Le Mans film night

[Anth73]

Just a short note to say that the Le Mans film night was great.

For anyone interested I found a link to the "Rendevous" video we saw before the main feature at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5967384923877111213 and the car being driven was a Ferrari 275 GTB. You can also buy the film on DVD. Here's the blurb I found:

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.

[Stephen Aarons]

sorry to be a know it all, but, the car was not a ferrari, he was driving his old merc s class and during editing, added in the sounds of the ferrari. its all on you tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezcV5kQFr9o
enjoy the truth

[Gary Pearce]

I am totally pissed off! It's like telling me there is no Easter Bunny. What a lousy thing to post on this forum. I an one of the 50,000,000 who have purchased the DVD and have believed in the illusion. I'm going to sue!!
Also I have thrown my copy in the bin and now am playing continuously my DVD copy of Nick Mason's cars 'In to the red' (much better anyway)

[Sheldon McIntosh]

The truth indeed is painful sometimes.  I remember seeing a copy of this on VHS in the 90's, and it had probably been dubbed about 10 times by then.  Quality was pretty bad, so it was believable at the time.  Now it's on DVD it's easy to see that it's been faked.   Sad, but true.  When a 275GTB goes from 2nd, through 3rd, up to 4th in a 100m long street without noticeably gaining speed, then drops down FOUR gears for the next corner......?

Great to see it on the big screen though, same with Le Mans.

"Into the Red"  DVD?   not just the CD that comes with the book?  Would be keen to see a DVD of it.

[Stephen Aarons]

yeah sorry about that guys, couldnt help myself

[Gary Pearce]

Sorry Sheldon, I meant CD. I sit there looking at the 'In to the red' book and playing the CD over and over again on my Bose surround sound at NUMBER 10. The whole street comes out thinking somebody is doing burnouts up the road. The BRM V16 is great isn't it? I know your a Porsche lover but not so special on the CD.

[Sheldon McIntosh]

See page 43 of Cross & Serpent Voluime 35, Issue 1 (Autumn 2007) for my opinion on the BRM V16.   It's lovely!!  Great CD that one, worth the money for the CD alone I reckon, book is just a bonus.

[Anth73]

Well we can still marvel over the soundtrack, even if it was dubbed. And the driving is still inspiring.

[Stephen Aarons]

that brm v16 has gotta be one of the sweatest sounds in motor sport.