DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER | Las Vegas Chase

[@Wastedyears2112]

My great grandfather was an extra in this scene..just happened to be on his anniversary trip while the movie was being filmed!

[@M_D93]

Cool. On an unrelated note, are you a fan of Maiden and Rush? I can sense you are somehow.

[@CheerfullyCynical829]

Hmm. Cool.

[@dsa-k4p]

хто такий статист?

[@xjayy1613]

This scene is amazing. From how the scenes were recorded to the car stunts, and the chase itself, this is very impressive for 1971.

[@abhishekpaul000]

After watching the car chases in GOLDFINGER, YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, and OHMSS, which were made before 1971, this one made in 1971 feels so cheap and boring.....

[@Raven27495]

If you like car chases you should see the El train chase from the French Connection.

[@douglasjohnson4382]

It's very impressive period!

[@Milnoc]

@@Raven27495 I believe The French Connection's car chase was done without any permits from the city.

[@nikolaiquack8548]

@@abhishekpaul000 Indeed. My thoughts exactly.

[@brianredmond4919]

Anyone else appreciates the fabulous neon of 70s vegas - especially the iconic golden nugget sign ?.

[@SpeedTriple59]

Oh yes Vegas in all its pomp..Wonder how much is left of this in Freemont

[@shivasirons6159]

Yes!

[@Stever99999]

That's the reason I watched the clip. Classic stuff.

[@dfaircloth30]

Fun fact..... the stunt man who did the jump from the parking lot over the parked cars was Bill Hickman.... the same stunt driver who drove the Charger in Bullitt and the Pontiac in The French Connection. He was called in because the previous stunt driver couldn’t do it and totaled all the Mustangs except one, so he was called in and did it in one take with the last Mustang they had left.

[@gmain1977]

He also done knightrider

[@johnsplayworld2402]

Also the 2 wheel stunt during the dead end?

[@cheaplaffsarefree]

Also drove the Grand Ville in The Seven-Ups. Mofo had a curb weight of more than 2 tonnes, but in Hickman's hands, it might as well have been a Ferrari. You can see the actor who played the other bad guy nearly shitting himself.

[@alwaysOPEN4business]

@@johnsplayworld2402 no

[@amylee7296]

@@johnsplayworld2402 The 2 wheel stunt was done in 2 parts first part at a LA Studio by Joey Chitwood the second part was done by an American stunt team no driver credit available but Guy Hamilton did like that there was a crowd so he wanted it shot again the American team could not do it so they brought in a French team who did the stunt but the car was on the drivers side wheels so Hamilton did some movie magic.

[@lukedaley17]

I found it hilarious. The coppers trying to replicate Bond’s driving skills.

[@EthanKnight97]

Best sequence of the movie. Also the infamous continuity error with the car flip.

[@Skeletty1710]

Bond can do everything.

[@Lee_1971]

I always thought that, but looking at it closely the car actually goes over to the correct side in the interior shot, 4:05 just before exiting the alleyway.

[@AC-gw4qu]

And how does the car actually do that? The alley's not wide enough for the car to be on all four wheels, which it would need to be to make the shift--which would require another ramp of some kind. @@Lee_1971

[@DonaldHardy-m7l]

@@Lee_1971 I think you're right! I always thought it was wrong, but I see your point. I wonder if it was filmed wrong and they dropped that brief interior shot in to fix continuity.

[@Mark-lj1dj]

​@@DonaldHardy-m7lthats exactly what they did. They considered flopping the film but the writing would be backwards so it was a last minute bodge. The idea that the car changes sides half way down the alley makes no sense but it was the best they could do and just hoped nobody noticed 😂

[@jamesmatthew3681]

In my opinion, one of the best car chase scenes in 007 history.

[@Hithere-ek4qt]

I prefer Roger Moore's Citroen 2CV in For Your Eyes Only - amazing

[@JohnSmith-mr8wc]

The quatum of solace.

[@Firemarioflower]

@@JohnSmith-mr8wc The ice chase in Die Another Day tops everything

[@JoannaBramley]

I was on a history walking tour of Fremont Street in Las Vegas recently, and the guide showed us one of the casinos where behind all the new facade you could still see some of the old signage of The Mint casino which features in this clip.

[@surferjockboy]

Drove my 1972 Mach I (same color/trim as the 71) to Vegas from LA in 1989 after purchasing from original owner. He bought brand new in late 71, liked the one from the bond movie. I drove through Fremont and the surrounding streets. Now it's all walkway with overhead awning and lights, over crowded and overbuilt. Glad I went when I did. Ironically my parents took us kids there in late 71 and we stayed at Circus Circus, great times!.

[@deanladue3151]

To pull off the two wheels scene, the producers had to go and get the one and only Bill Hickman to do the stunt. They had three '71 Mach 1 Mustangs for the movie, two of them had the 429 Super Cobra Jet, the third had a 302. But unfortunately the regular stunt driver had crashed both of the 429 Mach 1s, so they only had one car left for the stunt.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

I don't care what anyone says, Diamonds Are Forever is fine the way it is.

[@Kimpotter-yt4ly]

Watched this with my then girlfriend at our local cinema in late 1971. The audience clapped and cheered at the end of the scene. It was that special for the early 1970s and made the Steve McQueen car chase in Bullet look mundane by comparison.😊.

[@samuelgendreau4753]

One of the few Bond cars that actually survived the chase intact in one piece

[@TheBrickGuy7939]

4:02, it was worth a try.

[@seycheles27]

What in the world are those cops doing in helmets and sunglasses while in a car a night? 🤣

[@nickmoore385]

They're on a mission from god.

[@neothe1st644]

No wonder why they keep crashing into each other.

[@muffs55mercury61]

In the 1970s some police department's patrol officers wore helmets instead of hats for a long time. The Phoenix P.D. was one of them

[@kleetus92]

It was a Cory Heart cameo...

[@jayachandran.a]

*at

[@paakdisayaniyom]

4:07 007​ defy the laws of logic and physics before it​ was​ cool and being done by Dominic Toretto.

[@hazzaknox1069]

Are you blind?!?! He clearly switches sides half way through the stunt

[@hazzaknox1069]

@King Solomon no i'm not... look 4:07-4:09... you can see the car change orientation

[@hazzaknox1069]

@King Solomon i will admit that the camera work isn't brilliant but if bond could get it up on two wheels at angle then he can get it down and put it up on the other two

[@RJSRdg]

Maybe the passage widens out, then closes up again....

[@TheDeathChamber10]

Bond to laws of physics: I will break you Laws oh physics: *ded*

[@RoscoRide]

Goes into the alleyway on the passenger side tires comes out the other end on the driver side tires Love this movie saw it when I was 12 years old in 1971

[@TheSteelStallion]

At least they showed that close up of Connery to imply the wheel change, though.

[@MirrorMonolith]

@@TheSteelStallionwhich makes it even sillier😆😂

[@Firemarioflower]

@@TheSteelStallion But it doesn't make sense, unless it somehow got wider and then back smaller again

[@TheSteelStallion]

@@Firemarioflower My head canon is imagining the first small gap he enters on two wheels exits to another access way for the next building over, before he goes up another ramp real quick to enter another small gap on the other two wheels.

[@scottslimmon7956]

Bond is the only one who can do stunts in a Mustang and not hit the crowd.

[@mike_oe]

That was brilliant. I vividly remember this from going to the movie theater with my father when I was just a kid.

[@bk14nyc]

WOW, Bond in his Brand New 1971 Ford Mustang MACH 1. The Police Chief in his 1971 Ford Galaxie, and all his Deputies in their 1970 Ford Galaxie

[@geisterjagersuko1690]

The red car just looks great. 🚓🚔

[@hahalulu1775]

red mustang

[@gerardmcmillan8591]

When Ford made beautiful cars.

[@MirrorMonolith]

An underrated film. And the continuity errors just add to the charm.

[@TheBrickGuy7939]

Such a badass Mustang.

[@AdamTheMan1993]

Mach 1 Mustang, the last of the great traditional American V8s

[@gainsmcdonald4767]

Pontiac's 455 SD would like a word

[@cismercier8009]

Having watched this scene, I've finally understood the level of parody in the car chases and car destruction orgies that they created for the 'Blues Brothers' film.

[@CasinoMan2005]

Hundreds of spectators on the sidewalks watching the filming of the car chase. They are a forever a part of the movie.

[@culcune]

One wrong move on the part of the stuntmen involved and---blam! Those were the days!

[@jayachandran.a]

It looks as if the spectators had advance knowledge of the car chase. They are all lined up neatly. Not very natural.

[@Micke12312]

​@@jayachandran.ayeah , it is very noticeable how they just stand there

[@benthecarspotter439]

Shame the Mach 1 doesn't get mentioned that often one of Bonds coolest cars that wasn't an Aston Martin right up there with the Esprit submarine

[@nobodyreally467]

@1:24 Because when you're a cop in a high-speed car chase at night, in the midst of lots of other cars and pedestrians, it's OK to wear sunglasses as long as you have your high-beam headlights on @1:31. BTW, I had that same Mustang Mach 1, same color, same interior, except mine was a 1972 and I believe that is a 1971. The 70s were truly great times except for the gas shortage.

[@Kolinu2]

When you want to keep the wear on your tyre walls even on both sides.

[@michaellawrence7570]

Classic Connery at his charismatic best love this car chase.

[@Hithere-ek4qt]

The best Bond chase in Moore in the 2CV

[@michaellawrence7570]

@@Hithere-ek4qt It was good too in for your eyes only.

[@wmadamzzz]

I took my soon-to-be wife on a date to see this. At the end of it, she said, I'll probably still marry you but don't ever ask me to see a James Bond movie again. She was sort of joking, we got married and it lasted about 25 years. Later, I moved to Las Vegas and there was no mention anywhere on Fremont Street or downtown LV that the city wanted to remember this lame example of a James Bond movie :) But several years later, I found a sale in a "going out of business" store on Sahara Ave in Las Vegas and bought about 10 of the Bond DVD's. Not sure where they ended up.

[@aleksandarvil5718]

R.I.P. Sir Sean Connery († 31. 10. 2020) 50th Anniversary of *"Diamonds Are Forever"* (1971 - 2021)

[@UncleJackOnline]

wasn't till years later you notice how many times they pass the golden nugget

[@bengriffin8302]

Fremont street is very small

[@darrellgarrett72]

RIP Sean Connery!

[@mantabond]

Many years on and the Ford Mustang Mach 1 remains our favoured of the Bond carriages.

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

This is definitely my favourite scene in this bond film

[@ScapoloMichael]

The cop's poor betrayed face at 0:50 😭 😂 I just wanna give him a hug 🤗🤣

[@johnnylaj]

R.I.P. sir Sean Connery :(

[@franciscs1604]

Not the most mind blowing car chase ever, but at least it had a great looking car.

[@bodieofci5418]

I actually prefer this Mustang over the one in Bullitt. Crazy I know.

[@CRUISOMATIC]

Same here. Sleeker lines, looks more elegant

[@angelajohnson6659]

Mustangs aren't made to be elegant! They are supposed to be fast and sporty looking! The Bullit car was a much better and faster car then this one!

[@1983jblack]

@@angelajohnson6659 The '69-70s were the fastest in that timeframe

[@cheaplaffsarefree]

Also, Bill Hickman's driving it.

[@bodieofci5418]

@@cheaplaffsarefree greatest stunt driver of them all, Hal Needham included.

[@cyborgninja5489]

The continuity error at the end is hilarious, especially the way they panned in on Sean Connery as he was bending the laws of physics to get out of that tight alley

[@TheSteelStallion]

I like to think the alleyway exited to another loading zone and we just didn't see him go up another access ramp. They did originally have the car exit on the correct side, as seen in deleted scenes. They ditched it due to the obvious huge crowd that was in the background, however. I'd have been fuming if I'd gone to the effort and then realised the error afterwards. Hell, at least they thought to include the close up to somewhat imply what happened.

[@spockboy]

This MUST have inspired The Blues Brothers.

[@RaymondBrereton]

Yeah, Dodge Monaco called it the Blues-mobile.

[@Tinbender-zr4jd]

My brother was in the Air Force stationed at Nellis AFB back in the 1970s. I was in the AF too and took leave to spend a month there in Vegas with him. We happened to catch the movie and of course, we were familiar with Vegas. A lot of Bond's driving route in the streets would have been impossible in real life but with cut scenes looked possible. Same goes with an Elvis movie, Viva Las Vegas, filmed a few years earlier. All the casinos seen in the movie are very much gone now. Since my last time in Vegas was in 1985, I obviously would not recognize anything today.

[@ChannelGarrett]

I was in Vegas 1-2 years after this movie came out. Funny how that town views "naughty" today vs. back in the day. It was indeed a simpler time.

[@tj3688]

The Golden Nugget and Four Queens are still there.

[@gauravtributes5023]

It's like watching GTA 😁.

[@Hithere-ek4qt]

Yuck, hell no.

[@Perich29]

Roger Moore is GTA actor, bus Sean Conery did even better.

[@Bauglir100]

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, but it's 33 years early.

[@stevenspenneberg7407]

Ha. They had to film a switch close up, because the stunt team screwed up and filmed the car coming out the wrong side up. Which is impossible. But whatever. Larry couldn’t do it.

[@33VMUH]

Was the actor playing the Sheriff in this movie also the Louisiana State Trooper that fell in the water at Miller's Bridge during the boat chase in Live and Let Die? They sure do look alike.

[@eurasian73]

Yes, same guy.

[@scottknode898]

Yes same actor and there were a number of character actors who played characters in other Bond film such as actor Shane rimmer who appeared in You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever and The Spy Who Loved Me as 3 different characters.

[@charliezz6746]

Maybe the officer moved to lousiana or I like to think hes the same character who got a demotion after causing such a blunder in this chase scene.

[@MonsterHobbiesModelCarGarage]

AMT just released the Mustang Mach 1 and Police Interceptor model kits for 2023.

[@royalhero4608]

This predates Tomorrow Never Dies by almost 30 years, but Bond's car here looks SO much slicker than that horrid dated BMW he uses in TND

[@RJSRdg]

The BMW he used in TND was intended as part of his 'banker identity' i.e. driving the sort of car a bank executive might be expected to drive. Bond's 'own' car was still the DB5 as seen in Goldeneye, the start of TND, and (in a thermal image view) at the end of TWINE.

[@Orcawhale1]

The BMW E38 is considered one of the best looking sedans of all time, unlike the awfull 71 Mach 1 Mustang featued in this video.

[@royalhero4608]

@@Orcawhale1 It just screams 90s to me, like a VCR player or curtains hairstyle

[@Hithere-ek4qt]

Hah - he starts out with the car running on the passenger side and ends up with it being on the drivers. Nice editing folks. LOL

[@Rikegile]

It’s like Bond in GTA

[@TheSteelStallion]

They'd originally reshot the tight alleyway exit but they decided to reshoot it due to an observing crowd being visble on the sidewalk. Unfortunately, they'd shot the car exiting on it's left set of wheels rather than the right. Kudos to the film makers for including that close up shot inside the car just before the exit, though. It may not show Bond flip the car off another ramp to get it on the left set of wheels but it at least implies it.

[@Zorn76]

When Vegas was Vegas.

[@gmain1977]

Best Bond car chase R.I.P Sean Conery

[@michaelleroy9281]

This was the best part of Diamonds are Forever

[@billymiles6335]

My favourite film series....james bond and mission impossible.

[@athanalconcel9083]

James Bond in 60 seconds

[@johnsplayworld2402]

0:53 why you dirty ma-

[@artygunnar]

You got us into this parking lot! Get us out of it!

[@angelomelville9084]

Running a red sports car at full speed on main street (fully crowded) in Las Vegas, plus screeching tires and a platoon of police cars behind in full tilt boogie mode ...I d say double O seven forgot his "secret agent" training just a little here.

[@patryk7296]

Connery best bond ever!!!

[@Rutoenfit]

"There goes that son-of-a-bitchin' saboteur!": you gotta love it.

[@anthonylewis2080]

No way near being the best episode in the series, at least this one has it's less serious moments : in so many words "a guilty pleasure"!.

[@ElmoUnk1953]

I just spent the evening on Fremont Street, still very recognizable for film fans.

[@661cyclist]

Ahhh!! those 1960s gas-guzzlers with springs like bubble-gum, and handling like a demented cow! No wonder the cops never catch him. As for the alley stunt, easily explained. The bodywork's so flexible, the Mustang could easily have squeezed up side-to-side like a concertina, flipped without touching the walls, then opened up again. Simples! I'm glad that, on our visit to the States a few years ago, the cars had got a bit more sensible and driveable! Else I'd never have made my exit off the Baltimore Beltway...

[@ΜακηςΛ-ε5ρ]

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[@ariesmight6978]

You don't see stunts like that anymore.

[@stephan4ever64]

3:59 right wheels -> 4:10 left wheels 🤣 so bad

[@timverdickt280]

They change at 4:07

[@stephan4ever64]

@@timverdickt280 of course they did. "The force is with Bond"

[@timverdickt280]

Yeah but like that, they've given an explanation

[@chrischeshire6528]

The explanation from Michael Wilson was a stunt driving team from Demark was hired and did the stunt up the ramp so the car was on the passenger side wheels, however when the car exited the alley there were thousands of spectators watching on the sidewalk. So the stunt was rescheduled however the drivers had to leave and fly back to Denmark so another stunt driver was hired and he drove the car on two wheels on the drivers side, around 4 am.

[@ΜακηςΛ-ε5ρ]

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[@willamodeling]

I like James Bond movie. I love Las Vegas. Want to go there.

[@caspercat39]

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[@michaelbruchas6663]

Near all of that OLD Vegas is gone...

[@ConnorMcavoy-8672]

This scene was actually filmed with the car on it's right wheels, but when exiting the alley, the car is on its left wheels. This was a mistake by the stunt crew and Since the filmmakers couldn't just mirror the shot due to the signs and billboards, they added that shot of tiffany looking scared, but they pan over to bond, which is the car switching tires. Even with that blunder this is an excellent stunt that is amazing and the mistake never really bothers me.

[@1986SSMONTECARLO]

No CGI Kinetic Action HORSESH*T.....Real Cars Real Vegas....DAMN I MISS the '70s

[@StephenLuke]

Practical is better than CGI!

[@9014jayvictor]

I drove those cars at that time ,....... Both the LTD intercity intercepter ! and the fastback mustang ! This may be the most accurate police chase of all times ! having lived it myself !!! The cars act so right for those days ! premium gas was 49.9 cent a gallon ! you could get Sunoco 260 and 280 Grades at that time for just a little more ! Fast cars and great times !!!

[@peckshadow]

Love 007 and I just realized that the car changes position when it comes out of the alley. My childhood was a lie!🤣🤣

[@mubashir7343]

Bond just inverted the laws of physics to pull off that alley way drive through....respect

[@からすカラス-v4f]

71年型フォードマスタング好きでしたね〜🎥🤔😃

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

It was two years later that the great Roger Moore took over Sean connerys place as the next MI6 agent 007 James Bond

[@ΜακηςΛ-ε5ρ]

Moore, especially from ''The Spy Who Loved Me'', was the right man at the right time (except the last film). Although he is very good in his first two films, director Lewis Gilbert said that still had the way Connery plays. 36.00 - 36.53 kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6CXmHl8Z9itjpI 5.29 - 5.59 kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5zFhZ-de5KMmbs

[@kleetus92]

@@ΜακηςΛ-ε5ρ And damn near sank the franchise with his campiness... augh...

[@t.b.g.504]

The humour in this entry was a premonition of the Roger Moore era.

[@Knight-nu3yl]

Did you know the scene at 4.00 was a blooper. When the car enters the alley, the car is tilted to the right, then when they drive out, it is tilted to the left. According to Guy Hamilton, the scene was filmed when he drives out of the alley first. then he had to go back to London. So the producer Chubby Broccoli had to take over but he had forgotten to tell how the car had gone off.

[@richardthiele8363]

Another night on the beat for the Vegas police 😂. I have a soft spot for this Bond film since it was the first one I saw with my father when I was ten.

[@gregj831]

Jill St. John plays the perfect Vegas Showgirl.

[@kman-mi7su]

Cool scene, anybody know what happened to that red Mustang after the movie? Is it still around?

[@richardb6260]

Went to see the Joey Chitwood stunt show at the local speedway shortly after the movie came out. They had a red Mach 1 with "Diamonds Are Forever" painted on the side. They claimed it was the same car from the movie. Although they probably used several while shooting the chase. The one that made the jump from the trailer probably wasn't much good for anything after that.

[@houston-james8967]

When the mustang and police go into the parking lot it kinda looks like blues brothers .

[@xx3868]

Bond says lean over at the end but which way?? Great bond film and great fun for everyone.

[@garynajera7484]

I find it interesting that there were people all standing on the sidewalk watching the cars go chasing each other

[@ceufrscio707]

Awsome bond girl & song

[@jamesmatthew3681]

Also, did you know that Jill once dated both Sean and George?

[@andrewderrett9595]

The biggest continuity error ever, disguised by something even more unbelievable! But who cares? It is an aamzing scene!!

[@jourwalis-8875]

These rear wheel drive cars has really bad roadholding. They skid and sway and can´t get the grip. But of course, directors love it!

[@qg3726]

Man those RADIAL Tirez really do the trick.....

[@stevearmstrong5324]

Mustang is the only modern-looking car in this whole scene. And '71 Vegas looks like a dead-ringer for '95 downtown Reno.

[@adellis24]

Bond Defeats Physics!

[@mrunning10]

Nope, Mythbusters, it can be done, just need practice.

[@adellis24]

@@mrunning10not the way it was shot in the film. On open tarmac sure, but in an alley too narrow for the length of a car it isn't possible. You've been fooled by Hollywood.

[@mrunning10]

Can't figure out what the fuck you're going on about. Bill Hickman DID the stunt. It was FILMED. No special effects. @@adellis24

[@mrunning10]

Didn't watch the MythBusters episode did you?

[@mikespencer9913]

My absolute favorite Bond chase scene EVAH!!!!

[@pongmai201203]

Mustang VS LasVegas Cops!

[@kimballbenson8116]

The thing I noticed in this movie was the exterior set where bond does his outdoor climbing was designed to look like the building owned by Hughes - seen in the background at the gas station - but has no similarity to the 'Whyte House' where the penthouse is. I guess the set department designed the right set but the filming locations got changed.

[@slide4180]

Plenty O'Toole is my favorite Bond girl, along with Naomi from "Spy"

[@David-281]

I still rank this movie pretty low on number 14 of my list but I do think it is a bit underrated

[@David-281]

Nick Gagnon Whats your 24?

[@David-281]

Nick Gagnon Since I commented that, my ranking also changed.. Now I have it on 22. Above Die another day and Quantum

[@scottknode898]

Diamonds Are Forever ranks lower in my Bond film list as well and I have a been Bond fan for 26 years. Diamonds Are Forever just was not one of my favorites.

[@rlonzoraddison6921]

Bond, James Bond.

[@JamesDuBois-e6z]

Could happen (LOL) and love the portrait of Vegas cops.

[@amarnaths3014]

Shot on actual location, without any CGI. Original Bond chase.

[@reglabrum6928]

Great driving by Bill Hickman my favorite type of Ford Vehicles the old percursers to the LTDs and part of the Mustang family in my favorite city and early Las Vegas History where you can’t drive up and down Fremont Street anymore and Clark County SO is no longer an agency and early Las Vegas PD before the two merged and became Metro Las Vegas PD

[@Skeletty1710]

so that is where the idea for the Driver 1 intro came from.

[@Thorpe741]

Fremont street.

[@GranTruismo4head]

What really bugs me is that stunt near the end, how did James get the car on it’s two right wheels to then be on it’s two left? It doesn’t make much sense if I’m honest... they never did explain how that happened in the movie and I’m not sure if a directors commentary ever explained it or something

[@TheBrickGuy7939]

Maybe he just turned the wheels and that tilted it so luckily. This is the same movie where a car literally seconds earlier balances on two wheels so it doesn't really bug me.

[@WinslowLeach1974]

Just a movie mistake. A pretty huge and infamous one at that, actually.

[@ΜακηςΛ-ε5ρ]

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