Grand Prix

ActionDrama
Overview : The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a series of races, American wheelman Pete Aron is dropped by his sponsor. Refusing to quit, he joins a Japanese racing team. While juggling his career with a torrid love affair involving an ex-teammate's wife, Pete must also contend with Jean-Pierre Sarti, a French contestant who has previously won two world titles.
Budget : 9000000USD
language : en
Runtime : 176 min
Release Date : 1966-12-21
Imdb ID : tt0060472
Status : Released

Cast

James Garner
Pete Aron

Eva Marie Saint
Louise Frederickson

Yves Montand
Jean-Pierre Sarti

三船敏郎
Izō Yamura

Brian Bedford
Scott Stoddard

Jessica Walter
Pat Stoddard

Antonio Sabàto
Nino Barlini

Françoise Hardy
Lisa

Adolfo Celi
Agostini Manetta

Claude Dauphin
Hugo Simon

Enzo Fiermonte
Guido

Geneviève Page
Monique Delvaux-Sarti

Jack Watson
Jeff Jordan

Donald O'Brien
Wallace Bennett

Jean Michaud
Children's Father

Albert Rémy
Surgeon (as Albert Remy)

Rachel Kempson
Mrs. Stoddard

Ralph Michael
Mr. Stoddard

Alan Fordney
Sportscaster

Tommy Franklin
Sportscaster

Graham Hill
Bob Turner

Anthony Marsh
Sportscaster

Phil Hill
Tim Randolph

Bernard Cahier
Journalist

Masaaki Asukai
Japanese interpreter (uncredited)

Lorenzo Bandini
Grand Prix driver (uncredited)

Raymond Baxter
Self - BBC reporter (uncredited)

Roy Beck
Young spectator (uncredited)

Salvatore Billa
Policeman (uncredited)

Bob Bondurant
Grand Prix Driver (uncredited)

Joakim Bonnier
Joakim Bonnier (uncredited)

Jack Brabham
Grand Prix driver (uncredited)

John Benson
David, photographer (uncredited)

Jim Clark
Jim Clark (uncredited)

Eugenio Dragoni
Ferrari official (uncredited)

Evans Evans
Mrs. Randolph (uncredited)

Tiziano Feroldi
Doctor at Monza (uncredited)

Paul Frees
Izo Yamura (voice) (uncredited)

Alain Gerard
American boy (uncredited)

Richie Ginther
John Hogarth (uncredited)

Noël Godin
Spectator (Spa) (uncredited)

Dan Gurney
Dan Gurney (uncredited)

Arthur Howard
Claude (uncredited)

Gilberto Mazzi
Rafael (uncredited)

Bruce McLaren
Douglas McClendon (uncredited)

Jochen Rindt
Jochen Rindt (uncredited)

Jo Siffert
Jo Siffert (uncredited)

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Reviews

John Chard
Frankenheimer's F1 Epic is Grand in Itself. In truth the plot of Grand Prix is pretty wafer thin, with not enough story to fully justify the gargantuan run time, yet it's both thrilling and fascinating all the same. Plot essentially centers around the 1966 Formula 1 motor racing championship, with James Garner, Yves Montand, Brian Bedford, Eva Marie Saint and Toshiro Mifune heading up the large ensemble cast list. It deals with the trials and tribulations of the drivers, both on and off the track. The human drama is a bit soapy, of which there is much, yet these narrative characterisations help to make us care and understand the protagonists at the core of the story. And of course when the drivers are out there on the track, we know their psychological make-ups, their driving mirroring their motives and emotional fortitude. The racing segments are superbly filmed by Frankenheimer, with multi-angles used to maximise the experience, while he also uses split screen sections to fully immerse us with the key characters. Two crash sequences are genuinely heart stopping, filmed with a clarity that makes us realise that people actually do die in this sport. While the sound work and editing is quite simply stunning. See it on the biggest screen you can, and for home formats get the best possible disc available. 8/10