[B]Video - fast drive through Paris[/B]
02-27-2006, 12:37 PM
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[B]Video - fast drive through Paris[/B]
I posted this on the C55 forum, old habits I guess, for those of you who haven't seen this video (film actually) enjoy!!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...21&q=car+paris
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...21&q=car+paris
02-27-2006, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by ggetz
Any suggestions? If it's the old Rendezvous video with the Daytona (or maybe it's a 275 GTB), never mind -- I have the VHS at home!
02-28-2006, 06:18 AM
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Its a fake. Its done the rounds many times and usually starts off a good discussion when somebody says its a fake 
Basically the sound is dubbed on to the film afterwards to make it sound faster than it actually is...... the driver Lelouch filmed it using a very low mounted camera to increase the feeling of speed, for years he maintained the story that it was a Ferrari but eventually admitted he was driving a Merc sedan.
Further proof of the fake is some ubergeekery that analysed the speeds involved:
"Here's what Tony Dron reported in the December 2003 issue of Classic Cars:
Sumner Brown--an MIT techno-wizard--had analyzed the film in depth. Brown traced the route using a 10,000:1 Michelin street map and split it into 15 sections. The fastest bit is near the start: 1360 meters of the Avenue Foch are covered in 39.9sec, an average speed of 76.2 mph. And so it continues, street by street and meter by meter, much of it around 30 mph. The complete route being 10,280 meters, the average speed is just 46.9 mph."
If you want the real thing take a look at the Getaway in Stockholm series which are 100% genuine.
Basically the sound is dubbed on to the film afterwards to make it sound faster than it actually is...... the driver Lelouch filmed it using a very low mounted camera to increase the feeling of speed, for years he maintained the story that it was a Ferrari but eventually admitted he was driving a Merc sedan.
Further proof of the fake is some ubergeekery that analysed the speeds involved:
"Here's what Tony Dron reported in the December 2003 issue of Classic Cars:
Sumner Brown--an MIT techno-wizard--had analyzed the film in depth. Brown traced the route using a 10,000:1 Michelin street map and split it into 15 sections. The fastest bit is near the start: 1360 meters of the Avenue Foch are covered in 39.9sec, an average speed of 76.2 mph. And so it continues, street by street and meter by meter, much of it around 30 mph. The complete route being 10,280 meters, the average speed is just 46.9 mph."
If you want the real thing take a look at the Getaway in Stockholm series which are 100% genuine.
02-28-2006, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by SLK55AMG
Its a fake. Its done the rounds many times and usually starts off a good discussion when somebody says its a fake
Basically the sound is dubbed on to the film afterwards to make it sound faster than it actually is...... the driver Lelouch filmed it using a very low mounted camera to increase the feeling of speed, for years he maintained the story that it was a Ferrari but eventually admitted he was driving a Merc sedan.
Further proof of the fake is some ubergeekery that analysed the speeds involved:
"Here's what Tony Dron reported in the December 2003 issue of Classic Cars:
Sumner Brown--an MIT techno-wizard--had analyzed the film in depth. Brown traced the route using a 10,000:1 Michelin street map and split it into 15 sections. The fastest bit is near the start: 1360 meters of the Avenue Foch are covered in 39.9sec, an average speed of 76.2 mph. And so it continues, street by street and meter by meter, much of it around 30 mph. The complete route being 10,280 meters, the average speed is just 46.9 mph."
If you want the real thing take a look at the Getaway in Stockholm series which are 100% genuine.
Basically the sound is dubbed on to the film afterwards to make it sound faster than it actually is...... the driver Lelouch filmed it using a very low mounted camera to increase the feeling of speed, for years he maintained the story that it was a Ferrari but eventually admitted he was driving a Merc sedan.
Further proof of the fake is some ubergeekery that analysed the speeds involved:
"Here's what Tony Dron reported in the December 2003 issue of Classic Cars:
Sumner Brown--an MIT techno-wizard--had analyzed the film in depth. Brown traced the route using a 10,000:1 Michelin street map and split it into 15 sections. The fastest bit is near the start: 1360 meters of the Avenue Foch are covered in 39.9sec, an average speed of 76.2 mph. And so it continues, street by street and meter by meter, much of it around 30 mph. The complete route being 10,280 meters, the average speed is just 46.9 mph."
If you want the real thing take a look at the Getaway in Stockholm series which are 100% genuine.
The film is not a fake, the actual car, the actual driver and the legends surrounding the film are nearly as interesting as the film itself. The sound was dubbed for sure, however even at an average of 46.9 mph it would be one hell of a ride through Paris.
More debate... http://aoctavio.castpost.com/136163.html
02-28-2006, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Marktini
The film is not a fake, the actual car, the actual driver and the legends surrounding the film are nearly as interesting as the film itself. The sound was dubbed for sure, however even at an average of 46.9 mph it would be one hell of a ride through Paris.
More debate... http://aoctavio.castpost.com/136163.html
More debate... http://aoctavio.castpost.com/136163.html
As Lelouch himself later admitted it wasn't quite what it appeared when it was released.
If you watch the Paris film back to back with any of the Getaway in Stockholm videos you'll see what I mean
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02-28-2006, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by SLK55AMG
Sorry...... by fake I mean not what it claimed to be....... the film is real but appears faster than it actually is...... the car was not the Ferrari it claimed and the sound was dubbed....... that classes it as a fake to me.
As Lelouch himself later admitted it wasn't quite what it appeared when it was released.
If you watch the Paris film back to back with any of the Getaway in Stockholm videos you'll see what I mean
As Lelouch himself later admitted it wasn't quite what it appeared when it was released.
If you watch the Paris film back to back with any of the Getaway in Stockholm videos you'll see what I mean
I agree, the camera height makes everything seem faster.....I've seen the Stockholm videos and they kick a$$...... How much fun would it be to make one of these films though....
