Rendevouz- classic vid
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For the newer generation of PHer's that may not have seen it. From memory its a 250GTO.
Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!
edited to say:- the best sound track to a movie EVER!
>> Edited by 3200gt on Saturday 20th May 22:17
For the newer generation of PHer's that may not have seen it. From memory its a 250GTO.
Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!
edited to say:- the best sound track to a movie EVER!
>> Edited by 3200gt on Saturday 20th May 22:17
Opinions vary on which car was used.
I first read that it was a 275GTB but have since read that it was a Merc.
It is indeed a great soundtrack but questions have been raised about the number of cogs in the gearbox - six or seven consecutive gears changes in the same direction (i.e. up or down) has been mentioned, suggesting that the soundtrack was 'enhanced'. But who cares - it sounds awesome.
Rumour also has it that a French F1 driver of the time was at the wheel - name escapes me at the moment...
Fchat has loads of threads on this subject (whatever you do don't start a new thread with the link, the Re-post Police/Comedians will have a field day at your expense
)
regards
Andy
I first read that it was a 275GTB but have since read that it was a Merc.
It is indeed a great soundtrack but questions have been raised about the number of cogs in the gearbox - six or seven consecutive gears changes in the same direction (i.e. up or down) has been mentioned, suggesting that the soundtrack was 'enhanced'. But who cares - it sounds awesome.
Rumour also has it that a French F1 driver of the time was at the wheel - name escapes me at the moment...
Fchat has loads of threads on this subject (whatever you do don't start a new thread with the link, the Re-post Police/Comedians will have a field day at your expense
) regards
Andy
It is great but...
Not too long ago the Dutch car magazine AutoVisie did some research on rendezvous and found out the following:
"It is true the average and max speed is not that impressive, but it
took them 16.5 minutes, in a Chrysler Crossfire in the middle of the
night, twice the time. The car used in the original movie is a Renault Alpine Berlinetta, driver NOT Lelouch himself but Jean-Louis Schlesser (later F1 testdriver) and the car on the soundtrack was a 66-67 330P, probably taped on owner Pierre Bardinon's personal track, although they are not sure about that last thing."
I thought the time taken to overtake the other cars was too long and some of the scenery was moving quite slowly as well !!! But what fun.
If you look at the cars as they pass he isnt actually going that fast.
The now-discredited blurb that came with the original said:
"On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB
and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris. The film was limited for technical reasons to 10 minutes; the course was from Porte Dauphine, through the Louvre, to the Basilica of Sacre Coeur.
No streets were closed, for Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit.
The driver completed the course in about 9 minutes, reaching nearly 140 MPH in some stretches. The footage reveals him running real red
lights, nearly hitting real pedestrians, and driving the wrong way up real one-way streets.
Upon showing the film in public for the first time, Lelouch was arrested. He has never revealed the identity of the driver, and the film went underground until a DVD release a few years ago."
Not too long ago the Dutch car magazine AutoVisie did some research on rendezvous and found out the following:
"It is true the average and max speed is not that impressive, but it
took them 16.5 minutes, in a Chrysler Crossfire in the middle of the
night, twice the time. The car used in the original movie is a Renault Alpine Berlinetta, driver NOT Lelouch himself but Jean-Louis Schlesser (later F1 testdriver) and the car on the soundtrack was a 66-67 330P, probably taped on owner Pierre Bardinon's personal track, although they are not sure about that last thing."
I thought the time taken to overtake the other cars was too long and some of the scenery was moving quite slowly as well !!! But what fun.
If you look at the cars as they pass he isnt actually going that fast.
The now-discredited blurb that came with the original said:
"On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB
and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris. The film was limited for technical reasons to 10 minutes; the course was from Porte Dauphine, through the Louvre, to the Basilica of Sacre Coeur.
No streets were closed, for Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit.
The driver completed the course in about 9 minutes, reaching nearly 140 MPH in some stretches. The footage reveals him running real red
lights, nearly hitting real pedestrians, and driving the wrong way up real one-way streets.
Upon showing the film in public for the first time, Lelouch was arrested. He has never revealed the identity of the driver, and the film went underground until a DVD release a few years ago."
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