There's also the option of a switch, after mid-point the tracker becomes the fugitive and vice versa...

Oh Itstartedwithawindmill! Have I got a resource for you!!! (and all of us, I guess)

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"Set It Off" is another great Thelma and Louise type story that feature great performances from Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett and Vivica A. Fox.

This type of question is why I always recommend film theory books. They actually use films from throughout the history of Hollywood so you will definitely be surprised that a movie in 1935 can be like yours.

Scorsese believes that.

In terms of the depth and breadth I'd definitely recommend A Perfect World.

Smokey and the Bandit--classic case.

Cannonball Run--reverse chase, chasing a prize.

Corvette Summer--Mark Hamil flick--Chasing his car, chasing his dream.

You can throw "Duel" and "Death Proof" into the mix to.

Great chase scene in The French Connection to.:)

Man that's a great and really innovative site.

305, don't get me started on Death Proof. It's the new bar which all car chases in film will be compared to, I would think, like Bullitt and The French Connection so many years back.

Tarantino outdid himself with the last reel of that movie. People have various gripes with that film but I have yet to hear anyone say that the final car chase was "lacking."

I'd also add 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' in to the chase mix -- that desert chase scene is one of the all time greats.

My script has been half finished for over a year. It was pitched a couple times lately with positive responses, so it’s time to get back to it. Jeff, the search website is great:

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Christian H, how about back to 1939 to Stagecoach? Love that one despite a bias against John Wayne (& Sinatra) that comes from living with a WWII veteran grandfather.

305Writer, it sounds like we might share a love of internal combustion?! How about Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)? Haven’t seen that one for much too long. The Cannonball Run is another that needs to be seen just for the actors. It’s tempting to give a script a 1970’s car chase feel rather than the current trend toward street racing and drifting. Death Proof was a great example of that.

It’s tough to think about drifting too far into the car chase thing, because it may drive the budget past what I’m shooting for. My last two scripts were low budget stuff meant to be shot in Michigan. Maybe it’s time to abandon the close eye to budget and even Michigan as the location.