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Let me tell you where I stand before I go any further. I am extremely biased towards this film, because it is my all-time favorite movie. I first saw it at the Cinerama theater in Denver and it was AWESOME to an impressionable 15-year-old. I instantly became a Grand Prix racing fan and learned as much about it as I could over the next 25 years or so. The movie itself carries very thin interwoven plot lines. Most of the plot involves the relationships between four racing drivers and their wives or girlfriends (or in one case, both). The acting is at a pretty high level. James Garner is the main star, as a flawed American driver trying to re-establish his career. Yves Montand does a very good job as the sad sack Frenchman. I personally think Eva Marie Saint, as the Frenchman's girlfriend, overacts a couple of scenes, but does a creditable job regardless. Brian Bedford, the British actor, spends most of the movie recovering from his crash in the opening race scene at Monaco, and pursuing his wandering wife (Jessica Walter), who is strangely attracted to Garner's character. The movie also has the movie debut of Antonio Sabado (Sr) and Jessica Hardy. Several Grand Prix drivers of the era were used as extras, and Graham Hill has a strong stage presence. It's a fairly long movie that spends most of the time developing the relationships, but for a racing fan, it's well worth the time, as the racing footage is amazing and as I learned more about Grand Prix racing, I saw how accurate the filming of the racing sequences was. John Frankenheimer was the producer and his technical direction was masterful. The movie won two Academy Awards the year it was released, for technical effects and editing. This special edition DVD contains some fascinating interviews about making the movie and about Grand Prix racing, in general. If you are, or ever were, a Grand Prix fan, this movie is a MUST see; to see how thing were back in the '60s.Vollständige Rezension lesen
It is really hard to make a good race car or motorcycle movie that has general appeal. As a movie maker you are almost defeated before you even start. Grand Prix in my opinion comes about as close as any I can think of. For people like me who kinda like race cars this is almost a historical document. The cars in this movie are pure race cars just before they started too sprout wings and stuff. It is a long movie but held my attention, I am glad I bought the DVD and will watch it again. James Garner came across very well I thought but no humor in this one, so not Garner at his best. The overall quality of this movie is top notch. It would be best seen in a movie house sitting not too fare from the screen, second would be to see it with modern large wide screen with good sound. I watched with OK sound on a conventional 36" TV and it came across just fine. This is a perfectly good big budget Hollywood general appeal movie. If you have a hankering to see a race car movie, it may not be great, but about as good as it gets. Actually if you want to see a race car movie I don't see how you could pass this one up. If you like movies that includes racing (of sorts) World's Fastest Indian is a modern really well done, back yard budget movie with fine story and real human interest. Low almost PBS keyed compared to the big boy, Grand Prix. SandyVollständige Rezension lesen
This is a great movie about open wheel racers that can appeal to anyone. If you are a fan of F1 racing, you will find a lot to like in this film. The movie gives you a pilot's view of the road on tracks like Monaco and LeMans. The story, while not specifically naming particular racers of the era, mixes in true incidents and storylines to make for a very dramatic film. No need for computer graphics and special effects, the thrill is captured with multiple cameras. This era of racing was dangerous beyond our comprehension contrasted to modern racing standards. The bonus material adds depth to the movie by explaining the technical challenges and methods to create the on-track drama. This movie has stood the test of time and I believe if it were to be remade it would be difficult to improve upon it even with the modern effects used today. Highly recommended.Vollständige Rezension lesen
OK - so it's vintage F1 racing but if you have any interest in overlooked great films from the 1960s you shold get this dvd. First - the tansfer from film to disk is well above average, the film stock clearly was clean, bright and not chopped so the rendering to disk shows very well on a large flat screen. Secondly - the movie itself is very entertaining - I recall seeing this one as a kid and being throughly thrilled by the racing scenes, and they still stand up very well today - as a matter of fact, when you consider all the CGI available now and then consider that GP was basically shot with cameras on platforms or attached to cars, the thrill factor is all the more increased. Finally, this movie is right up there with other greats from the period, I am thinking Zhivago and Bridge - Kwai in that the craftsmanship in terms of acting, editing and music are all top notch. Take the music for example - just like in Zhivago - there is an overture to the film and various themes are introduced - then early in the film - these themes are matched to characters and then as the plot progress and the lives of the characters play out - so do various interpertations of the musical themes. It is something just not seen in modern movie dreck. James Garner is the American star in this film and he is at his best, supported by a host of European actors of note. If GP were remade today - they could not do a better job.Vollständige Rezension lesen
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.Vollständige Rezension lesen
