I FIRST SAW THE mINI COOPERS UP AND DOWN THE STEPS ON LATE NIGHT tv IN THE EARLT 70' S but I didn't remember the name of the film. For years I wondered !. It is amazing. I love when the girl stuck in traffic slaps the face af the guy hitting on her. Funny !
Very interesting, but Peter Collinson was 100% right to chop it. It would have spoilt the whole pace of the chase - which is (let's face it) iconic and even with decades of CGI - never been bettered by anyone (i.m.h.o)...
Beautiful but very Over-The-Top scene and I can see why it was deleted because they wanted to keep chase fast paced and this would’ve slowed the whole thing down. Mind you they could’ve used it for the End Credits.
Enjoyable & terrific scene as a stand alone, but wouldn't have fitted in at all if left in. For one thing the police would have surrounded the entire building.
I feel like it could have worked if they had intercut scenes of the police failing to get into the building (it having been accidentally locked by the police cars chasing inside), followed by them rushing into a newly opened exit just as the Minis left a different one. Kind of like a repeat of the sicuriezza scene in a way, but it's the police's own fault this time. Also maybe some interior shots in the police cars to make the waltzing make more sense in context. Maybe the policemen should have tried getting out when they stopped, then closing their doors before starting to move again to explain the matched back-stop-forwards action.
I love this scene, but it would probably have flopped the movie worse than the American advertising campaign if it was kept in. Where it should have been was after the credits. Then we'd have it in HD on the blu-ray!
