Ah yes /Rendevous, /a wonderful film. But, as with most things in film,
the truth is not what it seems. The car used was actually Claude
Lelouch's personal Mercedes 450 6.9, and he was the driver, not some F1
ace as has been rumored. The Mercedes is a pretty quick car in it's own
right and the camera hung off the front end inches from the ground
multiplies the speed effect. The sound is overdubbed and if you watch
closely, the sound track doesn't match the action. Additionally, some
intrepid soul mapped the route from the film and then was able to
calculate the actual speeds traveled. While they were over the speed
limit, they were not astronomical. Even so, it's still a very cool
little film.
Cheers,
Kurt O. (Who once took a taxi ride from the airport to a hotel in Paris
that felt a lot faster than that!)
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> Subject: Ferrari 275 GTB mad dash through the streets of Paris...
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> >From a fast lane friend in North Carolina.
>
> Subject: Ferrari 275 GTB mad dash through the streets of Paris...
>
> On an early August morning in 1978, French film maker 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 early in the morning. 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,
> dodging other automobiles, nearly hitting real pedestrians ... but I
> think he clipped a few pigeons, 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. If you haven't seen this before it is a classic. Go
> full-screen, turn up your sound because you don't want to miss a single
> beat of the Columbo V-12 exhaust, brace yourself ... and if possible try
> to enjoy it if you can because it does get scary.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqHrCLt3Geo
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