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

[ken rentiers (rentiers]

Most other car movies were not made by enthusiasts - you got Hot Rods  
To Hell instead.

Bullitt, GP and Le Mans are the Holy Trinity imho, with Rendevous as  
an aperitif.
Others I like include Two Lane Blacktop and Vanishing Point.

On Jun 26, 2008, at 9:34 AM, LarryT wrote:

> Doug wrote <<GP marks a motor filming high
> point >>
>
> Just like "Le Mans - The Movie" a film like GP would prove  
> impossible to
> replicate.  Although, if enough Euro's filled Bernie's palm all  
> kinds of
> things
> can happen.
>
> Of course, IMHO the era's represented in both movies represented "high
> points" in
> the sports that have not been surpassed.  While the diesel Audi's are
> impressive as they
> zoom almost silently down the Mulsanne, there's no comparision to  
> the 12 cyl
> 917's & 330s/512s.
>
> Although, the 312s of the early 70s and the 956/962's were ground  
> breaking
> during the 80s & 90s.
>
> The movie The Cruel Sport followed the pro sports car championship  
> of the
> early 70s - so we have a (somewhat limited) movie about an  
> important part of
> racing history.
>
> I don't believe there is any similar movies for the 956/962 altho  
> there are
> some video's of the big racing events from that time frame -
>
> Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D)
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug and Terri Anderson" <dnt [at] dock.net>
> To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 1:24 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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