Grand Prix

Grand Prix (1966)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 86% of users liked it
    (3,849 ratings)

There's a few million dollars' worth of star power and a nickel's worth of plot in the lavish race-car melodrama Grand Prix. Among the participants in this annual cross-continent competition are characters played by James Garner, Yves Montand, Brian Bedford, and Antonio Sabato. Interested parties… More

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Unrated, 2 hr. 55 min.
Directed By
John Frankenheimer
Written By
Robert Alan Aurthur, William Hanley
Genres
Drama, Classics
In Theaters
Dec 21, 1966 Wide
On DVD
Jul 11, 2006
MGM Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central

    this idea that while anything's possible through technology, the debt of that ambition is paid out in blood.

  • Peter Canavese, Groucho Reviews

    Yes, the driving scenes dazzle, but Frankenheimer also embeds his 1966 Cinerama epic with some interesting commentary about risk-taking professions in general and the Formula One driver in particular. [Blu-ray]

  • John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis

    Ah, the joys of movies on disc, to be able to watch the film again by clicking only on the racing sequences. They are more than worth the price of the BD. (Blu-ray Edition)

  • John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis

    Despite its melodramatic glimpses into the drivers' private lives, the racing sequences more than make up for the deficiencies.

  • Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

    The story alone is enough to almost make you become interested in auto racing.

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  • El Hombre I


    As the showpiece film for Formula One, Grand Prix is a cult favorite in the racing community. The racing sequences are tremendously exciting, shot from inside, in the air, along the track, in a chase car, pretty much everywhere that a camera can go. The fact that most of it was shot… More

  • cody f


    Frankenheimer sure knows how to shoot a car chase.Great looking film with spectacular races. The plot is ok. I miss SuperPanavision!

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