Cohen loved the movie so much that he cast actor Paul Walker because he thought he resembled Bullitt’s lead actor.įUN FACT: Eagle-eyed fans of this movie and Point Break will notice that Dom and Brian visit a restaurant called Neptune’s Net about midway through the movie. The filmmakers of The Fast and the Furious pitched the movie as West Side Story with cars instead of singing, and also incorporated themes and situations found in movies like the surfing action classic Point Break and the undercover crime drama Donnie Brasco.ĭirector Rob Cohen modeled the film’s third act chases through the Los Angeles hills on similar San Francisco-set scenes in the 1968 car-chase classic Bullitt, starring Steve McQueen. THE MOVIE HAS GARNERED SOME FAMILIAR AND UNFAMILIAR COMPARISONS. Instead of having the filmmakers pay for the rights to the name, Corman traded the movie title for some stock footage owned by Universal Studios. There was only one problem: That title was owned by B-movie director Roger Corman, who produced a racing movie of the same name in 1955. Throughout filming, the movie had the working title Redline-which in racing refers to the maximum rate of speed a car can go-before the filmmakers settled on calling it The Fast & The Furious. THE FILM'S TITLE WAS PURCHASED FROM LEGENDARY B-MOVIE DIRECTOR ROGER CORMAN. Producers optioned the article for a movie adaptation that became The Fast and the Furious. The May 1998 issue of Vibe magazine featured an article by Ken Li titled “Racer X” that chronicled illegal street racing in Queens, New York. THE STORY WAS INSPIRED BY A MAGAZINE ARTICLE.
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