…r chase) suggested the idea to Friedkin. Details were improvised on a last-minute location scout.
The chase was filmed without obtaining proper city permits. Traffic was cleared for five blocks in each direction and filmmakers shot between 10am and 3pm. Off-duty NYPD officers teamed with assistant directors to direct traffic. The producers gained permission to control traffic signals on streets where they ran the chase car. But the chase illegally spilled onto streets where there was no traffic control forcing stunt drivers to evade real cars and pedestrians. The crash that occurs midway throughout the chase involved a local man driving to work when his car was suddenly struck by the picture car. He was unhurt but producers had to pay for his car repairs.
A camera was mounted on a car’s bumper for low-angle POV shots o…r chase) suggested the idea to Friedkin. Details were improvised on a last-minute location scout.
The chase was filmed without obtaining proper city permits. Traffic was cleared for five blocks in each direction and filmmakers shot between 10am and 3pm. Off-duty NYPD officers teamed with assistant directors to direct traffic. The producers gained permission to control traffic signals on streets where they ran the chase car. But the chase illegally spilled onto streets where there was no traffic control forcing stunt drivers to evade real cars and pedestrians. The crash that occurs midway throughout the chase involved a local man driving to work when his car was suddenly struck by the picture car. He was unhurt but producers had to pay for his car repairs.
A camera was mounted on a car’s bumper for low-angle POV shots of the streets racing by. The came…