| Mithmee | 03 Jun 2019 7:25 p.m. PST |
The time is mid 1960's and Ferrari ruled at Le Mans and Ford wanted to beat them. YouTube link So they got with Carroll Shelby to design and build a car that could. This movie is about what happen way back then. Oh and it looks really good. |
| TNE2300 | 03 Jun 2019 7:43 p.m. PST |
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 StoneMtnMinis  | 04 Jun 2019 5:31 a.m. PST |
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| Patrick Sexton | 04 Jun 2019 8:30 a.m. PST |
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| Cerdic | 04 Jun 2019 9:43 a.m. PST |
It's a good story to make a film of! Ford wanted to buy Ferrari but Enzo Ferrari pulled out of the deal at the last minute. Ford decided to get back at Ferrari by beating them at Le Mans, a race that had a lot of publicity in the 1960s. The result was the GT40. So named because it was only 40 inches high! Ford actually contracted a specialist British racing car manufacturer called Lola to design and build the car for them, as Lola had considerable experience building that type of car. Ford supplied the engines. The Mark IV GT40, a development of the original car, was designed and built by Ford in the US. GT40s won Le Mans four times in a row in the late 60s, and has become an iconic car in the motorsport world! |
| Gunfreak | 04 Jun 2019 10:32 a.m. PST |
Wait it's actually called Ford vs Ferrari?
Was the marketing guys drunk(or dead?)
Ford vs Ferrari sound like a 15 minute YouTube video. |
| Cerdic | 04 Jun 2019 1:59 p.m. PST |
You're not wrong there, Gunny me old mate! |
| Cerdic | 04 Jun 2019 2:11 p.m. PST |
Carroll Shelby ran the Ford factory race team. He didn't actually build the GT40! He was probably chosen as he already had Motorsport links with Ford. He also had experience of working with British engineering. The Cobra from the 1950s was the result of Shelby fitting a American Ford V8 to the Ace sportscar made by the British company AC. It was such a good idea that in the 60s and 70s there were loads of low volume British car makers that used big US V8s in their cars! Shame nobody could afford to run them due to the price of fuel over here… |
| 14Bore | 05 Jun 2019 12:58 p.m. PST |
I would like to see it being a racing fan |
| Tumbleweed | 06 Jun 2019 8:39 p.m. PST |
Matt Damon wouldn't have been my first choice to play Carroll Shelby. Then again, I can't think of anyone in our current crop who would have been any better, so Matt was as good a choice as any. Carroll should have been awarded the Medal of Freedom. He was a great American. |
| 3rd5ODeuce | 07 Jun 2019 9:01 a.m. PST |
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| Cerdic | 07 Jun 2019 12:07 p.m. PST |
Agree about Matt Damon. He seems a bit of a lightweight to play Shelby! |
| 14Bore | 07 Jun 2019 12:28 p.m. PST |
Matt Damon wouldn't have been my 1st or hundredth pick. |
| Tumbleweed | 09 Jun 2019 7:06 p.m. PST |
Good timing for a release, though. The 24 Hours will run next Saturday. |
| Tumbleweed | 21 Dec 2019 8:46 p.m. PST |
I finally saw the film yesterday and liked it very much. Matt Damon and Christian Bale were terrific. See it before it goes away. |
| Mithmee | 22 Dec 2019 11:40 a.m. PST |
Should have been on Imax though. |
 20thmaine | 24 Jan 2020 7:53 a.m. PST |
Wait it's actually called Ford vs Ferrari? Called "Le Mans '66 " in Europe. |
| Old Wolfman | 10 Feb 2020 10:28 a.m. PST |
And this little puppy won a few Little Gold Statues last night;Sound mixing and Film editing. |
