capngrog Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Thinking this subject had been discussed before, I searched the Forum and found only one hit: a post I'd made a few minutes before. Anyway, my nomination: Steve McQueen's Porsche 917 crash in "Le Mans" The link: Cheers, Grog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 (edited) This has to be the greatest--all theoretical, one chance to get it right, no practice, one take, nobody knew whether anyone would die. Edited October 8, 2020 by Matt Harwood (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_padavano Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 12 minutes ago, Matt Harwood said: This has to be the greatest--all theoretical, one chance to get it right, no practice, one take, nobody knew whether anyone would die While I agree this is the best car stunt ever, it was neither theoretical nor without practice. I knew that the stunt had been performed (admittedly with Javelins instead of a Hornet) prior to the movie jump, but I didn't know until today that they made four jumps with driverless cars to validate the computer model before the first jump with a driver, then a number of stunt jumps before the movie folks signed them up for the actual movie jump. I put this link in the Bond car thread, but it's appropriate here also. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Long car scenes besides LeMans: - Bullett - Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry - Original Gone in 60 Seconds (original soundtrack is had to find but worth it). - Grand Prix - Vanishing Point (version with Charlotte Rampling scene) - Red Line 7000 (with Cobra Daytona Coupe) - Gumball Rally (with extended Jaguar scenes - sounds indaybreak NYC is a "must see") others ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 8 minutes ago, joe_padavano said: While I agree this is the best car stunt ever, it was neither theoretical nor without practice. I knew that the stunt had been performed (admittedly with Javelins instead of a Hornet) prior to the movie jump, but I didn't know until today that they made four jumps with driverless cars to validate the computer model before the first jump with a driver, then a number of stunt jumps before the movie folks signed them up for the actual movie jump. I put this link in the Bond car thread, but it's appropriate here also. I didn't know that. Everything I always heard was that it was a one-shot deal where they had some modeling and maybe some math, and I know they moved the driver to the center spot to make sure it rotated correctly, but everyone kind of shrugged and hoped that it would work. I didn't realize that they'd done previous trials. Thanks for the extra details, Joe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Best "one shot" I know of is the locomotive falling through the burning bridge in The General. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustycrusty Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Elvis turning a genuine 427 Cobra (CSX3012) into a Microplas Mistral by crashing it through a bridge railing and into a lake! (Shelly Fabres driving a Ferrari 250 GT) I also would like to know how, in another racing scene, he was shifting the top loader while both hands were on the wheel--well, on second thought, maybe I don't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHuDWah Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Not a big wreck, jump, etc but I love the O Brother, Where Art Thou? scene when the center-door T crashes through the burning barn, driven by a kid in a leather aviator helmet, sitting on Wards catalogs to see over the steering wheel, and with wood blocks strapped to his feet to reach the pedals. 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lebowski Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) How about Roy Scheider and stunt driver Bill Hickman (Charger driver in Bullitt) in the 10 minute chase scene in The Seven Ups? Would you guys call the crash at the end a stunt? Edited October 9, 2020 by Lebowski (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3macboys Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Blues Brothers Chase Scene I'm not sure that it's the best but it is my favorite - even my now yikes 25 yr old son loves it - introduced him to it during a trip to Chicagoland Speedway for a race weekend around 2003 which seems entirely appropriate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studemax Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 At the time it was made, The Blues Brothers scenes were the most expensive car crash scenes ever filmed, with a record number of cars chewed up and/or totaled. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 BB: Thought that was when Dodge had too many unsold cars and was about broke. 7-ups: a convertible the fast way. When did the trailer underider bar law come into effect ? Always thought the Ventura Sprint was not appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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