OT: Best racing movie of all time?

LeMans: for its authentic racing footage from 1970. Any others worth mentioning?

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Rich wrote: > LeMans: for its authentic racing footage from 1970. > Any others worth mentioning? > > Grand Prix

Surprised no one mentioned "Stroker Ace" and "Six Pack" yet ;-) "Rich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9VQoc.4711$j6.4170@edtnps84... > LeMans: for its authentic racing footage from 1970. > Any others worth mentioning? > >

> Grand Prix I LOVE THIS MOVIE! rms

Grand Prix is a good one! The racing footage is really good! But, for me there is a little too much relationship stuff (love triangle and such). A side note... I got the chance to meet with James Garner a few years back and we got to chat about this movie. He is very fond of it! He was nice enough to autograph my VHS box of the movie. Man, I was such a fan boy! <%) -- Pete Panaia "No one knows quite how he does it but it's true they say He's the master of going faster." (George Harrison) "rms" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:a1Soc.3585$[email hidden]... > > Grand Prix > > I LOVE THIS MOVIE! > > rms

"Rich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9VQoc.4711$j6.4170@edtnps84... > LeMans: for its authentic racing footage from 1970. > Any others worth mentioning? "The Speed Merchants"!! Absolutely stunning documentary about a season of racing. See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278729/ for details! -- Regards, Hans Alfa Romeo 156 Selespeed - 1999 Alfa Romeo Spider 3.0V6 - 1997

"Rich" said:... > LeMans: for its authentic racing footage from 1970. > Any others worth mentioning? Adding to those all ready mentioned: - 'Winning' (Paul Newman et al.) Indy 500 ca. '69. - 'The Green Hornet' (or somthing like that - Sportscar racing from the late 50's) - 'Lime Rock Park - Secret valley of racing' An excellent documentary! (http://limerockmovie.com/) Personally - I love David vs. Goliath stuff like this: http://members.rogers.com/aircooln/video/minirace.wmv Amaroo Park - OZ. What a super track - shame they ruined that one - too.. :( -- ed_

>- 'Lime Rock Park - Secret valley of racing' An excellent documentary! >(http://limerockmovie.com/) Does anyone know where else I can get this? Everytime I click that link, my browser stops. The timer keeps working, but the movie never starts. I'm using Opera. Thx, -- Richard "ZZ" Busch

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9 Days in Summer is one of my favorites of all time. It is by Ford and highlights Fords involvement with Lotus in the 67 F1 Season. This site also has many other fabulous racing movies and memorabilia on every motorsport. I have several great films from here and want many more. Be careful to only purchase in NTSC format, although some DVDs play the European PAL format also. http://www.dukevideo.com/products/4905.htm "Rich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9VQoc.4711$j6.4170@edtnps84... > LeMans: for its authentic racing footage from 1970. > Any others worth mentioning? > >

He did a follow up called "The Racing Scene" that was a docu-drama of SCCA club racing after the Grand Prix deal too... "Pete Panaia" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Grand Prix is a good one! The racing footage is really good! But, for me > there is a little too much relationship stuff (love triangle and such). > A side note... I got the chance to meet with James Garner a few years back > and we got to chat about this movie. He is very fond of it! He was nice > enough to autograph my VHS box of the movie. Man, I was such a fan boy!<%)

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> -- > Pete Panaia > > "No one knows quite how he does it but it's true they say > He's the master of going faster." (George Harrison) > > > "rms" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:a1Soc.3585$[email hidden]... > > > Grand Prix > > > > I LOVE THIS MOVIE! > > > > rms > >

In article <9VQoc.4711$j6.4170@edtnps84>, "Rich" <[email hidden]> wrote: >LeMans: for its authentic racing footage from 1970. >Any others worth mentioning? Grand Prix for me too. The story is cheesy, but the racing visuals ('66 or '67?) are fantastic. Alas, it still isn't available on DVD. From an entirely different perspective, I really enjoy Gumball Rally :-)

I remember reading about this a while back. I have not seen it though. > He did a follow up called "The Racing Scene" that was a docu-drama of SCCA > club racing after the Grand Prix deal too...

This reminds me... while not a theatrical move, Lap Of The Gods Parts 1 and 2 are really great to watch. A must see for all of us race fanatics! (Hmmm... note to self I must buy these 2 videos ;) http://www.motorsportcollector.com/TSV.html Pete Panaia -- Why Racing? Because Football, Baseball, and Basketball only require ONE ball... >;) > "The Speed Merchants"!! Absolutely stunning documentary about a season of > racing. > See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278729/ for details!

"EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Cannonball Run: > Farah Fawcett and Adrienne Barbeau > 'nuff said...<g> > > Eldred Oh come on Eldred. "Gumball Rally" has it all over "Canonball Run". At least for realism and sensitivity of direction. ;o) Elrikk / throwing the rear view mirror out of the car What ever is behind me does not matter.

Herbie goes to Monte Carlo :) "Rich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9VQoc.4711$j6.4170@edtnps84... > LeMans: for its authentic racing footage from 1970. > Any others worth mentioning? > >

> Grand Prix is a good one! The racing footage is really good! But, for me > there is a little too much relationship stuff No one has mentioned the musical score, which was magnificent. rms

;) > Herbie goes to Monte Carlo :)

"elrikk" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:4aWoc.30127$[email hidden]... > > Eldred > > Oh come on Eldred. "Gumball Rally" has it all over "Canonball Run". > And I think "Cannonball" has it all over "Gumball"...:-)

"Schooner" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ZNRoc.40473$[email hidden]... > Surprised no one mentioned "Stroker Ace" and "Six Pack" yet ;-) OMG! What a farce Stroker was...one of Burt's worst career decisions.... Six Pack wasn't bad...at least it's more bearable than Stroker...

See... - I knew there was something I forgot! :) Another excellent film. -- ed_ "Tiny Lund" <[email hidden]> skrev i melding news:[email hidden]... > 9 Days in Summer is one of my favorites of all time. It is by Ford and > highlights Fords involvement with Lotus in the 67 F1 Season. This site also > has many other fabulous racing movies and memorabilia on every motorsport. I > have several great films from here and want many more. Be careful to only > purchase in NTSC format, although some DVDs play the European PAL format > also. http://www.dukevideo.com/products/4905.htm > > "Rich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:9VQoc.4711$j6.4170@edtnps84... > > LeMans: for its authentic racing footage from 1970. > > Any others worth mentioning? > > > > > >

On Fri, 14 May 2004 00:27:33 GMT, Dave wrote:

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> In article <9VQoc.4711$j6.4170@edtnps84>, "Rich" <[email hidden]> wrote: >>LeMans: for its authentic racing footage from 1970. >>Any others worth mentioning? > > Grand Prix for me too. The story is cheesy, but the racing > visuals ('66 or '67?) are fantastic. Alas, it still isn't > available on DVD.

For those in Europe: Grand Prix will be aired on May 23rd by german/french station "Arte". I'll be sitting near my linux-based VDR and capture the digital DVB stream to disk, which can then later be burnt to DVD at full DVD quality (720x576). I guess it'll be in French or German only, maybe english if we're lucky. Let me know if you want a copy and I'll see what I can do. The TV paper lists it at 161 minutes which would require two regular DVD's. Cheers, Uwe -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

>>- 'Lime Rock Park - Secret valley of racing' An excellent documentary! >>(http://limerockmovie.com/) > >Does anyone know where else I can get this? Everytime I click that link, my >browser stops. The timer keeps working, but the movie never starts. >I'm using Opera. Make sure you don't include the training ")". Eldred -- http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Screamers League IICC League GPLRank -6.0 MoGPL rank +267.80 Ch.Rank +52.58 MoC +741.71 Hist. +82.34 MoH:na N2k3 rank:in progress Slayer Spektera lvl 72 assassin Slayer Spectral_K lvl 38 Necro US East

Has anyone ever heard of "The Racers" with Kirk Douglas? Lotsa early 50's Monte Carlo footage, although not without the cheesy storyline as always. I wish they would have made a series of the legendary Goggles Pizano. "This year we may have lost the race, but next year we'll use Flintrock Radials and set the pace." lol "Phillip Malphrus, Jr" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Herbie goes to Monte Carlo :) > > "Rich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:9VQoc.4711$j6.4170@edtnps84... > > LeMans: for its authentic racing footage from 1970. > > Any others worth mentioning? > > > > > >

"Pete Panaia" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I remember reading about this a while back. I have not seen it though. > > > He did a follow up called "The Racing Scene" that was a docu-drama ofSCCA > > club racing after the Grand Prix deal too... It has aired on SPEED in the last 18 months or so. Given that they're starting to feature movies as part of the Autorotica series, I'd say it may get another go. As I remember, it was well-done and interesting to watch. -jde

In news:9VQoc.4711$j6.4170@edtnps84, Rich <[email hidden]> wibbled: > LeMans: for its authentic racing footage from 1970. > Any others worth mentioning? "Fl�klypa Grand Prix" for more information see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073000/, atleast I thought it was the best racing movie when I saw it in the cinema at the age of ten, when it was released in 1975. :-) /Hasse

Days Of Thunder. -Larry (Ducking) :) "Rich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9VQoc.4711$j6.4170@edtnps84... > LeMans: for its authentic racing footage from 1970. > Any others worth mentioning? > >

Ok, seriously.... Best racing movie of all time was... Heart Like A Wheel (The Shirley Muldowney Story). IMHO -Larry "Rich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9VQoc.4711$j6.4170@edtnps84... > LeMans: for its authentic racing footage from 1970. > Any others worth mentioning? > >

9 Days in Summer. The story of the 67 Grand Prix season. Video by Ford Motorsports following the Ford engine in the lotus team. There are also many other motorsports movies here: http://www.dukevideo.com/products/4905.htm "Rich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9VQoc.4711$j6.4170@edtnps84... > LeMans: for its authentic racing footage from 1970. > Any others worth mentioning? > >

Just a word of caution. If you purchase from Duke Video be sure to get the NTSC (USA) format. Some DVD's are capable of playing PAL in the USA but check first. Many of these films offer both formats. "Tiny Lund" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > 9 Days in Summer. The story of the 67 Grand Prix season. Video by Ford > Motorsports following the Ford engine in the lotus team. There are alsomany

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> other motorsports movies here: http://www.dukevideo.com/products/4905.htm > > > > "Rich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:9VQoc.4711$j6.4170@edtnps84... > > LeMans: for its authentic racing footage from 1970. > > Any others worth mentioning? > > > > > >

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