Where is 6pm between Lex and 3rd? I know it has to be uptown but where is 6pm?

They are setting up to film on 43rd st right now for I think it said 6pm between Lex and 3rd.

Mr. Cage, a higher being is obviously telling you to STOP MAKING MOVIES. Please heed these warnings and retire.

Yeah, French Connection.

Though I don't mean to start an east coast/west coast thing.

If we're talking car chases, Ronin must of course be mentioned, as well as it's predecessor, Grand Prix (though technically that was racing, not car chases).

Ronin is underrated.

I agree.. but of course I am biased. I think the main weak point with Ronin is that they really wanted to have a plot around the chase scenes, instead of just filler a la The Transporter, et al. While the plot and characters are well written, it takes multiple viewings to really understand how all the pieces fit together.

I think you also have to watch the features on the DVD to truly appreciate how good the chase scenes are.

It's a Mamet story, that's why!

Have you seen Frankenheimer's segment in the BMW Films series? That was pretty good too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo5cZhfsP2Y

Yeah, I remember waiting for the next BMW film to come out when they were doing that (though JF's was the first). Pretty cool ad campaign, though I dunno if it sold any cars.. (according to wikipedia, it did).

@famdoc I can't take issue with a large film production causing headaches in neighborhoods, but films shot in New York DO hire from an extensive local crew pool. If studios & producers try to bring in non-local crew members, the unions in the area require that local crew members be hired in those positions as well.

@whitecastlerock: what about the car chase in The French Connection?

Filming of The Sorcerer's Apprentice in Park Slope caused more than the usual headaches, since they used much of the Seventh Ave. F train station for the better part of two days. Getting in and out of the station required hopping over wires, cables and other large pieces of film equipment. I know the city benefits from filming, but I doubt whether residents of neighborhoods where much filming is done benefit. Film crews are supposed to hire locals, but that really rarely happens.

I say go back to Toronto, Vancouver or the studio lots.

To you and Drewo-yeah I forgot about the French Connection! I guess I preferred the cars in Bullitt. Thanks for reminding me

French Connection I (under the elevated subway tracks) had an equally awesome car chase. Good article recently in the Times as director William Friedkin revisited the location of that shoot. This was filmmaking before permits:

"There were no permits and no planning — just sheer nerve. “After 26 blocks, from Bay 50th to Bay 24th Street, I ran out of film, but I knew I had enough,” Mr. Friedkin said."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/movies/homevideo/22dave.html

There will never be a better car chase than the one in Bullitt...

I thought they brought money into the city and help local businesses? not destroy local businesses and maim people.

The animated version was much safer.

The "making-of-the-movie" sub feature should be more interesting than the actual flick.

Also,

When they were filming a scene at the 7th Ave F station in Brooklyn (which will appear as West 4 in the movie), Grace Dry Cleaners (right above the station) caught fire and burned up completely.

Movie trucks were lining all of 9th st, so I'm assuming the Fire Department had a few issues getting access to the building.

If Bloomberg had his way there would be no traffic in Times Square.

Worst BMW product placement ever.