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Rating:  - ...a real "driver's" film.
Do you like driving? Do you like Porsches? If you answered yes to either, you'll like Le Mans. It is virtually a documentary on the Le Mans 24 Hour race. Plenty of great racing footage, a mixture of scenes shot for the movie and actual footage from the 1970 event. The prototype sports cars from this era are quite stunning, resembling vehicles from a science fiction movie (lots of Porsches!). They hired "real" racing drivers to drive the cars, along with Steve McQueen himself, also an avid racer. (Note: One of the drivers crashed during a practice session and lost a leg; i.e., no "smoke and mirrors" here, this is the real thing.)On the other hand, if you answered no to the questions above, there is little in this movie for you. The acting is pretty weak. There is a faint attempt to draw the viewer into the human drama of racing. I don't think most "non racers" will be captivated by any of this.
Rating:  - Nostalgia on a grand scale
If like me you have a passion for things 60's and 70's and 'Bullit' and 'The Thomas Crown Affair' are amongst your favourite films then likely or not one of your heroes is Steve McQueen.Despite the media branding 'Le Mans' as a 'flop' to me it represents the spirit behind the man, his desires, his passion, his frustrations and ultimately and insight into the soul of the real Seve McQueen. True the story line is weak with Steve playing 'Michael Delaney' a loner whos having survived a serious accident the year before which killed his friend and now having to come to terms with confronting his widow is a backdrop in terms of the real thrust of the film which is an action filled semi documentary of the 1970 Le Mans 24 Hour race. The cars are evocative with Porche 917's, my favourite the Lola T70 and many other period cars which raise the blood pressure. The shots of the full speed dash along the Mulsanne Straight are breath taking and with drivers such as Derek Bell providing the stunt driving the experience is in a league of its own. View it having read 'A French Kiss with Death' and your in for a treat!
Rating: - A Never-to-be-duplicated accomplishment!!
Today, a film like Le Mans could probably never be made. It really took the insistent passion of Steve Mcqueen to bring the blunt, terrifying beauty of sports car racing to the screen. Though the movie proved once and for all that mainstream audiences simply have no interest in reality-based racing films, for lovers of the "golden age" of sports car racing, this film is pure treasure. The sights, the sounds (The spine-chilling scream of a Porsche 917 changing gears at 8000 RPM; can you ever get over it once you've heard it?) and the gut emotions that racing cars ilicit are right there to have and hold, as in no other film, ever. It is certain that McQueen the racer made this film for us, the race fans. Though a commercial flop, it may well be his most honest, and personal, film.
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