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Movie review
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Aladin Sane
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I entered a bid for an alpine on ebay just before the wife and I walked into the theater to see it. When we came out I had won the auction. The movie was that good.
Warren
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Yes it was a good movie. They could have scrubbed the signage better Laundromat NOT LAVANDERIA . The big jets taking off in the background with The Deuce's DC 3 in the foreground and many others even the late Schwinn Sting Ray like a 78 the kid is riding. A true spoke and gear head would have a 64 Sting Ray with a flat banana seat by Pearsons with a flat sissy bar and a wide butterfly handle bar. Someone said there was a Tiger crash in there going to wait till its on video but certainly worth my 5 dollar rainy day matinee time 
sunalp
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I agree ! The movie was really about Shelby and Miles and just shows the arrogance of the Ford corporation. Glad that Miles
was given more of the credit that has been overdue for some time. It is a good movie and I enjoyed seeing it. I'll watch
it again when it comes to the small screen.
alpine_64
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Joel my comments were tongue in cheek... Its nice Miles is getting such recognition. I started to learn about him from his early alpine F prod history before the Tiger involvement was on my radar. His exploits before shelby american were interesting... As were his efforts before being stateside. Good that Ken finally gets some recognition, most of the shleby story focuses on the guys who lived on.
spmdr
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I hit the IMAX, ... and the IMAX hit my ears!
Fortunately, I had planed for the attack and brought EAR PLUGS!!!
I don't know WHY the general public stands for such unbelievably loud sound.
A Great movie, even if it plays loose with the History and details.
Damon pulled off the Shelby part better than I expected.
Fortunately, I had planed for the attack and brought EAR PLUGS!!!
I don't know WHY the general public stands for such unbelievably loud sound.
A Great movie, even if it plays loose with the History and details.
Damon pulled off the Shelby part better than I expected.
Shelby built a Falcon Sprint. They raced it at Laguna ,also from a post I've seen that it had IRS. I also owened a V8 powered 4speed car bought right off the showroom floor and had a friend that went to the flats with a Sprint and ran 155 mph.
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Your right about him getting recognition for his acheviments, he eventually won in 67 and was inducted into the MSHOF not sure if that was after Riverside, he also built a 260 powered Alpine ,which I'm sure you know , which I suppose started it all, Shelby also raced a Tiger at Laguna Maybe Lew Spencer nothing like the Doane Spencer deal.
alpine_64
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Joel,
Shelby was paid to run the first BP tiger, Lew Spencer raced it and so did Ken Miles at least once. The car had several big hits and was sold to sports car forum who raced it at the Bahamas speed week. It was further damaged and was rebodied with a fresh tiger shell from rootes.
Garrard then swicthed support to the HSC operation.
Ken also raced his own BP #50 Tiger .. His scca race number. His Series II and 3 FP Alpines also carried his #50.
#50 Series II:
#50 Series 3:
#50 tiger:
Ken in the shelby BP Tiger:
Warren
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Very nice I still have a 64 Falcon convertible and just sold my 65 Ranchero. I also owned a 65 hardtop with a 289 2v got 25mpg at 70 all day long. Obviously a 64 down to the gas cap in the picture above doubt it still had the 260. The point was the BS Hollywood would have us believe. They tried to rub in their point of boring cars and what better than the early Falcon four door what is that model doing on the line? As it is the round Falcon Sprint and 2 doors have done better in sales then the bigger 64 and 65 design, possibly as its more trim like the Mustang. Then then Enzo starts bargaining with Fiat can I spell cinquecento? now what a cute but boring econo box, apparently ok as they also made some neat DOHC roadsters and they'd pay more now that is believable. Obviously I like the square bodied Falcons better just wish they were not so boat like in handling. A shame that the IRS and other mods did not make it to production.
I saw the movie last night and really enjoyed it. I was curious about the accuracy of the film and did what always drives my wife crazy and researched the truth vs. Hollywood fiction. From what I could tell, they actually did a pretty good job of staying close to the truth, at least by Hollywood standards. Here is one of the articles I found: https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/ford-v-ferrari-fact-vs-fiction-le-mans-ken-miles.html. But, don't read it if you haven't seen the movie yet and want to keep some facts unknown.
RootesRooter
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Great, great movie, but I agree about the sound being too LOUD, at least in my theater. It's fine for the racing sequences, but it made Miles' Brit accent unintelligible at times.
And according to Car & Driver.com - no CGI was used! That deserves kudos by itself.
And according to Car & Driver.com - no CGI was used! That deserves kudos by itself.
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Apparently, they also used real vintage race cars, which is pretty impressive, too!
Just curious: I found lots of comparisons between this and Rush when I was researching it online. From my perspective, this was hands down the better film, although others online certainly felt otherwise. Did anyone here feel like Rush was the better film?
Just curious: I found lots of comparisons between this and Rush when I was researching it online. From my perspective, this was hands down the better film, although others online certainly felt otherwise. Did anyone here feel like Rush was the better film?