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Hi there,
I would be personally interested in what movies you guys have found and watched where "Le Mans" is the primary topic of the movie.
I summarized all movies I bought so far on DVD here: http://baszero.ch/racing/movies/ (http://baszero.ch/racing/movies/)

Please share the movies you have seen in this thread... I would love to hear about some movies I do not know yet...
I also thought about movies I saw on Discovery Channel HD, but those are not yet on the page...

Cheers
baszero

Summary of inputs by you (updated Feb-9th-2010):
In addition to http://baszero.ch/racing/movies/ (http://baszero.ch/racing/movies/) you would add:

- Nimrod - The mighty warrior: http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/296513 (http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/296513)
  by Paul Fisher,
- Deadliest Crash Le Mans 1955: http://www.big-pic.co.uk/deadliestcrash.html (http://www.big-pic.co.uk/deadliestcrash.html)
- Jaguar at Le Mans 54-58 : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jaguar-At-Mans-1954-1958-DVD/dp/B001AX5C9U (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jaguar-At-Mans-1954-1958-DVD/dp/B001AX5C9U) --> will be added soon to my list
- Triumph 61/62
- "A fast drive in the country" by James Coburns: only on VHS? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fast-Drive-Country-History-Mans/dp/B00008T6TB (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fast-Drive-Country-History-Mans/dp/B00008T6TB)
- Speed Tribe: http://www.amazon.de/Speed-Tribe/dp/B0000696NK/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_2 (http://www.amazon.de/Speed-Tribe/dp/B0000696NK/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_2)
  featuring Le Mans 2001 --> will be added soon to my list
- Racing Through Time: The Cat came back: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001L4I2FE/ref=ox_ya_oh_product (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001L4I2FE/ref=ox_ya_oh_product)
  Jaguar at Le Mans 1984 --> will be added soon to my list
- Roaring to Victory: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001NX7R1S/ref=ox_ya_oh_product (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001NX7R1S/ref=ox_ya_oh_product)
  Jaguar at Le Mans 1985-88 --> will be added soon to my list
- NOEL'S LE MANS DREAM, Follow Noel as he is part of a team that ran a pair of Panoz in 1997. Only 30min of duration. Broadcasted on BBC: http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/572864 (http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/572864) Anybody having this as TORRENT?
- Speed Merchants: A documentary charting the progress of the 1972 Manufacturers Championship Series through the eyes of Mario Andretti and Vic Elford. I just ordered this one on DVD, although it is also on youtube but in bad quality.
   --> will be added soon to my list

Added (http://baszero.ch/racing/movies) thanks to you on :
- Michel Vaillant : has been added to my collection, see http://baszero.ch/racing/movies (http://baszero.ch/racing/movies)
- McLaren at Le Mans: Pursuit of Perfection: added: http://baszero.ch/racing/2010/01/mclaren-at-le-mans/ (http://baszero.ch/racing/2010/01/mclaren-at-le-mans/)
- Licence to Le Mans: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Licence-To-Le-Mans-DVD/dp/B002KQHVW2 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Licence-To-Le-Mans-DVD/dp/B002KQHVW2)
  Movie about Lord Drayson at Le Mans 2009 --> review @ http://baszero.ch/racing/2009/11/license-to-le-mans/ (http://baszero.ch/racing/2009/11/license-to-le-mans/)


THANKS!!!!

There are the old Team films, like Jaguar at Le Mans 54/5/6/7/8, and Triumph 61/62 - probably not available your side of the water.  Plus the new 1955 documentary, Deadliest Crash

And James Coburns documentary - A fast drive in the country

I was at a motorsports film show on Sunday and the Guest speaker was Hugh Chaimberlain (23 successive Le Mans (or so) as a team manager.
One of the excellent films shown was "Nimrod the mighty warrior" Aston Martin return to le mans 1982.
I don't know if it commercially available but it was good.

Admittedly its based on a cartoon character, but I think Michel Vaillant should appear on the list too!

F

Hi Fran,
            If only because we were there when they filmed it ;Da
A fine collection containg one I know I have seen many times and  two i have seen atleast once.
Not bad for a Swiss guy. Switzerland being the only country in the world to ban Motorracing and continue to produce some fine drivers and teams.
CanadPhil

Thanks a lot to all who have given feedback so far...
Two of the feedback movies I know already but did not find them to buy yet.

So if there are movies that should be on the list I'm glad to hear the titles of those.

So far you would add:
- Nimrod - The mighty warrior: http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/296513 (http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/296513)
  by Paul Fisher,
- Michel Vaillant : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Vaillant_%28film%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Vaillant_%28film%29)
   features shots of Le Mans 2002, --> ordered
- Jaguar at Le Mans 54/5/6/7/8
- Triumph 61/62
- "A fast drive in the country" by James Coburns: only on VHS? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fast-Drive-Country-History-Mans/dp/B00008T6TB (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fast-Drive-Country-History-Mans/dp/B00008T6TB)
- Speed Tribe: http://www.amazon.de/Speed-Tribe/dp/B0000696NK/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_2 (http://www.amazon.de/Speed-Tribe/dp/B0000696NK/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_2)
  featuring Le Mans 2001
- Licence to Le Mans: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Licence-To-Le-Mans-DVD/dp/B002KQHVW2 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Licence-To-Le-Mans-DVD/dp/B002KQHVW2)
  Movie about Lord Drayson at Le Mans 2009 --> ordered

I will try to get these, buy them, watch them and then include them in my list!

I forgot Speed Tribe (see first post on the list), I ordered that one long time ago but did not receive it yet.

There are also the two fly on the wall style dvd's about Rollcentre - "Lap of the Gods" and "Chasing the Dream".
Not really movies, but both are great watching if you support the "garagiste" style teams.

A great insight into the Mclaren F1's first time at Le Mans with some wonderful incar footage of Andy Wallace doing his stuff.

BTW Rick, have you transfered by VHS copy onto DVD yet?

http://www.0-60mag.com/online/?p=16484

Watching it on the link I notice that they have changed the first lap music. On the original it is "Ain't no Brakeman on this train" by John Mayle. A lot better than the Techno crap that has replaced it

La Ronde Infernale

Are you referring to the DVDs listed on http://baszero.ch/racing/movies/ (http://baszero.ch/racing/movies/) ?
The list summarized in the initial post is actually only showing the delta to what I have already covered on my web site.
Thanks for confirming!

Thanks, but I already listed that movie on http://baszero.ch/racing/movies/

How about the Ford Film ' A hard days fight' from the 1969 race. Classic.

I heard there was to be a new big budget hollywood film being made this year with some big stars lined up??

Licence to Le Mans was released in the UK on DVD on Monday (25th).

I hope they edited Tiff out of most of it.

I preordered the movie and therefore it also already listed on the web site:
http://baszero.ch/racing/2009/11/license-to-le-mans/ (http://baszero.ch/racing/2009/11/license-to-le-mans/)

But Thanks for the remark... I'm curious whether that's a good one...

Play.com tell me they've dispatched so hopefully over the weekend I should be able to report back on whether it's any good and the extent of Tiffany Dell's annoyingness.

Sorry, but perhaps a little naive, I always quite like Tiff.

Sorry, but no I am not, so there, each to his own I suppose. I am told that people like to wrestle coated in butter or strap crabs to Mr Willie! What is stranger than that?

>Martini...LB

I don't dislike him, but when you watched this on the TV, they repeated his intro every episode, got a bit tiring seeing the same clip 6 times.
There was a lot of padding/repartition in the series, a good visit to the cutting room should solve the problem.
Unlike the 2 Rollacenter films, this seemed to have been made for a wider audience, and suffered for it, ALMS soap, rather than a drama.

Mine has arrived - I just need to pluck up the courage to watch it.

The other one that might be considered for the list is "Diaries of a Gentleman".  I think this chap was touring France in his Bentley in the 1920s and came across Le Mans at about the time of the race, so they persuaded him to have a go, and I think he came fourth.  He stopped to dress for dinner, of course.

Several of the old favourites have not been released on DVD, like Coburn's Fast Drive, plus there are a couple about Jaguar in the late 80s, and two videos of the 1988 race (three actually but two are almost identical) [/anorak off - emergency status]

There seems to be a big gap from 1969 to 1980

I received "Licence to Le Mans" on 4 DVDs this week. Absolutely great I think.
Thanks for all the infos, very appreciated....

http://baszero.ch/racing/2009/11/license-to-le-mans/ (http://baszero.ch/racing/2009/11/license-to-le-mans/)

I totally agree about the repeats and padding, so it is a bit slow, and I'm worried that Lord D is becoming a nausiating little pr**k.  It started when Tiff (who seems to already become one) asked who the previous owner of his house was - Princess Michael, and then they show the kiddies in the fencing room.  Mind you with that amount of loot, I'd have gone for Le Mans first, and then bought the peerage.

Having said that, even with the one eye, he's not much slower than his hotshoe partner, and there's some excellent footage, But I might have to edit it for June.

A Fast drive in the country -
Synopsis.
Actor James Coburn drives a number of the original cars and leads the viewer through the history of the Le Mans 24 Hour Road Race, one of the most popular road races in the world. Using archive footage, the film captures the birth of the race in 1906 and features the great rivalry between manufacturers.
ASIN: B00008T6TB


NOEL'S LE MANS DREAM, Follow Noel as he is part of a team that ran a pair of Panoz in 97.

A Gentleman's Motor Racing Diary Vol.2
Product Description
This is the story of motor racing in the 1950s as told, and filmed, by a man who was at its very heart - John Tate. cover loads of races, mainly F1 but also the 1959 Le Mans race.

Speed Merchants
Synopsis
A documentary charting the progress of the 1972 Manufacturers Championship Series through the eyes of Mario Andretti and Vic Elford.

Having recently obtained two collections of three DVDs by John Tate I can well recommend them as they cover 1950 to 1959 (  but more to come I believe ). Good Le Mans coverage taken with a  cine camera including laps of the circuit whilst the track's open, and lots more of interest.
The 1959 DVD includes  Sebring with the course lay out defined by straw bales, oil drums, tyres and cones. Unused roads being blocked off with official cars !! Never having been to Sebring I wouldn't imagine it's still the same?  Oh, and by the way it rained for that race !!

I didn't see "truth in 24" on the list- awesome
http://www.truthin24.com
http://www.audi-collection.com/itemdy00.asp?T1=AHP424&SKW=ahp424&Cat=&SubLevel=&lcat

can you provide a URL where to buy these DVDs?

True, not in the list, but available at the mentioned location since months: http://baszero.ch/racing/movies (http://baszero.ch/racing/movies)

Found mine on fleabay but you could try Fastforward Music Ltd on 01743 210555 or www.fastforwardmusic.co.uk

There's some of 1959 on The Racing DBRs or something similar.

I think I've found 1967 on DVD too

Thanks to all contributions so far.
List updated in first post of this thread!

If anybody else sees some movies missing in the list or on the page, I'd be very thankful if you would post it here. Thanks!

Fra Mou til Lemans (from mou to Le Mans) is a danish dokumentry movie about Tom Kristensens racing carrier.


can be found on:

http://shop.ottensten.com/eShop/ProductDetail.aspx?cat=Books and Films&id=TOMK-29-O

very cheap. only 31 dkk. Less than 4 £.

Thanks!
I'll check that out.

Le Mans

That one is covered before I opened this thread:
http://baszero.ch/racing/2009/11/le-mans/

But thanks nonetheless...

I watched 'The Cat Came Back' last night, overall it was a bit disappointing, mainly because the subtitle 'The story of jaguar's dramatic return to Le Mans' isn't really an accurate description of the content. There is some coverage of the 50s races but the superb 'Jaguar at Le Mans 1954-58' covers that much better, there's then a very large chunk of the running time taken up by footage of the TWR XJS's running in the European Touring Car Championship in 1985, particularly the Tourist Trophy at Silverstone before a relatively brief look at the 80's Le Mans campaigns and finally a bit about Jaguar in F1. All this is fine as a look at the overall motorsport history of Jag, it's just that the way the DVD is marketed is a bit dishonest.
If anyone has seen both I'd be interested in whether 'The Jaguar's Roar' or 'Roaring to Victory' is a better look at the 80's Jags at Le Mans

I've found another one.

Renault filmed 1977, probably on Super8, with one of the mechanics wives as production team.  Poor quality (most from this era are) but still evidence of how it was 33 years ago.  There is also a film of their efforts in 1966 with the 1300cc Renault Gordini.

Sadly, I have to own up to watching Renault TV on Satellite (only the once, honest), but its still being repeated - look for "Film Club"

I don't know if you have these, but I assume so, all of the Videovision films from the eighties, they were usually a one hour highlight package of that years race.  I used to have all of them on VHS, but recently gave them to a good friend who has become interested in the Group C era.  They may be available through Duke.  Also there's some good footage on Youtube of the 1978 race.  Looks like it was probably a Elf or Michelin film.
Fax

Here's and oddball '23:58' - not cars but bikes. A very rare movie and saw it a good few years ago at an arthouse but it never got repeated or issued on DVD.

http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/79910/23-58.html

Its about some guys wanting to rob the ticket office while everybody else is watching the race.

......................now thats an idea eh ?

Stay Cool..

Would make a change from the ACO robbing us.

Bob -that'll be this one then  ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VWKP_tI9bY&playnext=1&list=PL0312E6D31ADCAD44&index=33 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VWKP_tI9bY&playnext=1&list=PL0312E6D31ADCAD44&index=33)

MG Mark

Mark

I enjoyed those U-tubes, a great sequence of fillums on there

thanks mate  :)

That's the one. Nice find Mark. I'm still waiting for a certain Mr C to transfer my VHS copy to DVD.