Video: Movie's Car Chase Through Times Square Injures Two

Nic Cage's spectacular path of destruction expanded beyond his career last night, nearly costing two innocent bystanders their lives. Around 1 a.m., a car chase through Times Square for Cage's movie The Sorcerer's Apprentice became uncomfortably realistic when the driver of one of the vehicles, a black Ferrari, lost control and skidded off Seventh Avenue. One tourist from England told the Post he saw the Ferrari "taking out a lamppost and a news stand. One lady was knocked to the ground and a lamppost landed directly on top of a chap." It quickly crashed to a halt at the Sbarro, as this video shows:

The AP reports that two people were rushed to a hospital, and police say their injuries are not life threatening. First this accursed star vehicle ravages Chinatown, now this. Well, at least the finished product will be a cinematic masterpiece worth all the trouble.

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By John Del Signore in News on May 4, 2009 9:15 AM

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GREGORYABUTLER

The douchebag director of this movie needs to be kicked in the balls.

Repeatedly.

Every day.

For the next 10 weeks.

soothsayer

here's a look at the same sbarros sbarros

soothsayer

the guy that came to the "rescue" of the guy who got pinned under the MTA communication pole... he should have tried lifting the pole off the victim, instead of giving him a good luck pat on the back.

Zach

dude, you just f***ed up your ferarri

it's not mine... and neither is this.

Clarice City

Wow. Before this happened I was walking home through Times Square and cut my foot wide open on some police barricades that they had haphazzardly thrown into a pile on the side of the sidewalk.

They way they just threw all thaat stuff in a pile was so negligent. It cut a huge gash right through my shoe and into my foot! I had to get in a cab to the hospital and get stiches. Nic cage should pay for my damn cab fare.

And oh yeah, the cops were nearby, but you know, too busy wasting our tax dollars taking pictures with fatso tourists.

Clarice City

Then again, that doen't hold a candle to being crushed by a light pole.

hotstepper

since when is hollywood letting new york cabbies do stunt work for them, especially in a ferrari?!

nyorker555

Hindsight is always 20/20, but the rain should have been a reason to stop the stunt shoot that requires a car to make a tight turn.

whitecastlerock

Good thing the hipster grifter wasn't injured...

ides_of_march

"Well, at least the finished product will be a cinematic masterpiece worth all the trouble."

Perhaps you should let the people in the hospital be the judge of whether it was worth "all the trouble".

jaycjay

The Post link is to the wrong article. Here's the correct one:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/05042009/news/regionalnews/film_a_bway_smash_167542.htm

non_sequitur

Ya blew it. Capisce?

grandeur

haha remember that airplane?

Jack D. Ripper

Phew! At least it wasn't a 747.

db

The driver obviously isn't familiar with a Ferrari

PTG in nyc

Could that traffic cop have possibly taken any longer to react? Even if one is only directing traffic, isn't it still your job to take care of these problems?

jaycjay

"Could that traffic cop have possibly taken any longer to react? Even if one is only directing traffic, isn't it still your job to take care of these problems?"

It's not a cop, but actually he reacts pretty quickly. As soon as it happens you see him running over from across the street. Then, he immediately does his job as a civilian Traffic Enforcement Agent: he calls his supervisor to report the incident.

CR

The guy running from across the street is *NOT* the traffic cop. That guy is wearing light-colored pants and a dark top (and can clearly be seen standing to the left of the woman in white who was knocked down, in front of the car from our view). The traffic cop is wearing all black and a reflective vest and can only be seen in the video calling the accident in.

Rocknrope

No longer than any other traffic cop.

Kingpin

"Ravaged Chinatown"? "spectacular path of destruction expanded beyond his career"? The writer is certainly not exhibiting a slight bias against Mr. Cage.

imadick

or it could be that nic cage sucks, and he's being impartial. yup. that's it.

seaanemoneman

Are those people mulling about because they have no idea what's cinema and what's real?

Mr Mel

If falling construction debris doesn't get you, the movies will.

citizenerased

Although this incident had nothing to do with Nicholas Cage, he needs to give it a fucking rest already. He's been in every film ever made for the past 20 years. He isn't particularly talented and surely can't need the money.

fruitstand

Raising Arizona and Adaptation were pretty good. Did anyone see the one where he was riding the motorcycle that was on fire? I skipped that one.

firewire

wild at heart. i can believe him in that movie.

Rocknrope

The one were he was drunk was pretty good too.

CR

If this wasn't a closed set, then heads need to role on this.

ballchin

I can't believe they are allowed to shoot car chases on Manhattan streets with pedestrians nearby. Shouldn't they at least be extras who are aware of the scene being filmed and the inherent dangers?

KING

F@#%&$! Bastids. Leave That Shit For Hollywood Trash like Spielberg , Tom Cruise & their Mothers. The Cites TOO Crowded to do This. & in The Rain Like you said???

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