my "Le Mans" DVD arrived today, cool teener related pics Options

[Curvie Roadlover]

LeMans (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wub.gif)
My all time favorite race movie. Some great captures there, Gustl B!! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif)

[Gint]

I got one for Christmas. I haven't watched it yet as I've seen it before and my TiVo box is still full of junk that needs to be watched and cleared before I can record more.

QUOTE (sixnotfour Posted: Mar 13 2005 @ 03:30 PM)

Very Observant , Did they enter that car 2 years ? I think that they used footage from 2 years (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif) Another period Movie; The Speed Merchants, the story of the 1972 manufactires championship. Toad Hall Production ,Micheal Keyser I have the original Grand Prix Sound track record LP. Saw it at the Drive In theater. Very cool Iwas 9

Me too! Drive-In and I must have been 9 or 10

Wolfgang, Thenks for the screen captures! I have some new wallpaper now also.

[zouo]

You can definitely see the orange screen surround on the car in the first corner. When they cut scenes from the real race with the movie scenes, they probably weren't too obsessive about detail.

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[Dave_Darling]

QUOTE (Maltese Falcon @ Mar 13 2005, 07:55 PM)

I'll check with the current owner of #40 in a few and get the scoop for you  ;)

Tell Mike I said "hi"... I talked with him for quite a while a couple of Dunkels' swapmeets ago, but the email addy that he gave me bounced. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif)

--DD

[Gustl]

found another scene with the original #40 Sonauto GT

[bjorn jacobson]

Gustl, I think you are correct about the #40 Somnauto 914-6 GT. I just got the book, A French Kiss With Death (Steve McQueen and the making of LeMans), for Christmas. According to the book the scenes at the start of the race are from actual footage taken by the Solar Productions team both from the spectator viewpoint and from a 908 that Solar had entered in the race. Solar Productions also purchased a few Porsches, from Jo Siffert's dealership in Switzerland, one of them being a 914-6. The cars were then prepared at the garage Solar rented near LeMans to make the reproductions as accurate as possible to the cars that were used in the '70 competition. I'm about half way through the book now and if I get anymore info I'll be sure to add tho this thread.

If you like the movie then get the book, you'll love it. Lots of fun technical content that you wouldn't notice until you've read about it. Hardest part is trying to read the book and watch the movie at the same time!

Later,

BJ

[alpha434]

ALL RIGHT EVERYONE!!!

I got my copy at Barnes and Noble.

Not the online store. The physical one. Cost me $12.00.
It's sorted under action- L (for le mans)

Otherwise, they've got steve mcqueen box sets that DON'T have le mans in them, so be careful.

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[alpha434]

did anyone notice that the cars were throwing rooster tails before they changed to rain tires?

I got that one on my first time watching it.


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[bjorn jacobson]

How physical do they get at the Barnes + Noble you shop at? I want to go there to buy my books.

I think any tire is gonna throw up a rooster tail in rain at the speeds there reaching. Maybe has more to do with aerodynamics.

[Mugs914]

QUOTE (alpha434 @ Jan 12 2006, 05:56 PM)

did anyone notice that the cars were throwing rooster tails before they changed to rain tires? I got that one on my first time watching it. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ph34r.gif)

In 1970 slick roadrace tires were still a year or two away, at least in Europe.

The normal dry tires had a pretty decent tread profile on them, so it wasn't neccesary to change to rains at the first drizzle. Unless it was a torrential downpour they may not change at all.

[dinomium]

Our local PCA club had Robert Relyea (Executive Producer) come and show "the making of LeMans" and then gave a talk... He was really kewl and signed my #20 LeMans edition slot car.
He would NOT sign a copy of "A French Kiss with Death". He said the book was not get the facts straight. He was a good friend of Steve McQueen and was very offended by the book.
Just a slight side bar

[Gustl]

QUOTE (dinomium @ Jan 13 2006, 08:06 AM)

... and signed my #20 LeMans edition slot car.

#20 (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif)

did you mean #40 - or what car is #20 (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif)

[bjorn jacobson]

#20 is the Gulf Wyer 917 in the movie driven by Michael Delaney (Steve McQueen).

[Gustl]

OMG (IMG:http://www.pff-online.de/wbb2/images/smilies/36.gif)
the most famous car in this film (for all non-914-guys)


I should have known this ... (IMG:http://www.pff-online.de/wbb2/images/smilies/embarass.gif)

[URY914]

From the still pictures it would appear that the 914 is PASSING the 917! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif)
Could this be true? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif)

Paul

[hmeeder]

Prolly my favorite part of the film is the first 25 minutes oir so.

You get such a great feel for the era and the way European races were conducted in those days.

You'll notice that there's not a single line of character driven dialogue until Steve McQueen starts talking in the tunnel nearly a third way into the flick.

The entire plot and backstory is built by the race announcer voice over and all you see is race/paddock/pits and fans. Great device. Builds tension in a completely different way than films are done these days. Do you think a modern film would allow its superstar principal to go so long without a speaking part? Also a tribute to McQueen for letting the race itself be one of the main characters. He obviously understood how important it was to develop the importance of the race itself and allow its aura, mystique and carnival-like atmosphere to be built up over the opening. Like the opening, the race itself is longer than we expect, but us gearheads hardly notice, just drinking it all in.

[msglaigaie]

I got mine on ebay for US$7 and the wife cannot figure why I watch it over and over. She would wonder more if she knew how many times it hit the DVD player while she went on shopping expiditions. MSG L

[maf914]

QUOTE (URY914 @ Jan 13 2006, 07:20 AM)

From the still pictures it would appear that the 914 is PASSING the 917! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif) Could this be true? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif)

Yes, it could be true. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)

Also note in the overhead shot that the 914 is passing the red 911. This can be verified by the basic rule of driving that slower traffic stays right while faster vehicles pass on the left. Since the race took place in Europe, we can assume this basic rule is being observed by the drivers. If the race were in the US we would desregard this evidence as absurd! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)

[Goge]

I love LeMans- I can watch it again and again. It's amazing how it galvanizes opinions too, as some have already mentioned: chicks hate it, guys dig it. Well most guys anyway. My Dad was wondering how anyone could like all those engine noises in 'that dumb movie'.

I disowned him and have not spoken with him since (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)

As for Grand Prix, we are not alone in wishing it was on DVD- sign the petition!!! http://putgrandprixondvd.com/

Cheers,
Todd

[Wild 6]

This film is truly motivational for racers. After its been a while since a track day, I watch it again just to get pumped up.

Andy