Bored on Thanksgiving? Watch SPEED TV's Hollywood’s Hottest Car Chases at 8 pm

November 25, 2010May 4, 2011 Omar Rana

Everyone has their favorite car chase scene and some have many. Tonight on Thanksgiving, SPEED TV enters the conversation with a two-hour special called, Hollywood’s Hottest Car Chases. It all starts at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

“New York City’s Pangolin Pictures looks at the last 40 years of cinematic car chases, re-living many great scenes through the eyes of those who created, shot and played out what has become one of Hollywood’s greatest creative contributions,” SPEED said “Broken out in themes, this feature presentaion is produced to be the most comprehensive look at how this genre has evolved from Steve McQueen’s Bullitt to Matt Damon’s Bourne Identity.”

Check out a list of the Hollywood’s Hottest Car Chase scene after the jump along with a trailer for the two-hour special.

Here is what SPEED will cover:

The French Connection (1971)
Ronin (1998)
The Italian Job (1969 & 2003)
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Smokey and The Bandit (1977)
The Fast and The Furious (2001)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Quantum of Solace (2008)
To Live and Die in LA (1985)
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974)(1998)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Judgment Day (1991)
Bad Boys II (2003)
Vanishing Point
Rendezvous
The Matrix Reloaded
Cannonball Run