the finest use of Lower Wacker Drive since Jake and Elwood took those cops for a spin in "The Blues Brothers."
I may not rewatch the whole movie, but I'll always stop what I'm doing to watch The Chase Scene.
They should film that story and show it every Christmas.
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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Connie Neil - Jul 09, 2008 12:30:57 pm PDT #6869 of 10000
brillig
Kathy A - Jul 09, 2008 12:42:44 pm PDT #6870 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The speedometer in The Chase Scene is not exaggerating. They did an initial pass with nobody on the road to make sure that they could hit those speeds, and then put the stunt extras in place and turned the stunt driver loose.
I love that the city let the filmakers run rampant while making that movie.
juliana - Jul 09, 2008 12:45:40 pm PDT #6871 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
The trivia from TBB is so very awesome. Like this bit: '
Before the falling-Pinto scene could be filmed, the filmmakers had to get an "Air UN-worthyness certificate" from the Federal Aviation Administration for the Pinto. This was done by conducting preliminary drop tests to ensure that it would not behave as an airfoil and drift from its target line, but would drop "like a brick" when dropped from a great height.
DawnK - Jul 09, 2008 12:46:21 pm PDT #6872 of 10000
giraffe mode
The speedometer in The Chase Scene is not exaggerating
Oh that's so neat. I will have to tell my 12 y.o. I just showed him that part of the movie and he loved it.
Connie Neil - Jul 09, 2008 12:51:58 pm PDT #6873 of 10000
brillig
It's so much more fun when it's real and not CGI
le nubian - Jul 09, 2008 12:59:52 pm PDT #6874 of 10000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I love TBB. I will stop whatever I'm doing and watch that friggin movie.
I especially love it if I can catch the movie before they go to Kokomo.
Strega - Jul 09, 2008 4:00:09 pm PDT #6875 of 10000
Blues Brothers & Midnight Run are probably my favorite crazy let's-watch-cars-flip movies.
Man, now I need to see Midnight Run again, it's been ages. Blues Brothers has the whole cult thing so it turns up every so often, but I feel like MR has sort of been forgotten.
le nubian - Jul 09, 2008 4:12:41 pm PDT #6876 of 10000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
MR is a great movie. TBS/TNT was having a run on the film a few months back.
Sean K - Jul 09, 2008 6:28:23 pm PDT #6877 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Midnight Run is one of my all time favorite movies.
Polter-Cow - Jul 09, 2008 10:48:29 pm PDT #6878 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Tonight, I watched Escape from New York, because I think John Carpenter was supposed to have made good movies back in the day. It was really boring and cheesy. I thought it was supposed to be an action movie. There wasn't a lot of action. I enjoyed the "Heard you were dead" gag, though. And Adrienne Barbeau's breasts deserved their own credit.
Then I watched The Blob, with Steve(n) McQueen. It was much more entertaining. But sillier.