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The Greatest Movie Car Chases of All Time

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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.

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.

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.

I purchased this as a Christmas present for my brother-in-law and he loves it. I'm going to purchase a few more to put away for future gifts. It always seems to be so difficult to find the right gift for a guy and I think that this is it.

A dissapointment! Mostly background photos. A dull read!