''Getaway in Stockholm'' is a Swedish

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about illegal

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filmed using mainly car mounted cameras along with some cameramen alongside the route. The videos are all shot in the streets of

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and have developed a worldwide underground cult reputation in the street racing scene.

Background

One film is released every year. The actual run takes place during early morning hours in late autumn when there's the least amount of traffic. The identities of the drivers and the car owners are carefully withheld, though Mr X is likely Jocke "Qvarnis" Qvarnström. So far, ten volumes of the series have been released: * Getaway in Stockholm:1: Porsche 911 Turbo (964) * Getaway in Stockholm 2:

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and

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* Getaway in Stockholm 3:

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* Getaway in Stockholm 4: Honda NSX and

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* Getaway in Stockholm 5: Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) * Getaway in Stockholm 6:

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and Porsche 911 GT3 (996) * Getaway in Stockholm 7: BMW M3 CSL (E46) and BMW M5 (E39) * Getaway in Stockholm 8: Audi RS6 (C5) and

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motorcycle * Getaway in Stockholm 9: Porsche 911 GT3 (996) vs Porsche 911 GT3 RS (996) * Getaway in Stockholm 10: Porsche 911 GT3 (996) and

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The series was the main reason Stockholm was included in the

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'' and is mainly influenced by the legendary

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''.

Critique on authenticity

In an interview with ''PB'' motorcycling magazine, Patrik Fürstenhoff, Swedish Wheelie Team Member and widely accepted as the

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himself, had this to say:

We saw a movie called 'Getaway in Stockholm', which is a car chase movie. But it's all made up. We couldn't believe the world was raving about it. The policeman was actually a body builder, he even had baggy pants on. It wasn't real. There's a hardcore group of riders and drivers in Stockholm who do this for real, but yet the "Getaway in Stockholm" movie was a rental car pretending to be a police car and it was all in the middle of the night with empty roads. You can print this; it was shit. And we made up the Ghost Rider as a big 'you suck' to the car guys.

It is highly likely that the movie Fürstenhoff saw was the first one of the ''Getaway in Stockholm'' series. While the authenticity of the police car in the first film is questionable, there is no doubt about the authenticity of the police cars in the later parts since many of them are captured on the video less than one car-length away. As a response to Fürstenhoff's critique, ''Getaway in Stockholm 8'' features some motorcycle scenes and some humorous scenes making fun of the Ghost Rider.

Public response

The movie series gained questionable public attention in

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in the aftermath of a traffic accident that took place on 13 August 2002. A local importer of the Getaway in Stockholm movies killed a nine-year-old girl by running over her with his car in

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. The driver of the tuned Audi S3 (8L) car was reportedly speeding."Stories behind pictures, Crashed cars"
, ''Kiasma'', 13 October 2013

References

{{reflist Swedish auto racing films 2000s road movies Short film series 2000s Swedish films

Background

Critique on authenticity

Public response

See also

References