"Grand Prix" movie actual footage...

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> >Has anyone else seen the movie "Grand Prix"? I saw it a few months > >ago, on some cable channel, Encore I think, and it's very exciting > >because it was made in I think 1966, approximately the time frame > >Papyrus is modeling with GPL. > >I'm not sure if this movie is available on video or not, but if it > is, > >I would recommend it just for the racing clips (the story itself is a > >bit melodramatic). > >Tim > Is that the one with Chet Atkins?? If it is the one, saw it looooong > time ago. Boy gets girl, boy crashes REAL hard in race....predictable. > Verne

I've seen the movie and It's cool, especially the actual footage that actually did happen...like the crash in the harbor at Monaco (Monte Carlo) . That was actually Fangio taking that dip, in 1967...

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> > >Has anyone else seen the movie "Grand Prix"? I saw it a few months > > >ago, on some cable channel, Encore I think, and it's very exciting > > >because it was made in I think 1966, approximately the time frame > > >Papyrus is modeling with GPL. > > >I'm not sure if this movie is available on video or not, but if it > > is, > > >I would recommend it just for the racing clips (the story itself is a > > >bit melodramatic). > > >Tim > > Is that the one with Chet Atkins?? If it is the one, saw it looooong > > time ago. Boy gets girl, boy crashes REAL hard in race....predictable. > > Verne > I've seen the movie and It's cool, especially the actual footage that > actually did happen...like the crash in the harbor at Monaco (Monte > Carlo) . That was actually Fangio taking that dip, in 1967...

Actually, that crash was staged for the movie. The car was only a "shell", no engine, etc, and the "driver" was dummy. The car was shot/catapulted by a type of compressed air "cannon". Made an effective crash scene. I saw an info/documentary on one of the learning channels here a while aback, and it was about Hollywood stunt drivers, and this old classic movie was one of the items it talked aboutm from whence this info comes. Can't remember who the main stunt driver was for the other staged wreck scenes though. FWIW... Andre

Those with access to deep libraries should be able to find an article in Popular Mechanics magazine from the time period with many details and behind-the-scenes stills. It made quite an impression on me at the time, as did Dan Gurney's bi-monthly column. -dB -- "It's hard to find a black cat in a dark room. | David Brower

Grand prix is available on video and laser disc.

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> > > >Has anyone else seen the movie "Grand Prix"? I saw it a few months > > > >ago, on some cable channel, Encore I think, and it's very exciting > > > >because it was made in I think 1966, approximately the time frame > > > >Papyrus is modeling with GPL. > > > >I'm not sure if this movie is available on video or not, but if it > > > is, > > > >I would recommend it just for the racing clips (the story itself is

a > > > >bit melodramatic). > > > >Tim > > > Is that the one with Chet Atkins?? If it is the one, saw it looooong > > > time ago. Boy gets girl, boy crashes REAL hard in race....predictable.