Rendevous to get Public Release

That famous blast through Paris hits the big screen and the little one

By PH Staff / Tuesday, 25 February 2003 / Loading comments

For many years "C’était un Rendezvous" has been passed around the internet by petrolheads around the world.

Filmed in 1976, the revered short film by French director Claude Lelouch is regarded as the ultimate street driving film, making the likes of Bullitt seem amateur.

Mystery and speculation surround the film. Was it Lelouch or a hired Formula One driver who drove the car and was it really a Ferrari 275 GTB?

What we do know is that there are no special effects or blocking off the streets. Lelouch simply mounted the camera on the front of the car and took it on an astonishing, death-defying drive through the streets of a beautifully filmed 70s Paris with a brutal soundtrack courtesy of the engine, exhaust and tyres.

It's a film that gets the spine tingling - not just because of the beautiful sound track, but because it's so Politically incorrect in these namby pamby times.

Now the film is to escape the underground and receive public viewings. It will be shown for two weeks (before George Clooneys’ "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind") at The Electric Cinema, Notting Hill, London from March 14-28.

DVD/VHS copies will be available on-line from March 14 at www.spiritlevelfilm.com priced at £14.99.