Belmondo’s Classic Car Chase Scene From "Le Professionnel" - 1981
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- Belmodono’s car is the Fiat 131 Supermirafiori while his rivals are driving a Peugeot 504. There are a couple of 180 degree turns and the prerequisite shot of the Eiffel Tower. The chase moves to the grounds of the Palais de Chaillot, where we see driving a car down stairs.
No CGI, no Ultimate Arm, no drones - Only Action.
Movie: Le Professionnel - 1981
Director: Georges Lautner
Writers: Patrick Alexander and Georges Lautner
Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Desailly, Cyrielle Clair...
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I thought everybody in France drove like this? Nothing out if the ordinary.
Naah! Only in Paris. And Marseille. 😅
zero airbags, zero seat belts, zero ABS, normal speed instead of the gay 30 km / h. real people. a free world that no longer exists.
Also lots of honking irl...
@@nnnnnn3647 those cars weren’t going much faster than 30kph
2:48 - the expression on the blue shirt guy's face is like, "I am calmly remembering how my driving instructor taught me how to reverse and turn down steps whilst being pursued by another car trying to destroy me".
1:46 This must be the only movie car chase where no one uses the ramps for a jump.
I know eh!?!, I mean, that's definitely a set up..... and..... nope!
Hahaha I also thought of that. 😂
Or has some stupid truck back out of an alley
I saw the car transpo truck with the ramps lowered like
Here we go
But nope
Compared to how Paris traffic is today, everybody drives like this.
Impressive understeer of the Fiat almost missing that left turn.
This is jumpsteer
Ahh, the Peugeot 504 and it's self-healing body panels 😂
Yeah. That's what ruined it for me. Now you see it, now you don't.
@@TheGramophoneGirl not for me I love stuff like this. Not everything has to be perfect
where? I didn t notice.
But watch out, the right side of the 504 is good during the whole chase (except for the rear).
@@rigoloweb4762 2:20 - 2:30 driver side
@@TheGramophoneGirl Well, the 'they have a gun, but I don't care' thing is not very plausible either.
Love seeing that Peugeot suspension working. They were masters at that when it was all in house and it's actually visible in this sequence.
Great stuff.
That’s why you still see them so much in North Africa today, like Morocco. Peugeot 504, Renault 4 and Mercedes W123 are the cars of choice even today when it comes to dependable cars for the rugged terrain and roads.
2:45
1:45 First time I see a car carrier that wasn't used as a ramp, just standing
It faked me out too. When they drove past it the first time I was sure they were going to circle back and use it. Pleasantly surprised it was ignored.
just standing: most likely brought and took away the participants of the chase + white "burning" FIAT 124S in the end.
🐘❤🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍😃🏍🏍🏍🏍🙏😭🐰
They put this lorry in advance, it stood there waiting for Tom Cruise.
I thought exactly the same. 100% would of happened if it was the Duke's of Hazard!
camera in the cardboard box in the van at the end was an excellent idea...
Very eagle-eyed haha, you can see the hole in the box if you pause at 3:28
Ya I peeked that hole like 👍
French chase scenes are excellent. Not over the top. No massive explosions. No overly dramatic music. Simple, but more realistic.
Ronin had some good chase scenes.
Belmondo action movies were - and still are - top notch: no motion capture, no computer graphics, just stunts and fast paced action and what a right hook he displayed many times!
The only thing out of place is 131's race car roar...
Ofcourse there's no computer grahpics or motion capture, it wasn't invented...
@@Orcawhale1 I know. Still remember stop motion.
@@ballbearing6303 You know better thsn i. What kind a movie hero sits in a corner crying? Not Belmondo.
And fortunate we are far from asian nonsense, where they still stand when weighted dow by bullets and stabs and an IRS exam...
Damn Right
The sounds are fake and misaligned, the cutting is horrendous, and most of the driving scenes were done with a stunt driver. Whats so special about this?
After the movie, the 504 was sold to Africa, where it still drives as a Taxi to this day..............
great pilot Belmondo ... miss the french and italian films of the 60s and 70s
You're so right
Remy Julienne forever. Say no more... 😎🍾🚗
me too
R. I. P. Jean Paul Belmondo 🕯️🌹😪
French road rage is so cute. Ronin hard to surpass.
Franchement les cascades de Rémi julienne c’était autre chose que les cascades de maintenant c’était mieux filmé à l’époque ! Enfin c’est Jean-Paul Belmondo quand même qu’il faisait ses propres cascade mais Rémi julienne produisait quand même toutes les cascades aussi. Dans les poursuites de maintenant tout est fait maintenant en 3 D Et la caméra bouge tout le temps bien dommage
100 times better than the stupid fantasy car chases today, where expensive sports cars tumble in the air and explode in huge fireballs. Tension comes when we feel the chase is in the real world, and the cars are on edge and ruled by actual physics.
Formula one motor sound in the Fiat 131...nice...lol
I liked when the shot cut back to the Peugeot but the engine sound for the Fiat was still playing 😂
My dad had one..same colour, automatic. Crappy car.
In fact, the TC-engine does have a beautiful sound. They could have used the original sound and it would still be awesome.
Think you'll find thats a K series Honda engine noise 🤔
😂
RIP, Jean-Paul "Bébel" Belmondo ( 1933-2021 ). Le Professionnel. Le Magnifique.
Really nice to see they never faked the handling of the 131, the "less than rallying" versions and ones without the twin cam engine and LSD were absolute dogs to handle in the bends, no fun at all, axle tramping and understeer the flavour of the day......the way the car moves in this sequence perfectly depicts the crappy handling of those cars :D
But they do down the Stairs without even batting an eye. Amazingly Soft Suspension
@@MyFabian94 My lasting memory of my 131 was the first time I threw it into a bend expecting it to glide around the bend like a rally car, or like my old Capri, it understeering and then smashing the rear axle up and down as it tramped itself around the corner, it was truly horrendous, despite the handling being way below expectations it wasn't actually a bad car, almost posh with its 5sp gearbox as well :D
But the rally versions of those cars were superb. American cars were unresponsive barges by comparison.
@@Chapps1941 Absolutely, my 1.6CL was never going to live up to the expectations of the 1600 Twin Cam Sport model :D
That was one lucky pigeon. Remy Julien driving. Old school car chase's are still the best. RIP Jean Paul Belmondo.
In my view one of cinemas finest car chases.
Rest in peace Jean-Paul Belmondo.
Yep rip
I watched this because of how clear and crisp this footage looked in the thumbnail and the 70s and 80s cars parked in the street.
I always loved the looks of those Fiats. They used to be reasonably common in Australia. Not now, but did see one done up as a rally type car sitting oh a trailer in an outer Sydney street around 2014.
There are lots of them in Turkey if you are interested I believe you can even get one for yourself
LHD though aren't they? Must have a good climate to prevent rust or they were assembled in a Turkish factory with better corrosion protection techniques used.
Fiat was a beast in 70s. It had whole range of great models with terrific engines, and could go toe to toe with BMW. Actually, some of Fiat base models were much faster than BMWs base models of the same class.
I read that the BF Mazda 323 from 1985 had rear suspension based on a Fiat.
@@jamesfrench7299 No idea, but it doesn't matter really... In the 80s cars were already totally mixed. Ford Probe was rebodied Mazda MX6. Fiat, Alfa and Lancia were going towards unification of parts, which ultimately killed Lancia and almost killed Alfa. Rover and Honda made cars together. Right now Mini belongs to BMW and has Peugeot engine. GM sold Opel to Peugeot-Citroen, which merged with Fiat who owns Jeep, Chrysler and Dodge.
Oh, and the last generation of Fiat 124 Spider was restyled Mazda MX-5 with Fiat T-Jet engine.
Filmmakers: Can we have a demolition derby on the Trocadero and knock lumps out of it?
Authorities: Fill your boots lads.
Road rash 1 👍👍
And how do we know, this is not an American film? The cars don't explode...
What about 3:27?
@@Peterkragger you call that an explosion?
@@Peterkragger That's a pfffft!
@@Peterkragger That its only fire.
The fuel tank ruptured
Brilliant film.... I wish today's films were this good. Jean Paul Belmondo what a guy😎.
I love the theme by Ennio Morricone Chi Mai.
Yes I never forgot that music! Bliss.
that´s why we still have several Peugeot 504 working in Argentina, excellent reliable car. But love how the fiat 131 sounds!
Yes the car is very famous in argentina e variant in truck and wagon
most of 504 in France have been sold and shipped to Africa the remaining one are pretty expensive (around 5 to 15k euros depend of condition )
Only in the movies make believe world would you want to play demolition derby against a Peugeot - that Fiat would have been toast.
@@dannyventure at least wasn´t a 404. is even tougher XD
@@christianperezlindo8628I've owned 2 1985 Peugeot 505 STI's. My red one has over 600k on the clock and waiting for an engine restoration - my silver one I bought on the cheap with body damage in the rear fender but drove beautifully for over 300k miles until blown head gasket and sold to guy who sent it with a truckload of others to Africa. Comfortable and tough. Best handling cars I've ever driven - magical the maneuvers these cars can do in an emergency so a bit hard to swallow that the one in the movie clip would end up like that. In the real world that Fiat would have crumbled to pieces coming down those steps ; after all, it's not an Alfa Romeo.
Jean-Paul Belmondo's son Paul was actually a Formula 1 driver in 92' and 94'.
Peugeot 504, what a beauty
Ces scènes de poursuites voitures voir descentes escaliers etc...il faut bien le dire, ils viennent directement des policiers italiens années 70.
Mais en tous cas Belmondo était inimitable.
I bet this movie influenced John Frankenheimer when he was considering how to shoot the car chases in Ronin.
Yes, never thought of that. And that was in France as well.
Not much, I suspect. Ronin had fast sedans. These were french econoboxes by comparison.
Ronin was done a lot better. The transitions from one scene to another were better tied together to make it look like it was a continuous run through logically related neighbourhoods. This movie's transitions inconsistently change from one type of neighbourhood to another.
One good thing about this movie: at least one of the actors is actually driving their own car and not a stunt double!
@@Milnoc at 1:1 he didnt. Look at the rev counter.
@@Milnoc Plus there was a lot more traffic on the roads which upped the tension, but THEN to go the wrong way through a heavily congested tunnel, look out!!
I love classic french car chases from 80s. No bitching about, no crazy digital and directing stuff. Just pure cars with ridiculous lean angles on funny skinny squeeling tyres. And then some enormous crash with not so well done cut in the end. Absolute classic
The 131 fiat was very popular in Ireland always loved the supermirafiori and the rasp of that engine
Before Alain Delon, there was *Jean Paul Belmondo*
RIP. A true great of French cinema.
I remember seeing this at the flicks and was very impressed.
The most impressive part is seeing the Trocadero absolutely deserted.
More excitement in this clip than a whole season of F1! lol The engine noise inside the red Fiat is highly amusing! Who says fake engine noise is a recent invention? :-D
Well I agree, but the 2021 season so far is definitely the most exiting one since the start of the turbo-hybrid era
I love olden days movies not much talk, just actions.
He rarely let the Fiat run below 6000 rpm. That decoked the valves for sure!
Italian tune-up job !
Peugeot 504 was a good looking car.
It was a great riding and decent driving car for its day.
That final tap would have impressed the Arkansas State Police :-) Belmondo sure liked driving down stairs!
Better than latest Fast and Furious Movies
The 10 seconds repair: 2:17 front left panel damaged, 2:27 front left panel fixed. Et voila
Lol
Also, the 504's sunroof seems to open and close all by itself during the chase.
Maybe it serves a plot purpose, but I don’t get why chased, then 180 to face pursuers, then 180 stop, gets shot, then chases former-pursuers. Did they mean to just wound him then try to escape?
That was the most Frenchest car chase ever.
Belmondo, Paris and fast car chases, whats not to like.(And I am English haha)
This is one I must have missed. Thought I'd seen them all. Thanks!
R.I.P. belmondo
Back in the day, when car chases were good and we didn't have to bear the likes of the fast and furious
I had a Fiat 131 Supermirafiori 2,5 D in the same red colour in 1989-1990. Nice car... this brings me back the memories.
Awesome filming and stunt work. So skillful and a work of art. I love all those 1980's cars! Takes me back to my years as a student...although I didn't drive quite like that!
R.I.P Rémy Julienne - stunt coordinator for this film.
I thought it was him. It looked exactly like a Rémy Julienne-job...
@@ingvarhallstrom2306 He seemed to have a thing about driving cars down steps - he did that in The Italian Job and A View to A Kill as well!
@@RJSRdg It's not only that, it's the pace, the editing, the shots, the entire sequence. I can see a random car chase and tell its him....
excellent ! probably one of the few 131's that got scrapped before it rusted away into the ground ...:D
Шикарное время,
Шикарные люди,
Шикарные фильмы..
Love those old fashioned yellow headlights - pure France.
first use of the "pit maneuver" now used by law enforcement all over the world as a pursuit tactic originally invented by the FBI in the Virginia. At one point around the 3 minute mark its even used going down a flight of stairs. Le awesome!
They have the pit perfected - and also the recovery! Now that's something they just don't teach you in Driver's Ed.
@@starfishsystems Exactly Dan. Many times it’s used incorrectly and can cause bad accidents if misused at the wrong speed/time. It looks so easy on TV!
Haha that Fiat 131 is sounding like a V8. It would actually roll over at the first turn in a high speed chase like that. I had a bad accident in a wagon version of those death traps in the 80s. I'm lucky to be alive.
Italians already anticipated such bumper-to-bumper city driving 😉 and installed big black plastic bumpers and side panels. The French brands would follow but apparently this was not yet the case with Peugeot 504.
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Damn that suspension is good on that Peugeot.
Has all the hallmarks of a L'equipe Remy Julienne stunt team.
3:27 LMFAO the entire windscreen got ejected, THEN exploded.
Was this a car chase or a demolition derby? Lol.
Awesome scene, though. I love car chases where the hero is able to take out the baddies with nothing but his car.
R.I.P Bébel :'(
very realistic car chase, no background, all is real
I love old movies where they didnt bother with logical stories or continuity 😂
The engine of that fiat 131 sounds like a vtec in some scenes
There was a pretty cool driving scene involving a car on stairs in a movie starring Gene Hackman and Matt Dillon.
Was watching this chase with the minecraft opened in background and the piano theme was playing, it fitted incredible well with this scene, i don't know why
Inolvidable Belmondo, un actor que sabia morir.
Sólo murió una vez...
I miss these sorts of chases in today's movies. Everything is so hyper unrealistic, like the F&F 9 or whichever part is now...
I've never seen so few foreign car brands on the streets of Paris!
The tourists don't show up on Mondays, I guess.
@@timothylegg Lol I tend to land on Tuesday morning.
Some of the best world class stunt drivers are French. Just plain crazy. But brilliant.
Wow, vintage Paris from before it became crowded with people!
It totally reminds me a car chase scene from the first Jack Reacher Movie with Tom Cruise. Agressive chase, no talking, but very clean footage.
I love how calm they all remain like they're gonna talk about it in the grocery aisle together the next day.
Not permitting car chases on the steps of Paris monuments much anymore lol. Or maybe they even pirated this filming 40 years ago lol.
3:22 now that is definitely the amogus sfx
Les rues sont désertes... On se croirait en pleine pandémie.. :/
C’est étonnant qu’il n’y a pratiquement que votre commentaire est le miens en français tout est en anglais étonnant ? En tout cas merci encore à Rémy julienne pour ses cascades formidables pas d’effets spéciaux ! Tout à l’ancienne ! pas de musique.... de fond le top !!!!!
@@pimuce voolay voo coochay avac moi oh la la joly dame de Paris viva la France baguette 🥖
@@Schlomothebest yeahh
At 3:27 you can see a box in the truck with a hole for the camera lens that was used for the previous shot of the oncoming, upside down car.
In american movies from this era, the car chases are always big, brash and loud, with every hit like a heavyweight boxer throwing a punch. This is not like that at all and its incredible.
Oh these franchises...Viva la France! Nice France city...did you notice birds singing background...
NOTRE GRAND JEAN PAUL BELMONDO !!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Car stunts with such a finesse, I’m damn sure it must be Remy Julienne!
Rest in peace Mr Belmondo... Au revoir!
😭😭😭😭 God rest his soul
Raw chase scene. Nothing fancy, just boom smash ERRRRRRRR!!!
Had two Mirafioris...didn't drive them like that, but stories could be told.
Why did he think it'd be a good idea to spin 180° and start reversing in the middle of a chase????
Belmondo does not finish the job. A professional would have hit the roof of the car when it was turned over, at full speed thereby killing or seriously damaging the people who tried to kill him. Perhaps the film authorities did not want that. In real life either party would have been dead. Nevertheless, I enjoyed this chase much more than most Hollywood chases.
In real life they wouldn't have been waltzing all over the Trocadéro like that either.
@@ixlnxs A totally abandoned Trocadero.
Beaumont did not intend to kill the lackeys. He only wanted to kill the ones at the top that had betrayed him.
That was not a point of the movie. He was not a killing machine. He wanted to expose those, who left him behind and did it thrue that chase on him. So he constantly fueled it and prolonged it.
You can see the toughened screen in the Peugeot.
My mate died in one of those when it flipped and banana’d round a tree, the passenger roof where I was due to be was flat onto the seat 🥵
I overslept that morning. RIP Gibby 🙏🏻♥️
3:24 the pigeon flying with the rollover, perfect timing.
Belmondo was known to do all the stunts. He specifically stated in his contract that he doesn´t want any stunt doubles or even securing. Many insurance companies outright refused to back him up because of this.
I've seen a lot of car crashes on TV while growing up (mainly from the three major networks and the Hollywood studios) and this should have ended up as a full-on explosion.
Saw a replay of this chase last week round Morrisons car park.
Luckily there was no traffic because they were shooting a movie in the area.
Jean Paul Belmondo ❤
I gotta say as an American it's so funny to see these little cars slowly chasing each other around Paris. Bumbling along up and down stairs. lol The impossible flip at the end is just icing. lol
The long haired cop had a bandage across his nose !
He was headbutted by Belmondo in an earlier scene 😆😆😆😆
I love the scene since I first saw it when the film came out in Germany in '82 or '83 and on the rare occasions I visit Paris and the Trocadéro, I always think of the Fiat/Peugeot ballet on the stairs.
Though any logical approach just ruins the scene: if Rosen and Farge wanted to kill Joss Beaumont all along, why not do it as he left the building? Why wait for him to drive away in a car (with a F1 engine, as it seems) and then chase him across Paris??
Si ils avaient tuer Joss en sortant du building il n'y aurait pas eu de course poursuite...
Maybe they feared the press in the front of the building?
1:47 I regret that no car drove up the car-transport lorry and flew over the intersection...
Engine sounds you have added?
R.I.P. Belmondo 😔
Il péte ce film un ami me l'a prêter repose en paix monsieur le magnifique et simple Belmondo