Grand Prix - on the telly last night.
Haven't seen this in years. The story line is a bit thin but oh the cinematography and the sound track !
Mid 60s racing cars on full tilt with the first ever footage from cameras mounted on the cars during real races. No filming at low speed and the speeding it up here.
The banked curves at Monza and the old Spa long circuit when it was the deadliest race track in the world. Plus cameos by Graham Hill, Joakim Rindt, Fangio, Jim Clark and Jack Brahman.
Some of the actors really couldn't drive very well at all apparently and Yves Montand scared himself so much in a race car at the beginning of filming that all his later scenes have the car being towed ! On the other hand James Garner was so good that several of teh drivers took him aside and said he was good enough to be a professional racing driver.
I think I might have to buy this on DVD.