The mid1960s european flavor of the whole film is particularly tangible in the monaco sequences. Starring james garner victorvictoria, maverick, tvs the rockford files, eva marie saint north by northwest, on the waterfront, tvs moonlighting, and international stars yves montand the wages of fear and toshiro mifune tvs shogun. Grand prix features in an attractive metal free, charcoal tone, and is available in five of the most popular vlts. Chapter iii cha 10012 country united states format cd release date 2000 upn 667603100126. The story, which anchors the movie and makes it more than just a lot of glamorous shots of races, follows 4 race car drivers. The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 formula one championship. Francoise hardy, 1966, royat, tournage du film grand prix cropped.
The real french race in 1966 was held at the flat and featureless reims circuit, and so frankenheimer staged a mock race at clermontferrand, which. Racing scene from grand prix 1966 it was filmed at. Deutsch, franzosisch, portugiesisch, spanisch, englisch, ab 12, erschienen am 27. It is important that all of the things which happen in the film happened in real life at. Film music site grand prix soundtrack maurice jarre mgm. With james garner, eva marie saint, yves montand, toshiro mifune. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a series of races, american wheelman pete aron james. The nurburgring, however, was barely mentioned in the film as it was allied to the mcqueensturges vehicle day of the champion, which had exclusive dibs. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Read famous quotes from grand prix, 1966, directed by john frankenheimer, with james garner, eva marie saint, yves montand. Mar 23, 2016 free grand prix dvd cover 1966 r2 german ready to download and print. Nov 05, 2016 grand prix 1966 james garner, eva marie saint, yves montand. Yet the real reason for the success of grand prix one of 1966s ten biggest boxoffice hits that year, winning three oscars was the thrill of the racing scenes, thanks in large part to help from phil. It insures no electronic interference with a thicker, durable 2 ply film.
In truth the plot of grand prix is pretty wafer thin, with not enough story to fully justify the gargantuan run time, yet its both thrilling and fascinating all the same. Rent grand prix 1966 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Grand prix 1966 john frankenheimer cast and crew allmovie. It stars an international ensemble cast, including james garner, eva marie saint, yves montand, brian bedford, jessica. Grand prix 1966 james garner, eva marie saint, yves montand. Grand prix special edition, widescreen, subtitled, dubbed. Grand prix was the third of three title sequences saul bass designed for director john frankenheimer. The 1966 belgian grand prix was a formula one motor race held at spafrancorchamps on 12 june 1966.
Theres a few million dollars worth of star power and a nickels worth of plot in the lavish racecar melodrama grand prix. Grand prix 1966 ganzer film deutsch kostenlos, grand prix 1966 anschauen deutsch, grand prix 1966 anschauen kostenlos, grand prix 1966 anschauen movie2k, grand prix 1966 deutsch ganzer film. Metro goldwyn mayer presents a john frankenheimer film grand prix in cinerama. Armstrong says the only race shoot that did not occur at a live race weekend was the film s french grand prix. Grand prix was a way to showcase the different grand prix races of europe and to celebrate formula 1. Shot with the same epic scope of 2001 with the super panavision camera but within the grand scale of formula one racing, it instantly claimed the title as the definitive racing film of the time. In an ideal world, the film should exist as a 70mm print for cinematheque rental, but for home venues, a projection system ought to turn anyones wall into a grand prix portal. Grand prix soundtrack from 1966, composed by maurice jarre. This signalfriendly, standard dye, nonreflective film is ideal for todays highly connected vehicles. Grand prix 1966 crash into the mediterranean youtube. Grand prix 1966 john frankenheimer, james garner, eva marie.
Gp4 cars gp4 cockpits steering wheels gp4 download test gp4 editors utilities gp4 gamedata gp4 helmets gp4 misc gp4 misc graphics gp4 patches gp4 pitcrews gp4 season packages gp4 setups. Pete aron garner is a journeyman driver and the film mostly follows his life in racing. Challenge of the champions sd, min this is a wonderfully vintage behind the scenes documentary taken during the making of the movie that focuses on the opening sequence in monaco. The race, run over 60 laps of the circuit, was won by british driver mike spence in a works lotusclimax. Find movie and film cast and crew information for grand prix 1966 john frankenheimer on allmovie. The race was the 26th belgian grand prix and was held over 28 laps of the 14. Grand prix 1966 crash into the mediterranean grand prix 1966.
Trailers sd the films theatrical trailer and a pointless promo for. It stars an international ensemble cast, including james garner, eva marie saint, yves montand, brian bedford, jessica walter, francoise hardy and antonio sabato. Grand prix was made during a golden era of race car driving, when formula 1 was glamorous, safety in driving wasnt all that important, race car drivers. From the explosive opening sequence, it is more than obvious that grand prix is one of the more gorgeous and colorful mosaics of the 60s. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Among the participants in this annual crosscontinent competition are. The film opens with the monaco grand prix and footage of the glamorous principality. The driving scenes are a romanticized super haven for racing. Even after all these years the racing sequences still hold up surprisingly well. Grand prix is a 1966 american sports drama film directed by john frankenheimer, produced by edward lewis, and written by robert alan aurthur with uncredited story contributions by frankenheimer and rewrites by william hanley. Racing scene from grand prix 1966 it was filmed at the actual f1 races with a ford gt40 camera car, because it was the only car fast enough to follow the race cars.
Grand prix 1966 john frankenheimer, james garner, eva. Original motion picture soundtrack for the movie grand prix composed by maurice jarre, released by mgm records in 1966. Armstrong says the only race shoot that did not occur at a live race weekend was the films french grand prix. American grand prix driver pete aron is fired by his jordanbrm racing team after. Grand prix 1966 deutsch stream german online anschauen. Sur les plus grands circuits internationaux, quatre pilotes. Almost at the verge of documentary, film depicts a single auto race from the. Grand prix, dvd, special edition, widescreen, subtitled, dubbed, action adventure, 012569791008. While stoddard struggles to recover, aron begins to drive for the japanese yamura team, and becomes romantically involved with stoddards estranged wife.
Album epic overtures classic themes from hollywoods golden age. Racing scene from grand prix 1966 it was filmed at the. Oscarwinning editing and sound propel this actionpacked look at the intertwining lives of four competitive grand prix race car drivers. It was race 2 of 9 in both the 1966 world championship of drivers and the 1966 international cup for formula one manufacturers. Director john frankenheimer chose to film real grand prix in order to capture the right level of drama and speed, and in so doing produced an amazing document of the 1966 season. Free grand prix dvd cover 1966 r2 german ready to download and print.
Film music site grand prix soundtrack maurice jarre. Grand prix is frankenheimers visually stunning, almost visceral film about life in midsixties formula one, with a musical backdrop provided by maurice jarre. Most of the circuits used during the shoot were active gp tracks, save for clermontferrand which substituted 1966 french grand prix host reims. Plot essentially centers around the 1966 formula 1 motor racing championship, with james garner, yves montand, brian bedford, eva marie saint and toshiro mifune heading up. Find the perfect james garner grand prix stock photo. Grand prix 1966 john frankenheimer, james garner, eva marie saint, yves montand april 10, 2019 american grand prix driver pete aron is fired by his jordanbrm racing team after a crash at monaco that injures his british teammate, scott stoddard. Oct 14, 2008 grand prix soundtrack from 1966, composed by maurice jarre. It is important that all of the things which happen in the film happened in real life at some time, from crashing into the monaco harbor, to. American grand prix driver pete aron is fired by his jordanbrm racing team after a crash at monaco that injures his british teammate, scott stoddard. It is the quintessential racing movie and while its not the best film out there we are very lucky to have it.
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