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Rue Mouffetard and Place de la Contrescarpe

posted 15 years ago by keljor-1
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Anyone else notice the location shooting in Paris as the autos race toward the finish line included shots of the cars zooming up Rue Mouffetard and around Place de la Contrescarpe on the Left Bank? This is just before the classic shot of Professor Fate's vehicle bouncing down Sacre Coeur's steps. The architecture along the Mouffe & Contrescarpe goes back to early 19th c. I'm guessing. It was probably easy for Edwards to close off these particular streets for a day to get the shots.

[–] shandy8 15 years ago

I just watched it. I think you are right. I never would have made the connection, as the locations are so far apart.

"What do you want me to do, draw a picture? Spell it out!"

[–] riccom 9 years ago

A few weeks ago, armed just with Google street-view and the DVD, I painstakingly traced out all the streets used.
http://leslie-special.info/rtp/route.htm
As expected, it doesn't make much sense in real life...

[–] SevernSarge 9 years ago

Bravo, riccom, well done!

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