Anyone familiar with Akron, Ohio should like this car chase from the movie “The Instructor”. Chase stretches from Upper Deck, Waterloo Rd, Firestone Park, Downtown Akron, and the Valley. “From: donbendell I am the writer, producer, director, co-star, of the film. I directed all this and was doing some of the driving.? Somebody said it was filmed in 1983, but it was not. It was shot in 1980, we did some re-shooting (the beginning of the film in Colorado in 1983) and it was released worldwide in 1983. It was sold to and shown in 164 countries and was out on Vestron video. Blessings, Don Bendell”
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June 15th, 2010 at 3:38 pm
I believe at 8.43 they are going through the S. Mail/Exchange intersection. The brown building coming up on the right is now the AES building, where I worked in college on third floor, then rented out by MBNA. At 8.40, on the left, a building with the sign BEST were popular bars around 2003-2006, now owned by UAkron. Around 8.53 they are passing Spaghetti Warehouse.
June 15th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
@STFUHATERZ if you are ever in bradenton, fl there is one of those machines at the red barn flea market… love it!!!
June 15th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
awa.. i was skeptical til they got downtown… but how r they gona go from the south to the north, then downtown, then firestone park…lol, neva
June 15th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
u re lieing
that was my aunts car !^^
June 15th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
@V8FordTempo Actually you’re thinking of waterloo and main…where the sunoco was now is a mechanic shop..with a circle k and bp caddie corner.
June 15th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
That was My aunts cadillac 3:10 She was at the bar getting drunk and smokin crack. I remember Click’s before it became acme and Guys wasn’t even finished being built or giant eagle
June 15th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
looks like just another night at the Upper Deck!
June 15th, 2010 at 7:07 pm
hmmm GM vs GM, whos gonna win, GM!
June 15th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
Yes I did and no I did not. I had zero experience in the film business and likewise with my cast and crew. I raised the money which was very little and I was functioning on about 3 hours per sleep per night for 7 weeks. I also was going through a marriage breakup. so I have mixed memories. I will tell you one thing; I felt alive! My wife now and I have been married 28 years. She was an extra on the movie and her aunt was my art director and fixed us up. I’m very much in love with my wife. Thanks
June 15th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
Did you have a good time making it?
June 15th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
yes 6:07 is waterloo and main looking east . with Holy Cross Cemetary to the southeast ..and also there was a Sunoco where Sheets is now (opposite the cemetary), not a Sohio . Sohio was at 4:07 , in between what is now Scorchers and , The Waterloo rstr. which remains an Akron icon. (anymore questions)
and yes, I know how to spell restaurant. have no clue where 4:50 is.
June 15th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
Ha this movie and Lebron James helped put Akron on the map. Have any of you guys seen the movie “The Dead Next Door”? it was filmed in Akron too at the Derby Downs and in the Quayle baseball fields by the RubberBowl
June 15th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
7:20 Westbound down Bowery St. hill (turning onto Main St.)
June 15th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
5:10 sunoco is now a Sheets station lol I remember the old Caprice cruisers in the 80’s
June 15th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Whaere is 4:51?
June 15th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
Wow the CLICK’s sign! thats a Goodwill store now!
June 15th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
Ouch! Looked like it hurt after you kicked him into the water.
June 15th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
Hello Don, Thanks for the info. Awesome Chase!! I added your info to the description. Hope you dont mind me having the video up its very popular video for the people that live in Akron,Ohio, and very hard to find movie. Thanks again love the flick.
June 15th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
I am the writer, producer, director, co-star, of the film. I directed all this and was doing some of the driving. Somebody said it was filmed in 1983, but it was not. It was shot in 1980, we did some re-shooting (the beginning of the film in Colorado in 1983) and it was released worldwide in 1983. It was sold to and shown in 164 countries and was out on Vestron video. Blessings, Don Bendell
June 16th, 2010 at 12:33 am
nope at 6:07 the scene is showing the intersection of Waterloo and main.
June 16th, 2010 at 1:31 am
It all looks so different. I saw an ACME CLICKS!!! I hven’t seen one of those since I was little. I remember they had a machine you put a quarter in and a chicken clucked and layed an egg with a cheesy toy inside. I called them bock bocks.lol
June 16th, 2010 at 2:29 am
all them damn potholes on main they wouldn’t be able to do that shit no more lol
June 16th, 2010 at 3:21 am
hey i just walked that street from downtown last night ( got arrested on sumner street at the block party)
June 16th, 2010 at 3:44 am
Funny how times before me looked so different. ha i can notice alot of the same things but all the buildings and places have changed so much
June 16th, 2010 at 4:12 am
did you mean 4:07??