A&Q about Lotus
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I have a small finger surgury(nothing serious) scheduled for the end of the month, and figure to be sitting around the house for 2 days on pain pills, and watching movies.
I was going to get le mans, and grand prix.
anyone else have any good (racing action)titles they can recommend?
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I enjoy "The Gumball Rally". Sort of a race movie.
Just stay away from "Days Of Thunder", "Champs", and any of the "Cannonball Run" movies.
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Comedy Option:
Fast and the Furious
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Originally Posted by Exigent
I enjoy "The Gumball Rally". Sort of a race movie.
Just stay away from "Days Of Thunder", "Champs", and any of the "Cannonball Run" movies.
Don't forget the "FAST AND THE FURIOUS" movies as well. Quality enterainment.
John
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thanks for the input, there must be some other good ones out there I am missing. not into the comedy , or days of thunder crud. is there any others that are similiar to the titles I mentioned, or is that all of them?
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Bullit
Rendezvous
A Man and A Woman
Stroker Ace
Grand Prix
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Don't forget Six Pack with Kenny Rogers, the best one is with Richard Pryor although I cannot recall the name of the movie about Wendell Scott.
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Originally Posted by fishguyAZ
I have a small finger surgury(nothing serious) scheduled for the end of the month, and figure to be sitting around the house for 2 days on pain pills, and watching movies.
I was going to get le mans, and grand prix.
anyone else have any good (racing action)titles they can recommend?
I need to lay off the Ambien, sheesh!
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The worlds fastest indian is pretty good.
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Originally Posted by Lambda_drive
The worlds fastest indian is pretty good.
+1
Add Ronin if you haven't seen it.
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you could also watch Initial D.
edit: also the movie driven isn't too bad. its about F1 racing
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A short list of "classic" car chase movies from the 70's:
Dirty Marry and Crazy Larry
Vanishing Point
Mad Max
Road Warrior
Deathrace 2000
Eat My Dust (Cheezy flick with Ron Howard in his Directorial Debut)
The "Original" Gone in 60 Seconds
Cannonball
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transporter
fast and furious III
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more...
The original "Gone In 60 Seconds"
Duel (the Spielberg TV movie w/ Dennis Weaver vs big truck)
Speedway - made for IMAK with the Andrettis
Cheers,
Kiyoshi
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the fast and the furious is the second dumbest movie i have ever seen, with driven being the stupidest
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Any racing fans should keep their eyes open for this one, if it ever makes it to North America (Amazon, whatever).
I picked it up the other day and have played it and the bonus material through several times. It works on so many levels. First, it's a nice story of someone with a passion who pursued his dream and made it work. It's a great time-capsule piece about an F1 era when the "garagistes" could still compete; if fact, Siffert's "team" at the beginning was simply a self-financed effort with 4 guys driving around Europe, towing a racecar, and even beating Clark at a non-championship race. It presents insight into Siffert as a shrewd businessman who recognized the value of sponsorship, but still stayed true to his roots, and in fact perhaps prospered due to his connections to Swiss companies (e.g. TAG Heuer). Siffert was also a true racer, in the style of Moss, competing in up to 45 races a year (F1, Prototype, Touring Car). Finally, it's an interesting character study of a driver who liked to live his life at full-throttle, and the way that he caught everyone up in the passion. Even his sister remembers with both fondness, affection and some remorse the wild years with her brother "Seppi".
The bonus material includes nice footage of the Bern GP in the 50s (nutcases on motorbikes, sidecars and storming F1 cars), plus lots of super-8 film from Siffert's crew in the 60s. Groovy soundtrack as well.
The only downside for English-speakers would be that it is subtitled (original language French and Swiss-German).
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2 Lane Blacktop
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Watched Fast and Furious 3 Last night. By far the best exhibition of driving skill I have ever seen in a movie. The drift school and car preparation extra content is interesting. Dialog is lame. Lots of very young women in very short skirts.
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Originally Posted by my1st2seater
A short list of "classic" car chase movies from the 70's:
Dirty Marry and Crazy Larry
Vanishing Point
Mad Max
Road Warrior
Deathrace 2000
Eat My Dust (Cheezy flick with Ron Howard in his Directorial Debut)
The "Original" Gone in 60 Seconds
Cannonball
I watched Deathrace 2000 the other day for the first time. So entertaining! Pure 70s class.
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Steve McQueen and Mert Lawell in On any Sunday....great motorcycle racing movie....I love watching it, brings a huge smile to my face every time.