The car chase from "To Live and Die in L.A.". Part one. The bust that leads up to the chase. Second part here: • To Live and Die in L.A...
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@plissken21564 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: 0:42 -0:50 - That brown structure with windows you see at the right of the screen was Captain Bryant's (M.Emmet Walsh) office in 1982's Blade Runner. It was built specifically for that movie and still remains there today in Union Station as a cleaning supply closet.
@ninelivecat15 жыл бұрын
I never get tired of watching this Its just so dynamic and improvised It feels real
@nonplayerzealot42 жыл бұрын
I watched it 6 mos ago in full for the first time in probably at least 7-8 yrs and I had to watch it again in full at least 2x more. I've done that before w/ this movie as well. It always recaptures my admiration after a long time away from it.
@5521Brite13 жыл бұрын
I can't say enough positive things about this film. It endures so well...even 25 years (!) after it came out. One reason I loved this film is that it was the first movie (that I know of) that did NOT glamorize Los Angeles. It showed its seedy underbelly and grit...and I freakin' love that!
@tammylewis24087 ай бұрын
Especially when Chase and Vukovich learn the guy was an undercover agent and then all hell broke loose. leading to the one of the greatest car chases EVER. Friedkin was the master of the car chase.
@henryroadeluca13569 жыл бұрын
William Friedkin mentioned that William Petersen never knew there was a phone book inside the briefcase, Petersen played along with the action - "being in the moment". His reaction in trying to break the case was real. Excellent improv
@AnthonyWilliams-li5mz3 жыл бұрын
Same director of The Exorcist 1973
@craigfinnegan85342 жыл бұрын
@@AnthonyWilliams-li5mz And The French Connection.
@p70581 Жыл бұрын
"Oh, that's very funny!"
@brendabaloyan15 жыл бұрын
These ranks up there among the best car chase scenes in hollywood history! This movie is from same director of French Connection that produced another great chase!!!
@JESCO582 жыл бұрын
Willima Peterson and Sigourney Weaver both came from the stage to film. Two people who know their craft. This is still the best car chase in Hollywood history. The only chase that comes close is Heath Legder's Joker scene with the truck.
@jamescollinson21794 жыл бұрын
In an interview director William Friedkin said the chase scenes were the last with William Petersen and John Pankow to be filmed because he felt the degree of risk was so high they could be seriously injured or killed.
@nonplayerzealot42 жыл бұрын
Peterson said that fact wasn't lost upon them, either. There have been deaths on movie sets, so any paranoia about doing it would be healthy. Beyond the deaths in 1982 on set of Twilight Zone: The Movie, one of the motorcycle stuntmen in 1981's The Road Warrior broke his leg when he flipped off his bike. The guy did 3-4 full body turns in the air when he hit something and that part is on film, but the part where he landed and broke his leg isn't.
@saraphinn14 жыл бұрын
Holy crap. I jonsed on this movie when it came out, but this is some seriously good stuff. The soundtrack is amazing, the filmaking also amazing.Can I get started about the acting?
@deflep00710 жыл бұрын
in my opinion, best car chase scene of all time
@drumtwo4seven5 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@gjmob3 жыл бұрын
RIP at the train tracks to Grissom's aviators.
@darrylwiggins4799 Жыл бұрын
This is one of the greatest chase scenes of all time.Only Bullet and the french connection match this unrelenting action.
@Lauterbach24Ай бұрын
The Seven Ups car chase scene is really good as well.
@1968dodgechargerman15 жыл бұрын
Great Movie and Wang Chung rock. This seems to be a not well noticed movie. The story is ace, great direction, acting and soundtrack. Thanks for posting.
@spliffsperlunk10 жыл бұрын
80s movies like this heavily influenced GTA I bet.
@likegaston9 жыл бұрын
spliffsperlunk Rockstar should do a tribute and have L&DLA stars in their next game.
@spliffsperlunk9 жыл бұрын
Downward Submission Position Awesome Idea!
@peterfrank33656 жыл бұрын
Much of Rockstar Games' works are influenced by a lot of movies.
@bobboberson76845 жыл бұрын
The bridge is from gta.
@craigfinnegan85342 жыл бұрын
When I studied in South Africa from 84 to 87 my friends once kidded me about American's craze for car chases. They didn't get the appeal. I remember telling them about To Live and Die in LA, which had just come out. My point was that car chases could be incredibly good. The whole film matches it. Most people grasp (at least instinctively) that going the wrong way down the LA freeway was an allegory for Chance's entire approach to law enforcement. The criminal side of lawmen is timeless, going back to the sheriffs in the wild west, who often doubled as henchmen for cattle barons. This movie modernized and dramatized the combination of good and evil in law enforcement masterfully.
@RUSSTRADAMUS15 жыл бұрын
classic underrated slept on movie fucking intense car chase scene (william petersen) is a great underrated actor kinda like (gary oldman) wang chung (city of the angels) instrumental is classic
@nonplayerzealot49 жыл бұрын
Beige Caprice. Best car for an incognito chase.
@jerryinohio19783 жыл бұрын
Looks more like a impala
@nonplayerzealot43 жыл бұрын
@@jerryinohio1978 It's a Caprice, trust. Those 80s shoebox Chevies did look similar. Most cars had that same boxy look then. Real bumpers, 2 headlights in many cases, ugly, but cool in a retro sense. No plastic panels that you had to replace due to minimal bumps.
@shinola3 жыл бұрын
@@nonplayerzealot4 definitely a standard Caprice, but I think the Impala was a trim package for the Caprice at that time, so it’s easy to confuse the two. Also, respect for the Grand Marquis and 72 Torino also featured in that scene
@kinmanyuen15 жыл бұрын
This movie was really top and realistic.. because you don't expect them to accidentally rob an undercover cop.... they got chased by their own people and lucky to get away...
@GreenCanvasInteriorscape3 жыл бұрын
Pretty edgy way back, still good&watchable
@kinmanyuen13 жыл бұрын
- the red palmtree is also like blood out of a bulletwound - the capitals LA with fire to indicate its a hot/dangerous city - the pounding dark synthesizer adds power to the bold fontset. - de distingtive orange sunset of LA The TLADILA track is a well balanced ballet of tough suburbs and depressing citylife. The piano and synthesizers emphesizes stopmotion city drama, the beat emphesizes exotic life , the flute gives neighbourhood feeling, guitars sound remorsefull. ..i get carried away :p
@gottadomor74383 жыл бұрын
Your, "carried away" very well played. This film always good for more - even more - examination; truly classic cinema imho. Watched if not count countless times, a LOT of times, and never gotten old yet. Like a masterpiece painting always something new to see and / or as in your comment, hear.
@micmackman555553 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately Chance was not wearing gloves so he's got his fingerprints on the briefcase and potentially on his sunglasses that fell off when trying to get into the briefcase. Both objects were left at the scene and will be recovered by the FBI when they retrieve Ling's body. It would make for a great subplot how either Chance was not ID'd from those fingerprints or was ID'd after certain events late in the movie. Still, great movie as released
@nonplayerzealot42 жыл бұрын
Phonebook as well. Front cover, paper? Fingerprints on paper last forever. There was a former Iron Guard member named Valerian Trifa who was living in Ohio. The Iron Guard was a thug force allied to the Nazis in Romania. He denied being a member, but the FBI got a postcard he sent to Heinrich Himmler from German archives and had to create laser detection methods to scan for his prints w/o destroying the postcard and it came up positive. There was a 40 sthg year gap in the print and detection. Paper is the worst substrate for a criminal to put a print on.
@andrewbrown2888 Жыл бұрын
If everything were as mundane as the predictability of the monotony of life,I guess we wouldn't need the cinemas.
@Nywarrior5010 жыл бұрын
I fuckin love this movie
@Waszma13 жыл бұрын
Love this flick...always wondered what they would have done if the dude told them he was an F.B.I. agent. Would have made things pretty tricky, no? Friedkin snatched Petersen out of "Streetcar" in Canada to make this flick. In my top 10, maybe top 5 ever. "Buddy....you're in the wrong place at the wrong time"...
@tammylewis24087 ай бұрын
It led to Manhunter, CSI, etc. for Petersen. Thank goodness Friedkin saw that in him and cast him in that movie.
@superblue29838 жыл бұрын
"To live & die in L.A." (1985). CLASSIC COP FILM. Those 1980s era Ford& GMs were really strong cars ;-) ;-)
@artlover1477 Жыл бұрын
That FBI agent with the m16 was a helluva shot lol. Still, one of my all time favorite 80s movies. William Peterson had moxie.
@ericzerkle52143 жыл бұрын
I want that suitcase!
@MeIancholyMan14 жыл бұрын
they were't cops.. they were Feds...
@starbearry12 жыл бұрын
350 Chevy with the air cleaner removed at 1:39. I know that sound anywhere! Also, get the soundtrack cd to this movie. You will not be sorry!!!!
@robrozek92653 жыл бұрын
If it wasn't removed it was flipped over to get that great V8 sound
@GuineaPigEveryday3 жыл бұрын
oh i haven't, since watching the movie i was listening to it on repeat
@jameshoran83 жыл бұрын
This is where Chance went over the line, convincing Vuckavich to pull this stunt, shaking down a guy that was really the FBI. Ruth wanted Chance out of her life that she convinced him this guy was a crook.
@ShadowSonic22 жыл бұрын
It ended up backfiring on her, as her plan drove Vukovich into becoming Chase 2.0.
@lukenorth71272 жыл бұрын
@@ShadowSonic2 Yep. Ruth had two “visions” after Vukovich said “You’re working for me now” which eliminated the need for dialogue. 1. Vukovich is now Chance 2.0 2. Because of 1, Ruth is now trapped under Vukovich the same way she was “trapped under” Chance. If you know, you know.
@tammylewis24087 ай бұрын
@@lukenorth7127 That was cool that Vukovich took down the guy, but turned the tables on Ruth, knowing that she instigated the whole mess, causing Chance's death, so it was payback time for Ruth. Loved it when he said, "you're working for me now."
@nonplayerzealot43 жыл бұрын
0:48 I've seen the interior of that Amtrak station in tons of commercials and/or shows/movies. Beautiful marble mosaic floor that this movie didn't show well, but it's tots identifiable and they will never get rid of work like that so it'll continue to pop up for years to come.
@youarelife34376 жыл бұрын
I saw this first 6 years ago Still makes me feel awesome and uneasy at the same time.
@HighSpeedNoDrag4 жыл бұрын
This scene demonstrates Real World how different "Entities" of the Gov. can be in Direct Conflict directly and or indirectly.
@1dirkmanchest13 жыл бұрын
Damn, where did that guy learn how to shoot? He sprays bullets all over the place then shoots his fellow agent. Look like upper mgt material for the TSA.
@sitdowndogbreath3 жыл бұрын
He looked away while firing because of some idiot crashed into his car
@lukenorth71273 жыл бұрын
@@sitdowndogbreath True, but he’s an FBI agent. This is just a movie, but it’s very unlikely a real FBI agent would screw up like that.
@sitdowndogbreath3 жыл бұрын
@@lukenorth7127 oh you don't know the half of it
@lukenorth71273 жыл бұрын
@@sitdowndogbreath I recant my previous comment now that I realize what you were saying. Stay safe and sane.
@rifletwist6 жыл бұрын
Not only is this a great scene from a great movie, we can see what Los Angeles, types of cars, Union Station, and so much more looked like when Guns N' Roses first started (mid 1985).
@Hot80s12 жыл бұрын
0:30-0:33 forever classic.
@anibalbabilonia186710 жыл бұрын
And what a great movie this was! Awesome.
@billybizar110 жыл бұрын
trha2222 lack of taste?
@TRKoneAD214 жыл бұрын
William Petersen kind of resembles Dan Marino classic movie
@vtraveler12 жыл бұрын
No that's a well-made quality briefcase.
@andrewbrown2888 Жыл бұрын
The silverback couldn't have opened it much faster.
@dwissba682 жыл бұрын
God, this movie is so damn dark and so freaking cool!!!
@jeesus23413 жыл бұрын
DAMN what song is that when they take him away?
@plissken21564 жыл бұрын
'The Red Stare' by 80's group Wang Chung (they did the whole soundtrack - songs and score)
@nonplayerzealot43 жыл бұрын
Chicago Bulls used to use that same part of the instrumental during game action for years n years, well into the 90s.
@lukenorth71273 жыл бұрын
Do you think Chance would have killed Ling before his colleagues arrived? My guess is “Yes,” the wire made Ling a loose end.
@TheTheratfarmer8 жыл бұрын
yeah, chevey did it wright for once. the 350 ci engine.
@DBNIGHT12 жыл бұрын
YOUNGER GRISSOM FROM CSI ?
@AnthonyWilliams-li5mz3 жыл бұрын
Same director of The Exorcist 1973
@schnellguy15 жыл бұрын
This is one great movie! Its like the movies from the 70s,every thing is so real because they flim on location.Los Angeles has the best of everything for the studios.
@StevieG45410 жыл бұрын
Seen this for the first time, great movie!
@dylanhernandez674Ай бұрын
2:40 He Dropped his sunglasses! LOL😂😅
@plissken21564 жыл бұрын
A mid 70's Ford Gran Torino (yes, the Starsky & Hutch car) rear-ends them at 4:02.
@CallMeMrStopmotion4 жыл бұрын
Bruh that's a 1972. Not even close to the S & H car.
@sitdowndogbreath3 жыл бұрын
No ABS brakes
@tammylewis24087 ай бұрын
One of my favorite films from the 80s. Wilhem Dafoe played a very creepy villain, and William Petersen was excellent in the movie, and of course, the greatest car chase EVER!!!! Not to mention a great soundtrack by Wang Chung. This movie with out a doubt, later inspired GTA San Andreas.
@2345allthebest3 жыл бұрын
One of the best MacGuffins ever... car rear-ends agents' vehicle while agent is dialed in with an AR-15 / finger on the trigger
@andrewbrown2888 Жыл бұрын
Accidental shots occur with regularity.....
@the81kid11 жыл бұрын
Now that's a great dramatic scene!
@JohnnieB6411 жыл бұрын
So the Chinese guy got shot by his own guys, by accident?
@riproar11Ай бұрын
The entire movie soundtrack was scored by Wang Chung. My favorite track is when Willem Defoe is creating the counterfeit money.
@jameskelly5672 Жыл бұрын
This film is a masterpiece i first watched it when i was 9 or 10 when it came put on vhs tape, insane masterpiece!
@Tenebrius196311 жыл бұрын
And the cops were lousy shots too.
@dwissba682 жыл бұрын
Except when they kill their own guy
@TheTallMan50 Жыл бұрын
Left his fingerprints all over the briefcase handle. 🤔
@kinmanyuen12 жыл бұрын
If rockstar decide to make another 80's GTA... this is a huge inspiration for los santos!
@patgogan73246 жыл бұрын
HI IM FROM 2018 HOW DID YOU LIKE GTAV ?
@anthonyjaswinski573211 жыл бұрын
Chance is my hero
@matrixone224 жыл бұрын
At 4:40 is where the T-1000 would arrive a few years later
@lukenorth71273 жыл бұрын
And where Ryan Gosling would take his love interest and her son for a “Drive.”
@studinthemaking Жыл бұрын
What the name of the song they play here at the start?
@98976h Жыл бұрын
0:12 lol guy on bike from Borne Legacy movie
@the81kid11 жыл бұрын
Poor guy. He was probably undercover cop too.
@deadmanrunning6670 Жыл бұрын
Was John Vukovich doing the litmus configurrrration on that bill?
@Robsay017 ай бұрын
He has to take them all after the test. Find the nearest train to hop.
@nonplayerzealot43 жыл бұрын
Love this flick and have since the 90s when I first saw it, but the lads would've been screwed from Chance's fingerprints on the phonebook cover. Something they overlooked. His prints WOULD have been on file altho there was no comp database then obviously. No Codis. Still, the FBI would've done a psych profile on the perps, assumed they were or are in law enforcement at some level, and started searching his print. For the sake of the movie timeline, the FBI wouldn't have nabbed them before Chance was killed, but they would've gotten Vukovich eventually. That's all assuming Ruth the chic who told them about the sceme wouldn't have snitched after an arrest or somethin.
@ShadowSonic22 жыл бұрын
Ruth might have not been able to sell out Vukovich either, because he got caught he'd sell her out as the one who basically "set them up" and she'd go down with him.
@nonplayerzealot42 жыл бұрын
@@ShadowSonic2 I think she was still on parole (for some amt of undisclosed time). So she would've been laying low as possible. If Chance could revoke her parole, she was on it. Stgh I didn't consider for the earlier post I made. But she's a snitch by nature or circumstance, so she can never be trusted. Vukovic had better be careful. I'm sure he enjoyed the bonus sex, tho.
@ShadowSonic22 жыл бұрын
@@nonplayerzealot4 Did you see that "alternate" ending where Ruth's plan basically worked perfectly?
@eetmaifukpriddy59898 жыл бұрын
Handprints on that briefcase.....umm i think yer busted
@miguelterivel99182 жыл бұрын
une vrai classique du film action de policiers comme on les l'aime selon moi.
@adamquiles24682 ай бұрын
Money wasnt in the briefcase so where the hell was it?
@69990715 жыл бұрын
haha this movie cam out before i even was born haha but the best movie my dad sat down n watched wit me
@joemalone9380 Жыл бұрын
3minutes no car chase......wtf
@alanrogs3990 Жыл бұрын
Those boots are so tiny
@ronnierod7133 Жыл бұрын
Lol - that dude was a lousy shot
@CmputrBlu12 жыл бұрын
@DBNIGHT Yes
@carbonfootprintmyass13 жыл бұрын
i cant believe they crashed a 72- torino into the back of the red car on the bridge
@marianofgv12 жыл бұрын
Wired sent you here?
@fabiogaucho7714 жыл бұрын
I have a modest proposal: all movies from the 80s should have their soundtracks remade and recorded over for DVD and TV. Easy thing to do. The theme songs like Heat is On can stay, but the background music they used is horrible, and makes those flicks ridiculously dated, even the best ones. Shoud start with Rain Man, 48 hours and Stakeout. Too bad you can do nothing for the clothes. Who's with me?
@PoletBally13 жыл бұрын
William Petersen is great. But there's no denying that he fucked up big time when he turned down the role of Henry Hill in Goodfellas.
@carlosvitela962210 жыл бұрын
3:35 oh look the guys from Varrio Nuevo Estrada posted graffiti.
@Tenebrius196311 жыл бұрын
You're wearing ain't you!
@herseycokguzelolacak88495 жыл бұрын
Chris and leon vs italian mafia 80s los angeles car chase
@RUSSTRADAMUS13 жыл бұрын
@FetidToecheese yeah I fucking loved him as WILD BILL in GREEN MILE PETER STORMARE (armageddon .. bad boys 2) & STUART WILSON (no escape .. lethal weapon 3) are GREAT ACTORS also who dont get enough credit
@dwissba682 жыл бұрын
“Hello Asshole!” Lol
@Hot80s12 жыл бұрын
9C1's comin at ya!!!
@dw8840 Жыл бұрын
4:05 shot with your pants down
@anibalbabilonia186710 жыл бұрын
He was an undercover agent!
@camo_for_cocktails3 жыл бұрын
That’s the beauty of this sequence, everyone in this chase and shootout is a Federal Agent! There are no criminals.
@humanman3000Ай бұрын
Robbed a drug dealer
@kinmanyuen15 жыл бұрын
Coool!
@timpriddy3493 жыл бұрын
Taylor Yard teardown......Southern Pacific was in big trouble with diesel fuel spills in the L.A. river
@billb47313 жыл бұрын
Cover agents were dogshit.....if anyone ever drove a Crown Victoria they have the sound down to a tee....nicely done.
@jeffreyrichardson Жыл бұрын
jesus is lord plate gregs ford escort medjool date suheil fish tales mate
@edwardjj42243 жыл бұрын
I do love old movies The cars woman's (looking like women's)and action What is going on with this stupid commercial about plastic cars between the movie Thanks anyway for posting this video God bless You all
@pixelsilva13 жыл бұрын
fail... they left out the suitcase... I suppose william petersen characters don´t have finger prints in this movie, right? They later return scaping the pursuit of their fellow secret service agents by a hair, they couldnt grab the cars plate number or the faces of peterson and his partner. Guess in that world finger prints are no existent, specialy when there is a dead man with a bullet in his back.
@WithoutRemorse123 жыл бұрын
Sometimes they recover partial or messy fingerprints from crime scenes.
@WithoutRemorse123 жыл бұрын
At the end of the movie. Chance's partner has come clean and came up with a story to put all the blame on as a Rogue Secret Service agent.
@MrGigaHurtz5 жыл бұрын
Worst shot ever
@likegaston9 жыл бұрын
Might be best car chase scene in a movie of all time! Rest of the movie, kinda weak! I have to say!
@Alprazolam087 жыл бұрын
Your taste is in your ass.
@gottadomor74383 жыл бұрын
@Al. Hehe. TL&DiLA some of the memorable movie quotes. alltime.
@eziaslemos3121 Жыл бұрын
How do I watch it on utube rent or buy like all the other movies I rented