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Grand Prix
Original film poster by Howard Terpning
Directed by	John Frankenheimer
Produced by	Edward Lewis
Written by	Robert Alan Aurthur
Starring	James Garner Eva Marie Saint Yves Montand Toshirô Mifune
Music by	Maurice Jarre
Editing by	Henry Berman Stewart Linder Frank Santillo Fredric Steinkamp(supervising)
Release date(s)	December 21, 1966 (U.S. release)
Running time	US: 179 min.
Language	English

Grand Prix is an action film released in 1966. It was directed by John Frankenheimer with music by Maurice Jarre. It starred James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, Brian Bedford andAntonio Sabato. Toshirô Mifune has a supporting role as a race team owner, inspired by Soichiro Honda. It was photographed in Super Panavision 70 by Lionel Lindon, and presented in 70 mmCinerama in premiere engagements.

The unique racing cinematography is one of the main draws of the film. Racing fans also enjoy the real-life racing footage and the appearances by real drivers. These included walk-ons (some uncredited) of F1 World Champions Phil Hill, Graham Hill, Juan-Manuel Fangio, Jim Clark, Jochen Rindt and Jack Brabham. There also were Richie Ginther and Bruce McLaren.^[1]

One of the ten highest grossing films of 1966, Grand Prix also won Academy Awards for Best Sound Effects, Best Film Editing and Best Sound in 1967 and gained cult status among racing fans.

The film was released on DVD & HD DVD on July 11, 2006.

[edit]Plot summary

The film follows the fate of four Formula One drivers through a fictionalised version of the 1966 Formula One season:

• Jean-Pierre Sarti (played by Montand) - a Frenchman, previously twice world champion, who is nearing the end of his career.
• Pete Aron (played by Garner) - an American, who is on the come-back trail.
• Scott Stoddard (played by Bedford) - a Scotsman, recuperating from an almost fatal crash, and trying to emulate the success of his late older brother.
• Nino Barlini (played by Sabato) - an Italian, who is a promising rookie.

There are also two more fictional Formula One drivers:

• Tim Randolph (played by Phil Hill)
• Bob Turner (played by Graham Hill)

Sub-plots revolve around the women who try to live with these men with such dangerous life-styles.

[edit]Production

The making was a race itself, as John Sturges and Steve McQueen planned to make a similar movie titled Day of the Champion^[2]. Due to their contract with the German Nürburgring, Frankenheimer had to turn over 27 reels shot there to Sturges. Frankenheimer was ahead in schedule anyway, and the McQueen/Sturges project was called off, while the German race track was only mentioned briefly in Grand Prix.

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. Some of this was captured by Phil Hill, the 1961 World Champion, who drove modified camera cars in some sessions during the 1966 Monaco and Belgian Grands Prix. This was some of the earliest experimentation with in-car cameras for Formula One.

The level of driving ability of the actors varied wildly - Bedford couldn't drive at all, Sabato was very slow and nervous, Montand himself scared very easily early in filming and was often towed rather than driving the car, but Garner was highly competent and took up racing and entering cars as a result of his involvement in the film.

[edit]Adaptation of real racing events

There are many incidents within the film that were inspired by real events in motorsport:

• Yamura cars are based on the Honda Formula One operation, and Aron gives them their first win - American Richie Ginther had given Hondatheir first Grand Prix victory in 1965.
• Aron's crash into the Monaco harbour was most likely inspired by the accidents of Alberto Ascari in the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix and Paul Hawkins' in the 1965 Monaco Grand Prix.
• Nino Barlini is based on Lorenzo Bandini, a similarly passionate and competitive Italian, killed at the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix in a fire.
• The withdrawal of the Ferrari cars following Sarti's death was inspired by a tradition previously displayed by Alfa Romeo and Mercedes-Benz(1955 Le Mans disaster), amongst others.

[edit]Cast

James Garner ... Pete Aron
Eva Marie Saint ... Louise Frederickson
Yves Montand ... Jean-Pierre Sarti
Toshirô Mifune ... Izo Yamura
Brian Bedford ... Scott Stoddard
Jessica Walter ... Pat Stoddard
Antonio Sabato ... 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 (as Donal O'Brien)
Jean Michaud ... Children's father

[edit]References

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External links

• Grand Prix at the Internet Movie Database
• Grand Prix at Allmovie
• Grand Prix at the TCM Movie Database
• Grand Prix at Rotten Tomatoes
• James Garner Interview on the Charlie Rose Show
• James Garner interview at Archive of American Television - (c/o Google Video) - March 17, 1999

Grand Prix (filme)

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Grand Prix
Grand Prix (BR)
[[Ficheiro:      |200x200px]] Grand Prix (filme)
Estados Unidos 1966 ı  cor ı  179 min
Produção
Direção	John Frankenheimer
Roteiro/Guião	Robert Alan Aurthur
Elenco	James Garner Eva Marie Saint Yves Montand Toshiro Mifune
Género	drama
Idioma original	inglês / francês / italiano / português
IMDb

Grand Prix é um filme estadunidense de 1966, do gênero drama, dirigido por John Frankenheimer. A trilha sonora é de Maurice Jarre.

Índice  [esconder] 1 Sinopse 2 Elenco 3 Principais prêmios e indicações 4 Ligações externas

[editar]Sinopse

No Grande Prêmio de Mônaco, Pete Aron, um piloto estadunidense que dirige um Jordan-BRM, tem problemas na caixa de marcha e faz seu carro mergulhar no mar. Porém o fato mais grave foi ter ferido seriamente o piloto inglês Scott Stoddard, seu companheiro de equipe. Este acidente provoca a demissão de Aron, que é contratado pela equipe japonesa Yamura. Durante a recuperação de Stoddard, sua mulher, Pat, se envolve com Aron, pois ela parece determinada em deixar Scott.

[editar]Elenco

• James Garner .... Pete Aron
• Eva Marie Saint .... Louise Frederickson
• Yves Montand .... Jean-Pierre Sarti
• Toshirô Mifune .... Izo Yamura
• Brian Bedford .... Scott Stoddard
• Jessica Walter .... Pat Stoddard
• Antonio Sabato .... Nino Barlini
• Françoise Hardy .... Lisa
• Adolfo Celi .... Agostini Manetta
• Claude Dauphin .... Hugo Simon
• Enzo Fiermonte .... Guido
• Geneviève Page .... Monique Delvaux-Sarti

[editar]Principais prêmios e indicações

A Wikipédia possui o portal: Portal Cinema

Oscar 1967 (EUA)

• Venceu nas categorias de melhor montagem, melhor edição de som (best effects, sound effects) emelhor mixagem de som (best sound).

Globo de Ouro 1967 (EUA)

• Indicado nas categorias de atriz novata mais promissora - feminino (Jessica Walter) e ator novato mais promissor - masculino (Antonio Sabato).

[editar]Ligações externas

• Sobre o filme Grand Prix no Adoro Cinema

• Grand Prix at the Internet Movie Database
• Grand Prix at Allmovie
• Grand Prix at the TCM Movie Database
• Grand Prix at Rotten Tomatoes
• James Garner Interview on the Charlie Rose Show
• James Garner interview at Archive of American Television - (c/o Google Video) - March 17, 1999