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FireMadeFlesh's avatar

Where can I find this movie clip?

Asked by FireMadeFlesh (16603points) September 14th, 2014

Several years ago, when YouTube was still a new thing to me, I found a fantastic car chase scene from a movie. I’ve tried every combination of search terms I can think of, but to no avail.

The scene was from a Portugese movie (judging by the subtitles at least), where the leading man and woman have a car chase down a busy highway. I think they had an exciting, risk taking type of relationship – the tone of the movie seemed to be upbeat and sunny. The man was driving a Ferrari Enzo, and the woman a Koenigsegg CCX.

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hearkat's avatar

Could you please clarify a few details? We’re the vehicles current models, or were they classic cars? In what decade was the film set? It was a foreign film and the subtitles were in English? What makes you think it was Portuguese – the language or the setting? (Remember that many South American countries also speak Portuguese) Was the busy highway in a city/urban setting, or more remote?

FireMadeFlesh's avatar

The Ferrari Enzo was built from 2002–2004, and the Koenigsegg CCX was built from 2005–2010. Considering it has been at least 3–4 years since I saw the clip, I’m assuming they were close to current at the time. The chase took place on a highway in or near a city – there were at least three lanes in each direction, with on-ramps and off-ramps rather than intersections.

I believe it was Portuguese, because I originally thought it was Spanish, but my Spanish speaking brother corrected me. The subtitles were also in Portuguese (I was only really watching for the cars). So I suppose it could quite easily have been a Brazilian film also.

dappled_leaves's avatar

Tough one. This is the closest I could find, but it looks like none of the racing scenes were in traffic. There are a lot of clips of it on YouTube, if not the whole movie.

You probably realize that the language that the YouTube clip was in is not necessarily the original language of the movie (i.e., it might easily have been dubbed into Portuguese), but I thought I’d say it anyway.

filmfann's avatar

Why would they put subtitles on the film if it was spoken in the same language, unless they were captioning for the deaf? Look for a film that is not Portuguese.

dappled_leaves's avatar

@filmfann It actually happens often, for different reasons. Sometimes, the person posting the clip perceives that it might be hard to hear the dialogue, or the closed caption subtitles will be hardcoded by/for people trying to learn the language. Hard captions are one of the things people complain about a lot in the downloading world.

hearkat's avatar

The Redline movie is what came up for me, as well. The highway wasn’t busy in the clip I watched – it was a staged race with 4 cars.

EDITED TO ADD:
I just found this clip with dubbed speech. Maybe your YouTube settings had captions turned on, because this isn’t captioned, and it’s a different scene than the race I originally found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tskxnikbYUY

FireMadeFlesh's avatar

Thanks guys, Redline is the winner! @hearkat found the exact clip, but it is in fact an English language movie: http://youtu.be/Ilf1KXSTSMg?t=2m24s. Much appreciated!

PS, I now dislike the movie after reading they actually wrecked an Enzo and a Carrera GT while making it.

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