got the springs from a friend at Chrysler. We had to weld reinforcements under the arms and stuff on the Dodge. We did lose a lot of hubcaps on the Charger. Wed put the hubcaps back on, but I suppose it probably would have been better if we had lest them off....
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posted on
05/26/2014 6:21:58 PM PDT
by
virgil283
(That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.)
To: nickcarraway
Lordy, I hate car chases. I guess it’s appealing if you are a guy, which I am not.
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posted on
05/26/2014 6:44:21 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
To: Bigg Red
Lordy, I hate car chases. I guess its appealing if you are a guy, which I am not.How about a Three Stooges car chase? Now that would make me smile.
Haha.
To: Bigg Red
I don’t care for car chases either but “Bulitt” was something way out of the ordinary.
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posted on
05/26/2014 7:19:17 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
To: nickcarraway; Talisker; taildragger; gaijin; HereInTheHeartland; yarddog; fieldmarshaldj; ...
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posted on
05/26/2014 8:13:56 PM PDT
by
Rodamala
To: Rodamala
“Short Time” —oh man, that was funny..!!! hahahahha!
Thank you.
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posted on
05/26/2014 8:23:38 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: Rodamala
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen that movie. Problem is, it’s too comedic to be taken seriously... like the wild scenes in “The Blues Brothers.” There’s no “threat” that somebody is going to die (like in “Bullitt” or “The French Connection” or “The Seven Ups”).
To: Rodamala
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posted on
05/26/2014 9:22:11 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Rodamala
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posted on
05/26/2014 9:35:58 PM PDT
by
Thorliveshere
(Minnesota Survivor)
To: Rodamala
Best ever was the original Italian Job...
To: Thorliveshere
The late great John Houseman!
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posted on
05/26/2014 9:56:56 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
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To: Rodamala
I liked the car chase with McQueen in the corn field in his last movie (bounty hunter, liked old things, forgot the name).
Rolling up to the Hertz place with the demolished vehicle on a flatbed, tossing the car keys and saying “I took the insurance - you can check”. (Or something to that effect).
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posted on
05/27/2014 12:04:39 AM PDT
by
21twelve
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
To: Rodamala
Thanks ....’Short Time’ is an under appreciated movie.... And fun too.
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posted on
05/27/2014 6:52:43 AM PDT
by
virgil283
(That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.)
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