| Grand Prix (Two-Disc Special Edition) | 
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Sales Rank: 5469
Category: DVD
Actors: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, Toshiro Mifune, Brian Bedford
Director: John Frankenheimer
Publisher: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Brand: Warner Brothers
Label: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Italian (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD
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Running Time: 176 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Aspect Ratio: 2.20:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: 79100
UPC: 012569791008
EAN: 0012569791008
ASIN: B000FFJYCU
Release Date: July 11, 2006
Theatrical Release Date: December 21, 1966
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Product Description
Nine races. One champion. James Garner Yves Montand Brian Bedford and Antonio Sabato portray Formula I drivers competing to be the best in this slam-you-into-the-driver's seat tale of speed spectacle and intertwined personal lives. Eva Marie Saint and Toshiro Mifune also star. John Frankenheimer (who 32 years later would again stomp the pedal to the metal for the car chases of Ronin) directs this winner of 3 Academy Awards crafting split-screen images to capture the overlapping drama and orchestrating you-are-there POV camerawork to intensify the hard-driving thrills. Nearly 30 top drivers take part in the excitement so buckle up movie fans. Race with the best to the head of the pack.Running Time: 176 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:ACTION/ADVENTURE UPC:012569791008 Manufacturer No:79100
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Light on story, this 1966 spectacle directed by John Frankenheimer was shot in 70 millimeter, with a cinematically enthralling emphasis on unique, visceral new ways of capturing the sensations of a car race. James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, and Toshiro Mifune are part of the stellar, international cast whose characters plod through assorted relationship and business conflicts. But the film's real hook is the thrilling and inventive means by which Frankenheimer (The Manchurian Candidate) brings an urgency to the drama happening on the racetrack. A true master of the plastic techniques of obtaining and cutting kinetic footage, Frankenheimer offers more than a joyride to viewers: he makes action part of the compelling language of stories. Cameras are strapped to vehicles as they round the track, shots are taken from a helicopter, the screen is split between angles for maximum impact--even if Grand Prix doesn't rank among the director's best character-driven stories, it is certainly driven on its own terms. --Tom Keogh On the DVD
The much-anticipated release on DVD does not disappoint, with a pristine restored print and upgraded 5.1 Dolby sound. Of course, the Cinerama film can only be fully appreciated if you sit very close to your screen. The absence of a commentary track is forgivable, since director John Frankenheimer died in 2002. "Pushing the Limit" is your standard 30-minute retrospective with many new interviews with the stars and drivers. The universal opinion is that the film caught Formula One at the exact right time when the beauty of the sport was about to be changed in favor of safety and commercialism. There are some fascinating stories on how they were able to use real race footage so seamlessly. "Flat Out" continues the vibe of what racing was like in the '60s with more interviews from the real racers. "The Style and Sound of Speed" talks about designer Saul Bass and how he created the film's different approaches to each race and the cutting-edge use of montages and multiple screens. The vintage doc is kitschy but allows us to see the filming in action (the footage is used extensively in the new featurettes). --Doug Thomas
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 Whats not to like August 28, 2008
If your local movie rental place doesnt carry this movie you have to buy it like I did. If you like Formula 1 then this movie is for you.
 A CULT CLASSIC OF SORTS FROM THE 60s May 4, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
GRAND PRIX was one of director John Frankenheimer's big-budget spectacles, filmed by MGM in Cinerama, its super-wide screen nicely restored for this DVD. Brilliant split screen effects and camera movements and the rare appearance of Antonio Sabato, plus actual racing footage using well known racers including Damien Hill, make this an unforgettable experience. The melodramatic plot is a bit slack, but the overall effect is sensational.
The Best...race movie April 19, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is the best race movie ever made. Period. And I doubt one like it can ever be made again because this was done in the real world and, now, everyone (directors etc) will want to do one using computer graphics and it will not have the same feel of realism.["Driven" with Stallone would be a good example of this] Also, I doubt, due to safety concerns/insurance etc, that one can be made this way again.
The "How the Movie was Made" is worth a huge chunk of the selling price.
The quality of the DVD is a great improvement, especially on an HD TV, over the VHS copy I've owned for some time.
The reason I say "Grand Prix" is the best is that "LeMans" lacks a strong story line or its story line pales next to the action, whereas "Grand Prix"s story hangs in there fairly well. However, one can argue "LeMans" has just as good race photography and, again, I doubt if a movie like it can be made now.
I remember when "LeMans" came out that one of the NBC "Today Show" film critics, Judith Crist (sp?), lambasted the movie and said words to the effect that "McQueen should have shot it on 8mm and shown it as home movies". She's also the critic who said that "Candy" would set back pornography a 100 years. :)
Another decent effort at a race movie is "Winning" with Paul Newman and his wife. A product of its day, the film tries pretty hard to combine a decent story with racing. I would guess this is where PN picked up his love of racing which lasted 30+ years.
And, last and least, is "Red Line 7000" which, when it came out, was a pretty cool movie and still stands up as a bit of kitch (sp?) of the time. The race descriptions by the "on track" announcer are guite funny but where else are you going to see a guy driving a Shelby Daytona Coupe around on the street? Besides, its one of James Caan's first roles, if not the first. Oh, and the "on track announcer" in "Winning" might be of the same cloth if memory serves.
One reason I probably have a soft spot for these movies is that they came out about the time I was a young Sports Car Club of America racer myself.
My new wife and I were really into this stuff. We drove 200 miles round trip one weekday night in order to see "LeMans" several weeks earlier than what would have been the case if we hadn't, due to where we lived.
I've recently purchased "Winning", "LeMans" and "Grand Prix" to donate to my small town library, spreading the joy of racing. Thanks to AMAZON, I can afford to do it.
Grand Prix (Two-Disc Special Edition) April 11, 2008
Terrific product. Great photography, good strong characters, interesting storyline. This should be in many more collections of people's favorite movies.
Grand Prix April 7, 2008
Amazon is where to go when you can't find it any other place. Delivery in two days as promised. Tighten up your seat belt and get ready for racing at it's finest not to mention the photography and the Music makes your Heart Pump.....James Garner, Yves Montand and Eva Marie-Saint, Jessica Walters makes this one a experience in adrenlain....To bad we can't see this one in Cinemax as was designed to be seen and heard. ..IT makes "Days Of Thunder" look like Go-Kart Racing....Thanks John Frankenhemier for a Classic..Roselyn Cheney Brooklyn Michigan
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