haven't seen this one posted before.

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.

Must have a high speed connection.

Turn speakers on.

Set brightness level of your monitor to max.

Bruce Stone is alive and well, living in Paris.



http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...488190547&q=le louch%3E
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ok Ill be the first...lol

140mph is a typo it should read 140kmh

Facts:
The film was shot in a single take, without any special effects or stuntmen, with the director driving the car.

The idea for this film came to Claude Lelouch after hiring a gyro stabilized camera mount for a film he was working on at the time.

While Claude Lelouch refuses to say who the driver was (although believed to be an F1 driver of the time) the car was his own Ferrari 275 GTB.

The film is nine minutes long because the film cartridge in the camera could only hold 10 minutes of film and it was taken in a single shot.

There was no confirmation of who was driving or what car he was driving. Sources variously claim the car to be either a Le Mans Matra 675, Ferrari 275 GTB, or, more recently an Alpine A110.

Lelouch was arrested shortly after the film was screened but was later released without charge.

The route taken in the film is 10.42 km long (6.48 mi). It takes the driver 7:57 to cover that distance, giving him an average speed of 78.64 km/h (48.86 mph).

According to recent claims by Claude Lelouch, he was driving his own Mercedes in the film, and later dubbed over the sound of a Ferrari 275GTB to give the impression of much higher speeds. Calculations made by several independent groups using the film show that the car never exceeds 140 km/h (85 mph), which seems to lend credence to his recent comments.



I like the film tho... I could crank the speakers up, grab a beer and watch that all day long.

 

"le film que vous allez voir a été réalisé sans aucun trucage ni accéléré," which translates to "the film you are about to see was made without special effects or fast motion."

 

It doesn't seem like the car is moving as fast as the audio would suggest.

 

imo... gay

 

looked slow

 

cool

 

That's because Ferraris are the Hondas of the Sports Car world. They generally have to rev to high heaven to achieve their power. I'm looking at my sports car book, and it's saying the 275 GTB/4 has a 3.3L 60-degree V12 that makes 300hp at 8,000 RPM. That is why it sounds like it is going faster than it is.

Love that video!

 

Displacement 3286.00 cc | 200.5 cu in. | 3.3 L.
2 valves per cylinder.
Valvetrain SOHC
Horsepower 300.00 BHP (220.8 KW) @ 8000.00 RPM
Torque 215.00 Ft-Lbs (291.5 NM) @ 5500.00 RPM
HP to Weight Ratio 8.9 LB / HP
HP / Liter 90.9 BHP / Liter
Bore 3.05 in | 77.5 mm. | 0.1 m.
Stroke 2.31 in | 58.7 mm. | 0.1 m.
Compression Ratio 9.50:1
0-60 mph 5.5 seconds.
1/4 Mile 14 seconds.
Top Speed 255 km/h | 158.5 mph
Gears 5
Transmission Manual
Final Drive 3.56


I was bored...lol

If I am not mistaken...there is a point where he drops it down into 1st gear... then you can count 6 upshifts. I was guessing at what gear he would be in at first..then as he downshifted I figured that he would be in first at some point... then I think there were 5 upshifts....giving a total of 6 gears