> 1. "Grand Prix"--James Garner, Eve Marie Saint, Yves Montand
> 2. "Le Mans"- Steve McQueen
Hands down ,No Questions asked Le Mans.
Hi All!
GP2 fan here. An interesting racing movie was "The Racing Scene" a
Documentary about James Garners 1971 or was that 1972 racing efforts at the
Baja 1000, Daytona 24 hours, 12 Hours of SeeBring and a late entry into the
Formula A car series. I found it interesting to see the "Davey" Hobbs [as
James Garner calls him] and Sam Posey in their glory days of racing! The
best part is that it is in rotation in SpeedVision's "Lost Drive In". No
it is not as exciting as Le Mans or some of the other movies, but I enjoy
it! It is definitely worth watching. I find it especially interesting when
it runs before a SpeedVision live coverage of F1 on the same weekend!
Later,
Dean
DrDiff at email dot MSN dot com (AntiSPAM)
James Dean Cory D.C.
The Speed Merchants - great to watch with the book.
Le Mans
I've also heard that "Weekend of a Champion" (or something like that) by Roman
Polanski about JYS is very good but I've never been able to lay my hands on a
copy.
Bob
Thank you!!! I've been trying to find out the name of that movie for
months!!!! Now if I can just get a copy.....
Brandon
On Thu, 1 Jan 1998 21:58:09 -0600, "James Dean Cory D.C."
>Later,
>Dean
>DrDiff at email dot MSN dot com (AntiSPAM)
>James Dean Cory D.C.
>>Hands down ,No Questions asked Le Mans.
Days of Thunder was one of the reasons that made be boycott Tom Cruise
movies for a loooonnnngggg time ;)
Movie sucked. Star Wars was closer to reality than DOT. ;)
Scott
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>I was getting ready to say that one was one of the worst. Right up there with
>Stroker Ace and 6-pack or whatever it was called.
>DOT was a pretty good movie when it left the south back to hollywood and then
>they hollywooded it up. To a true Nascar fan, it was insult to your inteligence
>as I'm sure Top Gun might of been to those in the know there. I mean really, how
>many times have you seen cars bouncing off the walls at Daytona and going on to
>win the race.
>I'll agree that the action is pretty good but other than that, it was exactly
>what I thought it was before I saw it.....Top Gun in race cars.
>Brian Tate
>> Ok all you race fans tell me what is the best racing movie/ video you have
>> seen? I am curious and my wife always brings home junky vids from
>> Blockbuster hehe. B^) Thanks, Mike
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-Al
For all in the Southern Cal area...Le Mans is on this Sat at 4 PM. KCAL Channel
9, the Laker Station brings us Racin' in the off season! Yeah!
Cheers,
don
>>Hands down ,No Questions asked Le Mans.
>>> Ok all you race fans tell me what is the best racing movie/ video you have
>>> seen? I am curious and my wife always brings home junky vids from
>>> Blockbuster hehe. B^) Thanks, Mike
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>You're right there, LeMans is definitely the BEST racing film.
>Although, if you ignore the corny story line, Grand Prix with Jim
>Garner has some great racing footage and if you like old-time Indy Car
>racing, The Big Wheel with Mickey Rooney is not bad either...
>-Al
Another couple of movies to try and find are
six pack with Kenny Rogers...nice little movie about stock car racing u.s.a
style...not the greatest movie. But he starts out on the short tracks of
america driving a latemodel and ends up driving winston cup.
Another movie for pure laughs is Death Race 2000 good stuff, points for running
people down.
Movie to avoid Stroker Ace...ewwwwwwwwwwwww
John Barr
The Trashdog
Hi Don,
Thanks for the tip!! =)
Where abouts in So. Cal are you? I'm in Riverside, and have
been making a list of racers in the area for ICR2/N2/F1RS/etc.
Cheers!
Marc J. Nelson
The Sim Project - www.simproject.com
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thank you.
Thank you, don. I would have missed it.
(As I've said/posted before, too bad McQueen went so
overboard trying to attain realism that the studio yanked
control over the movie from him. But still a treat.)
And by the way, _Grand_Prix_ is, IM(and many others')HO, the
best racing movie of all time. The opening sequence, as
someone else already mentioned, is exquisite. Yes, a lot of
cliches and soap operatic lulls, but still the best, by far.
Michael Tracy
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Really. I always love movies where the driver announces on
the radio that he's "gonna put this sucker into the wall."
Jeez! Movies where they spend more time going sideways than
forward.
Two points in favor of DoT: (1) Nicole Kiddman, and (2)
it's better than _Steel_Chariots_ (but how could it not
be?).
Michael Tracy
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Neat! Lot's of Chaparral footage? If you say yes, I think
I'll die and go to heaven on the spot.
Michael Tracy
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