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Grand Prix (1966)

Directed by John Frankenheimer

Action | Drama | Sports

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Overview

The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a series of races, American wheelman Pete Aron is dropped by his sponsor. Refusing to quit, he joins a Japanese racing team. While juggling his career with a torrid love affair involving an ex-teammate’s wife, Pete must also contend with Jean-Pierre Sarti, a French contestant who has previously won two world titles.

Rated NR | Length 176 minutes

Actors

James Garner | Eva Marie Saint | Yves Montand | Toshirō Mifune | Brian Bedford | Jessica Walter | Antonio Sabàto | Françoise Hardy | Adolfo Celi | Claude Dauphin | Enzo Fiermonte | Geneviève Page | Jack Watson | Donald O'Brien | Jean Michaud | Albert Rémy | Rachel Kempson | Ralph Michael | Alan Fordney | Tommy Franklin | Graham Hill | Anthony Marsh | Phil Hill | Bernard Cahier | Masaaki Asukai | Lorenzo Bandini | Raymond Baxter | Salvatore Billa | Bob Bondurant | Joakim Bonnier | Jack Brabham | John Benson | Jim Clark | Eugenio Dragoni | Evans Evans | Tiziano Feroldi | Paul Frees | Alain Gerard | Richie Ginther | Noël Godin | Dan Gurney | Arthur Howard | Gilberto Mazzi | Bruce McLaren | Jochen Rindt | Jo Siffert

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Viewing Notes

I’m split on this film. The racing scenes are spectacularly shot and edited, which MGM presented in “Super Panavision”. It’s worth watching just for that. But, at around 3 hours, there’s a lot of soap opera melodrama during the non-racing scenes. Still, I would consider getting a blu ray disc just for the action scenes.

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