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Le Mans (1971)

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Average Rating: 6.4/10
Reviews Counted: 8
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Release Date: Jun 23, 1971 Wide

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Steve McQueen is ideally cast as a champion race car driver, participating in the famed 24-hour race headquartered in Le Mans, France. Though dedicated to Going for the Gold, McQueen finds time to romance widowed Elga Andersen. The dramatic angle to this plot wrinkle is that McQueen may well have been responsible for the death of Andersen's husband during a previous car pile-up. Director John Sturges, who'd previously helmed Steve McQueen's legendary motorcycle chase scenes in The Great Escape,

G, 1 hr. 48 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics

Directed By: Lee H. Katzin

Written By: Harry Kleiner

In Theaters: Jun 23, 1971 Wide

On DVD: Apr 29, 2003

Cast

Steve McQueen
Michael Delaney
Siegfried Rauch
Erich Stahler
Elga Andersen
Lisa Belgetti
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
David Townsend
Alfred Bell
Tommy Hopkins
Jean-Claude Bercq
Paul Jacques Dion
Gino Cassani
Loretto Fuselli
Carlo Cecchi
Paolo Scandenza
Louise Edlind
Anna Ritter
Fred Haltiner
Johann Ritter
Angelo Infanti
Lugo Abratte
Luc Merenda
Claude Aurac
Richard Rudiger
Bruno Frohm
Michele Scalera
Vito Scalise
Christopher Waite
Larry Wilson
Jonathan Williams
Jonathan Burton

Critic Reviews for Le Mans

All Critics (12) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (4) | DVD (11)

spectatorship as personal gratification.

June 14, 2011 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

Le Mans needs to be rediscovered so that it can be hopefully embraced as one of star Steve McQueen's finest hours.

May 28, 2011 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Simon Abrams

Slant Magazine

...certainly an unusual movie, short on story but long on the pure action of racing. (Blu-ray edition)

May 16, 2011 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

...one of the best pure racing movies ever made. But if you don't like automobile racing, you might not find much to enjoy.

May 16, 2011 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

It's better perhaps to view it as a visual poem about cars in motion.

March 1, 2009 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

Who needs a story when all you care about is the racing!

October 10, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Wow how long as it taking me to watch this movie,hmm to long.For anyone who loves motorsports will enjoy this classic mockumantary about the worlds most famous race.Yes its dated but is a throw back to the days when racing was suicide with on limts.I've been to le mans a few times now and yes the race circuit as been

June 10, 2009

Brian De Guelle

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Steve McQueen racing vanity project. If you like racing, you will be good to go. If you want a movie, you're in trouble! There is pretty much no story, just racing. The action is done very well, and is to be commended. McQueen's usual sleep walking performance does nothing for the film.

June 5, 2011