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Feb 28, 2021 · Reading. Steve McQueen’s Le Mans: A Golden Birthday for a Golden Film. Share Tweet. Matt Stone. Car News SCD. February 28, 2021 14. Steve McQueen’s Le Mans: A Golden Birthday...
Before Ford v Ferrari, there was Steve McQueen's great obsession. Before Shelby’s Ford GT40 took on Enzo Ferrari in Ford v Ferrari, there was Le Mans, starring Steve McQueen. To movie fans, the 1971 film is a certified cult classic that is as dark and brooding as its star.
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Fifty years ago, Steve McQueen began shooting his movie epic Le Mans—the most famous film sequence featuring a 911. Today, the new Porsche 911 Targa 4S Heritage Design Edition would likely be perfectly cast for the role.
No words: McQueen relies on the power of images when it comes to the film character Michael Delaney. The first half hour of the film gets by without dialogue, as Delaney arrives in Le Mans in his Porsche 911 S. The car is the star of this legendary intro. At the 2020 photo shoot in the style of the McQueen years, the new Porsche 911 Targa 4S Herita...
Original props: in Le Mans, the German Johann Ritter is one of McQueen’s rivals. Ritter’s helmet from the shoot fifty years ago is now to be found on the cherry metallic paintwork of the new Targa 4S. While a first-generation 911 enlivens the scene in the background, the latest 911 interpretation presents its tail end, featuring a continuous strip ...
Authentic fiction: Le Mansis made particularly fascinating by its numerous film shots from the real twenty-four-hour race of 1970, which are seamlessly interwoven with the storyline. The race car from McQueen’s film company, Solar Productions—a Porsche 908/02 Spyder—drove along as a camera car and exposed kilometers of footage of real racing scenes...
Final: the race is over. A short look back at the guest star in the studio—a first-generation Porsche 911 Coupé. The garage door then opens and releases the new 911 Targa 4S Heritage Design Edition onto the asphalt of the road, where it will write its own story.
With Le Mans, Steve McQueen realized his very own idea of a film about race-car drivers: actions, gestures, and looks count for more than words. In the very last scene, when rivals Erich Stahler (Siegfried Rauch) and Michael Delaney (Steve McQueen) cross the finish line in the midst of a roaring crowd—neither victorious, yet both full of respect fo...
Text first published in the Porsche magazine Christophorus, No. 395. By Edwin Baaske Photos by Steffen Jahn, with props from the collection of Frank Wrobel
Jul 17, 2021 · TGR Staff - 07/17/2021. Few cars are as iconic as the Gulf Racing livery Porsche 917 K that stared in Steve McQueen's 1971 film, Le Mans. Before being propelled to stardom on the silver screen the car was driven by David Hobbs and Mike Hailwood in the 1970 Le Mans 24 Hours and would go on after filming to race professionally until 1973.
Apr 6, 2017 · While many of his films went on to be box office hits and instant classics, one of his biggest flops was a semi-fictional piece he and director Lee H. Katzin did on 24 Hours of Le Mans. While...
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Apr 27, 2019 · 27 April 2019. Fast on two wheels and four, Steve McQueen knew which cars to own – and had the garage to prove it What’s the most iconic Steve McQueen car? Easy – the Ford Mustang GT390....
Nov 18, 2021 · In honor of the 50th anniversary of Steve McQueen's "Le Mans," here are some behind-the-scenes stories about filming what 24 Hours fans consider a beloved cult classic. The insurance veto In 1969, Steve McQueen attended the 24 Hours to scout initial locations for his movie Le Mans to be filmed the following year.
