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AUTOS: Hollywoods Hottest Car Chases; Ronin (1998)
During the wrong-way chase through the Paris tunnel, more than 300 stunt drivers were used
Ronin, starring Robert De Niro (who plays Sam) is bassed on a group of former Special Forces and intelligence agents in an elaborate heist of an unknown suitcase. (Photo: ©United Artists/Courtesy Everett Collection)
Ronin, starring Robert De Niro (who plays Sam), may have portrayed some of the best car chase scenes ever captured on film. Based on a group of former Special Forces and intelligence agents in an elaborate heist of an unknown suitcase, Ronin was a big box office success with more than $290 million in worldwide revenue.
There’s a good reason for the many great car scenes – director John Frankenheimer. An amateur racer, his 1966 movie, Grand Prix, shows up on many lists as one of the top-five racing oriented movies of all time. Despite the ticket success, Ronin lives on De Niro’s star power and two unbelievable, and authentic, chase scenes, while the overall plot was largely overshadowed.
Ronin’s chase scenes are as hair-raising as they are visually stimulating. At some portions of the movie, especially during the wrong-way chase through the Paris tunnel, more than 300 stunt drivers were used. Frankenheimer’s adherence to authenticity, even though CGI enhancements were plentiful in 1998, kept these sequences grounded within the film’s context. The first scene featured a 1998 Audi S8 D2 (fitted with Nitrous Oxide for the movie) and a host of European Peugeot models, in a mad back-and-forth battle to steal the suitcase (which contents of were never revealed). The second significant scene was based around a 1995 BMW M5 and a Mercedes 450 SEL (the rare W116 model) that, at the time, ran the largest post-war engine the factory had ever produced.
Be sure to tune into SPEED on Thanksgiving Night at 8 p.m. ET for the premiere of Hollywood’s Hottest Car Chases.
What to look for… Since all the chase scenes were shot to be ‘real,’ or ‘authentic,’ when the crew went to re-shoot the in-car scenes, the cars were actually towed through the streets of Paris at a high speed. Nothing was re-created for effect.
The chases…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVaNBrYLvFg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d4ej1RPkEI
Everyone has their favorite car chase scene… and many have multiple ones. On Thanksgiving Night (Nov. 25), SPEED enters the conversation with a two-hour special called, Hollywood’s Hottest Car Chases, premiering at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
New York City’s Pangolin Pictures looks at the last 40 years of cinematic car chases, re-living many great scenes through the eyes of those who created, shot and played out what has become one of Hollywood’s greatest creative contributions. Broken out in themes, this feature presentation is produced to be the most comprehensive look at how this genre has evolved from Steve McQueen’s Bullitt to Matt Damon’s Bourne Identity.
Through Thanksgiving, SPEED will roll out some of our favorites from around the studio here in Charlotte. This not a countdown per se, and we want to hear from you, as we’ll introduce a new car chase scene every Monday through Thursday. Let the Chase Begin…
Here’s What They Are Saying over at Autoblog.com…
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/11/speed-announces-hollywoods-hottest-car-chases-with-mega/
There’s a good reason for the many great car scenes – director John Frankenheimer. An amateur racer, his 1966 movie, Grand Prix, shows up on many lists as one of the top-five racing oriented movies of all time. Despite the ticket success, Ronin lives on De Niro’s star power and two unbelievable, and authentic, chase scenes, while the overall plot was largely overshadowed.
Ronin’s chase scenes are as hair-raising as they are visually stimulating. At some portions of the movie, especially during the wrong-way chase through the Paris tunnel, more than 300 stunt drivers were used. Frankenheimer’s adherence to authenticity, even though CGI enhancements were plentiful in 1998, kept these sequences grounded within the film’s context. The first scene featured a 1998 Audi S8 D2 (fitted with Nitrous Oxide for the movie) and a host of European Peugeot models, in a mad back-and-forth battle to steal the suitcase (which contents of were never revealed). The second significant scene was based around a 1995 BMW M5 and a Mercedes 450 SEL (the rare W116 model) that, at the time, ran the largest post-war engine the factory had ever produced.
Be sure to tune into SPEED on Thanksgiving Night at 8 p.m. ET for the premiere of Hollywood’s Hottest Car Chases.
What to look for… Since all the chase scenes were shot to be ‘real,’ or ‘authentic,’ when the crew went to re-shoot the in-car scenes, the cars were actually towed through the streets of Paris at a high speed. Nothing was re-created for effect.
The chases…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVaNBrYLvFg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d4ej1RPkEI
Everyone has their favorite car chase scene… and many have multiple ones. On Thanksgiving Night (Nov. 25), SPEED enters the conversation with a two-hour special called, Hollywood’s Hottest Car Chases, premiering at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
New York City’s Pangolin Pictures looks at the last 40 years of cinematic car chases, re-living many great scenes through the eyes of those who created, shot and played out what has become one of Hollywood’s greatest creative contributions. Broken out in themes, this feature presentation is produced to be the most comprehensive look at how this genre has evolved from Steve McQueen’s Bullitt to Matt Damon’s Bourne Identity.
Through Thanksgiving, SPEED will roll out some of our favorites from around the studio here in Charlotte. This not a countdown per se, and we want to hear from you, as we’ll introduce a new car chase scene every Monday through Thursday. Let the Chase Begin…
Here’s What They Are Saying over at Autoblog.com…
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/11/speed-announces-hollywoods-hottest-car-chases-with-mega/
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