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Grand Prix (1966)

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Average Rating: 6.9/10
Reviews Counted: 6
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Release Date: Dec 21, 1966 Wide

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There's a few million dollars' worth of star power and a nickel's worth of plot in the lavish race-car melodrama Grand Prix. Among the participants in this annual cross-continent competition are characters played by James Garner, Yves Montand, Brian Bedford, and Antonio Sabato. Interested parties include Toshiro Mifune (his voice dubbed by Paul Frees), Adolfo Celi, and Claude Dauphin, while the women who agonize on the sidelines include Eva Marie Saint, Jessica Walter, and Fran�oise Hardy. The

Unrated, 2 hr. 55 min.

Drama, Classics

Directed By: John Frankenheimer

Written By: Robert Alan Aurthur, William Hanley

In Theaters: Dec 21, 1966 Wide

On DVD: Jul 11, 2006

MGM Home Entertainment

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Cast

James Garner
Pete Aron
Eva Marie Saint
Louise Frederickson
Yves Montand
Jean-Pierre Sarti
Toshiro Mifune
Izo Yamura
Brian Bedford
Scott Stoddard
Jessica Walter
Pat
Antonio Sabato
Nino Barlini
Francoise Hardy
Lisa
Adolfo Celi
Agostini Manetta
Claude Dauphin
Hugo Simon
Enzo Fiermonte
Guido
Genevi�ve Page
Monique Delvaux Sarti
Jack Watson
Jeff Jordan
Donal O'Brien
Wallace Bennett
Jean Michaud
Children's father
Albert Remy
Surgeon at Monte Carlo
Rachel Kempson
Mrs. Stoddard
Ralph Michael
Mr. Stoddard
Alan Fordney
Sportcaster
Anthony Marsh
Sportcaster
Phil Hill
Tim Randolph
Graham Hill
Bob Turner
John Bryson
Photographer David
Evans Evans
Mrs. Tim Randolph
Arthur Howard
Claude
Bruce McLaren
Douglas McClendon
Jack Brabham
Jim Russell
Joakim Bonnier
Richie Ginther
John Hogarth

Critic Reviews for Grand Prix

All Critics (11) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (1) | DVD (12)

this idea that while anything's possible through technology, the debt of that ambition is paid out in blood.

June 14, 2011 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

Yes, the driving scenes dazzle, but Frankenheimer also embeds his 1966 Cinerama epic with some interesting commentary about risk-taking professions in general and the Formula One driver in particular. [Blu-ray]

May 30, 2011 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews

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Peter Canavese

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Ah, the joys of movies on disc, to be able to watch the film again by clicking only on the racing sequences. They are more than worth the price of the BD. (Blu-ray Edition)

September 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

Despite its melodramatic glimpses into the drivers' private lives, the racing sequences more than make up for the deficiencies.

July 2, 2006 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

The story alone is enough to almost make you become interested in auto racing.

June 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

Four decades later, John Frankenheimer's Grand Prix remains the best film ever made about professional auto racing.

October 5, 2005 Full Review Source: FulvueDrive-in.com

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Chuck O'Leary

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As the showpiece film for Formula One, Grand Prix is a cult favorite in the racing community. The racing sequences are tremendously exciting, shot from inside, in the air, along the track, in a chase car, pretty much everywhere that a camera can go. The fact that most of it was shot at high speed in real life, much of

March 16, 2009