One of the greatest car racing films ever made stars James Garner. He's a real douche bag in this movie and treats everyone like shit. Even in the bonus features he's threatening to throw people/extras blocking the shot into a canal! What an animal. The Rockford Files was great. Jessica Walter (Arrested Development/Archer) is astonishingly beautiful in this movie although she's kind of a treacherous. She bones James Garner's character while her husband is healing up from a horrible crash injury. The racing scenes are amazing as are the location shots and it brings us back to an amazing time in auto racing history before it was destroyed by rednecks.
Beautifully photographed. The transfer is super clear and the colors really pop. Once again everybody has severe nicotine addictions and drink alcohol constantly. The 60's!!!
There is an amazing crash scene where a dummy flies into a tree. A lot of the racing scenes are incredibly realistic as they used real drivers and the actors themselves did a lot of their own driving. They say Garner could have actually gone on to competition he got so good. What a man!The only film that competes with this is "Le Mans" which is also incredible, but a little more atmospheric. I heard McQueen was originally involved in this movie, but dropped out due to lack of creative control.
Both movies are worth watching.
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