I interviewed the director, Chuck Bail. They rented two real 427s, painting them the same color but still managed to prang one (you can see it in one scene still driving with a bent grille cavity if you look close). One was rented from a LA policeman (yes, a cop with a 427 Cobra!). They fixed and repainted his car after filming. Somewhere there's a picture of one of the cars with a huge apparatus weighing maybe 500 lbs. on the front of the car to film it as it drives along. The director was once a stunt man. As I was interviewing him, a young man stuck his head in the office and let Chuck know he had gotten the lead in a movie. His name was Gary Busey.
I interviewed the director, Chuck Bail. They rented two real 427s, painting them the same color but still managed to prang one (you can see it in one scene still driving with a bent grille cavity if you look close). One was rented from a LA policeman (yes, a cop with a 427 Cobra!). They fixed and repainted his car after filming. Somewhere there's a picture of one of the cars with a huge apparatus weighing maybe 500 lbs. on the front of the car to film it as it drives along. The director was once a stunt man. As I was interviewing him, a young man stuck his head in the office and let Chuck know he had gotten the lead in a movie. His name was Gary Busey.
Here is a clip from the movie when they were on the freeway...before they got into the river:
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My favorite scene that I like to turn up is right when the race starts.
Hearing the Ferrari and Cobra reverberating off the buildings in Manhattan is incredible.
rodneym
My favorite scene that I like to turn up is right when the race starts.
Hearing the Ferrari and Cobra reverberating off the buildings in Manhattan is incredible.
rodneym
A 12-minute montage of Cobra scenes from the movie
I just pieced together a number of scenes from the movie, which feature the Cobra and Daytona Spyder prominently.
I couldn't quite get all the favorites mentioned here (like the "55 is unsafe" bit), as I'm using a trial version of the DVD ripper and it stops ripping after 5 minutes.
In any case, I think there's enough here that you'll enjoy it.
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Originally Posted by Historybuff
I interviewed the director, Chuck Bail. They rented two real 427s, painting them the same color but still managed to prang one (you can see it in one scene still driving with a bent grille cavity if you look close). One was rented from a LA policeman (yes, a cop with a 427 Cobra!). They fixed and repainted his car after filming. Somewhere there's a picture of one of the cars with a huge apparatus weighing maybe 500 lbs. on the front of the car to film it as it drives along. The director was once a stunt man. As I was interviewing him, a young man stuck his head in the office and let Chuck know he had gotten the lead in a movie. His name was Gary Busey.
Why not post your interview with the director here. I'll dig up mine as well and we can compare notes.
Bill S.
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I interviewed the director, Chuck Bail... As I was interviewing him, a young man stuck his head in the office and let Chuck know he had gotten the lead in a movie. His name was Gary Busey.
"...young man"? How long ago was this interview?
Gary Busey is 66 years old now.
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