by "Bob LeDrew" (bobledrew1)
Published 12/13/2017 at 10:59
by "Bob LeDrew" (bobledrew1)
Published 12/13/2017 at 10:59
Tags: nostalgia
; rubbinaintracin
; chase scene
; Movies
STARS: 4
Until yesterday, I’d never heard of “ Shadows in an Empty Room .” But hot damn, I want to see it now, to see this car chase in context:
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In the first two minutes alone:
The Buick Special or Skylark driven by the movie’s hero, Tony Saitta, played by Stuart Whitman
The green Mustang driven by the villain, who I haven’t yet identified
A sweet peach (?!) Corvette in a parking lot
Lime green Pontiac Parisienne (?)
Cool red GMC panel truck
Datsun B210
And there’s EIGHT MORE MINUTES OF CHASIN’ TO BE DONE.
During that eight minutes, one toll booth meets an untimely end, and both cars (as you can see by the screengrab) take a licking, as they traverse the streets of mid-seventies Montreal.
According to this blogger
, the chase was directed by
Rémy Julienne
, who also did The Italian Job and a bunch of Bond films. Well done, sir!
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
12/13/2017 at 11:31, STARS: 2
Buick Special Deluxe according to: http://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?resultsStyle=asImages&sortBy=4&id=74083
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
12/13/2017 at 11:36, STARS: 1
I knew nothing about this film. Thanks for making me aware of it. I was 10 years old in 1976, so this just felt like the good old days for me. The B210 was my favorite.
"Bob LeDrew" (bobledrew1)
12/13/2017 at 11:48, STARS: 1
From one Dark Tower fan to another: I salute your handle. I’d star everything you posted for that alone.
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
12/13/2017 at 11:50, STARS: 0
That’s a lot of property destruction just to interview a guy.
Also according to 70s chases scenes 70s cars are basically invincible
"Bob LeDrew" (bobledrew1)
12/13/2017 at 11:50, STARS: 0
That’s cheating!
"Bob LeDrew" (bobledrew1)
12/13/2017 at 11:52, STARS: 1
John Landis and Hal Needham shed tears of joy.
"Dasupersprint - base trim is enough" (dasupersprint)
12/13/2017 at 11:52, STARS: 1
The wooden fire hydrant was awesome! Thanks for the find, it was filmed in Montreal!
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
12/13/2017 at 11:59, STARS: 1
Even this?
"lone_liberal" (token-liberal)
12/13/2017 at 12:11, STARS: 1
You didn’t even mention John Saxon! The most 70s actor that ever 70s-ed!
"Pixel" (Improbcat)
12/13/2017 at 22:22, STARS: 0
Man, at the 8:30 mark he sideswiped the guy so hard he not only blew out his tire, but changed a slot-mag wheel into a steelie.
"Bob LeDrew" (bobledrew1)
12/14/2017 at 08:15, STARS: 0
It’s SORCERY
"kanadanmajava1" (kanadanmajava1)
12/14/2017 at 13:11, STARS: 0
Wait a minute... I have seen this building but it was in Montreal.
I didn’t read your post properly and missed that Montreal was mentioned so I was quite surprised to recognize something. I walked past this building couple of years ago and spent quite long time thinking what it was.
The “flour” part has been removed at some point. But the road that they are using seems to have also vanished. The old (firehouse?) building appears in the next scene.
"Bob LeDrew" (bobledrew1)
12/14/2017 at 17:14, STARS: 0
Getting rid of the “Flour” would have undoubtedly happened after the PQ took power in 76 and imposed laws governing the use of English on signage.
"kanadanmajava1" (kanadanmajava1)
12/15/2017 at 06:07, STARS: 0
Apparently the “flour” was indeed removed just after the movie this. I found this bit from the net:
“In 1993-1994, the entire business was bought by Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM). The Quiet Revolution resulted in sweeping legislation that established the primacy of the French language in all forms of public communication, including signage. This led directly to the removal of the word ‘FLOUR’ from the sign in 1977.”
I live in Finland where we have couple of official languages. In the whole country Finnish and Swedish are the official languages and in the Lapland area also Sami language is an official too (it’s actually several variations which all are recognized). But you could handle here nearly everything in English too.
"Bob LeDrew" (bobledrew1)
12/15/2017 at 11:07, STARS: 0
You could write a book (and others have) about Quebec’s infamous “Bill 101", which governs language. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bill-101/
"kanadanmajava1" (kanadanmajava1)
12/15/2017 at 12:06, STARS: 0
That does sound like a mess. And I really don’t understand why. Teaching or learning (useful) languages doesn’t sound bad to me. If you know French there are couple of countries where this would be useful. With English the situation would be better so I cannot understand why trying to push English away would somehow be useful to Quebecois.
For us learning languages is a very normal thing. We of course start the school with our first native language. Then we start learning the first foreign language (nearly always English) in 3rd grade. In 5th grade we start also learning the second native language. In 7th grade we can start the optional second foreign language (usually French, Spain or Russian). Later in high schools and universities we can learn more if want.
Usually Finnish people understand English quite well but we prononciate it as “rally English”. The form on pronunciation is quite incompatible between Finnish and English.
Well, actually we have one own “quebec” here too. It’s a group of islands that is called Ahvenanmaa/Åland. It’s an autonomous and demilitarized area and it’s the only place Finland where Finnish is not an official language. And they are damn proud of Swedish being an official language there.
