| LeMans 2007 Official Film | 
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Category: DVD
Actor: Frank Biela; Emanuele Pirro; Marco Werner
Director: Le Mans
Publisher: Kultur White Star
Studio: Kultur White Star
Manufacturer: Kultur White Star
Label: Kultur White Star
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 120 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
MPN: 4262
UPC: 032031426290
EAN: 0032031426290
ASIN: B000V02CPK
Release Date: October 30, 2007
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Product Description
A record crowd of over 250,000 fans came to the Circuit de la Sarthe in northwestern France for the 75th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. This year's race provided the spectators with plenty of excitement as perennial powerhouse teams and drivers battled rivals both old and new, along with ever-changing weather conditions to make the world's greatest endurance race even more of a challenge.Audi Sport's teams looked to be a sure thing to dominate the race in their diesel engine R10s. However, the teams from Peugeot had other ideas, as they secured the pole position in the No. 8 Team Peugeot Total car driven by Sebastien Bourdais, Pedro Lamy and Stephane Sarrazin. Throughout the race, both teams would see their entries depleted due to mechanical problems, the poor conditions, and bad racing luck, leaving both Audi and Peugeot with one car at the finish. But it was the #1 Audi Sport North America car driven by Frank Biela, Emanuele Pirro and Marco Werner that would give the German marque its 7th Le Mans victory, with the No. 8 Team Peugeot Total car in second, followed by the always competitive Pescarolo Sport Team in third, putting them on the podium for the third consecutive year. The LM P2 class was truly fighting a battle of attrition, as only two cars from that category finished the race, with the No. 31 Binnie Motorsports Lola-Zytek defeating the No. 33 Barazi Epsilon 07S/2. In their third attempt since coming back to Le Mans in 2005, Aston Martin, with the help of Prodrive, took the LM GT1 honors away from Corvette, as David Brabham, Rickard Rydell and Darren Turner piloted the DBR9 to victory in the class and fifth place overall. In LM GT2, it was Porsche who returned to its winning ways in defeating the Ferraris. This official review includes coverage of test day and final qualifying, on-board laps with Audi's Rinaldo Capello and Peugeot s Nicolas Minassian, and an interview with winners Werner, Pirro, and Biela.
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 Not enough on-track action! April 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The 2007 edition is a step backwards for the series, which had been getting better. This year includes more interviews, unfortunately at the expense of actual race footage. The cameras spend all their time in the pits -- whether it's during the preliminary test days or the actual race -- and what little on-track action they show is mostly shot from one single turn, with no context whatsoever, and is usually not more than a few seconds long before it's back to the pit crews. I can't emphasize this point enough: there is very little video footage of actual cars on the track, and what little there is, is so disjointed and random (other than shots of wrecks and spin-outs), that it offers absolutely nothing in terms of understanding what's happening in the race. Of course, what happens in the pits is germane to the race itself, but pit stops at LeMans are not the 12-16 second affairs you see in NASCAR; they are much more leisurely and visually uninteresting. Meanwhile, there is very interesting stuff going on out on the track, if you're a Le Mans fan, such as the debut of a new, closed Peugot diesel car, and the first-ever GT1 win by Aston-Martin over Corvette. The end of a 24-hour endurance race tends to be anti-climactic: barring any rare, last-minute drama, the winner usually has a dominating enough lead to actually slow down and cross the finish line standing up in the car, arms raised, steering with his knees. The producers of this DVD do nothing to try to increase any excitement about the finish, just as they rarely talked about who was in what place throughout the race. The finish line seems like a footnote to the two hours of pit stops you've just sat through. In fact, I had to point out to my son that the checkered flag was out, because right as the cars were approaching the finish, the view cut from the pits (of course) to the finish line, and the British narrator just casually said something like, "and the flags are out and the race is over," with no excitement in his voice (it almost seemed more like an "oh, thank God it's over" attitude). I prefer road races to oval tracks, but the European producers of the Le Mans series could learn a lot by watching NASCAR and INDY 500 coverage to see how to shoot a race in a way that captures the excitement and the things fans really want to see: THE CARS RACING! Can you imagine either of those series showing nothing but the pit crews and some interviews and virtually never even telling you who is in what place on the track, much less showing it? Why not include some aerial shots of the track every now and then, so viewers can appreciate the positions of the cars relative to one another and to the track as a whole, and thereby get a sense of speed and gain some frame of reference every now and then? I'll tell you why not: no budget, and the camera men are all in the pit areas, where it's dry and there is probably coffee.
 very poor February 20, 2008
LeMans 2007 Official Film
An absolutely useless dvd. 50% of the dvd is pre-race, with useless statements a la NASCAR ("our frito-lay buick ran good, and we hussled hard"). the driving sequences are way to brief to analyse driver errors, and some are cut off!!.
 Best Le Mans yet January 29, 2008
I bought this to watch the debut of the Peugeot 908. The DVD really captured the hype of Peugeot w/ their stunning qualy lap, all to go to waste at the first corner of the race. The Corvette vs. Aston battle is still there, along with all the Porsches and Ferraris in the GT2 class.
They finally got rid of the repeating sections (the latest Le Mans DVD I have is 2003), which was a total waste of space. I'm glad they added the onboard laps from the Audi and Peugeot; next review maybe they can add one from each of the classes. I would also like to see more footage about the lesser known cars, like the JLOC Lamborghini. I recommend this DVD
Ironic December 8, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have ordered every Le mans 24hrs dvd since 2002. I have all of them since the year 2002 as well as 1998 and the 1999 race. I must admit that the 2007 le mans dvd was shorter in length than the previous 5 dvd races. It is ironic because the 2007 le mans 24 hrs was reduced by an hour or two due to rain, the dvd goes through the race quickly and does not give detail information as the previous dvd's. Over all the race is exciting but the dvd should have been better!
Great November 21, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Very nice done, very good resolution and very complete information. A must for car racing fans.
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