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Summary: best motor racing film ever
Review: I first saw this film when it was released, some 30 years ago. At the time it got so-and-so reviews, i.e. it was described as a good motor racing film, but poor on plot and psychology. I just watched the dvd version for the first time in 3 decades and was surprised how good it still is. The racing scenes are better than any other film ever made and they are credible (many are real scenes from the actual 24 hours of Le Mans, shot from a specially converted racing Porsche)- apart from the last 2 minutes - contrary to your average American motor racing film (think of Stallone ...). This film is not great on the acting front - McQueen is rather wooden throughout and psychology always ranks second to the cars. However, the film is also very good at evokinging an atmosfere around the racing track, such as showing the go-karts racing at 10% of the speed of the real racers, just yards away. Best of all is the start of the race, which is spine-tingling This film is not just for motor racing fanatics (the motor racing itself certainly merits 5 stars), although they will enjoy it most.
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Summary: All Racing Movie Should Be Like This
Review: This movie is absolutely fantastic. There's no better racing movie than this, because the story is simple, unlike other racing movies e.g Driven. The formula for success for a racing movie should be :- Less plot, more racing. Le Mans has certainly achieved it.
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Summary: Le Mans with Steve McQueen
Review: This is not a movie, but an adrenaline rush. The plot is the 1970 Le Mans, it does not need a Hollywood storyline. This will disapoint those wanting a Steve McQueen acting job. He just acts himself which most people cannot understand. For those who have gone fast or wish too, this is your film.
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Summary: Four Stars for The Movie, Five for the DVD
Review: I just bought this DVD last weekend, took it home and immediately popped it in the player. First impression: Gorgeous picture and fantastic sound. I recently bought a progressive-scan player and component input TV, and this disc looks incredible. There's a scene at the start of the race where the ornate, ceremonial French flag drops in super slow-motion. I felt as though I could reach out and feel the texture of the material. Uncanny.
The sound is very good as well. It's true Dolby digital 5.1, with just the right amount of surround in the mix. (The surround channels are most noticeable in the crowd scenes during the victory celebrations, virtually pulling you into the action.)
No extras on the DVD, but the outstanding quality of what there is more than makes up for it.
I last saw this movie in '71 when it first came out (I was 18). My feeling then, as now, is that it's thin on plot, but what do you expect? It's about RACING, spectacular footage of some of the most exciting racing cars ever built on one of the greatest (and most dangerous) circuits in the world. Having said that, McQueen's performance has just the right amount of measured aloofness. A true classic!
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Summary: Captivating
Review: I just finished watching this one yesterday and I think I really need to go and see a race at Lemans for myself. Steve McQueen was really something here. I couldn't stop watching. Great film in every way.
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Summary: A visual thinkers movie
Review: As i began watching this film, it became clear that this movie was a very visual thinking film. It used imagery rather than spoken words arranged in a sentence to communicate the storyline. Me, as a designer/artist, am a very visual thinker. So watching this movie was very refreshing, plus the car sequences are amazing, especially the few crash scenes. Awesome film...
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Summary: It will bore you indefinitely....
Review: The photography is really amazing, but the movie is simply boring. Al least, at the end the victory goes to Larry Wilson, not for Steve "Michael Delaney" McQueen, what is a good turn to the movie. (The POrsche cars wew driven by pilots such as Jacky Ickx).The idea of this movie was to document the suspense, drama, power and energy of a 24-hour race at Le Mans (the 1970 edition. It accomplished its purpose, but it's not a great movie experience.
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Summary: Make no mistake: This is NOT a movie!
Review: Make no mistake: This is NOT a movie! I'm rating it two stars not because it's bad. It's just because this is almost a doccumentary, not a movie. There is absolutely NO acting, no dialogues. The few times the cast open their mouths arwe for some contrieved and dull dialogues (although they do their best clearly). The movie is an endless line of cars chasing cars and chasing cars. If you're an auto-racing fan (like myself), it's clear you'll enjoy the sequences. But, if you are not biased, you'll notice clearly why this movie bombed at the box office. It's not a bad movie at all!! It's a GREAT Movie. But, unfortunately, it has no actor nor dialogues.
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Summary: Essential for ever LeMans fan
Review: Of course how can we forget the studious Steve McQueen. A real LeMans racer. In this video you'll be amazed to the sights and speed of LeMans in the early 70's. Seeing these cars reach 200mph in the 70's is very fun to watch, they slip and slide without any nannying electronics. Leading you think and compare them to the cars of today such as the Audi R8s. These are the dinosaur ages of LeMans. Slipping and sliding the cars of the 70s are very popular indeed. The Porsche 917s are amazing but few would recall it was a bright red one that crossed the finish line first, but hey this is a movie so they had a blue one cross the stripe. Its a great film to see where LeMans was in the 70s and the speed and excitement an endurance race offers. Seeing the Porsches battle the Ferraris for the lead not on the GT class but for the overall lead. The cars in the film are regarded as one of the best and should not be missed.
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