Le Mans

Paramount - Paramount

Release date: 2003-04-29
DVD
Director:Lee H. Katzin
Actors: Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Elga Andersen, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Fred Haltiner

Action, Action / Adventure, Action/Adventure, Adventure, Car Racing, Color, Drama, English, Feature, Feature Film-action/Adventure, Forceful, Movie, Rousing, Sport, Sports Drama, Suitable for Children, Tense, USA, Visceral, Westerns


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Le Mans was made when there was no such thing as Computer animation or CGI. Real Racing, Real Stunts, Real Speed. See it for some of the best racing footage ever filmed for a movie. -California Kid

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"Le Mans" is, as so many reviewers before me have suggested, a true, tried, and tested classic. The story of a racecar driver, played by the great Steve McQueen, who returns to participate in a race in which he was involved in a major accident the year before, is a simple one. Not many words are spoken and few plotlines are brought into play. Yet the film has more expression and more passion than the best and biggest of dramas. We get to explore the character and soul of the racing driver, get to see and feel the tension and concentration of the race.

Although the acting is somewhat 'simple', for lack of better words, the visual side of the film is overwhelmingly well thought out. The direction and camerawork is, at least in my opinion, very convincing. The actual driving, the epicenter of the film, is extremely good. In fact it is so good and, perhaps more pertinently, dangerous, that I believe we shant see the likes of it ever again on film (unless, of course, it will be as computerized special effects).

"Le Mans" is, however, not first and foremost a visual, but a visceral experience. The sound of the film is nothing, if not fantastic. The roaring engines, the absence of music, the roaring engines. Oh, and the cars sound very nice too. The feeling that the film doesn't favour this or that aspect of the racing experience. No 'fake' tension is built up. We sit there as casual observers to a truly magnificent event, listening, watching, experiencing all that is Le Mans.

I guess if you're not a petrolhead or are unusually empathic and creative, you'd probably think the pacing of the film a bit slow. If you, however, like a bit of speed and or sports (or drink petrol for breakfast) this film was made for you.

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What hasn't been said about Le Mans?? Short on story substance, long on action!!! If you've got a good surround system, let the glorious Porsche flat twelves and Ferrari v-twelves rip thru your speakers!!

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