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Angelo Infanti, Carlo Cecchi, Christopher Waite

A classic auto-racing movie starring Steve McQueen, Le Mans puts the audience in the driver's seat for what is often called the most grueling race in the world. The French auto race Le Mans is ...( read more  read more... )a 24-hour affair through the French countryside, a demanding ordeal for any driver. McQueen (Bullitt, The Great Escape) plays the American driver, locked in an intense grudge match with his German counterpart even as he wrestles with the guilt over causing an accident that cost the life of a close friend. McQueen is his usual stoic magnetic self, and the racing sequences are among the best ever committed to film. A solid character-driven story combines with raw visceral power to make Le Mans a rich tapestry of action and thrills. --Robert Lane

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G, 108 min.

Directed by: Lee H. Katzin

Release Date: June 23, 1971

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DVD Release Date: April 29, 2003

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  • briandeguelle
    June 10, 2009
    briandeguelle
    Wow how long as it taking me to watch this movie,hmm to long.For anyone who loves motorsports will enjoy this classic mockumantary about the worlds most famous race.Yes its dated but is a throw back to the days when racing was suicide with on limts.I've been to le mans a few time...( read more)s now and yes the race circuit as been updated. But its was a thrill to see and near feel what its was like back in 1970.If you are looking for a story then forget it, there pretty much nothing here to offer,its about the race and the race only its even takes nearly forty mintues before anyone says eventhing!This is not the shit feast that stallone made with Driven a few years ago.This as got passion and and soul and very realist as they come.The only other movie to come close is Grand Prix which again is a classic movie.Steve McQueen has never looked so cool.
  • kingmob6
    July 4, 2009
    kingmob6
    Still filling in my McQueen viewings, caught this one on cable the other day.

    Not being much of a gearhead, obviously a lot of the carsploitation elements are a bit lost on me, but the documentary styled camera-work and quiet storytelling style about the grueling 24 hour race ...( read more)really drew me in.

    I don't know if it's for everyone, but I enjoyed it for at least a single viewing, give ti a try.
  • stallionsspirit
    January 17, 2009
    stallionsspirit
    The greatest documental-movie of the famous 24 huerues du mans competicion
  • JediAlex
    December 19, 2008
    JediAlex
    I started watching this right in the middle, but had to leave. I'd love to see the entire movie; from what I saw, it was really good!
  • HorrorMovieCinema
    December 18, 2008
    HorrorMovieCinema
    Michael Delaney: This isn't just a thousand to one shot. This is a professional bloodsport. And it can happen to you. And then it can happen to you again.

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    Lisa Belgetti: When people risk their l...( read more)ives, shouldn't it be for something very important?
    Michael Delaney: Well, it better be.
    Lisa Belgetti: But what is so important about driving faster than anyone else?
    Michael Delaney: Lotta people go through life doing things badly. Racing's important to men who do it well. When you're racing, it's life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting.

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    David Townsend: Michael, I want you to drive flat out. I want Porsche to win Le Mans
  • xxxcli213xxx
    December 10, 2008
    xxxcli213xxx
    no thanks not my kinda thing
  • Ghw12158
    September 3, 2008
    Ghw12158
    still like "Grand Prix" better
  • captainsoso
    June 28, 2008
    captainsoso
    The best Documentary about Le Mans even if it's a non spoken fiction (37 min without a dialogue ) Thanks Brother Mc Queen
  • BigDilla
    June 9, 2008
    BigDilla
    There is no dialogue for the first 37 minutes of the movie. How cool is that!! McQueen was definitely the King of Cool. Also, the 24 Hours of Le Mans is the greatest racing spectacle in the world.

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