Best Race Movie??

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 --

> 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 The first 15 minutes of "Grand Prix" (1966?) at Monaco is about as good as it gets. The rest of the movie contains a plethora of excellent race scenes...with a whole lot of soap opera separating them. There is a fair bit of carnage in the movie as well. "The Italian Job" is another fine car movie. It's a Michael Caine caper with a bunch of Cooper S's running through narrow italian streets, jumping off roofs and stuff...very fun. -- Neil Yeatman Ajax, Ontario, CANADA

> 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 > -- Days of Thunder kicked ass, IMHO. And still does. Nice acting good filming and some funny sences as well. Great movie!!!! -- Andrew Perkins ____ ICQ: 4274592 /__[]_[]__/

> 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 > -- LeManns The Turning Point

Mike, Try to find a documentry called The Speed Merchants. Great Sports Car racing from the early 70's. Grand Prix is always good on a rainy afternoon. A film documentry about late 70's Can-Am called Circuit, is also worth a look. Check out the back of autoweek for the Motorbooks International catalogue. They have tons of Racing films.

Easy...Le Mans, starring Steve McQueen. =) Marc

Good action and camera shots for sure, but you sure about the acting? =P Looked to me like a "grounded" version of Top Gun. ;) Cheers! Marc

What...are you on *** or something...? Maybe the best "crash and burn" film of all time... As far as the racing went in DoT, it REALLY sucked. If that'd been real NASCAR racing, them boys'd been kicked outta there like a Green Bay field goal...

My pick: Redline 7000. Great 60's NASCAR flick; classic action from Daytona, Darlington, C***te, Atlanta, and Riverside; good music, and some pretty believable storylines...

I seem to remember somewhere that there were plans to make a new movie about Formula 1 racing.....has anyone heard anything about this? Thanks. -- Mike McCloskey C.P.R. Playground http://www.msu.edu/user/mcclosk6/cart/cart.htm

The two best films-- 1. "Grand Prix"--James Garner, Eve Marie Saint, Yves Montand 2. "Le Mans"- Steve McQueen Brandon > 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 >-- Number 6 Every Other Man Productions Reed Racing & Enginering http://www.***highway.net/~blreed "Be king in your dreams." - Andrew Carnegie

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> I seem to remember somewhere that there were plans to make a new movie > about Formula 1 racing.....has anyone heard anything about this? Thanks. > -- > Mike McCloskey > C.P.R. Playground > http://www.msu.edu/user/mcclosk6/cart/cart.htm

Yes, but unfortunately Sly Stallone is involved with the project, and I even heard mention of Antonio Banderas playing Senna. The thought is quite sickening.

"Grand Prix". -- Bruce. (At home)

Testify, Brother!!

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>>Days of Thunder kicked ass, IMHO. And still does. Nice acting good >>filming and some funny sences as well. Great movie!!!! > What...are you on *** or something...? Maybe the best "crash and burn" >film of all time... > As far as the racing went in DoT, it REALLY sucked. If that'd been real >NASCAR racing, them boys'd been kicked outta there like a Green Bay field >goal...

It is important to remember that any film WITH Steve McQueen is inherently superior to any film WITHOUT Steve McQueen. Therefore, the answer is Le Mans. -- Prophet and Interpretive Dancer Fixer of broken stuff

> The two best films-- > 1. "Grand Prix"--James Garner, Eve Marie Saint, Yves Montand > 2. "Le Mans"- Steve McQueen Another one worth watching is an oldie titled "Indianapolis Speedway" with Clark Gable. On the documentary said, there's a film entitled "The Quick and the Dead" about GP racing in the 70s that's particularly good.

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 > --

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. >Hands down ,No Questions asked Le Mans.

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."

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>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. >>Hands down ,No Questions asked Le Mans.

Number 6 Every Other Man Productions Reed Racing & Enginering http://www.***highway.net/~blreed "Be king in your dreams." - Andrew Carnegie

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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>> Days of Thunder kicked ass, IMHO. And still does. Nice acting good >> filming and some funny sences as well. Great movie!!!! >> -- >> Andrew Perkins ____ >> ICQ: 4274592 /__[]_[]__/ >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

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>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 >> --

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

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. >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... My vote goes to the 1975 Norwegian classic "Fl?klypa Grand Prix", hands down! I also kind of liked Paul Newman's 1969 movie "Winning". --- Jon Petersson http://user.tninet.se/~rdv654m/Jon.html

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>>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 >>> -- >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

Lets not forget 'Winning' with Paul Newman, nor 'The Racers' with Kirk Douglas.

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

Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you 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 ------------------------------------------------------ Lisa: "That's specious reasoning!" Homer: "Thanks, honey." ------------------------------------------------------

On Wed, 31 Dec 1997 07:29:43 -0500, "Question" >Testify, Brother!! (edit) 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 ------------------------------------------------------ Lisa: "That's specious reasoning!" Homer: "Thanks, honey." ------------------------------------------------------

(edit) Neat! Lot's of Chaparral footage? If you say yes, I think I'll die and go to heaven on the spot. Michael Tracy ------------------------------------------------------ Lisa: "That's specious reasoning!" Homer: "Thanks, honey." ------------------------------------------------------

(edit) Good music? Good as in unintentionally hilarious? You're joshing us, right? I mean, the musical sequences are so silly they are entertaining, granted, but "good"? Hey, eveybody's entitled to their opinion, but I wouldn't want some innocent person picking this movie up expecting (among other things) good music, and suffering a massive psychological discombobulation as a result. :-) Michael Tracy ------------------------------------------------------ Lisa: "That's specious reasoning!" Homer: "Thanks, honey." ------------------------------------------------------

> Hands down ,No Questions asked Le Mans. What about that one with Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman? Gee that was good! I just cant seem to remember the name though. Gee he was goin quick! I'm sure he was coming out of the corners at around 400mph! And they were not speeding up the film or anything. Hehehehehehehehe. > > 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 > > --

>Neat! Lot's of Chaparral footage? If you say yes, I think >I'll die and go to heaven on the spot. It's a late 70s movie, not late 60s. My recollection is that Jim Hall was competing at Indy with the "Yellow Submarine" by that time.

Michael, Sorry to say,"Circuit" revolves around the late 70's revival of the Can-Am, with it's rebodied, Formula 5000 chassis. It is a fasinating look though, of Rahal, Sullivan,Fabi and others, who had just graduated from the smaller formula and were moving up in their careers. Fantastic in car footage, especially if you miss Riverside International as much as I do! don

>>Neat! Lot's of Chaparral footage? If you say yes, I think >>I'll die and go to heaven on the spot. >It's a late 70s movie, not late 60s. My recollection is that Jim >Hall was competing at Indy with the "Yellow Submarine" by that time. Whoops! If all else fails, read the post, I always say. Got carried away seeing the magical "Can-Am" name, a habit I'd better break myself of, given it's "revival." Thanks for straightening me out. Michael Tracy ------------------------------------------------------ Lisa: "That's specious reasoning!" Homer: "Thanks, honey." ------------------------------------------------------

(And I wrote, like a doofus...) I never attending an event at Riverside, much to my regret, but enthusiastically followed the extensive coverage in the Times (the race sponsor) when Can-Am raced there in the late 60s. As I mentioned in another reply, I jumped the gun and missed the "late 70s" part of the post. My face is Ferrari-red. But I'll defintely check the movie out--sounds better than sitting through _Redline_7000_ for a brief glimpse of RIR. Michael Tracy ------------------------------------------------------ Lisa: "That's specious reasoning!" Homer: "Thanks, honey." ------------------------------------------------------

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> Days of Thunder kicked ass, IMHO. And still does. Nice acting good > filming and some funny sences as well. Great movie!!!! > -- > Andrew Perkins ____ > ICQ: 4274592 /__[]_[]__/

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

If anyone, out there, hasn't seen "On Any Sunday", go out and get the video. It's about motorcycles. They show racing, racing accidents, and some funny stuff, and it is the best movie ever made. Kids will like it too. -- JerryD(upstateNY)

Well Jerry, I don't know about "best movie ever made"but I do remember taking all my brothers and friends to see"On Any Sunday" when it first came out. I think I drove everyone mad for two weeks until it finally left town! I'm going to have to look for it at the local vid shop, thanks for the memory! don

Who is the author of this movie, when was it mde, who are the actors ? (The title is probably different in France and I'd like to get some clues to find it) Thierry DPHII a crit dans le message

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>Who is the author of this movie, when was it mde, who are the actors ?<BR> >(The title is probably different in France and I'd like to get some clues >to<BR> >find it)<BR> ><BR> >Thierry<BR> ><BR> ><BR> >DPHII a crit dans le message<BR> >>> "On Any Sunday", go out and get the =<BR> >>>video.<BR> >>> It's about motorcycles.<BR> >>>They show racing, racing accidents, and some funny stuff, and it is >the=<BR> >>>best movie ever made.=20<BR> >>>Well Jerry, I don't know about "best movie ever made"but I do >remembertaking>all my brothers and friends to see"On Any Sunday" when it >first came out. I>think I drove everyone mad for two weeks until it finally >left town! I'mgoing>to have to look for it at the local vid shop, thanks for >the memory!>don</HTML>

"On Any Sunday" was made by a gentleman named Bruce Brown. The movie is a semi-documentary about motorcycles and motorcycle racing. The film features Steve MacQueen, Malcolm Smith,*** "Bugsy" Mann and many other greats of the era. Included is wondeful footage of hill climes, desert racing, flat track and more. The section on the Elisinore Grand Prix is worth the rental fee. Give it a look if you have a chance, it's a lot of fun.If I'm not mistaken, Mr. Brown also made the classic surfing film,"Endless Summer". He treats motorcycles and the culture with equal respect. don

The best racing movie IMHO: "Grand Prix." Absolutely great camera work (acting is a bit melodramatic but_so what_! If anyone, out there, hasn't seen "On Any Sunday", go out and get the video. It's about motorcycles. They show racing, racing accidents, and some funny stuff, and it is the best movie ever made. Kids will like it too. -- JerryD(upstateNY)

All right, I've got to throw my two cents in...... How about Gumball Rally? Cool movie about a race from NY to LA. Had Raul Julia as a factory Ferrari driver. Still makes me want to see how fast I can do it. Doug Kirks