Anybody seen this?

**VFR750** · 02-10-2009, 10:19 AM

On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris . The film was limited for technical reasons to 10 minutes; the course was from Porte Dauphine , through the Louvre, to the Basilica of Sacre Coeur.

No streets were closed, for Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit.

The driver completed the course in about 9 minutes, reaching nearly 140 MPH in some stretches. The footage reveals him running real red lights, nearly hitting real pedestrians, and driving the wrong way up real one-way streets.

Upon showing the film in public for the first time, Lelouch was arrested. He has never revealed the identity of the driver, and the film went underground until a DVD release a few years ago.

**Darron65** · 02-10-2009, 10:24 AM

Seen it? Of course, about 3 years ago.

**VFR750** · 02-10-2009, 10:31 AM

I just joined this site two years ago and have not benefited from the great wealth of knowledge here...............

**ken o** · 02-10-2009, 11:44 AM

I was only a young boy when I arrived in Paris. I was hungry, cold, and unemployed. I quickly found Paris was not the city of love. I was told no one would see that film, it was only for personal use. Since it's release I have lived a life of shame. Well, no more, NO MORE, it was me. I was the driver and I did it for a ham and cheese croissant.

**sammm** · 02-10-2009, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by Darron65

Seen it? Of course, about 3 years ago.

Hater.

**trickyrix** · 02-10-2009, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by ken o

I was only a young boy when I arrived in Paris. I was hungry, cold, and unemployed. I quickly found Paris was not the city of love. I was told no one would see that film, it was only for personal use. Since it's release I have lived a life of shame. Well, no more, NO MORE, it was me. I was the driver and I did it for a ham and cheese croissant.

So... what'd you buy after you sold the Ferrari?

**Darron65** · 02-10-2009, 12:38 PM

Originally Posted by sammm

Hater.

I have benefited from the great wealth of knowledge here.

**VFR750** · 02-10-2009, 02:04 PM

Originally Posted by Darron65

I have benefited from the great wealth of knowledge here.

yea, me too............

**Nails** · 02-10-2009, 03:15 PM

LOL at ken-o and trickyrix!

**Nails** · 02-10-2009, 03:27 PM

Very cool film. Surprised there wasn't pigeon $&!# on the lens.

**black roadster** · 02-10-2009, 09:33 PM

**onething** · 02-12-2009, 08:33 PM

Sorry, "Claude Lelouch - C'etait Un Rendezvous" was deleted at 11:06:36 Thu Feb 12, 2009. We have no more information about it on our mainframe or elsewhere.

**creek** · 02-12-2009, 09:51 PM

It's over on Google video.

**flyin94m** · 02-13-2009, 05:58 AM

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