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Le Mans (1971)
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Almost in breadth and depth of a documentary, this movie depicts an auto race during the 70s on the world's hardest endurance course: Le Mans in France... See full summary » Director:Lee H. KatzinWriter:Harry Kleiner |
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Nominated for Golden Globe.
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Erich Stahler
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Lisa Belgetti
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Ronald Leigh-Hunt | ... |
David Townsend
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Fred Haltiner | ... |
Johann Ritter
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Luc Merenda | ... |
Claude Aurac
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Christopher Waite | ... |
Larry Wilson
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Louise Edlind | ... |
Mrs. Anna Ritter
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Angelo Infanti | ... |
Lugo Abratte
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Jean-Claude Bercq | ... |
Paul-Jacques Dion
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Michele Scalera | ... |
Vito Scaliso
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Gino Cassani | ... |
Loretto Fuselli
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Alfred Bell | ... |
Tommy Hopkins
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Carlo Cecchi | ... |
Paolo Scadenza
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Richard Rüdiger | ... |
Bruno Frohm
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Almost in breadth and depth of a documentary, this movie depicts an auto race during the 70s on the world's hardest endurance course: Le Mans in France. The race goes over 24 hours on 14.5 kilometers of cordoned country road. Every few hours the two drivers per car alternate - but it's still a challenge for concentration and material. In the focus is the duel between the German Stahler in Ferrari 512LM and the American Delaney in Gulf Team Porsche 917. Delaney is under extraordinary pressure, because the year before he caused a severe accident, in which his friend Lisa's husband was killed. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
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Steve McQueen takes you for a drive in the country. The country is France. The drive is at 200 MPH!Parents Guide:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
As 24 Horas de Le Mans See more »Filming Locations:
Le Mans, Sarthe, FranceBox Office
Budget:
$7,573,797 (estimated)Gross:
SEK 1,198,030 (Sweden)Company Credits
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2.20 : 1
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The Porsche 917 which McQueen drove in the film (chassis 022) would later be sold to a privateer for its last competitive year driven regularly by Reinhold Jöst and Willi Kauhsen, before later being sold to race driver and film participant Brian Redman. Redman then sold it to Richard Attwood, the 1970 winner and another film participant, who referred to it as "his pension". Attwood then resprayed it to his 1970 winning color of red with white stripes as well attending numerous shows with it. He later sprayed it to the blue and orange Gulf Oil colors for promotional purposes and auctioned the car off at RM Auctions during the Monterey Historics weekend for less than £1 million in 2000 to Los Angeles Times publisher Otis Chandler, a noted collector. Chandler then sold the car to Bruce McCaw, and it was maintained at Vintage Racing Motors in Redmond, WA. Later, it was moved on to the hands of its current owner, Jerry Seinfeld. See more »Goofs
Continuity: The main accident scene has at least four cars involved, but only the important two are mentioned by the track announcer. See more »Quotes
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.See more »
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