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From: ccs020@ucdavis.UUCP (Kevin Chu)
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Subject: Re: blooper in "Diamonds are Forever"
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Date: Mon, 27-Jan-86 01:07:37 EST
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> >racing down the narrowing alley, he grabs the steering wheel with his left
> >hand, the girl with his right, runs the left wheels of the car up a ramp
> >and proceeds down the narrow alley by balancing on the right wheels.
> >However, the next scene shows the car emerging from the alley balanced on
> >its LEFT wheels.  Did anyone else notice this?

> yes, indeed.  a rather blatant error which should not have passed
> continuity.  i wonder if that entire scene was reversed...

This is what someone told me, so don't ask for any confirmation.

The shot of the car going into the alley was filmed with a stuntman, the
shot coming out of the alley had Connery driving.  If the car came out
the way it went in, then the driver's side would be the side falling back
to the ground, and supposedly Connery didn't want to do that.  So they
put the car in with the driver's side down and a stunt woman in the
passenger seat.

Someone else told me that it is much more difficult to do that stunt with
the driver's side down.  This would imply that the car coming out had not
jumped up a ramp, but was placed in the alley before hand.  Who knows
whether it was accidental or on purpose?
-- 
		Kevin Chu
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