Grand Prix (1966)

1966 · Movie · 176 min. · United States

Grand Prix (1966)
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GRAND PRIX is John Frankenheimer's film about the nine-leg world championship of Formula 1 auto racing stars James Garner as driver Pete Aron. During the opening race in Monaco, a collision sends Pete's car flying into the Monte Carlo harbor, and British driver Scott Stoddard (Brian Bedford) into a wall. While Pete survives unhurt, Scott may lose the use of his legs, and many hold Pete responsible. Jean-Pierre Sarti (Yves Montand), whose marital boredom has led to an affair with fashion editor Louse Frederickson (Eva-Marie Saint), wins the next race at Clermont-Ferrand. Afterwards Pete accepts the sponsorship of Japanese business magnate Izo Yamura (Toshiro Mifune), and begins to romance Stoddard's jaded young wife Pat (Jessica Walter). Pete wins the Belgian leg of the contest, but Sarti goes into a depression after skidding on a wet track and killing two children in a crash. After Pete also takes the German Grand Prix, Stoddard amazingly returns for the Dutch event, and, driving on sheer grit, pulls out a victory. He proves it's no fluke by also winning in Watkins Glen, N.Y. and in Mexico, making the championship competitive once again. Essentially a soap opera interspersed with racing footage, the film's existence was ascribed by Frankenheimer to his fascination with the sport and a desire to spend time in Europe. That said, the racing sequences are still among the most realistic ever put on film, jammed with wide-angle helicopter shots, you-are-there car-mounted cameras, and then-fashionable split-screen sequences.

Direction John Frankenheimer

Cast James Garner · Eva Marie Saint · Yves Montand · Toshirô Mifune · Brian Bedford · Jessica Walter · Antonio Sabato · Françoise Hardy · Adolfo Celi · Claude Dauphin · Enzo Fiermonte · Geneviève Page · Jack Watson · Donald O'Brien · Jean Michaud · Albert Rémy · Rachel Kempson · Ralph Michael · Alan Fordney · Anthony Marsh · Phil Hill · Graham Hill · Bernard Cahier

Soundtrack Maurice Jarre

Screenplay Robert Alan Aurthur

Cinematography Lionel Lindon

Original title Grand Prix

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