Joe Howard Not only one of the best opening scenes to a movie, but also one of the catchiest songs to go with it. I love this song and this opening car chase. It's pure magic!
Nearly 40 yrs later and this is still one of the best opening scenes to a movie ever. The roar of that Lambo is so in tune with the song it gives me goosebumps every time
@@stuartkelley2108 No. That's false. That sound is the Lambo V12. It had an exaggerated sound do to the fact it had 12 functioning exhaust tips. That and the sound was enhanced for the extra dramatic effect. But it 100% pure Lambo
He probably had an Orgasm. But I do belive the 2 girls drove it during all theese scenes. cant remember the actresses names or their caharacters in the Movie
Imagine back in the day only seeing pictures of this car in magazines never seeing it move much less here it then this movie comes out you sit down in front of the giant theatre screen surrounded by loud speakers good popcorn and this is what you see imagine how mind blowing this moment must have been being one of the first normal people to hear this car and see it run
I saw a white one with red interior in person ONCE back in the 80s. I worked at a grocery store as a bagger when i was 15. The owner of the grocery store chain invited a bunch of us over for a pool party at his house. (Freakin sweet) He had it in the garage and let me check it out. I had. NO IDEA he had that kind of money! Lol. He always dressed like normal people, he was super nice, and usually drove a regular car. But anyway, it really was just AMAZING in real life
That's exactly what happened when my family and I were driving through Germany, when I was a kid. My father had his car rebuild and tuned as a rally car, and while we where driving on the autobahn going 240 km/h a Countach overtook us, driving significantly faster than us, and my brother and I were completely blown away! Well, at least that's how I remember it ;)
Captain Super Sweaty Non ergonomic, impractical but Incredible. Especially for those of us who grew up with it during the 80s and had it in a poster hanging on our wall
Dana H I grew up late 90s, never had a poster on the wall but there's no doubt about it. There can never be another as beautiful as this. It belongs in the Louvre or something..
Orison Nuccio Bertones masterpiece. There is not a bad angle on it, and it really does belong in a museum. Definitely not the most comfortable car to drive, but truly rolling art. Just like a Mercedes 300sl and the Jaguar XK 120
Me too rob. It's hard for me to believe I didn't know about that car and many other exotics until this movie got me started. I knew the Ferrari 308, but everybody did... even at that time when I was a little country kid with very few people in my village that were rich AND fun. After seeing the Countach I used my lawn mowing money for magazines like Road and Track, etc...
you are taking me back. i would spend hours looking at road and track an car and driver mags. i lived at my local convenience magazine rack after this. i know that i knew the 308 because of magnum PI. but like you said, everyone knew that one, probably all because of that show
There were exotics before the Countach. The Miura comes to mind. But the Countach, as I say, put exotics on the map. When the Countach came along all of a sudden every kid, including myself, had at least one poster of it on their walls. It "mainstreamed" exotic cars. Today it has a mystique for having done so. It has a place in exotic car lovers' hearts no other model can really fill no matter how much more powerful or technologically advanced. It is to exotic cars what the Beatles are to rock and roll music. There were other great rock and roll bands before the Beatles. There have been fantastic bands since (Pink Floyd and the Rolling Stones come to mind). But the Beatles will always be the greatest of all time. So too will be the Countach.
+ Christine Fury - the Pantera was sold through Lincoln and Mercury dealers. Ford wanted to depict the car as a high end model, and odds are that no one would have paid those prices at a Ford dealer.
@@tg8150 the Firebird definitely puts in a good slide. I may have put the timestamp a second or two early, but that's just so it doesn't pop up in the middle of what I'm talking about.
remember seeing this in the theater summer 1981. when the movie started and the stars names came up, the audience applauded, then cheered, then roared..never ever experienced it in my life since. when movies were pure fun, not mean or gross, just silly fun.
Hell yeah, they made the thing for very nearly 20 years. I think everyone between the ages of 30 and 50 had the poster. Always the red one with the girl on the hood.
@@ThePlayerToBeNamedLater well sorry i was just joking, im 5'9 and i would barely fit into the cockpit. i wonder if i said was true i would like to believe it is though lol
@@ivorharden Indeed nearly all the sounds used for the Countach in this movie are from a Ferrari 365 GT 4. and the sound recordings probably originated during production of the 1976 movie The Gumball Rally. Countachs do not sound like this. These engine sound tracks were used around 1/2 dozen times for cars (mostly incorrect model Ferraris) during TV shows and films in the 1980s.
@ᗰߊᑕᕼᗴᒪߊᑎⵔ It was all Lambo dude, its just the other sounds were enhanced a little. It has a 12 pipe exhaust for christ sakes....Also, the general public had never seen this car before, this was the Countach coming out party, and you think they're gonna use a Ferrari or any other kind of car. Gimme a break
@Cory Thompson Ya he doesnt know what hes talking about. This Ferrari myth started on Ferrari message boards and just wont die. This was the Countach's coming out party, nobody in their right mind would overdub its sound for a different car. 12 pipe exhaust was obviously to enhance the sound, but its all Lambo. Anyone that says it isn't is full of shit and they can read an article about the guy that restored it. Not hard to find the truth im so sick of it was a Daytona, 308, 365 blah blah.
Well mate, i dunno how old are you, but i'm from the 80s, the 1st thing that comes to mind wille hearing the name Lamborghini is the Countach, no Diablos, no Murcielagos, nor Aventadors.
As exotic as all the recent Lamborghini's are today, they lack the pure savagery and raw presence that the Cannonball Countach still holds to this day.
Yes, the lambo in that movie really left an impression on me as a kid growing up in the 80's. Watching it now so many years later, it still has such an awe-inspiring presence on the road.
That movie was BIG in its time. Still a lot of fun to watch. And the Countach was super light for its time. Thirty seven years ago. We all loved it back then. Good memories.
I saw this on HBO as a preteen in the 80s...when I saw that Lambo, I had never seen anything more beautiful in my life! And there's nothing like hearing that Bull roar!
this was one hell of a fun movie, and it did come out in 1980 as i went and seen it...love that lambo...incredible cast and critics had said it wouldn't ever win anything, but the cast said...who gives a shit, we all had fun and that is what this was all about
To truly appreciate this intro I think it helps to have seen it back when it first came out. It was my first sighting of this Lambo and I instantly fell in love. Poster on the wall and everything. All these years later I still think this is the single greatest movie intro ever.
I watched this when I was 8 years old and fell in love with that lambo! Im Now 42, I’m definitely not wealthy but saved my pennies and bought a black Aventador a few only a few months back, amazing how an opening scene to a film can have such an influence!
@@michelino I didn't know that, thanks! It seemed like it was hitting some pretty high rpm for a street engine in the late 70s but I'm not an expert on engine tech.
I just saw a blue Countach on the freeway the other day. It was beautiful. It was raining out earlier that day too. The driver is not afraid to get the car dirty.
THIS was MY STORY!! Much of this Movie was filmed in the Atlanta area...and my younger sister is in several 'crowd shots' -- like at the beginning of the race. She and a friend went down often to the hotel where everyone was staying, and where 'the race' began, and 'hung out' during the day. I would ride down in the early evening to get her home for Family Dinner, in my customized Corvette. One day, I got a chance to chat with Hal Needham for a few minutes...and I told him about a REAL 'event' that happened to ME out in Texas a couple of years ago, and how I had gotten around BEHIND a State Trooper who was after me for speeding..!! It was in the middle of the night, and we had wide open highway. We hit speeds over 120 mph, running redlights and 'flying' thru small towns with 25 mph Speed Limits ... still at 100+ mph!! He was laughing constantly as I told him details of the "chase", and when I pulled up beside the Officer and waved...flipped of my vehicle lights (leaving just a set of aircraft landing lights on the front)...and drove away at over 160mph! Of course, the Movie Edition was 'different' in many ways -- like 2 sexy ladies in a Lambo -- and I never got caught! But when I saw the opening of the Movie I was Flattered that Hal and the writers had used my story in their block-buster hit! I did get invited to the "Wrap Party" where I actually got 'talk time' with many of the Wonderful actors...but did not know about the opening scene until I saw the Movie months later. {Hal had even expressed interest in using my car in some highway scenes in the Movie...but when they came back from California and the 'western phase' they had already reached their 'budget' and I never got into the Movie...
I saw this when it was new in the theaters. I STILL get goose bumps to this intro. And that Lambo, oh my god, it's still the car I'd take above all others.
My daughter in law watching this opening giggling: Wow what kind of car is that? That my dear is a Lamborghini Countach...and that is Adrienne Barbeau...
The sound of that V12 screaming is just beautiful. First time I saw Cannonball Run 1 & 2 was like back in 85 on HBO. The moment I heard that Lambo I was hooked.
Me too. The same sound is used for the Coyote X in Hardcastle and McCormick and numerous Ferraris that appeared in movies and TV in the 80s. The engine sound is actually recorded from a Ferrari 365 GT4 and the original recordings were probably done by the production studio working on the 1976 film The Gumball Rally. Notice the Countach in #2 sounds completely different and is actually correct for a Countach. Same with Speed Zone and any raw unedited Countach videos you find on youtube. Yes that nice Black Lambo was dubbed with Ferrari sounds in almost all scenes :)
The reason it had the front wing was to meet the strict US DOT regulations on bumper height. Most owners have taken the front wings off so it's a very rare thing to see them on any more. I Love it with the gold wheels. Thanks.
I remember Everyone was going crazy when the opening scene came on at the Theater back in 1981, Lamborghini Countach was everyones dream car back then. Such a great Time.
00:30 to moment i fell in love with the Lamborghini Countach and everything Lamborghini have ever done ever since. One day I will own one, even if i have to cash in my entire pension at 65 and live, sleep, eat, breath & drive in for the last years of my life.
I have owned a few and even built my own Countach limo. THey are great except to drive... there is no visability behind you and people are always boxing you in to take pics. I used to set on the door seal and look over the roof to back it up.
As a young kid I used to watch this intro again and again, gave me my love and passion for cars!!,! When i was at school someone's Dad drove up in a red one of these, i remember him firing it up vividly to this day, first off it sounded like an aeroplane with a lot of rushing wind sounds and then he turned it over and I hadn't heard a car sound like that ever before my hair stood on end. In hindsight he definitely had a custom exhaust as you could hear the Lambo for five minutes after it left ❤️❤️
That SOUND!! Chills everytime with that thing running full tilt. One of my all time favorite movies. And an all star cast on top of the cars. I miss movies like this.
Remember this being a kid and renting the film from the local video shop . Played the starting over and over .. the noise of the lambo with song was brilliant .
Love that sound and awesome black Countach! It took many years wondering about this since a teen, but I finally determined that glorious engine sound is taken from a Ferrari 365 GT4, which is a 4.4 liter 12 cylinder 6 carb engine. I knew it wasn't a Countach because I've heard dozens of Countachs but tracking it down wasn't easy through the decades. The same sound is (first) used in The Gumball Rally (1976) for the Ferrari 365 GTS4 which is probably where the sound recordings first originated and then those recordings were used many times as overdubs in the 80s in TV shows and movies, most noteably perhaps the Coyote in Hardcastle and McCormick, and several Ferraris that appeared in other shows and movies including the Ferrari girl in National Lampoons. Sorry to disapoint the Lamborghini fans, but nearly all those sounds are from an early 70's Ferrari. Ifyou want to hear real Countach sounds then watch Cannonball Run 2 and Speed Zone. Now the question is, do those old stock audio soundtracks still exist somewhere in Hollywood? Would love to get hold of those recordings. If you want to hear much more of the engine at various RPMs/idle/echo/rev/downshift/double clutch etc watch the TV show Hardcastle and McCormick. They did a good job dubbing in all the sounds in a believable way as they drive the car in various ways.
If you don't believe me, search clips of original Ferrari 365 GT4 "Daytonas." It's not easy to determine because the sound clips used in the TV shows and Movies were recorded by masterful Hollywood production crews with good mics and good mic placement and then the dubbing was done by masterful editors. But if you can find clips where the 365 "Daytona" really starts to wind out, the engine sound changes dramatically at higher RPMs and immediately becomes recognizable as the sound used in the shows. So if you find a clip of a guy creeping along or normal driving then dont' be surprised and argue it's not the right car. Hope that helps anyone else who's been wondering about this since their youth
This film... Last day of school term in 1982 or so, I was 7. Friend brought the VHS tape of it in and our teacher naively agreed to put it on for us. It lasted about 2 minutes beyond the intro before it was quickly switched off!
Quite possibly one of the greatest intros ever. No doubt
Joe Howard Not only one of the best opening scenes to a movie, but also one of the catchiest songs to go with it. I love this song and this opening car chase. It's pure magic!
Jackal, Top Gun, Terminator 2
Love it!
No. 1. Unbeatable.
When Farrah gets out of the Lambo 1:20 ,good God...
Nearly 40 yrs later and this is still one of the best opening scenes to a movie ever.
The roar of that Lambo is so in tune with the song it gives me goosebumps every time
Amen
@@ianmangham4570 Amen
Heck yeahh
I totally agree with you takes me back to 5 year's old, just makes me smile what a film.
Me too Ha- ha.
That sound!!!! Never gets old.
That V12 roar still give me goosebumps!
Pretty sure I read somewhere the sound is dubbed from a Ferrari Boxer, dunno why cos those Lamborghini sounded pretty good anyway.
Yup thats why I have al Alfa romeo now 😉
Hahaha a Lambo is a Lambo ...The Ferrari Testarosa. .A Ferrari.
@@stuartkelley2108 No. That's false. That sound is the Lambo V12. It had an exaggerated sound do to the fact it had 12 functioning exhaust tips. That and the sound was enhanced for the extra dramatic effect.
But it 100% pure Lambo
Can we all agree it’s one of the best intro’s ever?! 🙌🏻
I had a Countach and it was very fast. The batteries would die too fast! Very nice rc though!
steve mcdaniel lmfao.
TYCO R/C twin Motors lol
DUMBASS. Your generator want not generating.
HAHAHAHAHAHAH
Bulllshit
Most everyone in this all star cast is gone :(
RIP Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Fonda, Dom DeLuise.
R.I.P to all of them.
Jimmy ''the Greek'' Snyder
Don't forget Richard Kiel AKA "JAWS."
@Andrew WilsonDid you confuse with Frank Sinatra?
@Andrew Wilson Damn!!! Dom is 400lbs!!
Nothing beats the final moments of this intro when the Lambo pulls past the cop car and just takes off.
Sped-up or not, it's beautiful.
Imagine how that stunt driver is feeling running that beautiful beast flat out in the desert
He probably had an Orgasm. But I do belive the 2 girls drove it during all theese scenes. cant remember the actresses names or their caharacters in the Movie
Would be a dream come true!
DJ блять Adrienne Barbeau and Tara Buckman
Running fast cars through the desert is as much fun as it looks. If it feels like a calling, you need to go do it.
I think both he and the Trans-Am driver had a great time during that shoot.
I MISS THE 80'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AMEN
mikealanzo Sadly this generation maybe the last of these cars. I hope they make as many of these movies before its all gone
Unfortunately you're the generation that fucked up the world to make it what is today......
That was the 60s mikealanzo, not the 80s.
Mr. hrfister , nope it was the 80's. 1981 the film came out. The countach didn't come out till 1974
Imagine back in the day only seeing pictures of this car in magazines never seeing it move much less here it then this movie comes out you sit down in front of the giant theatre screen surrounded by loud speakers good popcorn and this is what you see imagine how mind blowing this moment must have been being one of the first normal people to hear this car and see it run
I saw a white one with red interior in person ONCE back in the 80s.
I worked at a grocery store as a bagger when i was 15. The owner of the grocery store chain invited a bunch of us over for a pool party at his house. (Freakin sweet)
He had it in the garage and let me check it out. I had. NO IDEA he had that kind of money! Lol. He always dressed like normal people, he was super nice, and usually drove a regular car.
But anyway, it really was just AMAZING in real life
What an intro! Hot women, fast cars, and huge stars goofing on each other. Still awesome in 2021!
Yea, today it would be two genderless feminists in an nissan leaf trying to get up to the speed limit! The human race is killing itself by stupidity.
also in 2022
@@PanFortress and in 2023 as well 😉
I agree 👍
They don't make movies like this anymore.
No matter how bad of a mood I'm in, if I hear that Burt Reynolds laugh I instantly smile!!
There's nothing quite like seeing a Lambo Countach go flying by at speed. I loved this movie when I saw it back in the late 80's.
christdragon and a woman in a catsuit
175mph plus Nos. Woooo!!!!
That's exactly what happened when my family and I were driving through Germany, when I was a kid. My father had his car rebuild and tuned as a rally car, and while we where driving on the autobahn going 240 km/h a Countach overtook us, driving significantly faster than us, and my brother and I were completely blown away! Well, at least that's how I remember it ;)
2:33 sends a chill down your spine
This movie intro is epic...I still watch this film to this day...brings back so many memories of my childhood...😎😎🤟🤟
Still the most visually arresting car ever built. A total icon and to me one of the most desirable autos ever.
jon doe You must be trolling or crazy.
Dana H idk about ever built but it does look great
Captain Super Sweaty Non ergonomic, impractical but Incredible. Especially for those of us who grew up with it during the 80s and had it in a poster hanging on our wall
Dana H I grew up late 90s, never had a poster on the wall but there's no doubt about it. There can never be another as beautiful as this. It belongs in the Louvre or something..
Orison Nuccio Bertones masterpiece. There is not a bad angle on it, and it really does belong in a museum. Definitely not the most comfortable car to drive, but truly rolling art. Just like a Mercedes 300sl and the Jaguar XK 120
-Trans Am: Do you know why I pulled you over?
-Countach: Because I let you
😅
Mew Two 😝
Mew Two 🤣
A ‘73 Trans Am 455 equipped super duty would slay the ‘83-85 spec Countach in the quarter mile. Just saying.
Yeah, but what fancy Sheriff's Department could afford an 80s Trans-Am though?
Countach was the most iconic poster car of the 80s.
Most iconic poster car of all time.
Damn right...
And it was a 70's car, go figure it!
Don't forget Lamborghini Diablo of the 90s
jem4345 doesn’t hold a candle to the countach
i was 12 years old and i was never the same after this
Me too rob. It's hard for me to believe I didn't know about that car and many other exotics until this movie got me started. I knew the Ferrari 308, but everybody did... even at that time when I was a little country kid with very few people in my village that were rich AND fun.
After seeing the Countach I used my lawn mowing money for magazines like Road and Track, etc...
you are taking me back. i would spend hours looking at road and track an car and driver mags. i lived at my local convenience magazine rack after this. i know that i knew the 308 because of magnum PI. but like you said, everyone knew that one, probably all because of that show
rob duncan where you the same before.?lol
lol. good question. probably not
me too. And I've stayed 12 years old ever since.
The Countach will always be the king of all exotics. That car put exotics on the map back in the 80's.
Dr. Heresy The "Ford" (!!) Pantera?? It was the DeTomaso Pantera. Sold through Ford dealers.
There were exotics before the Countach. The Miura comes to mind. But the Countach, as I say, put exotics on the map. When the Countach came along all of a sudden every kid, including myself, had at least one poster of it on their walls. It "mainstreamed" exotic cars. Today it has a mystique for having done so. It has a place in exotic car lovers' hearts no other model can really fill no matter how much more powerful or technologically advanced. It is to exotic cars what the Beatles are to rock and roll music. There were other great rock and roll bands before the Beatles. There have been fantastic bands since (Pink Floyd and the Rolling Stones come to mind). But the Beatles will always be the greatest of all time. So too will be the Countach.
You'll have to take a demerit if it happens again.
+ Christine Fury - the Pantera was sold through Lincoln and Mercury dealers. Ford wanted to depict the car as a high end model, and odds are that no one would have paid those prices at a Ford dealer.
Matthew Cragg yes sir
Some say they are still trying to catch that Lamborghini Countach to this day !
That Lamborghini sound will never get old ! Epic.
In real life it would have run out of gas in 2 hours or broken down
@@gijsautomotive1217 the latter 😂
I’m a simple man. I see countach, I click.
That drift at 2:15 is a work of art. It goes by so quick, and is overshadowed by the sheer beauty of the Countach, but it is pretty damn amazing.
Did I miss it? I’m not seeing any drift of any kind. Just a left turn. Don’t even think they slid at all. 🤷🏻♂️
@@tg8150 the Firebird definitely puts in a good slide. I may have put the timestamp a second or two early, but that's just so it doesn't pop up in the middle of what I'm talking about.
@TG I think you purposely are being "that person" so 🤓🤓🤓
Powerslide
The Trans Am did it better.
once in a while I always come back to this great intro... the highway patrol Pontiac Firebird is not too shabby either
That is such a lovely piece of machinery it hurts.
remember seeing this in the theater summer 1981. when the movie started and the stars names came up, the audience applauded, then cheered, then roared..never ever experienced it in my life since. when movies were pure fun, not mean or gross, just silly fun.
Every kid had this poster ( the car) ..36 years later and it STILL looks good
Torrey Bauer l didn't. Although I had a running Lee Majors poster😊
Hell yeah, they made the thing for very nearly 20 years. I think everyone between the ages of 30 and 50 had the poster. Always the red one with the girl on the hood.
Torrey Bauer and a Farrah Fawcett poster.
Yep, I had a Countach poster that I bought at the mall in 1985. I also had a few Porsche 911 posters.
AMEN TO THAT....best exotic design since the P-51C Mustang fighter plane.
That last pull away was real. Even now, that's bloody quick. The music from the engine just adds to it.
It was real and sped up.
sped up..u dont have to be a genius..I did media in school for 6 mnths and knew this
Imagine this scene today with the sound effects in theaters today, would feel like you're in the lambo.
I'd love to watch this movie on the big screen!
Steering like a battleship, terrible visibility, ergonomics like a pretzel.
THE Supercar!
hey it was built by small italians to fit them not you!
@@JeremiahDouglas Pretty big brush you're painting with there.
@@ThePlayerToBeNamedLater well sorry i was just joking, im 5'9 and i would barely fit into the cockpit. i wonder if i said was true i would like to believe it is though lol
Not to mention trying to reverse the Countach into a parking space. The Countach backup procedure is an ordeal all its own.
It's was a car in a league of its own. And what a cast!
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Best movie intro ever. Nothing beats the sound of a Lambo V12!
Allegedly it was over dubbed with a Ferrari Boxer
@@ivorharden Indeed nearly all the sounds used for the Countach in this movie are from a Ferrari 365 GT 4. and the sound recordings probably originated during production of the 1976 movie The Gumball Rally. Countachs do not sound like this. These engine sound tracks were used around 1/2 dozen times for cars (mostly incorrect model Ferraris) during TV shows and films in the 1980s.
2:14 the original Countach sound.
The other is a V12 Ferrari race car, the same used for the Coyote in "Hardcastle & McCormick" TV series.
@ᗰߊᑕᕼᗴᒪߊᑎⵔ It was all Lambo dude, its just the other sounds were enhanced a little. It has a 12 pipe exhaust for christ sakes....Also, the general public had never seen this car before, this was the Countach coming out party, and you think they're gonna use a Ferrari or any other kind of car. Gimme a break
@Cory Thompson Ya he doesnt know what hes talking about. This Ferrari myth started on Ferrari message boards and just wont die. This was the Countach's coming out party, nobody in their right mind would overdub its sound for a different car. 12 pipe exhaust was obviously to enhance the sound, but its all Lambo. Anyone that says it isn't is full of shit and they can read an article about the guy that restored it. Not hard to find the truth im so sick of it was a Daytona, 308, 365 blah blah.
Everytime a new Lamborghini model comes out, I still think back to the Countach!😍
Well mate, i dunno how old are you, but i'm from the 80s, the 1st thing that comes to mind wille hearing the name Lamborghini is the Countach, no Diablos, no Murcielagos, nor Aventadors.
As exotic as all the recent Lamborghini's are today, they lack the pure savagery and raw presence that the Cannonball Countach still holds to this day.
NO SPECIAL EFFECTS THIS IS WHAT MADE THESE MOVIES THE BEST!!!!!!!
I love the animated intro and the first purr from that Lamborghini, gives me goose bump every time x3
1981 - Lamborghini Countach - A Blonde chick ... amazing
Yes, the lambo in that movie really left an impression on me as a kid growing up in the 80's. Watching it now so many years later, it still has such an awe-inspiring presence on the road.
Maaaan, this film was, and still is today, one of the coolest car films ever!
Yes It is
Classic
That movie was BIG in its time. Still a lot of fun to watch. And the Countach was super light for its time. Thirty seven years ago. We all loved it back then. Good memories.
I saw this on HBO as a preteen in the 80s...when I saw that Lambo, I had never seen anything more beautiful in my life! And there's nothing like hearing that Bull roar!
Arguably the most iconic car ever built.
this was one hell of a fun movie, and it did come out in 1980 as i went and seen it...love that lambo...incredible cast and critics had said it wouldn't ever win anything, but the cast said...who gives a shit, we all had fun and that is what this was all about
This movie was released in June of 1981.. Burt did this movie right after Smokie and the bandit 2 which came out in August of 1980...
It was all about a once in a lifetime all star cast getting together in a fun as hell movie!
1981.
To truly appreciate this intro I think it helps to have seen it back when it first came out. It was my first sighting of this Lambo and I instantly fell in love. Poster on the wall and everything. All these years later I still think this is the single greatest movie intro ever.
what a cast, Roger Moore laughing at himself and James Bond!!! pricelesss.
I remember growing up, when I had to stay home on hospice, I had this movie and watched it everyday for 3months straight, just for the opening scene!!
This is the most beautiful car ever built. It's simply breath taking honestly
I was 9 when this came out and had a countach on my wall for the next 10 years. Probably the most influential thing of my youth that got me in to cars
I watched this when I was 8 years old and fell in love with that lambo! Im
Now 42, I’m definitely not wealthy but saved my pennies and bought a black Aventador a few only a few months back, amazing how an opening scene to a film can have such an influence!
good man!
Got to love the sound of 12 Italian cylinders, iconic intro! I want to go back in time
Makes the hair on my arms stand, when i hear that Lamborghini engine roar! 😎😎😎
This opening sequence perfectly sets the mood and tone for the movie. Remember when car movies were fun and didn't take themselves seriously?
That is the greatest engine/exhaust sound ever recorded!
2:14 the original Countach sound.
The other is a V12 Ferrari race car, the same used for the Coyote in "Hardcastle & McCormick" TV series.
@@michelino I didn't know that, thanks! It seemed like it was hitting some pretty high rpm for a street engine in the late 70s but I'm not an expert on engine tech.
I just saw a blue Countach on the freeway the other day. It was beautiful. It was raining out earlier that day too. The driver is not afraid to get the car dirty.
Felt like I needed cheering up. This never fails. The car, the purring, the song.. wow.
‘It’s not what you do, but how you do it’
0:29 - 3:53 This scene made me born as a petrol head when I was about 8 years old :) Now I am 42 and still in love with this car!
I love the exchange between the cops and HQ! That line IT DIDNT TAKE US THAT LONG TO CATCH DILLINGER .... A Classic!
My dad literally bought a lambo gallardo and I put this song on as we went for a drive it was an indescribable feeling
The Lambo C still looks GOOOOOD!!!!!! 😍
Damn this was a bad ass film for a kid who grew up in the 80's...we definitely are breed that runs at a different speed
Takes me back to when I first saw this in theaters. I took my girlfriend and a couple other friends. We had a blast!
THIS was MY STORY!!
Much of this Movie was filmed in the Atlanta area...and my younger sister is in several 'crowd shots' -- like at the beginning of the race. She and a friend went down often to the hotel where everyone was staying, and where 'the race' began, and 'hung out' during the day. I would ride down in the early evening to get her home for Family Dinner, in my customized Corvette. One day, I got a chance to chat with Hal Needham for a few minutes...and I told him about a REAL 'event' that happened to ME out in Texas a couple of years ago, and how I had gotten around BEHIND a State Trooper who was after me for speeding..!! It was in the middle of the night, and we had wide open highway. We hit speeds over 120 mph, running redlights and 'flying' thru small towns with 25 mph Speed Limits ... still at 100+ mph!! He was laughing constantly as I told him details of the "chase", and when I pulled up beside the Officer and waved...flipped of my vehicle lights (leaving just a set of aircraft landing lights on the front)...and drove away at over 160mph!
Of course, the Movie Edition was 'different' in many ways -- like 2 sexy ladies in a Lambo -- and I never got caught!
But when I saw the opening of the Movie I was Flattered that Hal and the writers had used my story in their block-buster hit!
I did get invited to the "Wrap Party" where I actually got 'talk time' with many of the Wonderful actors...but did not know about the opening scene until I saw the Movie months later. {Hal had even expressed interest in using my car in some highway scenes in the Movie...but when they came back from California and the 'western phase' they had already reached their 'budget' and I never got into the Movie...
Impressive
Awesome intro. Hardly any talking, just the music and that awesome V12. :)
I'm 48 and this film is all my childhood in 80's !
Best intro ever! As a kid I watched this movie many times! I freaking love this movie! Nostalgia 🥰❤
I saw this when it was new in the theaters. I STILL get goose bumps to this intro. And that Lambo, oh my god, it's still the car I'd take above all others.
My daughter in law watching this opening giggling: Wow what kind of car is that? That my dear is a Lamborghini Countach...and that is Adrienne Barbeau...
Well, that was Tara Buckman who jumped out and rattle-canned the speed limit sign.
This film made the Countach my number 1 wall poster! That sound has never been beaten 👍
2:14 the original Countach sound.
The other is a V12 Ferrari race car, the same used for the Coyote in "Hardcastle & McCormick" TV series.
I still drive this car in my dreams on the weekend.
The sound of that V12 screaming is just beautiful. First time I saw Cannonball Run 1 & 2 was like back in 85 on HBO. The moment I heard that Lambo I was hooked.
Me too. The same sound is used for the Coyote X in Hardcastle and McCormick and numerous Ferraris that appeared in movies and TV in the 80s. The engine sound is actually recorded from a Ferrari 365 GT4 and the original recordings were probably done by the production studio working on the 1976 film The Gumball Rally.
Notice the Countach in #2 sounds completely different and is actually correct for a Countach. Same with Speed Zone and any raw unedited Countach videos you find on youtube. Yes that nice Black Lambo was dubbed with Ferrari sounds in almost all scenes :)
400 S with optional front wing! Rare and sexy AF!
And 12 exhaust and 3 ariels and the boomerang rear bumper wing etc.....
The. Amish.Sasquatch my favourite
The reason it had the front wing was to meet the strict US DOT regulations on bumper height. Most owners have taken the front wings off so it's a very rare thing to see them on any more. I Love it with the gold wheels. Thanks.
christdragon i saw a dark green Countach with front spoiler in Hong Kong Lambo showroom around 1980 and was mesmerized!
i would have been as well...your lucky
A tribute to the life and times of both adults, and 70s kids. It was a glorious time! Life today is just stale and no freedom.
I was 6 years old when this came out, still loving it at 44!
TheFerrari909 I was 6 years old too in 1981! I used to giggle at a speedboat called “belly dancer”
This started my obsession and love of cars, watching this after all these years sends shivers down my spine, brilliant 🤩
Love this intro and love this movie. Didn't take itself too seriously. Great stuff.
I'm convinced many petrolheads have this intro as the the triggering factor. Thanks dad for the VHS, R.I.P
God DAMN that sound. Still gives me goosebumps
Thank you for this. Brought a huge smile to my face. One of the greatest intro’s!
I will never get bored of that intro 😍
I've never heard a Lamborghini countach sound like that this is my dream Lamborghini countach
I remember Everyone was going crazy when the opening scene came on at the Theater back in 1981,
Lamborghini Countach was everyones dream car back then.
Such a great Time.
00:30 to moment i fell in love with the Lamborghini Countach and everything Lamborghini have ever done ever since. One day I will own one, even if i have to cash in my entire pension at 65 and live, sleep, eat, breath & drive in for the last years of my life.
Im planning on buying a kit version of a 71 miura sv and putting a heavily tunes lsx in it with a six speed manual
I have owned a few and even built my own Countach limo. THey are great except to drive... there is no visability behind you and people are always boxing you in to take pics. I used to set on the door seal and look over the roof to back it up.
I know the feeling. When u get in it u feeling like your laying down while driving. Woooo!!!!
Great intro. Love the Countach.
As a young kid I used to watch this intro again and again, gave me my love and passion for cars!!,! When i was at school someone's Dad drove up in a red one of these, i remember him firing it up vividly to this day, first off it sounded like an aeroplane with a lot of rushing wind sounds and then he turned it over and I hadn't heard a car sound like that ever before my hair stood on end. In hindsight he definitely had a custom exhaust as you could hear the Lambo for five minutes after it left ❤️❤️
I grew up in the 80s, love the Countach, but the Ferrari 308 and Porsche 928 are my fav cars from the 80s
Loved this movie!!! Childhood memories.
Still one of my favourite movie intros. One of the best. Still listenin 2020
That SOUND!! Chills everytime with that thing running full tilt. One of my all time favorite movies. And an all star cast on top of the cars. I miss movies like this.
2:14 the original Countach sound.
The other is a V12 Ferrari race car, the same used for the Coyote in "Hardcastle & McCormick" TV series.
Remember this being a kid and renting the film from the local video shop . Played the starting over and over .. the noise of the lambo with song was brilliant .
Love the way that car sounds
Love that sound and awesome black Countach! It took many years wondering about this since a teen, but I finally determined that glorious engine sound is taken from a Ferrari 365 GT4, which is a 4.4 liter 12 cylinder 6 carb engine. I knew it wasn't a Countach because I've heard dozens of Countachs but tracking it down wasn't easy through the decades. The same sound is (first) used in The Gumball Rally (1976) for the Ferrari 365 GTS4 which is probably where the sound recordings first originated and then those recordings were used many times as overdubs in the 80s in TV shows and movies, most noteably perhaps the Coyote in Hardcastle and McCormick, and several Ferraris that appeared in other shows and movies including the Ferrari girl in National Lampoons.
Sorry to disapoint the Lamborghini fans, but nearly all those sounds are from an early 70's Ferrari. Ifyou want to hear real Countach sounds then watch Cannonball Run 2 and Speed Zone.
Now the question is, do those old stock audio soundtracks still exist somewhere in Hollywood? Would love to get hold of those recordings. If you want to hear much more of the engine at various RPMs/idle/echo/rev/downshift/double clutch etc watch the TV show Hardcastle and McCormick. They did a good job dubbing in all the sounds in a believable way as they drive the car in various ways.
If you don't believe me, search clips of original Ferrari 365 GT4 "Daytonas." It's not easy to determine because the sound clips used in the TV shows and Movies were recorded by masterful Hollywood production crews with good mics and good mic placement and then the dubbing was done by masterful editors. But if you can find clips where the 365 "Daytona" really starts to wind out, the engine sound changes dramatically at higher RPMs and immediately becomes recognizable as the sound used in the shows. So if you find a clip of a guy creeping along or normal driving then dont' be surprised and argue it's not the right car. Hope that helps anyone else who's been wondering about this since their youth
That car is gorgeous! Thanks sound everything about that car but the horn! Lol love it! 😂👍
It's sad that nearly every actor in the initial credits is now deceased. RIP to all and thanks for this now cult classic.
best intro ever
Steven Buick well said
My favourite film intro ever
Stephen King Really?
Sean Oh yeah
The weird synthesizer music in the beginning makes this extra cool.
This film... Last day of school term in 1982 or so, I was 7. Friend brought the VHS tape of it in and our teacher naively agreed to put it on for us. It lasted about 2 minutes beyond the intro before it was quickly switched off!
One of the greatest mix of cast for any movie ever. May never be duplicated again
Ate one of those for lunch. Loved the end where he pulls up behind the cops.
dan sanchez she*
Damn, that is a beautiful car
@U 87 the Diablo Lamborghini was better, 😊
The world needs more Lamborghini Countach in movies
Love love love this movie!!!