Le Mans
Ripper........: VH-PROD Length.......: 108 mins
Source........: DVD Aspect Ratio.: 2.35:1
Type..........: XviD Resolution...: 576x256
Disks.........: 1CD,50x15MB
Video Bitrate: 912 kb/s
Release Date..: 5-02-03 Audio Bitrate: 136kb/sec VR MP3
Theater Date..: 6-23-71 Framerate....: 23.976FPS
DVD Release...: 4-29-03 IMDB Rating..: 6.2/10 (408 votes)
Genre........: Action
IMDB Link: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0067334
Plot: Almost in breadth and depth of a documentary, this movie depicts
an auto race during the 70s on the world's hardest endurance
course: Le Mans in France. The race goes over 24 hours on 14.5
kilometers of cordoned country road. Every few hours the two
drivers per car alternate - but it's still a challenge for
concentration and material. In the focus is the duel between the
German Stahler in Ferrari 512LM and the American Delaney in Gulf
Team Porsche 917. Delaney is under extraordinary pressure,
because the year before he caused a severe accident, in which his
friend Lisa's husband was killed.
Cast: Steve McQueen ......... Michael Delaney
Siegfried Rauch ....... Erich Stahler
Elga Andersen ......... Lisa Belgetti
Ronald Leigh-Hunt ..... David Townsend
Fred Haltiner ......... Johann Ritter
Luc Merenda ........... Claude Aurac
Christopher Waite ..... Larry Wilson
Louise Edlind ......... Mrs. Anna Ritter
Angelo Infanti ........ Lugo Abratte
Jean-Claude Bercq ..... Paul-Jacques Dion
Michele Scalera ....... Vito Scaliso
[ R E L E A S E N O T E S ]
The movie was filmed in 35 & 75 mm formats. As a result, the first
11 min. of the movie (on the DVD) are letterboxed & centered on the
screen.
As both formats were shot at the same aspect ratio, we decided to
resize the 11 minutes so that no cropping would show.
The end result is unnoticeable, as we would like it to be, but it
still deserves mention.
Steve McQueen takes you for a drive in the country.
The country is France. The drive is at 200 MPH!