SEP 28 · FILMS TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
Grand Prix (1966)
A film by John Frankenheimer
w/ James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand
Rated G
2hr 59min
The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a series of races, American wheelman Pete Aron (James Garner) is dropped by his sponsor. Refusing to quit, he joins a Japanese racing team. While juggling his career with a torrid love affair involving an ex-teammate's wife, Pete must also contend with Jean-Pierre Sarti (Yves Montand), a French contestant who has previously won two world titles.
The did-it-for-real granddaddy of contemporary racing films & the apex of god-tier go-fast cinema, at worst unrivaled by anything since & at best the recipient of loving homage. To boot, it offers a ruthless understanding of professional racing business.
Nick Rogers
Midwest Film Journal
It's a rowdy, roaring, ecstatic hallelujah of movement and speed.
Nathanael Hood
Unseen Films
SEP 28 · FILMS TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
Grand Prix (1966)
A film by John Frankenheimer
w/ James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand
Rated G
2hr 59min
The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a series of races, American wheelman Pete Aron (James Garner) is dropped by his sponsor. Refusing to quit, he joins a Japanese racing team. While juggling his career with a torrid love affair involving an ex-teammate's wife, Pete must also contend with Jean-Pierre Sarti (Yves Montand), a French contestant who has previously won two world titles.
The did-it-for-real granddaddy of contemporary racing films & the apex of god-tier go-fast cinema, at worst unrivaled by anything since & at best the recipient of loving homage. To boot, it offers a ruthless understanding of professional racing business.
Nick Rogers
Midwest Film Journal
It's a rowdy, roaring, ecstatic hallelujah of movement and speed.
Nathanael Hood
Unseen Films
