The Seven-Ups Car Chase

[bickle4]

love richard lynch's face through out the chase!!!

[takeadayofff]

the gangster in the passenger seat looks like a drug addict.

[TheSuperCRASHer]

you know i dont know why everyone keeps saying BULLIT was the best movie ever cause it was,nt it sucked period the chase scene sucked to.the SEVEN UPS movie was a lot better as for the chase scene oh yeah definitly a lot better then bullit cause the cars in SEVEN UPS where better and the chase scene was captured beautifully i cant count how many times i,ve watched that chase scene bigass cars and big ass motors.as for all you BULLIT idiots out there seven ups will kick bullits ass. PEACE OUT!!!

[4shacks1house]

Drifting before drifting was cool!!

[napalmsundae]

There should be an Oscar Category for best car chase.

[vominator]

they don't make horns like that anymore

[chg657]

I was 16 when this came out...Learned to LOVE the 1971-76 GM "Big Cars" because of it...Nothin' quite like a big '70s tank at full chat like the blue Poncho...

[backwardk]

@chg657

Love the big cars myself from that era....the big full size "clamshell tailgate" wagons as well....too bad those demo derby douche-bags enjoy them so much.

[InGodshands7]

2 People have never been in a Car Chase

[lunhil12]

I watched the filming of the scene where they ram the 2 patrol cars at the bridge. They had no engines and were greased under the front wheels. The car stopped just after the scene cuts because it was totalled. It was a very exciting afternoon for us kids in Washington Heights that day. It was done in one shot.

[rogerstill71]

Great chase scene but in reality, a police Mopar wouldn't have had much trouble shutting down that boat

[lalbruiz]

Ha, ha....when they honk the car´s horn sounds like a friggin´ cruiseship!!! Those were sounds, not the wimpy sounds most modern cars have...

[pinkyallen]

those full sized GM cars were such tanks. The Nova/Ventura II/Apollo/Omega qadruplets were pretty awful too.

[lalbruiz]

LOL at many things...the guy with the finger on the trigger, pointing to the windshield while Hickman drives at like 100 kph or more...and that police car, that red light looks like a damn lighthouse, LOL. Great chase.

[schrodingercat91]

This is the Pontiac Motor Division training film for 1973.

[szchism]

Is that the same guy driving the Grand Ville that drove the Charger in Bullit? Looks like he's gain weight but facial expression looks the same. Longer hair too.

[390merc65]

@szchism yes it is the same guy driving both cars,,he was mainly a stunt driver back in the day , but also did some acting as well

[njot3]

The one thing I have to say is that both of these cars are 1973 Pontiacs- a Grand Ville and a Ventura- not 1969 models. They would have been brand new cars when the film was made.

[zebedee417]

just watched bullit car chase and its the same guy driving both bad guys cars only difference he as got long hair in this one

[swinegull]

i wonder if the guy that choreographed this chase did bullitt

both take huge jumps

both have smart looking bad guy driving

both have guy with shotgun shooting out of rear window lying down

both ram each other side to side just before the end of the chase

need i go on?

[musewolfman]

@swinegull same double-clutching engine noises... even though the car's an automatic in this one...

[ERIELACKU34CH]

@swinegull not only did he choreograph both, but he's driving in both. He's driving the big blue 1973 Pontiac in Seven Ups. and he's driving the Charger in Bullet. He's got shaggy hair and has put on some weight, but if you look at both movies you'll see it's him. He was both an actor and stunt driver.

[reprobacious]

@swinegull Yes, that's Bill Hickman driving the Poncho, same one who drove the Charger in Bullitt.

[TheVancen]

It almost sounds like the dubbed some of the sound track from the bullet chase scene into this one. Doest Hickmans Ventura sound suspiciously like McQueen's 68 mustang?

[automobiliac]

@TheVancen

TOTALLY!! My thoughts exactly. That is absolutely the sound from McQueen's Mustang. 100%

[harleyguyinmilw]

ironic how the pontiac ventura is an automatic on the column, yet he's shifting??LOL

the ventura soundtrack is remarkably simular to steve mcqueens mustang in BULLET. some of the same roads and highways

[machinegunboy98]

@harleyguyinmilw Bullitt >.< and it was a damn good vid

[carpetqwerty]

1:53 hahaha he hit the top of the steering wheel instead of the horn button and it honked. there is so many mistakes in those vintage movies. but over all great chase.

[booeyats1]

at 1:52 the car is in park!!!! How do they miss this shit all the friggin time????WTF?

[bjroberts65]

@booeyats1 .

[coyotecojo54]

hey el condur del auto grande del pontiac azul es el mismo conductor del charger de bullit ?

[bjroberts65]

One of the best car chase scenes on film...Bill Hickman is the man in this shit

[Puzzoozoo]

Good, but the Bad Boys 2 one is better for the modern era.

[svdpsy]

Every time i drive one of those american shitboxes i feel like i'm in a 70's car chase, fuckin' things are all over the place. They handle like the're on rails...basically they only want to go in a straight line!

[mcorbin2316]

@svdpsy Here's an idea, learn to drive. We (Americans) seemed to do great with them, so suck it.

[TheVancen]

@svdpsy dude i just got my licence and im driving a 1970 ford torino convertible its 40 years old and wieght almost 2 tons. And i take it to the local road course track once a month for lapping days.

[zillsbury]

best car chase scene in movie history

[vawlkee]

I love this film - ever since it came out but the exhaust sounds emanating from both Hickman's and Scheider's respective Pontiacs are totally out of place and detract from the authenticity of the film.

Sure it makes for excitement but those sound effects belong on a race course.

[Redgrant80]

I love it, they cross the GW bridge and the end up on the Taconic Pkwy. Movie magic.

[Canam7]

This was Bullitt in New York. The engine sounds, the tire squeals, the reactions of the drivers. Must have been the same sound affects man. It would have been so much greater, and a more popular movie, had they used a Grand Prix and a Trans Am.

instead.

[antblue363]

Unexpected finish! Great stuff.

[nmosely1988]

At first I thought it was a Nova, nice vid thou.

[jazzsafari]

The Ventura is a 1973

[Pookatube]

Play "Show Don't Tell" by Rush as the soundtrack to this chase.

IT ROCKS!!!!!

[kreigsmann]

ide like to see a modern car take half that abuse

[musewolfman]

@kreigsmann Hell, it wouldn't. because it could take the turns properly.

[bjroberts65]

best car chase scene on film.

[Reikis645]

70's when guys and cars were bad asses :D

[coldplays179]

yup.....gigantic engines that guzzle gas and low horse power

[bjroberts65]

richard lynch pissed in his pants

[anvil357]

If the Ventura has an automatic, Why in the hell are they adding the sounds of a stick shift? Besides, everyone is right, it does have the exact same sounds from Bullit

[johntaheri]

i think the 2d car soud copy from the move bulliett where maqueen drive the blk mustang ss.

[mercedesfan650]

I love that Pontiac Grand Ville, there's just nothin' like a huge 4 door sedan packing a 455 Big Block! The little Ventura never had a chance, but maybe that's because of the dubbed in Bullitt sounds. A Ventura Sprint with a 350 would have been right behind the Grand Ville. Oh well. It's still my 3rd favorite car chase of all time.

[badgerbuddy]

theres nothing quite like watching hickman driving big-ass pontiacs, as if they were race cars down the streets of New york

[Sefveron]

I think race cars crashed into to less shit and can actually turn properly...

[fleaby]

@badgerbuddy Americans and their stupid cars. I Love you but please you drive cars like another guys filled condom.

[Nopinktutu]

@fleaby You've got your wish, I am waiting on the next shipment of Renaults here in NY.

[jamesbrandonthe3]

you gotta give bill hickman credit... as his career progressed he drove bigger and heavy cars and made them handle like euro-sport compacts. from a 68 charger to a big pontiac 4 door lemans to huge ass pontiac grand ville. its to bad the ventura didnt have more jam though. i imagine the gas crisis was starting to set in by this time.

[limeaid23]

Nothing like watching Big Bill Hickman slide that 5000lb pontiac all over the place. Nobody better.

[braadlap]

best car chase ever. makes you wanna forget french connection.

[86cutlassSX1]

love it,correct me if i'm wrong but did the drivers side front tire blow out after bill hit the blockade?

[lonaticc]

Another great point about "The 7Ups" when it comes to stunts is the scene where the bad guys go through the road block as cops are shooting at them. The stuntment stayed on the cop car doors as the car hit & went through the blockade. Freggin awesome!

[1ingle]

God that was cool !

Bill Hickman huh , thought he looked familiar.

Roy Scheider was brilliant as well

Don't know how much real driving he did but I could feel it.

Again no crappy CGI ruining stuff !!!

[Nopinktutu]

One of the great chase scenes, i believe Richard Lynch once said "I'll never get in a car with Bill again". Most of the footage was shot in the bronx and on the Saw Mill and Taconic parkways. The crash at the end was filmed on the Taconic Parkway and the exit looks like it did then.

[ecfeitosa]

I am in Between, White Plains NY. Thank u for the info !

[Nopinktutu]

I lived in White Plains for 44 years, a great place to live.

[ecfeitosa]

Wonderfull !

[lonaticc]

This is by far the best stunts in any car chase film. This movie is equal imo with Dirty Mary Crazy Larry. Bullit & French Connection have nothing on The 7ups, Freebie & The Bean or Dirty Mary Crazy Larry. Bullit was the same 50 shots on 2 blocks with 50 film angles. The 7ups showed some true & absolute best stunts in a car chase movie ever! Gone In 60 Seeconds was great but that filmed used a LOT of dummy cars. The 7ups gets my vote for the very best car chase ever!

[Shaguar66]

what do you mean dummy cars? i thought they only used two mustangs in gone in sixty seconds (1974).

[lonaticc]

I meant most of all the other cars in Gone In 60 Seconds(1974) were dummy cars. The worst scene was the the crash at the intersection with the dump truck tipping over onto another car and then lifting up off the ground. The drump truck looks like it was made of cardboard.

[ks105900]

96!

He shot a cop!

I'm on the job!

he's going for the bridge close it off!

We've got him10-4!

The only messed up part is the wrecking of the ventura.

[Nuno0614]

Awesome chase and Roy Schider is a gr8 actor.

[Fantafare]

You are right, Roy is a great actor. Bill Hickman (the driver of the Grand Ville) is a great stunt driver too! He was in "BULLITT" and "The French Connection".

[TurboDaytonaZ]

I love that chase.. thats probably one of the most under-appreciated car chases ever

[jimbobv8]

2:15 - 2:20 good stuff

[monaco74]

I feel bad for Bill Hickman having to drive a land yatch this time. Bet he was wishing he had his Charger about now ;)

[Vincentdeep]

Bill Hickman strikes again, Gotta love Roy saying CHRIST! the Seven-ups is a great movie and unlike Bullit it takes place in NY so I can ID with the geography Jersey too!

[Vincentdeep]

5 stars off the top my friend this was the best car chase after bullit!

[sillyboy711]

sucked moose cock

[wiedep]

look up bill hickman...

[wiedep]

btw fyi - who were the two men involved with seven-ups, bullitt and french connection films? stunt driver bill hickman and producer phillip d'antoni...

[thekkl]

No, it was Stuntman Mike.

[ChevyGuysWearBowties]

haha stuntman mike haha good comment i give that a thumbs up

[natesurfswell]

that was great i thought id seen em all. i do wish that they still did car chases like this with NO CGI, just a little harmless fast forewarding

[Steroidpoodle]

Nice Car!

Damn that was a-mazing.

[visualtonic]

FuuuCCK!! That ruled

[lonesomeghost]

Yeah Grand Ville's are pretty mean my GrandPa had a 74 They haul ass 455 engine and dual exhaust. Black Knight do your homework.

[tomaro3495]

Man, does bill hickman have that big ol' pontiac haulin or what!

[GarageBoy]

I love the rim blow horn

[saxonsnowredux]

roy's car is my dream car.

[kmcbride22]

I never saw the movie. So I guess the cop got killed in the crash and the bad guys got away??

[GarageBoy]

Cop does crawl out and survive

[QuasiTraction]

Doh! The one Schider is driving is a Ventura (chevy nova). My mistake.

[QuasiTraction]

He totally curbed the wheel of that Catalina at 1:20. I wonder if he bent the rim or axle, looked like a pretty good hit.

[AhhCulo]

Not number 1, but underatred chase!Go Roy!

[AhhCulo]

Not the number 1 chase, but underrated. Go Roy!

[devastator87]

Where's the Mansfield bar on the semi?

[JohnFatt]

Oh, that Pontiac Ventura isn't a '69 (It didn't come out until '71. This was a '73 model as well as that Grand Ville Roy was chasing. Thanks for posting this though, it's still one of the best chase scenes of all time!

[emmfc]

BTW, having lived in the two neighborhoods featured (hell's kitchen where it starts and Upper WestSide) the chase is completely accurate. When they turn 49th from 9th, they indeed end up speeding through 49th and 10th. No faking of the "map" in this

[culcun]

I like how they dub the cars' sounds with the 440 Charger and 390 Mustang from Bullit.

[DC322]

That isn't a cadillac. It is a Pontiac Grand Ville the bad guys were driving.

[badgerbuddy]

thanks for correcting me

[coldplays179]

yes there is, they ,made the grandville in the 70s, it was their convertible for pontiac

[JohnFatt]

The Pontiac Grand Ville was the top-line luxury car in the division's full-sized line from 1971 to 1975. It displaced the Pontiac Bonneville which had served as Pontiac's flagship since 1957. The Bonneville itself was never discontinued during this period, but was demoted to an ambiguous mid-line status between the luxurious Grand Ville and lower priced Pontiac Catalina.

[fernmann7]

sorry, do your homework. It's a Grand Ville.

[fernmann7]

Now THAT is true, for sure.

[coldplays179]

funny how everyone thinks a 4-door land barge is automatically a caddy