Favourite scenes of John Frankenheimer's "Grand Prix"?

Jordi · 25 Jul 2002, 17:59 (Ref:342635)

I particularly enjoyed the last sequence with Garner on Monza's straight and also the driver's meeting before Spa....

Evilsenna · 25 Jul 2002, 22:11 (Ref:342874)

Never seen it, I hope they make it on DVD someday...

Jordi · 25 Jul 2002, 23:38 (Ref:342964)

but someone else should have seen it... for sure it's better than Days of Thunder and Driven....

Hamness · 26 Jul 2002, 00:43 (Ref:343019)

At the time they actually released an LP of Grand Prix with all the cars soundtrack - John Surtees, Cooper-Maserati V12 ,Richie Ginther, Honda V12. I actually had that piece of vynil 35 years ago. Wish I knew where it was now.

Lee Janotta · 26 Jul 2002, 00:54 (Ref:343028)

Favorite scene? _All_ the racing footage! It's just _so_ damn cool!

EERO · 26 Jul 2002, 01:53 (Ref:343066)

I love the montage sequence at the begining. Frankenheimer was a poet. Alsdo the Spa footage is pretty amazing. If you have not seen this film, get it, it is the best racing film ever, Period.

f1manoz · 26 Jul 2002, 02:42 (Ref:343077)

Indeed. Seeing the layout of the old Spa-Francorchamps was spectacular indeed.

Jordi · 26 Jul 2002, 19:10 (Ref:343585)

Also the crashes were darn realistic... and how many things it tells from that racing time...

**Bononi** · 26 Jul 2002, 19:23 (Ref:343590)

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Originally posted by Jordi
for sure it's better than Days of Thunder and Driven....

Jordi, it's humiliating comparing "Gran Prix" to these others... so called racing films !!!!

Jordi · 26 Jul 2002, 19:25 (Ref:343591)

I know... I haven't even watched Driven... because it didn't even arrive here in Spain...

djb · 26 Jul 2002, 22:13 (Ref:343669)

I particularly like the little details of editing, a closeup of a hand shifting, cut to the view on a rolling car of the litlle shaft moving right next to the gearbox, combined with all the beautiful sounds (and throw in the heel and toe stuff)

the travelling shots (helicopter) of the cars at Spa

I meant to mention this a few weeks ago, in Time Magazine, when mentioning Frankenheimers' death, they listed this film and that, but NO Grand Prix! What really surprised in the same issue was an article on the WRC, and how they are bringing in the computer graphic stuff to show the relative speeds of the cars, computer generated to show models of the top guys all running together. We get Time each week, and they never mention motorsport, but here they did, but at the same time , they didn't even mention Grand Prix, its no wonder the american public knows dick all about F1 and what is a **** racing film like Days of T. or Driven.

Sato san · 26 Jul 2002, 22:56 (Ref:343698)

The end is the best scene...as james garner walks along the empty pit straight at Monza.....it just captures the magic of a empty GP circuit after the race has finished.

DNQ · 26 Jul 2002, 23:28 (Ref:343725)

The Spa and Monaco footage takes the cake - looks bloody brilliant. Actually, every second of racing footage in the whole film is fantastic.

f1manoz · 27 Jul 2002, 01:57 (Ref:343776)

It's a pity we'll never see another film like it.

Sato san · 27 Jul 2002, 07:31 (Ref:343842)

it is a shame , yet i was so looking forward to Slys Driven being made , yet is was the biggest disapointment ever .

I wonder if they realised that the Grand prix film would set such a high standard that would never be beaten in Racing films.

Mr V · 27 Jul 2002, 09:31 (Ref:343877)

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Originally posted by Sato san
it is a shame , yet i was so looking forward to Slys Driven being made , yet is was the biggest disapointment ever .

Theres no wonder that Bernie didn't want anything to do with it! Driven has to be one of the worst films ever made!

racer69 · 27 Jul 2002, 13:40 (Ref:343983)

It's been said before in this thread, but the Spa stuff, especially from the view from the sky, is fantastic, as is the opening sequence in Monaco, you didn't need the pictures for that part, just sound of the engines, the downchanges and so on......

Morris 1100 · 27 Jul 2002, 14:51 (Ref:344011)

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Originally posted by Jordi
Also the crashes were darn realistic... and how many things it tells from that racing time...

Morris 1100 · 27 Jul 2002, 14:54 (Ref:344013)

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Originally posted by Morris 1100

KBM · 27 Jul 2002, 15:28 (Ref:344024)

too many great scenes. ducking and diving around zandvoort. slipstreaming on the monza banking. agree with those who say spa footage is best.

especially this one: going down the masta straight full-bore in a ferrari (driver's view), then barely lifting for the incredibly fast masta kink. at some point rain pours down -- and the ferrari doesn't slow down.

Jordi · 27 Jul 2002, 17:17 (Ref:344048)

exactly, Morris

EERO · 27 Jul 2002, 18:09 (Ref:344067)

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Originally posted by KBM

especially this one: going down the masta straight full-bore in a ferrari (driver's view), then barely lifting for the incredibly fast masta kink. at some point rain pours down -- and the ferrari doesn't slow down.

That's why Jean-Paul Sarti would have been the greatest Ferrari Driver ever had he survived!

Jordi · 27 Jul 2002, 18:26 (Ref:344074)

and Nino was the Irvine of 1966!

Morris 1100 · 28 Jul 2002, 11:00 (Ref:344449)

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Originally posted by EERO

That's why Jean-Paul Sarti would have been the greatest Ferrari Driver ever had he survived!

He was too hard on the car!

Jordi · 28 Jul 2002, 11:10 (Ref:344456)

Now, where do you get all the images from, Morris?

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