Videos with Walking in Them?
December 12, 2012 4:20 AM Subscribe
I work with a non-profit that promotes biking and walking in my town, and am looking for music videos or clips from movies with walking in them. Will appreciate any at all, but mostly looking for clips where walking is badass.
So far, I just have this from Reservoir Dogs.
So far, I just have this from Reservoir Dogs.
Your clip kicks off this top 10 list.
The plastics walking are pretty badass at least until the trash can gets in the way.
And of course, "I'm walking here!" with bonus car-smackdown.
posted by headnsouth at 4:37 AM on December 12, 2012
The plastics walking are pretty badass at least until the trash can gets in the way.
And of course, "I'm walking here!" with bonus car-smackdown.
posted by headnsouth at 4:37 AM on December 12, 2012
Peter Kay's comic relief cover of Amarillo (okay, it's not badass, but it is pretty funny).
posted by crocomancer at 4:59 AM on December 12, 2012
posted by crocomancer at 4:59 AM on December 12, 2012
tvtropes, Unflinching Walk and Power Walk.
posted by MonkeyToes at 4:59 AM on December 12, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by MonkeyToes at 4:59 AM on December 12, 2012 [1 favorite]
Staying Alive (Bee Gees) and/or Staying Alive John Travolta's walk scene.
posted by Blake at 5:00 AM on December 12, 2012 [5 favorites]
posted by Blake at 5:00 AM on December 12, 2012 [5 favorites]
Several of Madonna's music videos show her just walking at some point. "Papa don't preach" immediately comes to mind as one which has some scenes that might fit the bill.
I don't know if you can use this, because it probably does not look badass without context, but at the end of Midnight Run a man (played by Robert De Niro) is given like $100,000 in (I think) $1000 bills in a money belt. He is at an airport. He asks a cabby if he can break a large bill. He can't. So the guy just starts walking out of the airport with his cash money.
That scene in the film always impressed the hell out of me and made me think "Damn! How many people would walk out of a modern airport like that? How many could?" Big airports in big cities tend to be quite a long hike from anything. I imagine a lot of Americans would just have to give the cabby $1000 for a ride. They wouldn't be fit enough to just start walking.
posted by Michele in California at 5:03 AM on December 12, 2012
I don't know if you can use this, because it probably does not look badass without context, but at the end of Midnight Run a man (played by Robert De Niro) is given like $100,000 in (I think) $1000 bills in a money belt. He is at an airport. He asks a cabby if he can break a large bill. He can't. So the guy just starts walking out of the airport with his cash money.
That scene in the film always impressed the hell out of me and made me think "Damn! How many people would walk out of a modern airport like that? How many could?" Big airports in big cities tend to be quite a long hike from anything. I imagine a lot of Americans would just have to give the cabby $1000 for a ride. They wouldn't be fit enough to just start walking.
posted by Michele in California at 5:03 AM on December 12, 2012
Closing credits of Buckaroo Banzai!
posted by PaulaSchultz at 5:04 AM on December 12, 2012 [4 favorites]
posted by PaulaSchultz at 5:04 AM on December 12, 2012 [4 favorites]
Red hot chili peppers under the bridge video has walking scenes.
Also, the opening scene in Midnight Cowboy has lots of walking.
posted by smalls at 5:07 AM on December 12, 2012
Also, the opening scene in Midnight Cowboy has lots of walking.
posted by smalls at 5:07 AM on December 12, 2012
PaulaSchultz beat me to it, but here's a link to the end titles for The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.
posted by pont at 5:31 AM on December 12, 2012
posted by pont at 5:31 AM on December 12, 2012
The video for Walking on Sunshine is overall pretty lame, but there are shots of the lead singer walking in various places in London, which looks all foggy and misty and badass, imo. (London, not Katrina).
posted by SuperSquirrel at 5:43 AM on December 12, 2012
posted by SuperSquirrel at 5:43 AM on December 12, 2012
The Unflinching Walk Supercut (Unflinching Walk and the Power Walk)
posted by Blake at 5:47 AM on December 12, 2012
posted by Blake at 5:47 AM on December 12, 2012
Not to be an alarmist, but please don't think you can use these to inspire or promote walking/biking, like on a website, without permission from the rights holders, and from the actors, in the case of feature films. Feel free to MeMail me for tedious explanations.
posted by Ideefixe at 6:10 AM on December 12, 2012
posted by Ideefixe at 6:10 AM on December 12, 2012
O-Ren's arrival at The House of Blue Leaves from Kill Bill Vol. 1
posted by neushoorn at 7:09 AM on December 12, 2012
posted by neushoorn at 7:09 AM on December 12, 2012
What you need is a bunch of YouTube clips. You can link to them and I think the copyright business won't apply. Here's one for you.
posted by mareli at 7:13 AM on December 12, 2012
posted by mareli at 7:13 AM on December 12, 2012
This slow motion walking scene from Suburbia (1983) is THE BEST. Plus Flea!
posted by anoirmarie at 7:53 AM on December 12, 2012
posted by anoirmarie at 7:53 AM on December 12, 2012
Check out Werkmeister Harmonies, a lot of it is dedicated to walking (skip the first minute for some clips)
According to this article Sátántangó and Falling Down are walking centric too
posted by guy72277 at 8:40 AM on December 12, 2012
According to this article Sátántangó and Falling Down are walking centric too
posted by guy72277 at 8:40 AM on December 12, 2012
Response by poster: These are great, thanks so much!
posted by katinka-katinka at 9:50 AM on December 12, 2012
posted by katinka-katinka at 9:50 AM on December 12, 2012
Speed Walker from the old Almost Live show (starring Bill Nye!)
posted by Kafkaesque at 12:46 PM on December 12, 2012
posted by Kafkaesque at 12:46 PM on December 12, 2012
Westworld, Yul Brinner. Or the Simpsons spoof, where it's Principal Skinner.
posted by glasseyes at 1:25 PM on December 12, 2012
posted by glasseyes at 1:25 PM on December 12, 2012
Lily Allen, LDN. The other version has her riding a bike, should you need that too.
posted by kjs4 at 3:04 PM on December 12, 2012
posted by kjs4 at 3:04 PM on December 12, 2012
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posted by backwards guitar at 4:35 AM on December 12, 2012