Grand Prix (Special Edition) (DVD)

...F1, I wasn't sure about Grand Prix until I saw it.
This has to be the BEST racing movie EVER!
This film is packed with racing from start to finish - Monte Carlo (looked a bit different then!), Spa, Brands Hatch, Monza (including racing on the old banked circuit!) - it was made in conjunction with the 1966 F1 season, and includes genuine racing footage from races that year, as well as appearances by drivers such as Graham Hill & Jochen ...
...the more astounding how fantastic Grand Prix the movie is - at several points where there is in-car footage you find yourself leaning with the car in to corners - something that I can't say I've done before watching a DVD on the small screen. The accompanying documentary makes it all the more apparent what work had to go in to create the real effects - involving cameras mounted in complex ways to real racing cars being driven by real racing drivers ... more

Being a fan of modern era F1, I wasn't sure about Grand Prix until I saw it.
This has to be the BEST racing movie EVER!
This film is packed with racing from start to finish - Monte Carlo (looked a bit different then!), Spa, Brands Hatch, Monza (including racing on the old banked circuit!) - it was made in conjunction with the 1966 F1 season, and includes genuine racing footage from races that year, as well as appearances by drivers such as Graham Hill & Jochen Rindt.
How tame and safe modern F1 feels after watching this!
Made before the era of computer special effects, it makes it all the more astounding how fantastic Grand Prix the movie is - at several points where there is in-car footage you find yourself leaning with the car in to corners - something that I can't say I've done before watching a DVD on the small screen. The accompanying documentary makes it all the more apparent what work had to go in to create the real effects - involving cameras mounted in complex ways to real racing cars being driven by real racing drivers (commonplace today, but very difficult to do then).
The strong cast of actors are also filmed genuinely driving the racing cars (having undergone several months race driving training before beginning the film).
Some artistic licence was used in terms of the number of accidents portrayed as happening that year - however each accident shown was authentic in that they all happened at some point in pre-mid 60s F1.
We are also treated to a rare glimpse inside the (real) Ferrari factory of the 1960s!
There's so much racing in this film, and so much going on - any motorsport fan would absolutely love this - even those like me who only know modern F1 in real life.  

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