Unsurprisingly Ford takes this personally, vowing to go to war with Ferrari and to beat them at their own game by winning Le Mans. Enter Carroll Shelby. The last American to win Le Mans, Iacocca convinces Shelby to help Ford build and design a car that will put Ferrari in its rearview m...
With the help of designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles, Ford Motor Company tries to develop a race car that can beat Ferrari at Le Mans. MPAA: Rated PG-13. DISC DETAILS Presentation: Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1 Audio: English DTS-HD MA 7.1 English Dolby 2.0 English Descriptive Audio...
Ferrari, which tells the story of how Ford beat Ferrari to win Le Mans in 1966, has those in spades. Beautifully shot, suspenseful racing pervades the film, and the cars—Ford GT40s, Ferrari 330 P3s, Shelby Cobras, and more—look fantastic. That’s reason enough to buy a ticket when...
The movie focuses on the first year of the GT40's winning run, in 1966 after the car had become the GT40 MkII. Bale calls the story a "David vs. Goliath vs. Goliath" battle, because Shelby and Miles had to fight Ford as well as Ferrari. "It's these two friends figuring out how...
Here’s The First Trailer For Ford V. Ferrari, 2019’s Essential Car Movie Our first look has arrived of the promising movie based around Ford’s determination to beat Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans 24-hour race, so it’s time for your early opinionsMatt...
The new Ford v Ferrari movie will premiere soon at the Toronto International Film Festival. We have taken a look at how American muscle took on Italy in the 1960s
The rest of this old-school drama, which follows the efforts by the Ford Motor Company to beat Ferrari at the sport it had dominated for years, stays in a familiar lane. But with Matt Damon as hotshot automotive designer Carroll Shelby and Christian Bale as the ramshackle driver Ken Miles,...
mixing, editing, and score responsible for most of the overall experience. On screen, Bale also elevates the material with yet another smarmy but likable performance. Overall, as cliched as it is, it’s still entertaining, and it still knows how to hit every predictable beat with full force...
the last minute since this would have given Ford control over his prized racing division. Henry Ford II, upset at being snubbed, decides to try to beat Ferrari at his own game and build a racing team and car that can win against continual champions Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans ...
(Tracy Letts) to beat Ferrari and bring the company’s young vision to life for competitive survival. The latter is an often-curt war veteran and not quite the wholesome image Ford would like to wear on its sleeve. But convincing the corporation’s hotshots that Miles is the only man ...