Le Mans- Steve McQueen

[wreckageyears]

awesome

[TheDrakon]

@wildbillscobra3 he's dead you idiot

[chillaxer1993]

saw this car today.,..all i can say is i jizzed in mah pants

[mptrindade]

Cool

[chilliwhiggerE]

Steve and my uncle were friends 8-D

[Crisgo3d]

I just love the editing in this. I like how its quiet. Its like a great start to our story. Its the one time its going to be quiet

[fanofdiesel]

You hear the heartbeat? Mine was doing the exact same thing when I saw this movie for the first time.

[snipski0894]

@bikeracerguy 917 > Ferrari

[MrGeeMan1980]

Pulse Pounding!

[TechThem22]

f1 is pathetic. with the aerodynamics they have now, there is nobody overtaking. there are no turbocharged monsters like the mp4/4 that senna drove. the paddle shifters are a crutch, f1 isn't supposed to be about efficiency, that's what endurance racing is for. f1 is supposed to be the most skilled drivers going flat out in the best cars. I can understand audi's dct in the r15/r18, it's cause they want max efficiency.

[WASPTexas]

@TechThem22

Did you see the Montreal GP 2011? No overtaking, sure. Jenson Button overtook the whole field from 21'st to winning the race in the last lap. There's still racing and overtaking there.

[deanej10]

@TechThem22 The 4/4 wasn't a mosnter at all compared to the BT53 etc

[maidmoira]

i had his poster on my wall,along with clint,smokin a cigerolla in a poncho,gotta love the guys

[adakar83]

@jonnymv94

before that they where running to the cars from the other side of race track.

Anyway, that narrow starting start/finish .......... with all that crowd ... epic.

Its like the whole world is watching.

And the moment of start without any sound ... i think that today for example in F1 they feel the same at the start ... the moment on the grid before the lights go on and then off ... its like forever

[murlhaggard]

abso-goddamn-lutely awesome

[gorrilla1234]

@jonnymv94 yeah man i just watched it

gulf porsche team vs ferrari (cant remmeber their team name)

my commenct in embarrassing.

[gorrilla1234]

gt40 in its prime

[gakkerout]

@gorrilla1234 GT40 was runaway spending at Ford, and it created a good car. Ford was pissed that it couldn't buy Ferrari for 15 million, so it spent 100 million to beat them. When Ferrari and Porsche countered with runaway spending they massacred the GT40. Ford opened up the Pandora's Box of money in the auto racing world.

[gorrilla1234]

@gakkerout oh thats sick. love the rivalry...its dead now though aye

[SpeedingStudent]

@gorrilla1234 Because Ferrari lost their balls long ago.

Audi is the new king of the roost at LeMans.

[Pinin500]

@SpeedingStudent ; HAHAHAHA YOU VILE TURD AN AUDI IS KING!! SHOWS YOUR IGNORANCE

AND LACK OF KNOWLEDGE, IN EUROPE AN AUDI IS A BUSINESSMANS CAR, A FERRARI IS THE

CHOICE OF PRINCES/ FILM STARS/ ROCK MUSICIANS ITS A DREAM CAR...if you didn't know this

then you truly deserve that pile of Japanese shit you pilot..hahahaha LOOK AT THAT JAP TURD ON YOUR DRIVEWAY, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH SOPPY TART.

[Pinin500]

@SpeedingStudent ; OBAMA IS THE BEST PRESIDENT YOU YANKS HAVE EVER HAD...

[SpeedingStudent]

@gakkerout Henry Ford the II was pissed because Ferrari changed his mind at the last second, so out of spite, Henry Ford II was rumored to have said to Carrol Chelby: "I don't care what it takes, I don't care how much it costs, beat that wop Ferrari at LeMans."

And they did just that, four years straight, making their point.

Also, how did Ferrari "masacre" the GT40? The Mk I was a failure, yes, but after they put the 427 in it, it was all over for Ferrari. Ford burried them.

[SpeedingStudent]

@gakkerout Porsche's 917 started winning outright at LeMans AFTER the MK 4 GT40 won in '69. Porsche didn't win outright until '70, at which point Ford retired the project and only privateers campaigned the cars, which were at that point long obsolete.

Ferrari hasn't won LeMans since 1965, when they crushed the Mk I GT40s which had aerodynamic stability problems, amoung other issues. Ferrari hasn't won since Ford spanked their asses way back then. lol

Ferrai now focuses on F1...boring.

[gakkerout]

@SpeedingStudent Holy shit, you really stuck a nerve with Pinin500. Anyways. Yes, Ferrari didn't fair as well as Porsche's 917 did. Heck, the 917 still proved competitive in the hands of privateers in the 80's. Ford couldn't keep up with the stricter engine rules like Porsche did. Turbos were things of fairy tales to Ford at the time. I like Ford, look at my Eleanor on my profile, but they can't match Porsche. Also, Ferrari focusing on F1 isn't quite as boring as Ford focusing on NASCAR.

[SpeedingStudent]

@gakkerout Yeah, he's angry Muslims are taking over Europe. lol

NASCAR is a joke, and is not real automotive racing. Now LeMans, that is real racing.

F1 has, in my opinion, always been boring...well, at least since the 70s, now there is no more innovation (fan cars for downforce, turbines, etc.). Now the cars are all homogenized, and the FIA bends the rulebooks to Ferrari's will...so the deck is stacked against even McLaren-Mercedes.

But yes, Porsche is the stuff of legends, 917 esp.

[slot962]

@Pinin500 Were retarded ? How ? I don't go around saying how retarded Britts are. I like British cars and seems like a nice place. Show some class.

[bmehilos]

@Pinin500 We might be losers, failed untrustworthy redneck warmongerers, but at least we are polite.

[Pinin500]

@bmehilos ; I was refering to MR Tit @Speeding Student, not generalising..

[vexviper]

I just bought it from amazon.... I'm goiing to enjoy it!!! Once again....

[undapar1]

I always thought, the start of the 24 hours of Lemans was with the drivers sprinting across the track to get in their cars and going. Am I confusing races?

[beckkkelsmostwanted]

@undapar1, no it's the same race, but in 1970 they ended the standing start for safety reasons.

[MPZRACEVIDEO]

Wow, my heart beats too...

[TheLastSaneManLeft]

Damn, that was cool...

[TDDWEST]

SWEET,..  Real Race Cars don't need a freaking pace car to start a race!!!!

[gurlsingerfan]

Easily the best racing movie made. I showed it to a girlfriend once and she said "there's no plot, just racing...", to which I said 'EXACTLY!" :-)

[rustyATV]

Lol! I used to re-live this moment each time I started a hare scramble.

[xrron]

nice. i was thinking the same thing except with motorcycle enduro which i do once in a while.

[redknightricky]

Funny how this movie is advertised in Porsche enthusiast stores like Performance/Automotion. There'll never be another movie as simple and classic as this one, and there will never be another movie that will be filmed in the actual Le Sarthe racetrack.

[komine866]

what a classic scene... gotta be the best racing movie ever made

[pratikparija]

Did u use Movie Maker?

[Quadrant14]

When you read who he had doing the driving sequences it was the who is who of Enduro racing, the greats, ahead of its tiem, lke GrandPrix {Garner could drive too!} Brabham {jack{ drove the camera car, all the great F-1 drivers were involved. This is a classic

[harrogateweddingcars]

signed (Ray Bellm) C2 World Endurance Ch'p 1985 Poster: E-bay no: 180404038854

[Jamirofan89]

how the hell i did not know this exist? this should be educated in schools.best racing movie ever. (sorry for my english)

[Lurister]

this is movie no more no less...movies today define themselves about the number of people witch whatch them at the first weekend.

this mcqeen movie was a flop and today its culture

[hipersonic]

At 2:05, the balaclava isn't covering the nose, but moments before was and after, it is...

[Sokra01]

Gulf Porsche never won the LeMans24 but its one of the greatest race-movies ever..... love it. Despite the fact that an american beats a german. (What haves an Ami to do in an european race ?";)

[adp023]

this movie is soooo underrated!!! i watch it every year. the filmmaking is beautiful. I think it got trashed and was a failure during it's release because people didn't realize that it's actually an art film. the movie destroyed mcqueen financially as well as his marriage. this movie star literally suffered for his art!!! LOL

[productionmonkey]

Not seen that clip since i was 13 - fantastic!

[oviwolf]

GREAT movie! Very exciting.....Steve McQueen did a fantastic job at driving the 917!

[heinedenstore]

@oviwolf well he didnt drive the 917 in the race but a porsche 908... :) but he was in the 1970 le mans which the film "covers"

[chrismodiano]

i poo'd my pants.

[DrLisa7]

Fabulous.

[Haagr4152]

There are other racing movies Grand Prix with james garner winning with paul newman However, this movie has the greatest scenes in racing history. The last 10 minutes still keep me on the edge of my seat. The cameras mounted on the lower fender and rear of the cars was quite brilliant indeed.

[CitroenC4WRC]

Racing's important to men who do it well. When you're racing is...it's life...anything that happens before or after is just waiting!

[ntphong999]

Legend.

[josatinho]

I HAVENT SEEN IT...

[F0ckUtoob]

two must haves...to get you started and then..

"LeMans" / Steve McQueen

"Gran Prix" / James Garner Eva Marie (I love you) Directed by John Frankenheimer

Serve with "The Gumball Rally"

Chase it down with any "Cannonball Run"

"Smokey and the Bandit"

for dessert may I suggest "Ronin" and killer Lotus action on PCH "Basic Instinct" F1 on city streets Sly Stone in "Driven"

[zaction]

Nor I. I want to :(

[mdz21]

Amazing movie, every single car/steve mcqueen fan will love this. Even today it looks SO well done, probably my fav movie. Just perfect!

[homeboy77]

Absolutely Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have This movie on tape and have watched it over and over again and I'm still amazed at the astute detail. Beside the atunning visual Effects....the sound track is a pure delight. If you have never heard a normally aspirated Ferrari or a turbo Porshe....in race trim....then you are in for a Real Treat!

[Metisse66]

This is the film that bankrupted McQueen.

No real story line apart from the death of a competitor the previous year - pure McQueen!

Steve also thinking about making a film about motorcycle racing, he wrote a script ideas for an epic movie called "Yucatan."

[realjankee]

Best race sceen ever - there is no need für technical tricks. Just enjoy the silence which seems to last forever, look in the drivers eyes and you can feel they can't expect to go out on the track. No movie ever captured this emotions so brilliantly on film.

[angoramehl]

Steve McQueen hätte nur zu gerne selbst das Rennen im Porsche 917 mitgefahren, was nicht möglich war denn seine Versicherung liess dies nicht zu. Im 1968 erschienenen Bullitt saß McQueen bei einer zehnminütigen, legendären Verfolgungsjagd persönlich am Steuer eines Ford Mustang Fastback in den Straßen von San Francisco.

Als er sich für das Design seines Rennanzuges entscheiden musste, sagte er lediglich:Ich will so aussehen wie Jo Siffert.

[purplesalad]

where can i get that movie it looks great!

[peter455sd]

-Perfect!

[mercoid]

This is the only movie I know of in which one, who is not a race fan, has to redefine what a movie is supposed to be, in order to truly appreciate it. Sadly most folks are too ridged in their thinking to do this. If you are a race fan then this is not necessary. You just accept it and LOVE it! McQueen did something very special here that I seriously doubt we'll ever see the likes of again.

[hammy12g295]

one of the best openings ever "I live my life one race to the next everything else is just waiting" steve mqueen le mans

[Gromit801]

The correct quote is: "Lotta people go through life doing things badly. Racing's important to men who do it well. When you're racing, it's life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting. "

[hammy12g295]

thank you it has been a long time sins I have seen it and i got it wrong

[clipsercr]

that is a awesome quote. this is the movie le mans right? I want to make sure i have the tittle right so i know what movie im lookin for

[cmferreira]

Great movie!!

[mosdigi]

amazing !

[timppis]

Great movie! Captures the true essence of motorsport.

[OverlandMexico]

Most amazing opening ever!!!!