http://thezeropoint.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_thezeropoint_archive.html
The Ferrari 275 GTB
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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.
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Video of Ferrari in Paris:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht6CBM7LTY0
Wikipedia on the subject:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Lelouch
http://www.arcadiadreams.com/automobili_centro.htm
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