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unusual facts about chase scene



Pilot/Chapter Two

The episode opens with a bleached-out opening sequence of a chase scene of Mitch McDeere (Josh Lucas) being chased in Washington, DC by three men in suits.


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Associated Electrics

A modified RC10 with an off-the-shelf Parma International 1963 Chevrolet Corvette body was used in the famous chase scene in the 1988 motion picture, The Dead Pool.

Bankhead Tunnel

The tunnel was later featured during a motorcycle chase scene in the 1991 film Stone Cold, starring Brian Bosworth.

BMT West End Line

The famous chase scene from The French Connection (1971) was filmed under the West End line in Brooklyn, and the opening scene of Saturday Night Fever (1977) features Tony Manero (John Travolta) walking down 86th Street, with the West End elevated line above.

Capture and rescue of Jemima Boone

The incident is notable for inspiring the chase scene in James Fenimore Cooper's Last of the Mohicans(1826), in which Lieutenant-Colonel George Munro, the book's protagonist Hawkeye (Natty Bumppo), his adopted Mohican older brother Chingachgook, Chingachgook's son Uncas, and David Gamut follow and overtake the Huron party of Magua who had taken as captives the sisters Cora and Alice Munro.

Dying to Say This to You

The song "Running Out of Turbo" was featured in a chase scene in the episode "Free Fall" of the American television show CSI: Miami, as well as an episode of the MTV reality show The Hills.

Fox Photo

In the chase scene(s) in Back to the Future, the Libyan terrorists crash their van into a Fox Photo booth at the Twin Pines/Lone Pine Mall.

Golden Nugget Las Vegas

In the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever (1971), the casino can be continually seen in the police chase scene.

Once Upon a Time, Cinema

Transported to the Shah by being sent down his harem slide, Golnar rejects him, and attempts to escape, leading to a slapstick chase-scene.

Paul Genge

Ironically, in that episode he and his comrade, in attempting to hijack goods from a truck driven by Paul Drake, are killed when their car loses control and rolls down the cliff, somewhat similar to the chase scene in Bullitt.

Reub Long

Because he was an expert at handling horse teams, Reub participated in a wild and dangerous chase scene in the movie The Indian Fighter with ten covered wagons racing across the desert.

Silverton, Oregon

The first bank robbery and chase scene in the movie Bandits (starring Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton) was filmed in Silverton.

Smart Roadster

In the 2010 movie Knight and Day, the Smart Roadster appears in the final chase scene.

Wetbike

The Wetbike also appeared in the 1986 comedy Police Academy 3: Back in Training, in which a group of Wetbikes and Kawasaki JS550 stand up jet skis were used by the police to chase down thieves in speedboats during the movie's ending water chase scene.

Yonkers Trolley Barn

Early in the 21st century, the building got some visibility when its exteriors were used as the background for a chase scene in the film Catch Me If You Can.

Zigeunerweisen

Stephen Chow featured it in the cartoon-inspired chase scene in his 2004 film Kung Fu Hustle.