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starring: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, Toshirô Mifune, Brian Bedforddirected by: John Frankenheimer
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304366080
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 6304366086
Label: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Manufacturer: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Release Date: March 04, 1997
Running Time: 179 minutes
Sales Rank: 9936
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Theatrical Release Date: December 21, 1966
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
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. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Grand Prix
Great movie. Amazon was very prompt in sending the product to my home. I ordered a used copy and recieved a new one. No extra charge.
Rating: - Whats not to like
If your local movie rental place doesnt carry this movie you have to buy it like I did. If you like Formula 1 then this movie is for you.
Rating:  - A CULT CLASSIC OF SORTS FROM THE 60s
GRAND PRIX was one of director John Frankenheimer's big-budget spectacles, filmed by MGM in Cinerama, its super-wide screen nicely restored for this DVD. Brilliant split screen effects and camera movements and the rare appearance of Antonio Sabato, plus actual racing footage using well known racers including Damien Hill, make this an unforgettable experience. The melodramatic plot is a bit slack, but the overall effect is sensational.
Rating: - The Best...race movie
This is the best race movie ever made. Period. And I doubt one like it can ever be made again because this was done in the real world and, now, everyone (directors etc) will want to do one using computer graphics and it will not have the same feel of realism.["Driven" with Stallone would be a good example of this] Also, I doubt, due to safety concerns/insurance etc, that one can be made this way again.
The "How the Movie was Made" is worth a huge chunk of the selling price.
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Rating: - Grand Prix (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Terrific product. Great photography, good strong characters, interesting storyline. This should be in many more collections of people's favorite movies.
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