I just got a chance to see The French Connection again this past week, and although I didn't like it when I first saw it last year or so, I loved it the second time around. I think I payed more attention to it, especially the car chase, which was supposed to have topped Bullitt's. It was pretty cool to see a car vs. a train, and upon looking at the trivia on imdb.com, it says that one of the accidents was not planned, and was kept in for the realism. That's pretty damn cool, compared to all the specific planning and stuntwork and sometimes CGI that goes into today's chases....not all, but some. I was impressed....all over again!

-Dave

The Itailian Job does it for me!

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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