I'm reaching for my lower back when I see those jumps. Holy crap, that's hard core!
I'm thinking about making a short movie.
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Greg, has anyone told you you might be crazy.... 
Then again that's why we love ya...
Then again that's why we love ya...
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I've never jumped from an airplane or rode a Zip Line.
Jumping cars though....what a rush it is to increase speed, approach a ramp and feel weightless while flying through the air.
WE wrecked several cars in the course of the movie but many were totaled already.
I was given a 78 Celica that had a dead engine. A Mitsibishi Precis already had front end damage. A Geo Prizm was rear ended. The orange Dart Sport doubled as a 73 Duster...it was hit hard in the RH quarter and left for dead. The "rollover car" was a $20 car from a scrapyard...
The process of movie-making is far more complicated that you might think and my humble production merely scratched the surface on how it is done.
We like to tease Toby Halicki for the quality of Gone in 60 Seconds but he really achieved something with that movie. (I'm referring to the 1974 flick, not the POS from 2000)
Halicki shot film on streets, sometimes without permits. He bought a lot of wrecked cars and patched them up to use for stunts. Example....If the car had damage at the right front, you position it where damage is not visible for the scene.
Years of construction, my ego and these jumps all combined to give me some trouble.
I used to stubbornly lift things alone when I should have called for help. 36 years of that AND 8-10 jumps with cars that had nothing but stock seats and seat belts will leave you a bit sore.
Great memories though.
Jumping cars though....what a rush it is to increase speed, approach a ramp and feel weightless while flying through the air.
WE wrecked several cars in the course of the movie but many were totaled already.
I was given a 78 Celica that had a dead engine. A Mitsibishi Precis already had front end damage. A Geo Prizm was rear ended. The orange Dart Sport doubled as a 73 Duster...it was hit hard in the RH quarter and left for dead. The "rollover car" was a $20 car from a scrapyard...
The process of movie-making is far more complicated that you might think and my humble production merely scratched the surface on how it is done.
We like to tease Toby Halicki for the quality of Gone in 60 Seconds but he really achieved something with that movie. (I'm referring to the 1974 flick, not the POS from 2000)
Halicki shot film on streets, sometimes without permits. He bought a lot of wrecked cars and patched them up to use for stunts. Example....If the car had damage at the right front, you position it where damage is not visible for the scene.
Years of construction, my ego and these jumps all combined to give me some trouble.
I used to stubbornly lift things alone when I should have called for help. 36 years of that AND 8-10 jumps with cars that had nothing but stock seats and seat belts will leave you a bit sore.
Great memories though.
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