Sunday, February 15, 2009

A Famous Motorcycle Jump Re-Enacted

Video: The Great Escape, re-enacted: "Steve McQueen’s bike jump is an iconic movie moment, but is it as authentic as it looks? To find out, we recreated it."

4 comments:

Benjie said...

Cool. The Great Escape, along with Kelly's Heroes, is my favorite war movie.

Anonymous said...

My wife firmly believes that there is a "The Great Escape appreciation" gene built into the Y chromosome.

Unknown said...

My dial-up is too slow to watch videos. But, I remember McQueen's jump on a heavy Harley or Indian. I have a Hog and there's no way I could get that thing to come out of a ditch and jump a fence.

What kind of bike was it? Was the jump re-enacted?
Live to ride, ride to live

Unknown said...

The bike was an American Triumph, very heavy. The jump was indeed recreated. Sort of.