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Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans is a 2015 documentary film detailing the actor's quest to make the 1971 film Le Mans, complete with interviews from his then-wife Neile Adams McQueen, co-stars Louise Edlind and Siegfried Rauch, and McQueen's son Chad McQueen. It also includes recordings from John Sturges and Steve McQueen. [14]
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans. Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans is a 2015 documentary directed by John McKenna and Gabriel Clarke. It premiered at the 68th Cannes Film Festival and was one of two British films to be an official selection for the Cannes Film Festival in 2015. [1]
Dec 29, 2022 · The Real Story Of Steve McQueen's Porsche 917 In 'Le Mans'. McQueen executed a stellar job of capturing the essence of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the Hollywood flick of the same name, but his four-wheeled co-star in the movie – a 1970 Porsche 917K, is as much an icon as the Hollywood A-Lister. When the same car, with chassis 026, got ...
Jun 17, 2017 · For McQueen, a serious amateur racer who had finished second (sharing a Porsche 908 with Peter Revson) in the 1970 Sebring 12 Hours, making 'Le Mans' was a self-confessed seminal moment in his ...
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Le Mans: Directed by Lee H. Katzin, John Sturges. With Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Elga Andersen, Ronald Leigh-Hunt. Two car racing champions, an American and a German, face off on the world's hardest endurance course: Le Mans in France.
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- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Lee H. Katzin, John Sturges
- 1971-06-23
Nov 18, 2021 · In 1969, Steve McQueen attended the 24 Hours to scout initial locations for his movie Le Mans to be filmed the following year. After finishing third at the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring, he intended to take the start in the 24 Hours three months later, but his insurers forbade him to do so. However, he did hit the track while shooting the film.
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Jul 21, 2018 · On 12 July, production of the movie about Ferrari and Ford's duel at the 24 Hours in the mid-to-late 1960s made a stop in Le Mans. In anticipation of the film, here is a two-part look back at 24 stories about Steve McQueen's 1970 "Le Mans," now considered a classic, with this first installment centered around filming on the track.
