Re: more driving movies (little audi content)

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In a message dated 2/26/99 0:32:04 AM EST, johnc@together.net writes:

<< I presume he means 'Bullit' (by Peter Yates I think).  Epic Steve McQueen
car
 scenes, with motorcylist ditching and sliding off the road... Unlikely urban
 legend has it that the MC was a guy who ran the roadblock during the filming
 and ended up in the scene, they filmed it and kept it... >>


In fact, that stunt was performed by McQueen himself. He was well known for
his prowess on 2 wheels (par example, "The Great Escape" where rides cross
country on a large mc yumping fences)and it's often been said he missed his
true calling.