I never get tired of that car chase! The sound of those engines, I had a 1989 caprice with 305 V8. It got good mileage on freeways. 14 in city but hey, miss it. And those Maiibues omg classics!
What a great movie...Friedkin is truly one of the greatest of all time and Petersen performance is so underrated, i think he should have won an Oscar for both this and Manhunter!
It’s the same actor, almost impossible to recognize, not because of aging but because of the different style of the characters and the recitation style. In this movie the recitation is way more on point.
Love the 'car sick' type panic from the back seat and the sudden realisation of what they had done. Read on another site cops were impressed with how this was conveyed.
That impala was equipped with either the taxi package or the 9c1 police package because of the rear swaybar and front bucket seats. Motor is most likely a 350 as ot shreds the tires pretty easily. I had the exact same silver/grey 79 malibu used in the scene back in 1992.
no he did not. I saw the extra features on DVD and its a Chevy on a rack. You cannot let a star do his own stunts. It can cost a movie big time if he gets hurt.
@@holdenmcgroin9774 No, for real. William Petersen did some of the driving during the chase. A stunt driver drove the part on the freeway, but for most of the street scenes, William Petersen was behind the wheel. The chase scene was the last part of the movie to be filmed because William Petersen and John Pankow were in the Chevy.
My mom took me to see Bullitt when I was 9 in 1968 and thought it was the greatest car chase. Then in 1971 The French Connection 2nd greatest car chase. Then in 1973 The Seven Ups 3rd greatest car chase ever. Then To Live And Die In LA. When that Chevy beat out the train and jumped the tracks for me this chase scene became #1 and still is. Honorable mention to Baby Driver and Ronin. When I saw John Frankenheimer’s Ronin and the two car chases in that I have to believe he was influenced by To Live And Die In LA and William Friedkin. All wonderful films!
Nice that you kept the quiet, almost sensual, end moment. It makes for great contrast and shows Vukovich finally facing Chance's addiction to risk as the supreme danger it was.
secret service men getting ransom for a setup deal, litterally robbing a federal covert operation not knowing... and one of them is an adrenaline addict and abuse of his identity... fukin awesome plot
More like body-on-frame construction vs unibody construction. Those body on frame cars were like trucks, they could take a beating. It was one of the reasons the Crown Victoria Interceptor stayed in favor of police departments for as long as it did.
IIRC, Friedkin says on the director's track that they went out with a minimal crew and cars and kind of made up a portions of the chase as they went along. He was trying for a kafkaesque feel to their situation, as more and more unknown pursuers seem to come out of the woodwork. Except of course for the freeway set piece, which was preplanned.
I love listening to these 70/80's v8's. You can really hear how choked up they are. lol vvvv!...vvvv!...vvvv!...v!...vvvv...VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV!
at 5 minutes in it looks like the place where in terminator 2 .. the whole dirtbike 18 wheeler harley scene... i know it was on the LA River...but that intersection/ bridge looks familiar.
The FBI is chasing undercover Secret Service. Boy, Did Chance get Vukovich in big trouble fast. 2:46 "No Chance, you're not going to try to outrace the train. Just remember, I'm in the backseat."
Good thing they filmed this movie then. Today, with the cars we have, the plastic would be all over the freeway and a couple of guys skidding on their butts.
2:31 A car today would've stopped cold after a hit to the undercarriage like that. They don't make em like they used to, I guess. There was a ramp that was hidden w/ a change in camera angles as they went over the rail on an upward diagonal slant, because w/o one, they would've hit the lip and rail of that structure squarely. But you can't have it all in a car chase scene like this one. When the rig jackknifes on the freeway, you can see a wrap/tie around the rear wheel(s) which causes that to happen, but it's split second, too. The point at which Chance crosses over the tracks is also visibly packed w/ dirt/ballast so the stunt driver could go over the rails cleanly. You can see it. All that noted, everything was still visible only after multiple views with me purposely trying to figure out how they did certain things. Thus, I'll take a practical FX chase like TL&DiL.A. over CGI BS anyday tho. There were edits to the Bullitt car chase as well.
They used more than one car or filmed different scenes at different times out of chronological order. If you look closely when their going the wrong way on the freeway you can see the car bump into something and in a fraction of a second the damaged caused to the front bumper disappears as a result of careful precision editing.
@@gottadomor7438 I agree the movie wouldn't have had the impact if another actor played Petersen's role. Petersen was perfect for the role of the hot-shot Secret Service agent whose obsession with catching his former partner's killer would turn him into a rogue that would do anything at all costs and ends up getting killed. It was his ability to seamlessly become that character and of course under a great director like William Friedkin, brought that aspect out.
The only thing I don't like about eighties films is, 99.9% of movies where shot in California. So if a movie was supposed to take place in Maine or Michigan they still shot it in Southern California.
@ 2:29 there is no way that would have jump that rail and just go on as if nothing happened. They'd beat the shit out of the front wheel alignment and bent the front overhang all to hell. I don't know how they did it as the scene isn't cut and they didn't have the CG effects back then.
this movie reminded me of my worst dreams.. everything seems like it's going great.. then you find out nothing is what it seemed to be.. and you the goodguy are now the bad guy.. a very very sobering film....
My first car that I bought with my own money was a 1979 Mercury Marquis 5.0 liter engine. I have a 2009 Chevy Impala V6 225 hp. That car is also very fast. My father loved his Dodge Polara and he bought another one and I took that car up to 130 mph as a teenager. 5:59 shows the Grease and Terminator 2 chase scene.
great intense fucking car chase scene & movie that is underrated & slept on (william petersen) is a greata ctor even though hes bo-legged (lol) wang chung (city of the angels) instrumental blasting is awesome also
William Friedkin the man! I remember the tagline for this one on the dvd box. The director of The French Connection is back on the streets. That was enough for me. I had to see it. Tough bleak movie not in the same league as The French Connection and Bullitt but worth seeing.
hey did anyone else notice that they set up the freeway traffic to the way they drive in England. the side they were on was actually the right side while the side they actually finished up on was the wrong side lol.
I see cars like this at the speedway all the time. Too bad all this chevy iron is disappearing. now there are more honda civics then there are impalas.
@ludek92 Gotta luv Petersen sTWO FEET on the brakes!! Maybe modified for the flick but the Impala probalbly had the 305 small block with a two barrel carb.
From Wiki: "To Live and Die in L.A. is an American crime novel written by former Secret Service Agent Gerald Petievich. It was published by Arbor House in 1984, and subsequently made into a movie the following year."
@@jamescollinson2179I was actually referring to the Grand Marquis. I thought it was a Crown Vic. Grand Marquis, Crown Vic........same thing. I just wanted to know what kind of V6 that was. It sounded pretty cool.
Man how many people were chasing and shooting at them? Also amazing that the only damage to that Impala was the rear window and little to the front right.
Should see it on the big screen. It was even MORE edge of the seat.
The editing in this scene is amazing - both sound and visual.
Back in 1985 I saw it in the theater. Full house, and everyone was going crazy during the car chase. Friedkin at his best
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I never get tired of that car chase! The sound of those engines, I had a 1989 caprice with 305 V8. It got good mileage on freeways. 14 in city but hey, miss it. And those Maiibues omg classics!
learned to drive in a 1974 Malibu 350 with a V8 Turbofire engine... we spent more time going sideways in that vehicle than any other direction
I was fortunate enough to see this in a theater and it was mind-blowing. An outstanding movie all around!
lucky you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What made this great was all the changes in perspective including the 1st person ones that made you feel like you were driving the car.
What a great movie...Friedkin is truly one of the greatest of all time
and Petersen performance is so underrated, i think he should have won an
Oscar for both this and Manhunter!
Agree totally. 2 epic movies from the 80s that were underrated.
This entire move was terrific. I discovered it in the early 90s. Bought the soundtrack on cassette and wore it out
I bought the soundtrack on CD and still have it along with the original artwork.
Absolutely fantastic sequence!! Are you f****** kidding?! Totally reminds me of one of the many reasons I loved this film! Wow! Thank you!
love this underrated movie and the chase scene is one of my favorites
Grissom was smart to retire from the Secret Service and transfer to Las Vegas CSI Squad .
he went to the FBI before las vegas still...
It’s the same actor, almost impossible to recognize, not because of aging but because of the different style of the characters and the recitation style. In this movie the recitation is way more on point.
Love the 'car sick' type panic from the back seat and the sudden realisation of what they had done. Read on another site cops were impressed with how this was conveyed.
That impala was equipped with either the taxi package or the 9c1 police package because of the rear swaybar and front bucket seats. Motor is most likely a 350 as ot shreds the tires pretty easily.
I had the exact same silver/grey 79 malibu used in the scene back in 1992.
William Petersen is such a badass in this film. He did some of the stunts himself, car chase included.
no he did not. I saw the extra features on DVD and its a Chevy on a rack. You cannot let a star do his own stunts. It can cost a movie big time if he gets hurt.
@@holdenmcgroin9774 No, for real. William Petersen did some of the driving during the chase. A stunt driver drove the part on the freeway, but for most of the street scenes, William Petersen was behind the wheel. The chase scene was the last part of the movie to be filmed because William Petersen and John Pankow were in the Chevy.
@@holdenmcgroin9774 Tom Cruise, hold my beer.
I saw this in the theater and it still rates as one of the most intense chase scenes ever for me .
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Agreed 100 percent
My mom took me to see Bullitt when I was 9 in 1968 and thought it was the greatest car chase. Then in 1971 The French Connection 2nd greatest car chase. Then in 1973 The Seven Ups 3rd greatest car chase ever. Then To Live And Die In LA. When that Chevy beat out the train and jumped the tracks for me this chase scene became #1 and still is. Honorable mention to Baby Driver and Ronin. When I saw John Frankenheimer’s Ronin and the two car chases in that I have to believe he was influenced by To Live And Die In LA and William Friedkin. All wonderful films!
Badass movie, William Dafoe was a great villian.
Nice that you kept the quiet, almost sensual, end moment. It makes for great contrast and shows Vukovich finally facing Chance's addiction to risk as the supreme danger it was.
secret service men getting ransom for a setup deal, litterally robbing a federal covert operation not knowing... and one of them is an adrenaline addict and abuse of his identity...
fukin awesome plot
I know today's cars are safer. But, two words. Trim & Suspension. These cars were a testament to good old fashioned iron.
More like body-on-frame construction vs unibody construction. Those body on frame cars were like trucks, they could take a beating. It was one of the reasons the Crown Victoria Interceptor stayed in favor of police departments for as long as it did.
IIRC, Friedkin says on the director's track that they went out with a minimal crew and cars and kind of made up a portions of the chase as they went along. He was trying for a kafkaesque feel to their situation, as more and more unknown pursuers seem to come out of the woodwork.
Except of course for the freeway set piece, which was preplanned.
One of the all time best chases in moviedom.. Thrilling
I love listening to these 70/80's v8's. You can really hear how choked up they are. lol
vvvv!...vvvv!...vvvv!...v!...vvvv...VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV!
Oh you bet!
Best car chase photography
william petersen is super fucking cool.
Stacy Behinn is real traffic reporter too she was in CA until the late 80's then was in the DC area for the first 1/2 of the 90's
"We lucked out Johnny! WE LUCKED OUT! WOOOOO!" Love it!
What I liked most about Chance ... He always found the silver lining;.
"There's a minor tie up on the 405"
movies like these make the 80's caprice/impala so badass!
That is such a cool car. I'd absolutely love one!
@@danielalexander8588 I have 3 Impalas and 2 of them have 300 hp. It is fast.
4:10 “ who the fuck are these guys ? Hold on Johnny! “
This movie is nucking futs and I love it.
LOVE THAT CAPRICE..........
That’s a impala
Kinda the same thing, like a Fire Bird to a Trans Am. The 80's screwed up cars so bad. They made the LeMans into a freaking hatchback. Enough said.
@@garydonnelly5030which was made in Korea.
Chevy Caprice vs Mercury Grand Marquis!
The Chevy, hands down.
@@Mavis308 No contest stock vs. stock. Even during the smog years, a real police package 350 Caprice would eat that Mercury's doors off.
@@scdevon It's actually an Impala for the Chevy and do the Chevy and the Mercury come with a chime or a buzzer?
The shot from 0:23 to 0:43 looks very tricky to shoot. The stunt drivers and camera crew had to stay in sync for that to work as you saw it.
I wish I had the yellow Impala. Those were some good cars.
Why is traffic going the wrong way on the freeway scene?
Looks like my daily commute to work
LOL.
I think they should change the title of this movie from "To Live and Die in LA" to "GET OUT OF THE WAY!"
It’s funny that if you did this today, you’d have cars with more power but are also more fragile and when they got hit would be totaled
I love the 80s!
I miss the 80s but thankful.
What a great scene!
And looks like a real car chase with real cars.
Great movie! Great soundtrack!
fucking badass. old cars doing things that shouldn't be done in any car.
This chase scene should be a tire commercial for whatever brand they're using.
And maybe an auto glass join to boot. "Getcher rear window shot out? We're here for you at ..."
Definitely one of the best car chase scenes in a movie. The ones in the Jason Bourne movies are pretty tight also.
How many FBI agents was on that case?? 100 from the look of things!
at 5 minutes in it looks like the place where in terminator 2 .. the whole dirtbike 18 wheeler harley scene... i know it was on the LA River...but that intersection/ bridge looks familiar.
northCALIFA I thought the same now when I watched this video! 😃
the shape of the wall is likely unique so I wouldnt doubt it
This scene was hilarious... One of the best chases ever..
The FBI is chasing undercover Secret Service. Boy, Did Chance get Vukovich in big trouble fast. 2:46 "No Chance, you're not going to try to outrace the train. Just remember, I'm in the backseat."
Good thing they filmed this movie then. Today, with the cars we have, the plastic would be all over the freeway and a couple of guys skidding on their butts.
2:31 A car today would've stopped cold after a hit to the undercarriage like that. They don't make em like they used to, I guess. There was a ramp that was hidden w/ a change in camera angles as they went over the rail on an upward diagonal slant, because w/o one, they would've hit the lip and rail of that structure squarely. But you can't have it all in a car chase scene like this one. When the rig jackknifes on the freeway, you can see a wrap/tie around the rear wheel(s) which causes that to happen, but it's split second, too. The point at which Chance crosses over the tracks is also visibly packed w/ dirt/ballast so the stunt driver could go over the rails cleanly. You can see it. All that noted, everything was still visible only after multiple views with me purposely trying to figure out how they did certain things. Thus, I'll take a practical FX chase like TL&DiL.A. over CGI BS anyday tho. There were edits to the Bullitt car chase as well.
The best car chase in film history as far as I am concerned.
Yeah it is
Original Gone in 60 Seconds from 1975 still the best, 40 min of nonstop chase
@@mrFalconlem 1971, close enough
Ronin comes close.
Seven ups
That Rochester Quadrajet sound.
I miss that.
God bless the American car.
It wouldnt be the same if this were done with Toyatsuns.
It's Grissom.... before he moved to Las Vegas & became a scientist.... who knew? lol.
plus a reconstructed face
Corny f**k
After money laundering Chance changed his name and identity to enjoy his life in vegas
Wang Chngs relentless music helps this great
chase.
Most definitely - one of the if not THEE greatest movie soundtrack alltime.
Whats with the dislikes? I am baffled. Great scene
Stacy Bin ...she ended up as a traffic announcer in DC after this movie was made ..
Gotta admit. Those 80's Caprice's were beasts.
yup that 130hp was insane
They used more than one car or filmed different scenes at different times out of chronological order. If you look closely when their going the wrong way on the freeway you can see the car bump into something and in a fraction of a second the damaged caused to the front bumper disappears as a result of careful precision editing.
He went to las Vegas and started a new life under Grissom . The end.😂
Mid career job changes can be tough but sometimes ya just gotta.
Continuity scene is off at 4:49 and then makes the same exact turn at 4:54.
Yep, I noticed it too.
This movie would have gotten much better reviews if it had a top name playing the characters. Clint Eastwood would have been great as Richard Chance.
No.
@@gottadomor7438 I agree the movie wouldn't have had the impact if another actor played Petersen's role. Petersen was perfect for the role of the hot-shot Secret Service agent whose obsession with catching his former partner's killer would turn him into a rogue that would do anything at all costs and ends up getting killed. It was his ability to seamlessly become that character and of course under a great director like William Friedkin, brought that aspect out.
one of the top 10 chase scenes of all time.
Top 2
That S.O.B can drive.
The first time that I saw this movie.
I went out and bought it.
The "quadra-jet carburetor" will forever be immortalized in this movie. 😂
The only thing I don't like about eighties films is, 99.9% of movies where shot in California. So if a movie was supposed to take place in Maine or Michigan they still shot it in Southern California.
This and T2 have the most intense car chases.
Best car chase ever on film
grissom can drive like a bastard!
so real! And the camera chase and angle technique never been surpassed.
I love those old Chevy Caprice's with the variable venturi carb and 350. The hmmmm and growl of the V8 is unmistakable.
5:46. Lol, he's actully going the correct way, ALL the other traffic are driving in the wrong directions on both sides of the highway.
Jesus Christ you're right - is this clip just mirrored or was there really that big an oversight
Great driving by a young Will Petersen. Also their enemies were coming out of the woodworks.
he was not doing the driving. I saw the extra on DVD.
4:13: "Who the fuck are THESE guys??" lol
An 80s Impala lives to see another day as do it's occupants.
Best looking car ever.
I'll pray for you.
cars were built a lot stronger back then!
This was on Showtime last night!
@ 2:29 there is no way that would have jump that rail and just go on as if nothing happened. They'd beat the shit out of the front wheel alignment and bent the front overhang all to hell. I don't know how they did it as the scene isn't cut and they didn't have the CG effects back then.
this movie reminded me of my worst dreams.. everything seems like it's going great.. then you find out nothing is what it seemed to be.. and you the goodguy are now the bad guy.. a very very sobering film....
Sounds like my wedding night ... but I doan wanna talk aboutit.
My first car that I bought with my own money was a 1979 Mercury Marquis 5.0 liter engine. I have a 2009 Chevy Impala V6 225 hp. That car is also very fast. My father loved his Dodge Polara and he bought another one and I took that car up to 130 mph as a teenager. 5:59 shows the Grease and Terminator 2 chase scene.
great intense fucking car chase scene & movie that is underrated & slept on (william petersen) is a greata ctor even though hes bo-legged (lol)
wang chung (city of the angels) instrumental blasting is awesome also
William Friedkin the man! I remember the tagline for this one on the dvd box. The director of The French Connection is back on the streets. That was enough for me. I had to see it. Tough bleak movie not in the same league as The French Connection and Bullitt but worth seeing.
Awesome transition at 7:10 ! Pure awesomeness....
hey did anyone else notice that they set up the freeway traffic to the way they drive in England. the side they were on was actually the right side while the side they actually finished up on was the wrong side lol.
Best car chase scene ever.....coordinating all of it must have been off the charts difficult.
Those stunt drivers back then sure knew how to work those old tanks.
I see cars like this at the speedway all the time. Too bad all this chevy iron is disappearing. now there are more honda civics then there are impalas.
In this car chase, does the Impala and the Grand Marquis both come with a chime or a buzzer?
@ludek92 Gotta luv Petersen sTWO FEET on the brakes!! Maybe modified for the flick but the Impala probalbly had the 305 small block with a two barrel carb.
From Wiki:
"To Live and Die in L.A. is an American crime novel written by former Secret Service Agent Gerald Petievich. It was published by Arbor House in 1984, and subsequently made into a movie the following year."
That Ford had a unique sounding engine.....not sure if it was the v6 version
They were driving a 1985 Chevrolet Impala. The car chasing them was a 1985 Mercury Grand Marquis.
@@jamescollinson2179I was actually referring to the Grand Marquis. I thought it was a Crown Vic.
Grand Marquis, Crown Vic........same thing. I just wanted to know what kind of V6 that was. It sounded pretty cool.
Most likely 302
Man how many people were chasing and shooting at them? Also amazing that the only damage to that Impala was the rear window and little to the front right.
why didn't they just cross over earlier on the highway?
Saw this at the show I was 15
Amaaaazzziiinngg only possible with those 80's cars
One of my favorite movies, and the best car chase ever filmed
What's amazing in this is it shows cops chased by other cops
Friedkin rules!
It's so cool.
Even GTA San Andreas has that waterway in the game. When I play that game I see so many TLADI L.A. references.
one of my favorite movies
Does the Secret Service really train their agents to drive like this at Beltville?
I bet they do.
The original GONE IN 60 SECONDS is better hands down but the all time best chase scene is BULLET w/Steve McQueen
The Seven ups & French Connection also kick ass
This movie is one of those lost gems.
I always wonder where the bullet went after going through the back glass.
So have I
I've got to get me one of those Impala's!
That's a car! Body on frame v-8 powered megalomaniac!
The Grand Marquis sounds like an inline 3 cylinder, but it can take a beating at least.
1981 Chevy Impala 9C1 , maybe ex LAPD .
That crap from the early 80’s really was junk. Reminds me of a TJ hooker episode.a