What's the best driving scene you ever saw in a movie.

The first ones that comes to mind is the driving scenes in Ronan and the French Connection, but this is funny, I loved the driving in Tokyo Drift. When I saw that 350ZX hit those corners I was like man I wish I could drive like that. My favorite car is the GT500 Cobra, so you know I loved that car scene in Gone In 60 Seconds. But I have to give the nod to the 350ZX in Tokyo Drift, when the driver spun the car around and starting shooting that was.....WOW. What are the best driving scenes you ever saw?

[Post edited by tony1569 on Apr 28, 2008]

The first one that came to mind for me was also the one in Ronin. Also in Bullit with Steve McQueen there's a pretty good one with a Mustang he's driving on the hills of San Francisco. Tokyo Drift had some good ones and there were some good ones in the first Fast and the Furious movies also (these movies look super sweet in hidef by the way).

Also The Transporter had some great scenes with another Audi and also I don't remember if it was in Transporter 1 or 2 but the scene with the BEAUTIFUL black Lamborghini. Man that car was sweet.

I'm sure there are other great scenes I'm forgetting.

EDIT: One of my favorite fun movies to watch, The Cannonball Run, has some great cars and scenes and of course Smokey and the Bandit.

[Post edited by Falcon01 on Apr 28, 2008]

there were some pretty good driving scenes in "the legend of bagger vance". i wonder if those golfers did their own driving or if cgi was used?

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(these movies look super sweet in hidef by the way).

I know I'm watching Tokyo Drift right now.

Eddie, I never heard of that movie is it recent?

I was thinking of this:



After all, you asked what's the best "driving scene" not what's the best car chase scene. . . big difference. A worthy mention is also the first "National Lampoon's:Vacation" movie.

I was waiting for either you (Tim) are Skyhawk to make some kind of joke since both of you share a simular sense of humor, but that was funny.

Bullit! I love when that car hits the light standard!

Gone in 60 Seconds!

Please Lord before I die.


Introducing the most venomous snake on the planet. THE SUPER SNAKE. Corvette Z0...what?
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I would have to second Ronin. The car chases in that film are amazing. Also the fact that they did it for real with the actors in the car helps. The car scene in Children of Men was pretty amazing also in its one long take glory. I, Robot had an entertaining one with the robots jumping on the car. And Hot Fuzz has an amusing one that was in a straight line with no traffic. I know im missing another great one, but i just can't seem to remember any other ones at the moment.

I just thought of one that is still considered a "driving scene" but a car was not used.

The chase seen on Star Wars Episode 2 through Coruscant where Obi-Wan and Anakin are chasing the Bounty hunter who was hired by Boba Fett.

Actually come to think of it there are quite a few chase scenes in the Star Wars movies that are good so...ummmm...yeah.

The ones in each of the Bourne films are pretty good also. Short and to the point for each of them....well short when compared to other car chases.

To Live and Die in L.A. has a really good one as well.

T3 - that scene with the crane truck thingy with Arnold hanging on

I just watched Steve McQueen's Bullit car chase seen then I watched Robert D's chase seen in Ronin and Ronin gets the top spot.

The Original Smokey and the Bandit is in IMO the Gold Standard for Chase scenes. The fact that everything was done practically and they barely had enough parts to make a complete running Trans-Am at the end of shooting is just a testament to how hard those stunt guys worked. Plus the 78 Trans Am is my favorite car of all time.

i'm referring to this kind of driving:

Anytime a spaceship in any of the Star Wars movies is onscreen. Yes these are "driving scenes" Lucas...the car buff.

[Post edited by bladerunner1 on Apr 28, 2008]

Well, Tony mentioned the best 'car chase' driving scene that I can recall, from To Live And Die in L.A., from the same director of The French Connection, The Exorcist, Cruising, etc (William Friedkin), and I own the SpEd DVD. The chase is incredibly crafted, and lengthy, if I remember the entire scene lasts up to 10-11 minutes.

Here is a few trivia facts about the chase (from IMDB.com)

* The car chase sequence took six weeks to shoot. It was the last thing shot - apparently so that, if anything happened to the principle actors, the filmmakers would at least have the bulk of their movie completed without having to replace anybody.

* The freeway car chase was filmed with the traffic flowing backwards. While Chance and Vukovich appear to be driving against traffic, they are in fact going in the proper direction for the U.S. it is the rest of traffic that's moving on the wrong side of the road (Chance drives on the right side of the road, but the traffic is driving on the left). This was done to increase tension for the audience.

* Chance's car in the chase is a 1985 Chevy Impala F41. It was rented from the LAPD. In addition, several other cars in the film were rented from neighboring California Law Enforcement agencies such as Orange County Sheriff's Office, California Highway Patrol, while some were used ex-police cruisers.

* Legendary cinematographer Robby Müller declined to shoot the car chase because he didn't know how to set up such a scene. He was replaced by second unit cameraman Robert D. Yeoman.

Director William Friedkin...







Note: the original Vanishing Point has some great car scenes throughout - also The Gumball Rally too.

-JIMI LOVE (the Voodoo Child)

I'm with Eddie! Add "Tin Cup" and "Happy Gilmore" to the list of best "driving" scenes. While you're at it, add "Caddy Shack", as well.

tim,

it's time to copy-and-paste spew salads of our own.

eddie

The movie Jade has one of the greatest car chases in movie history. It is truly unbelievable.

Golf is a game in which a player, using several types of clubs, hits a ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes. Golf is one of the few ball games that does not use a standardized playing area rather, the game is played on golf "courses," each one of which has a unique design and typically consists of either 9 or 18 separate holes. Golf is defined in the Rules of Golf as "playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the Rules."


A golf ball next to a holeThe first game of golf for which records survive was played at Bruntsfield Links, in Edinburgh, Scotland, in A.D. 1456, recorded in the archives of the Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society, now The Royal Burgess Golfing Society. Golf has become a worldwide game, with golf courses in the majority of countries.

Golf competition may be played as stroke play, in which the individual with the lowest number of strokes is declared the winner, or as match play with the winner determined by whichever individual or team posts the lower score on the most individual holes during a complete round. In addition, team events such as fourball have been introduced, and these can be played using either the stroke or matchplay format. Alternative ways to play golf have also been introduced, such as miniature golf, sholf and disc golf.

Golf has increasingly turned into a spectator game, with several different levels of professional and amateur tours in many regions of the world. People such as Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Annika Sorenstam have become well recognised sports figures across the world. Sponsorship has also become a huge part of the game and players often earn more from their sponsorship contracts than they do from the game itself.

The word Golf was first mentioned in writing in 1457 on a Scottish statute on forbidden games as gouf,[1] possibly derived from the Scots word goulf (variously spelled) meaning "to strike or cuff". This word may, in turn, be derived from the Dutch word kolf, meaning "bat," or "club," and the Dutch sport of the same name. It is often claimed that the word originated as an acronym for "gentlemen only, ladies forbidden", but this is an urban legend.

Golf is a very old game of which the exact origins are unclear. The origin of golf is open to debate as to being Chinese, Dutch or Scottish. However, the most accepted golf history theory is that this sport originated from Scotland in the 1100s.[3]

A game somewhat similar to golf was first mentioned in D&#333ngxu&#257n Records (Chinese: &#26481&#36562&#37636), a Chinese book of 11th Century. It was also mentioned on February 26, 1297 in the Netherlands in a city called Loenen aan de Vecht. Here the Dutch played a game with a stick and leather ball. Whoever hit the ball into a target several hundreds of meters away the most number of times, won.

However, modern golf is considered to be a Scottish invention,[4][5] as the game was mentioned in two 15th century laws prohibiting the playing of the game of gowf. Some scholars have suggested that this refers to another game which is more akin to modern shinty, hurling or field hockey than golf. A game of putting a small ball into a hole in the ground using clubs was played in 17th century Netherlands. Flourishing trade over the North Sea during the Middle Ages and early Modern Period led to much language interaction between Scots, Dutch, Flemish and other languages. There are reports of even earlier accounts of golf from continental Europe.[6]


The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St AndrewsThe oldest playing golf course in the world is The Musselburgh Old Links Golf Course [1]. Evidence has shown that golf was played here in 1672 although Mary, Queen of Scots reputedly played there in 1567.

Golf courses have not always had eighteen holes. The St Andrews Links occupy a narrow strip of land along the sea. As early as the 15th century, golfers at St Andrews, in Fife, established a customary route through the undulating terrain, playing to holes whose locations were dictated by topography. The course that emerged featured eleven holes, laid out end to end from the clubhouse to the far end of the property. One played the holes out, turned around, and played the holes in, for a total of 22 holes. In 1764, several of the holes were deemed too short, and were therefore combined. The number was thereby reduced from 11 to nine, so that a complete round of the links comprised 18 holes.[7]

The major changes in equipment since the 19th century have been better mowers, especially for the greens, better golf ball designs, using rubber and man-made materials since about 1900, and the introduction of the metal shaft beginning in the 1930s. Also in the 1930s the wooden golf tee was invented. In the 1970s the use of steel and then titanium to replace wood heads began, and shafts made of "graphite" (also known as carbon fiber) were introduced in the 1980s. Though wooden tees are still most popular, various designs of plastic tees have been developed in recent years, and the synthetic materials composing the modern ball continue to be developed.[8]

Golf balls are famous for "dimples". These small dips in the surface of the golf ball decrease aerodynamic drag which allows the ball to fly further.[8] Golf is also famous for the use of flags. These show the position of the hole to players when they make their first drive and are too far away from the hole to aim accurately. When all players in a group are within putting distance, the flag is removed by a "caddy" or a fellow player to allow for easier access to the hole.

In 2005 Golf Digest calculated that there were nearly 32,000 golf courses in the world, approximately half of them in the United States.[9] The countries with most golf courses in relation to population, starting with the best endowed were: Scotland, New Zealand, Australia, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Canada, Wales, United States, Sweden, and England (countries with fewer than 500,000 people were excluded). Apart from Sweden, all of these countries have English as the majority language, but the number of courses in new territories is increasing rapidly. For example the first golf course in the People's Republic of China opened in the mid-1980s, but by 2005 there were 200 courses in that country.

The professional sport was initially dominated by Scottish then English golfers, but since World War I, America has produced the greatest quantity of leading professionals. Other Commonwealth countries such as Australia and South Africa are also traditional powers in the sport. Since around the 1970s, Japan, Scandinavian and other Western European countries have produced leading players on a regular basis. The number of countries with high-class professionals continues to increase steadily, especially in East Asia. South Korea is notably strong in women's golf.[10]

The last decade or so has seen a marked increase in specialised golf vacations or holidays worldwide. This demand for travel which is centered around golf has led to the development of luxury resorts which cater to golfers and feature integrated golf courses.

In the United States, the number of people who play golf 25 times or more per year fell from 6.9 million in 2000 to 4.6 million in 2005, according to the National Golf Foundation. The Foundation reported a smaller decline in the number who played golf at all it fell from 30 million to 26 million over the same period.

Golf is played in an area of land designated a golf course. A course consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing area, fairway, rough and other hazards, and the green with the pin and cup. A typical golf course consists of eighteen holes, but many have only nine.

And now back to reality....

gvortex, I assume you mean this film (image below) --

~ JADE ~


Ironically, it's ALSO directed by William Friedkin(!) - I've never seen it, but will add to my rental queue. Thanks for the recommend. I see that the main actress also appeared in Men in Black too.





-JIMI LOVE (the Voodoo Child)

[Post edited by Love Hendrix! on Apr 28, 2008]

Jade is an ornamental stone. The term jade is applied to two different rocks that are made up of different silicate minerals. Nephrite jade consists of the calcium- and magnesium-rich amphibole mineral actinolite (aggregates of which also make up one form of asbestos). The rock called jadeitite consists almost entirely of jadeite, a sodium- and aluminium-rich pyroxene. The trade name Jadite is sometimes applied to translucent/opaque green glass.

The English word 'jade' is derived from the Spanish term piedra de ijada (first recorded in 1565) or 'loin stone', from its reputed efficacy in curing ailments of the loins and kidneys. 'Nephrite' is derived from lapis nephriticus, the Latin version of the Spanish piedra de ijada.[1]

Nephrite and jadeite were used by people from the prehistoric for similar purposes. Both are about the same hardness as quartz, and they are exceptionally tough. They are beautifully coloured and can be delicately shaped. Thus it was not until the 19th century that a French mineralogist determined that "jade" was in fact two different materials.

Among the earliest known jade artifacts excavated from prehistoric sites are simple ornaments with bead, button, and tubular shapes[2]. Additionally, jade was used for axe heads, knives, and other weapons. As metal-working technologies became available, the beauty of jade made it valuable for ornaments and decorative objects. Jade has a Mohs hardness of between 6.5 and 7.0,[3] so it can be worked with quartz or garnet sand, and polished with bamboo or even ground jade.

Nephrite can be found in a creamy white form (known in China as "mutton fat" jade) as well as in a variety of green colours, whereas jadeitite shows more colour variations, including blue, lavender-mauve, pink, and emerald-green colours. Of the two, jadeite is rarer, documented in fewer than 12 places worldwide. Translucent emerald-green jadeitite is the most prized variety, both now and historically. As "quetzal" jade, bright green jadeitite from Guatemala was treasured by Mesoamerican cultures, and as "kingfisher" jade, vivid green rocks from Burma became the preferred stone of post-1800 Chinese imperial scholars and rulers. Burma (Myanmar) and Guatemala are the principal sources of modern gem jadeitite, and Canada of modern lapidary nephrite. Nephrite jade was used mostly in pre-1800 China as well as in New Zealand, the Pacific Coast and Atlantic Coasts of North America, Neolithic Europe, and south-east Asia. In addition to Mesoamerica, jadeitite was used by Neolithic Japanese and European cultures.

Jade is the official gemstone of British Columbia, where it is found in large deposits in the Lillooet and Cassiar regions. It is also the official gemstone of the state of Alaska, found particularly in the Kobuk area. A two ton block of jade sits outside the Anchorage Visitor’s Center in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, mined from near Kobuk and donated to the city as a showpiece. Jade is also the state gemstone of Wyoming, U.S.A.

During Neolithic times, the key known sources of nephrite jade in China for utilitarian and ceremonial jade items were the now depleted deposits in the Ningshao area in the Yangtze River Delta (Liangzhu culture 3400–2250 BC) and in an area of the Liaoning province in Inner Mongolia (Hongshan culture 4700–2200 BC)[4]. Jade was used to create many utilitarian and ceremonial objects, ranging from indoor decorative items to jade burial suits. Jade was considered the "imperial gem". From about the earliest Chinese dynasties until present, the jade deposits in most use were not only from the region of Khotan in the Western Chinese province of Xinjiang but also from other parts of China, like Lantian, Shaanxi. There, white and greenish nephrite jade is found in small quarries and as pebbles and boulders in the rivers flowing from the Kuen-Lun mountain range northward into the Takla-Makan desert area. River jade collection was concentrated in the Yarkand, the White Jade (Yurungkash) and Black Jade (Karakash) Rivers. From the Kingdom of Khotan, on the southern leg of the Silk Road, yearly tribute payments consisting of the most precious white jade were made to the Chinese Imperial court and there transformed into objets d'art by skilled artisans as jade was considered more valuable than gold or silver. Jade became a favorite material for the crafting of Chinese scholars objects, such as rests for calligraphy brushes, as well as the mouthpieces of some opium pipes, due to the belief that breathing through jade would bestow longevity upon smokers who used such a pipe.[5]

Jadeite, with its bright emerald-green, pink, lavender, orange and brown colours was imported from Burma to China only after about 1800. The vivid green variety became known as Feicui (&#32737&#32736) or Kingfisher (feathers) Jade. It quickly replaced nephrite as the imperial variety of jade.

In the long history of the art and culture of the enormous Chinese empire, jade has always had a very special significance, roughly comparable with that of gold and diamonds in the West. Jade was used not only for the finest objects and cult figures, but also in grave furnishings for high-ranking members of the imperial family.

The use of jade and other greenstone was a long-term tradition in Korea (c. 850 B.C. - A.D. 668). Jade is found in small numbers of pit-houses and burials. The craft production of small comma-shaped and tubular 'jades' using materials such as jade, microcline, jasper, etc in southern Korea originates from the Middle Mumun Pottery Period (c. 850-550 B.C.)[6]. Comma-shaped jades are found on some of the gold crowns of Silla royalty (c. A.D. 300/400-668) and sumptuous elite burials of the Korean Three Kingdoms. After the state of Silla united the Korean Peninsula in A.D. 668, the widespread popularisation of death rituals related to Buddhism resulted in the decline of the use of jade in burials as prestige mortuary goods.

A Taste of Cherry - the entire movie is a driving scene. No guns though.

Jade is also bladerunner1.

Uhhhhhhh why not...
The Matrix 2
Road Warrior
Death Race 2000
Alot of the ones already mentioned.
Italian Job

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Death Race 2000

Good one! It`s been awhile since I`ve revisited that movie.

Another 'hot' car movie (hehe) was last year's shocker - DEATH PROOF (Quentin Tarantino) - fantastic musical soundtrack!













~ "Down in Mexicali..." (song lyric)














-JIMI LOVE (the Voodoo Child)

[Post edited by Love Hendrix! on Apr 28, 2008]

> FYI...

That awesome movie both Tony and I mentioned on PAGE 2 - To Live and Die in L.A. is coming soon to Blu-ray!

-Japanese release (for import)
(Region A like North America)
(3652 yen) - I'll just wait for xploitedcinema.com to add it for sale on their site (ships from Ohio - great service)

One fan on another forum gave the following praise (and I heartily agree) - "This is one of the best unsung films - really is one of the top films ever. The best car chase ever. Honest if you have seen it, you understand! Intense crime, artistic, great criminal investigation.

~ ALSO a terrific musical soundtrack by the three members in the group WANG CHUNG...




-JIMI McLovin (the Voodoo Child)

Personally, I was thinking of "To Live and Drive in L.A."

















[Post edited by Tim Raynor on Apr 29, 2008]

T3 and Matrix 2

WOW, I see you guys have been busy especially Eddie and Tim. Mocking my thread fellas? It's all good. Revenge is a dish best served....who cares if it's hot or cold. [wink]

tony,

we're not directing anything at you...tim and i are just tired of loverboy's spew salads.

eddie

eddie, i was only kidding, no harm was intended or taken. as far as tim goes i've learned to decipher his humor along time ago.

[Post edited by tony1569 on Apr 29, 2008]

**as far as tim goes i've learned to decipher his humor along time ago.**

Hint: The number of pics per post is roughly equivalent to number of beers ingested that evening.

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Hint: The number of pics per post is roughly equivalent to number of beers ingested that evening.

LOL!

Or Gin & Tonics
Or Vodka Twists
Or Jack Daniels

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And now back to reality....

gvortex, I assume you mean this film (image below) --

~ JADE ~


Ironically, it's ALSO directed by William Friedkin(!) - I've never seen it, but will add to my rental queue. Thanks for the recommend. I see that the main actress also appeared in Men in Black too.

Yes LH, that's the movie I was talking about. It was quite good, and I'd definitely recommend it to anyone, especially if you're a fan of Friedkin's work. My only wish would be for Paramount to release this on Blu-ray because it was never properly released on DVD. It was a full frame mess when it was came out in the 90's. It deserves a better transfer and audio track.

I think Eddie and Tim's "spew posts" were the funniest things I have seen on here in years! After I read Hendrix's copy & paste jobs, I could almost see what was coming next! And then it didn't stop!!

My fav "chase" scenes: in no particular order...

Ronin
The Bourne Identity
Matrix Reloaded

Actually, no, in THAT order.

-Dave

I think Eddie and Tim's "spew posts" were the funniest things I have seen on here in years! After I read Hendrix's copy & paste jobs, I could almost see what was coming next! And then it didn't stop!!

My fav "chase" scenes: in no particular order...

Ronin
The Bourne Identity
Matrix Reloaded

Actually, no, in THAT order.

-Dave

Mad Max
The Road Warrior
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

[Post edited by wolfen on May 1, 2008]

Live and Let Die - boat chase...

Awesome!

"The Bourne Supremacy" (Moscow chase)
"The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" (Han's last ride)

Eddie, that has now become my favorite chase scene.

[Post edited by posters5 on May 1, 2008]

FYI...



> 21 Hot Movie CAR CHASES - from Entertainment Weekly magazine's website - ew.com - includes brief YouTube clips(!) from almost every entry below...

Presented in this order -

1 - The French Connection
2 - The Man With the Golden Gun
3 - Gone in 60 Seconds (remake)
4 - The Blues Brothers
5 - Bullitt
6 - Mission: Impossible 2
7 - The Transporter
8 - Ronin
9 - T2: Judgement Day
10 - T3: Rise of the Machines
11 - The Bourne Identity
12 - The Bourne Supremacy
13 - The Matrix Reloaded
13 - The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2)
15 - Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
16 - Death Race 2000
17 - Tomorrow Never Dies
18 - Thelma and Louise
19 - Death Proof
20 - The Italian Job (1969)
21 - The Italian Job (2003)

> Brad Pitt to remake BULLITT




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-JIMI McLovin (the Voodoo Child)