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Gone In 60 Seconds (1974) Car: 1971 Ford Mustang (“Eleanor”) A labour of love for writer/director/producer/star/stuntman H. B. Halicki, the climactic chase here takes up fully half the film, wrecking almost 100 vehicles. Star of the show is “Eleanor” making the final insane jump: she travelled 128 feet airborne and reached a height of 30 feet. Halicki, who was in the pilot’s seat, compacted ten vertebrae. Nobody could quite believe that Eleanor was still driveable afterwards.
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1	RE: Just a thought....
	L: danielthompson99 you never get car chases in books..... an Fleming - Moonraker. Brilliant car chase across London! More
	Posted by Osric on Thursday March 21, 2013, 07:47
2	Just a thought....
	you never get car chases in books..... More
	Posted by danielthompson99 on Wednesday March 20, 2013, 13:15
3	Mad Max's Interceptor...
	...was actually a 1973 model. Sorry, but I had to say it. More
	Posted by Lord Fury on Monday March 18, 2013, 09:22
4	RE: Re: Re:Blues Brothers
	Well I didn't think I was sounding totally serious either, but sorry if I snapped. That does point up the problem of tone of voice on a forum though. I really enjoyed that artical and then I scrolled to the comments and just found you sounding critical and accusatory - "This is shit - you forgot one." You could have said "great artical, thanks guys, enjoyed that, here are some of my own favourites too." but instead you just said "you forgot". You're not as bad as that Ronin tool who doesn't even seem to understand the point of the artical though. It's about classic JUMPS, not classic CHASES genius. More
	Posted by Osric on Monday March 18, 2013, 08:46
5	Re: Re:Blues Brothers
	It's funny but it's not really the sort of jump they're talking about is it? I doubt they "forgot". Why so serious? I wasn't. I doubt they forgot too but it did leap off the end of the freeway and has about as much realism as some of the CG enhanced clips on the list. More
	Posted by steveg66 on Saturday March 16, 2013, 18:02
6	RE: Ronin??????
	There are two AWESOME chases in Ronin, but there isn't a significant jump in either of them. A couple of really little moments (more like one-and-a-half) in the first chase, but no more than that. More
	Posted by Owen Williams on Friday March 15, 2013, 21:19
7	Ronin??????
	Not only is it one of the best car chases ever, (Paris car chase), but also has plenty of leaps and car carnage!!!!!! Doug Liman and Paul Greengrass,(or Witt and Bradley) were inspired by this and included it in their Bourne films. More
	Posted by yorkey on Friday March 15, 2013, 19:17
8	RE: Blues Brothers
	It's funny but it's not really the sort of jump they're talking about is it? I doubt they "forgot". More
	Posted by Osric on Friday March 15, 2013, 17:31
9	Blues Brothers
	You forgot the nazi car. Hilariously ott....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkkXHjQSyEI More
	Posted by steveg66 on Thursday March 14, 2013, 20:10

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