Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Larry T and Sarti...

[Stephen Sherman (sherman]

According to the DVD's making of, filming the Monaco sequence was tricky 
because Onasis owned half the town and would not give permission to film his 
half when they had permission to film
the other half.

Stephen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug and Terri Anderson" <dnt [at] dock.net>
To: "Stephen" <sherman [at] wildblue.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 12:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Larry T and Sarti...


> > > ca Ken sez "The F1 cars in the movie are mostly mocked-up Formula 3 cars
> > > made to look like contemporary F1 models, although the film also used
> > > footage
> from actual F1 races."
>
> Ahhh, yesh - that is UNTIL the last race.  When the filming started - the
> actors were treated rather poorly as their predecessors on the celluloid
> race tracks (The Green Helmet et all) had made a hash of the sport - but 
> as
> the movie progressed and egos flared - the real drivers chimed in - HEY, 
> how
> do WE get in this thing?  And there you have the big rain dance discussion
> scene just before the Intermission.
>
> And then the last race, ah yes - the fabulous H-16 on song.  Theory being
> that per cubic engine size, the greater the square piston area the greater
> the horse power.  Up to a point.  Ah well, the H-16 sure was interesting.
> Wonder what ever happened to it.
>
> Yeah, GP, the movie.  As with Bullitt - GP marks a motor filming high
> point - oh not the fru fru - the actual filming.
>
> DOUG
>
>
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