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Category: DVD
Actor: Lemans 2003 Official Film
Publisher: Duke
Studio: Duke
Manufacturer: Duke
Label: Duke
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 145 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0769736351
UPC: 032031363595
EAN: 9780769736358
ASIN: B000161048
Release Date: January 13, 2004
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
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Description
The official film of the Le Mans 24 Hours 2003 records the triumphant return to the winner's podium - after 73 years - of Bentley, the famous English marque that participated in the first ever race back in 1923. The film tracks the team's progress from scutineering through to it's victory parade on the Champs Elysees, featuring interviews with the drivers of both Bentley cars at key points during the race. Also highlighted this year are the GTS class-winning Veloqx Prodrive team, whose Ferrari 550 Maranellos are seen being prepared in England, and the Nasamax entry in the LMP 900 class, the first renewably-fuelled car to compete in a premier event like Le Mans. In terms of race action, it's the Audi Sport UK car that provides the first real drama, as Frank Biela runs out of fuel after missing his re-fueling stop. We see the Audi Sport Japan and Champion Racing Audi's engage in a desperate battle to stay out of the pits and on terms with the Bentleys, only to fall behind as the English marque's near flawless race unfolds. In the GTS category, the Ferrari Maranellos out-pace and out-last the Corvettes while in the GT, the Porsche 911 GT3s triumph over the Ferrari 360 Modenas. In the closing stages of the race, we witness the tremendous scrap further down the LMP 900 field between a Panoz, the Courage Judd and the Dome Judd. Elsewhere, we follow the drivers and teams through the May test weekend, the two race week practice sessions, the drivers' parade, and on the morning of the race, a special Le Mans Legends event featuring cars that raced at Le Mans between 1959 and 1971. NTSC, Region 1.
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A great review of Bentley's triumph January 17, 2006
After three years of Audi domination, it was great to see an old racing marquee like Bentley win Le Mans and this review documents the race in fine fashion. Like last year's DVD, the 2003 version covers testing, scrutineering, qualifying, off-track news and the famous 24-hour race itself in solid detail, quenching any sportscar racing fanatic's thirst for Le Mans action. I would recommend this DVD to any sportscar fan.
 LeMANS-1971 March 7, 2005
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
This cult classic has been ramp so hard when it came out.People..what they saw was a racing movie.McQueen deliver the goods all the way.And himself, raced in the movie.This was a dream he had,like John Wayne's dream to make.."THE ALAMO".And both wonderful actors dream died with them.Sure..LeMans could have been made a love story out of it.But what the hey..James Garner made.."Grand Prix".And Paul Newman made."WINNING".But McQueen..he wanted us to feel the passion of racing behind the wheel..& HE DID just that.I have it on dvd..watch it still & happy that he made it.Even the soft romantic music that comes on when McQueen is with the actress..is very nice.So thumbs UP on STEVE McQUEEN'S fast pace movie of speeds up to & exceeding 200 miles an hour..AND I MIGHT ADD-NO BLUE SCREEN-It's the real McCOY your watching all the way!!
Best LeMans July 11, 2004
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
If youre a real fun of LeMans or Bentley then this DVDs for you. Definitely, its one of those DVDs you have to get if you missed it on SPEED channel or cant afford cable. Forget those. Buy this DVD and youll see the development of LeMans from the May testing, thru qualifying and of course the race. It covers a lot of the most important moments of the race, everything other than seeing the Bentleys run away 1 and 2. Well, theres not much to look at those two, they are gorgeous but boring to look at since they ran flawlessly for 24 hours. But the DVD really focuses on a lot of the races and teams aspects like the Nasamax entered alcohol car, its great to see it battle thru the field even though its burning more fuel and losing a lot of time on the pits. The epic battles between the courage and panoz at the end. and the wailing Domes are just wonderful to see battle in the early stages with the Audis. If you just want to sit back and relax to see the sights and speed of LeMans then this DVD youll love. its great for collectors also coz this is perhaps one of those great races when we see a manufacturer win after 73 years.
 Just a bunch of shows thrown on a disc! April 7, 2004
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
A 24 hour race... 145 mins to show it. So I figure we are going to fly into some race action to cram in everything, right? Wrong?30 MINS devoted to testing
30 MINS devoted to qualifying (a fairly meaningless excercise for a 24 hour race)
15 MINS to the pre-race historic race
And then FINALLY we get to the race And here is the worst part. This is blatantly a bunch of Le Mans shows (three of them, the testing show, qualifying show and then overall weekend/race show). So what do they show during the weekend/race segment... a COMPLETE re-run for about 20 mins of what they just showed during the qualifying segment! I'm serious, I thought I must have hit back a chapter on my remote control since I was looking at what I just watched. A complete waste of time and money this disc. Next year I'm just going to tape some of the footage - it's what's on the disc anyway (since there are also no extras) and save my self a few bucks.
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