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| Category | Dramas DVDs, Action/Adventure Movies, Action Videos, Adventure, Personal Triumph | | Starring | James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Toshiro Mifune, Jessica Walter, Yves Montand, Adolfo Celi, Claude Dauphin, Antonio Sabato, Brian Bedford, Enzo Fiermonte | | Director | John Frankenheimer | | Composer | Maurice Jarre | | Costume Designer | Sydney Guilaroff | | Director of Photography | Lionel Lindon | | Editor | Fredric Steinkamp | | Producer | Edward Lewis | | Production Designer | Richard Sylbert | | Screenwriter | Robert Alan Aurthur, William Hanley | | Special Effects | Milt Rice |
Nine races. One champion. James Garner, Yves Montand, Brian Bedford and Antonio Sabato portray Formula I drivers competing to be the best in this slam-you-into-the-driver's seat tale of speed, spectacle and intertwined personal lives. Eva Marie Saint and Toshiro Mifune also star. John Frankenheimer (who 32 years later would again stomp the pedal to the metal for the car chases of Ronin) directs this winner of 3 Academy Awards?,* crafting split-screen images to capture the overlapping drama and orchestrating you-are-there POV camerawork to intensify the hard-driving thrills. Nearly 30 top drivers take part in the excitement, so buckle up, movie fans. GRAND PRIX is John Frankenheimer's film about the nine-leg world championship of Formula 1 auto racing, and stars James Garner as driver Pete Aron. During the opening race in Monaco, a collision sends Pete's car flying into the Monte Carlo harbor, and British driver Scott Stoddard (Brian Bedford) into a wall. While Pete survives unhurt, Scott may lose the use of his legs, and many hold Pete responsible. Jean-Pierre Sarti (Yves Montand), whose marital boredom has led to an affair with fashion editor Louse Frederickson (Eva-Marie Saint), wins the next race at Clermont-Ferrand. Afterwards Pete accepts the sponsorship of Japanese business magnate Izo Yamura (Toshiro Mifune), and begins to romance Stoddard's jaded young wife Pat (Jessica Walter). Pete wins the Belgian leg of the contest, but Sarti goes into a depression after skidding on a wet track and killing two children in a crash. After Pete also takes the German Grand Prix, Stoddard amazingly returns for the Dutch event, and, driving on sheer grit, pulls out a victory. He proves it's no fluke by also winning in Watkins Glen, N.Y. and in Mexico, making the championship competitive once again. Essentially a soap opera interspersed with racing footage, the film's existence was ascribed by Frankenheimer to his fascination with the sport and a desire to spend time in Europe. That said, the racing sequences are still among the most realistic ever put on film, jammed with wide-angle helicopter shots, you-are-there car-mounted cameras, and then-fashionable split-screen sequences. GRAND PRIX is a definitely a film or racing fans. Theatrical Release: Dec. 21, 1966
Shooting locations: Monano, Clermont-Ferrand, France, Monza, Italy, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, Watkins Glen, N.Y., U.S., and Zandvoort, Netherlands.
Crash stunts were executed by firing a given car out of a hydrogen cannon at 125 m.p.h..
Frankenheimer decided to use the split-screen technique after watching its use the recent World Series, and from viewing the visual experiments of Charles Eames.
The 70mm car-mounted camera was so heavy that the rear suspension of the car had to be jacked up to accommodate it.
Most of the film was shot with 1000mm telephoto lenses.
Robert Redford turned down the James Garner part.
Grand Prix Reviews: 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Containing the most exciting racing footage committed to a major motion picture, John Frankenheimer's GRAND PRIX strap you and its international cast into the driver's seat for a furious, adrenaline-fueled Cinerama experience."-- Joseph Failla, Premiere 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he on-track stuff, as you'd expect from John Frankenheimer, is petrolhead heaven."-- Ceri Thomas, Total Film Grand Prix | List Price | $20.97 (You save $5.02) | | Studio | Warner Home Video | | Orig Year | 1966 | | All Time Sales Rank |  4092  | | CD Universe Part number | 7100255 | | Catalog number | 79100 | | Discs | 2 | | Release Date | Jul 11, 2006 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 176 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Dubbed; Special Edition; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen; Dubbed; Special Edition; Subtitled |
Grand Prix Movie Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)  The Best Racing Movie Of All!
As far as racing movies go there are only two that take the sport seriously, Grand Prix and LeMans. Grand Prix has been long overdue for a DVD release but now the wait has been rewarded, not only the movie with a nice remastering job, but the bonus cuts are worth the price as well. If you are a gearhead you will love this set.
Submitted by b.e.dawson (Denver, CO, USA) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  Classic & best auto racing film
Excellent and revolutionary(for the time)camera work, supported by a good soundtrack, and special effects. Filmed at various historic F1 race tracks through the 1965/66? season, and including some of the top drivers of the day. Great work from James Garner, Eve-Marie Saint etc: and a good story line.
What a great shame that the film still has not been released onto DVD.
Submitted by tony (wimbledon, UK)
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 Grand Prix
Grand Prix is a must for all formula one lovers...exciting action, excellent scenery,action packed...a pleasure to watch.
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GREAT RACING MOVIE
This movie is really awsum, superb.
All shot are great looking and realistic
and give you the idea of being there back in 1965. Why is this movie not available on DVD?? Hey you guys at Warner, Paramount gave us Le Mans you should give us racing fans, Grand Prix
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This review is for a different format. Best racing-movie ever.
While the scenes showing actors speaking to each other not always are on the top, though all the actors play very well, the driving scenes are absolutely fantastic. Just one thing: The actors actually drive their cars (at least in the close-up shots), and donīt sit on a soundstage with a backprojection-screen behind them. The sound is absolutely outstanding. I saw this movie in a Cinerama-theater when it first was released (the screen was 20x8 meters), and I went back several times, just as impressed every time.
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Grand Prix DVD Grand Prix: Special Edition
Nine races. One champion. James Garner, Yves Montand, Brian Bedford and Antonio Sabato portray Formula I drivers competing to be the best in this slam-you-into-the-driver's seat tale of speed, spectacle and intertwined personal lives. Eva Marie Saint and Toshiro Mifune also star.
John Frankenheimer (who 32 years later would again stomp the pedal to the metal for the car chases of Ronin) directs this winner of 3 Academy Awards?,* crafting split-screen images to capture the overlapping drama and orchestrating you-are-there POV camerawork to intensify the hard-driving thrills. Nearly 30 top drivers take part in the excitement, so buckle up, movie fans. Race with the best to the head of the pack.
Source: Warner Home Video
2-Disc Set
Keep Case
Special Edition
Audio:
Dolby Surround 5.1 English
Mono
1.0 French
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