“Cut to the chase,” we say when we’re ready for the payoff—and this book does exactly that. Beginning with the pacesetting automotive pyrotechnics first brought to the screen in Bullitt, Jesse Crosse shows us the world’s great filmmakers following suit—stretching creative talents, technology, budgets, and sometimes credibility to create the most amazing car chase sequences ever filmed.
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New York Times, Dec. 10, 2006
"Once you read this very entertaining book, you will risk your ability to suspend disbelief the next time you watch a movie car chase. Of course, after trying to cross town (any town) in a hurry, you already know that without a great deal of help, Frank Bullitt and the likes of Popeye Doyle would have been dead or severely injured in the first minutes of their famous chases. This book gives some reasons they weren't."
SPEEDTV.com, May 1, 2006
“Before you even OPEN The Greatest Movie Car Chases of All Time, you know you’re in for something special. The dust jacket shows ‘bad guy’ Bill Hickman launching his 1968 Dodge Charger R/T above the streets of San Francisco. This book may just be ‘Number One … with a Bullitt’ (bad pun totally intended).
“OK, I’m hooked. Author Jesse Crosse is uniquely qualified to bring his Top 20 list of the greatest car chases of all time. He is an automotive writer and former racer … and a film buff to boot.
“[The book] is divided into seven well-researched chapters … with Chapter 8 being the payoff … The Top 20 Car Chase Films of all time.”
Road & Track, November 2006
“By itself, the list of the 20 greatest car chases of all time makes this book worth the money.”
American Road, Fall 2006
“This is a book that junkies of action movies and fast cars will delightfully devour.”
iZoom.com, June 1, 2006
“This is not the ‘yee-haw’ book you might expect from its title. Instead, this is a book that is written for both the movie buff and for the car enthusiast.
“Only the last chapter of the book focuses on the author’s ratings of the top 20 movie car chases of all time. The first 141 pages are a well-researched and documented history of the movie car chase, the people who make them happen and the techniques they use.
“This is a book full of delightful details and behind-the-scenes insight and photography.”
BookWatch, May 2006
“The Greatest Movie Car Chases of All Time by Jesse Crosse is a unique and exclusive collection of the greatest Hollywood car chases and hot pursuits ever recorded on film. Providing the reader with a simply outstanding and profuse history of each featured chase (as well as a superb understanding of where, how it was created, [it] concludes with a countdown of what may definitively be the greatest 10 car chases ever to make it to the big screen ... A superbly organized and presented compendium showcasing fantastic and memorable moments in automotive movie history that stay with us all, and is very highly recommended reading.”
Daily Journal (NJ), Oct. 11, 2006
If you’ve been wanting to develop your movie library to include the greatest car chases ever, your handbook has arrived … there are plenty of studio photos with a foreword and comment throughout by Peter Yates, director of ‘Bullitt.’”
About the Author
In the 1980s, Jesse Crosse helped launch one of the major British car magazines of the decade, Performance Car. Today he writes for Autocar, Car Graphic, The Daily Telegraph, and many other publications. He is also a racer at heart, competing in touring cars and Formula Fords, as well as being the proud owner of a 1946 MG TC and a 1967 E-Type Jaguar.
Film, obviously, is another of Crosse’s passions. That’s why when he found out that there was no authority on the all-important subject of movie car chases, he became one. Along the way, Jesse consulted many friends, colleagues, and even strangers as to not only what the best movie car chases are but what really makes up a great movie car chase. This book is the culmination of those efforts . . . and his recently burgeoning DVD collection.
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A unique and exclusive collection of the greatest Hollywood car chases and hot pursuits ever recorded on film,
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The Greatest Movie Car Chases Of All Time by Jesse Crosse is a unique and exclusive collection of the greatest Hollywood car chases and hot pursuits ever recorded on film. Providing the reader with a simply outstanding and profusely illustrated history of each featured chase (as well as a superb understanding of where how it was created), The Greatest Movie Car Chases Of All Time concludes with a countdown of what may definitively be the greatest ten car chases ever to make the big screen. The Greatest Movie Car Chases Of All Time is a superbly organized and presented compendium showcasing fantastic and memorable moments in automotive movie history that stay with us all, and is very highly recommended reading.
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The book was illuminating and entertaining for my son and daughter, both 7, as well as for me, a female. We are all novices, and only my son is an auto enthusiast. It was fun to read about the car chases in Smokey and the Bandit and then to see the movie.
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While written in a very breezy style, this title contains a surprising amount of information on what goes into a good moviecar chase, and the various people who combine to create it (directors, stunt co-ordinators, cameramen, drivers, actors etc). Some good illustrations, from the fifties through to toaday. The author's top 20 chases are well chosen, and I for one won't argue with Bullitt as number 1. An appendix of some sort, with a more complete listing of movies and "who did what" would have been a useful addition, although I guess IMDB can help here.
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