Quote Originally Posted by mbeige View Post
When the movie "Rendezvous" came out, it showed somebody darting in and out of the streets on a Mercedes 6.9 (not shown, but it was stated). From what I've heard, the driver was then apprehended when the film was shown to the public.

This should be done to whoever wrote the article. However subjective it may be, admitting to cutting people off, making them fuming mad, and driving like there were no cops around should be enough evidence.
That's just a rumor about the Merc. Nobody's ever confirmed the car... some rumors say it was a Ferrari, but the most believeable one (given the relative speed of the vehicle) is that it was an Alpina.

The director who filmed this was speeding, yes, but this was back in the heyday of automotive racing, when even controlled situations were potentially deadly... but he wasn't as reckless as it seems in the film... he drove at four in the morning to ensure there was no traffic, he had the route planned out, and he had spotters at critical junctures and blind corners to make sure he wouldn't have problems with traffic. Nissan did this with their similar film "The Run", done in Czechloslovakia... but in their case, they had the permission and full support of the police and government.

What actually happened to the director is that the chief of police called him in... told him that he'd received complaints about the film, and that he'd have to take his license. The director gave it, then the chief of police looked at it, gave it back and said: "My children loved your film. Don't do it again." :hysterical:

Of course, Mr. Ilagan could do with a somewhat heftier slap on the wrist...