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The video...

New version

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SsBfb9Od_U]Alcatraz Bullitt Chase Remake - YouTube[/ame]

Original

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wD64vlMxLA]Bullitt Car Chase - YouTube[/ame]

 

She is much prettier than Steve McQueen.

 

Saw that last night as well, told the wife they were redoing the chase scene from Bullitt, she didn't have a clue what I was talking about, saw the Bug, no hubcaps came off, but it was a Charger and a Mustang...

 

Is there a US law that prohibits male drivers from putting both hands on the steering wheel? Or do the actors seriously think that to drive fast you put one hand on the top of the steering wheel and put the other on the armrest?

At least Steve McQueen knew how to drive......

 

That was great. Thanks for sharing.

 

Was the blue mini on the corner also in the original?

 

That's a fast turn-around from filming to airing. They just filmed earlier this month.

"Alcatraz" films chase scene

The crew even helped out a local who fell in her apartment and couldn't move her car in time for the filming.

‘Alcatraz’ crew’s good timing ‘saved my life,’ S.F. woman says | SFGate Blog | an SFGate.com blog

 

That was sweet and a very nice tip 'o the hat to the shows producers for making it happen.

 

You guys just saw it last night? It aired Monday in Jersey.

 

I DVR'd it..:biggrin5:

 

That was great, thanks for sharing. I'll take the '67 fastback.

 

Awesome! Modern day and period correct. Fricken Awesome Show!!!

 

Holy Mother of all Tires! :eek6:

Amazing car, and that you still have it.

Enjoyed the vid clips too.


Wonder if they will ever do a decent remake of all the old "car chase" era films like a decent "Gone in 60 Seconds" or Crazy Larry Dirty Mary" , etc.

 

Little-known fact - at 1:30 in the clip below, the helicopter pilot had reconnoitred a right turn at the junction, so was surprised when the car turned left. But not as surprised as he was to see the phone/power line stretched across the road that he then had to try to fly under. That's why there is a cut right there. Just check the height of the rotor tips of the ground!

HELICOPTER vs CAR - chase from "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry" - '74 - HQ - YouTube

 

Now that is an awesome helicopter chase!

 

In the original flick when the Charger went airborne and exploded when it hit the gas pumps, if you look closely the Charger actually flies over the gas pumps and missed them completely. The movie was so far over budget at that point they decided not to refilm the segment and let it go as is. Unless you look for it, you don't see them miss the pumps.

 

How many times did they pass the beetle?

Ah good, my first post is out of the way.