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  1. Jeff348

    Jeff348 Formula Junior

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    #1 Jeff348, Jan 27, 2007
    I just watched the Grand Prix movie.It still holds up.The cinematogrophy really is incredible.It's not the greatest story but It's really an enjoyable movie.Are the cars they are using curremt to the year.It looks to me that they are.Or at least close.Its semms they used the actual teams from that time.Any comments please
     
  2. ttgangsta

    ttgangsta Karting

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    #2 ttgangsta, Jan 27, 2007
    idk what format you watched it in, but i bought the HD-DVD a few months ago and the sound was incredible! Not to mention they did a good job with the picture.
     
  3. tifosi12

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    #3 tifosi12, Jan 27, 2007
    They used a bunch of older cars and F2 cars and made them to look like the cars from the 66 season. When Speed TV broadcasted the movie, they added an interview with Frankenheimer and Gartner in which they talk about the details. I would assume the DVD has that (or similar) interviews as add-ons?

    Anyway, a lot of the shots of the races are real footage from 66, particularly the aerial shots. The movie crew got e.g. a 15 minute track time at Monaco to shoot their sequences which then were interspersed into the real footage.

    Visually the movie is a masterpiece, but as an entertainment movie it falls flat. The story is as bad as some of the acting. I think it is only us petrolheads who still get a kick out of it.
     

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