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What is the best racing/car flick ever?

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 20:12
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Monday, November 15, 2010 4:39 PM

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Monday, November 15, 2010 4:50 PM

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Originally posted by Calhoun:
One of the ALL TIME BEST!!!!!!




Another WOW.


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Monday, November 15, 2010 6:43 PM

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Originally posted by cljohnston108:
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
For MY money, I'd say it's Le Mans, with Steve McQueen.



Am I wrong?


Ohhhh, man! I was 8 years old when Le Mans came out, and I became instantly obsessed with it, begging to go see it whenever I'd see it on a marquis. Must've seen it at least 10 times in theatres.

Then, when I found it on DVD, I put it on Loop for about 2 weeks, until my player burned out.

I even got the coffee table book on the making of it.
http://www.amazon.com/French-Kiss-Death-Michael-Keyser/dp/0837602343
(Except I didn't have to pay $698.12 for a new one! )




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And if I'm not mistaken, that very car was just recently found in a barn in France.

http://dedeporsche.posterous.com/paris-barn-find-restoration-of-porsch
e-917-02


Can you imagine stumbling across that in a granary?!

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Monday, November 15, 2010 9:16 PM

I totally forgot about this- we just got the first two...




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Monday, November 15, 2010 9:29 PM

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Originally posted by OPPYH:





Great non-CGI driving; sick ending.


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Tuesday, November 16, 2010 9:45 AM

Oooh yeah Grand Prix definitely good car racing flick...though i can't remember it as well as Le mans as it's been a Looooooooong while since 1983 when i last saw it. I wanna add James Garner to my list of Cool as Steve Mcqueen....boy is their gonna be much weeping in my house when Mr Garner leaves the planet (my dad will be more heartbroken than me).

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010 2:06 PM

One of my favorite movies is Heart Like A Wheel. It's the story of Shirley Muldowney, starring Bonnie Bedelia and Beau Bridges. The movie has a great soundtrack, but the strength of the movie is in the wonderful emotional portrayals of these real-life people.




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Wednesday, November 24, 2010 7:57 PM

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Originally posted by GWEK:

How about all those Burt Reynolds movies? SMOKEY & THE BANDIT, CANNONBALL RUN, HOOPER, STROKER ACE (fast cars and vintage Loni Anderson--how can you go wrong?)



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Wednesday, November 24, 2010 8:12 PM

I've never seen "Le Mans".

Given that deep flaw in my movie education, I have to vote for "The Gumball Rally".

It's one part of the 1970's that I actually miss.

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