I absolutely loved this movie, the scene where Carol Shelby takes the grandson of Henry Ford for a rip in the new Ford GT, and he breaks into tears 😅 so awesome
That never happened. The scene where Lee Iacocca went to Shelby and introduced himself, also never happened. I enjoyed the movie. But, they took more than a few liberties with timelines and circumstances. It's best to read a couple of the books about the Shelby involvement with the Ford LeMans program. It's a genuinely amazing story that is far better than the best parts of the movie.
@@ravenszn2 I don't expect a documentary. But, you might feel differently if it was your father who was portrayed as a crying wimp. Or an anti social ayehole. All for dramatic effect. Not really very cool.
If they showed the movie exactly true to life believe me yould be rooting for Ferrari. Hank the deuce was one of the biggest assholes ever to walk the face of the earth
Nah, the saddest thing is, the fixed finish robbed Ken Miles of the recognition of being the ONLY driver to ever win Daytona, Sebring, and LeMans all on the same year; managing all three top endurance races was an incredible feat of luck, physical skill, and mental determination. It's such a difficult thing to achieve, that it still has not been accomplished over half a century later. It seems only real race fans know of this incredible accomplishment, and the man who did it.
I could write on and on about Le Mans but... I was at the race in 1964 and 1966. In 1966 we had pit passes before the race. I was able to talk to Ken Miles. He was very much a gentleman and extremely kind and polite to this 15 year old snot nosed American kid. I count myself as very fortunate to have met him.
Can only assume you had a close family member or family friend who had the credentials to get pit passes? How did it come to be that you were there. I'm not pressing because I doubt you- rather I'm curious to know how this came to be.. thnaks
@@rogerbussiii My father was transferred to France by Goodyear in 1962. Chemical Division not the Tire Division so the pit passes were through Goodyear. My dad and I attended in 1964 and 1966. Slept in the car and the whole bit. Great memories 😊
Great review like always this is one of my most favorite movies…but it wasn’t break failure that caused the death of miles… It had to do with the transmission locking up… A few weeks or months after Ken’s death one of the engineers Took the car out on the test track same time a day same weather and once again the car locked up the only reason why the engineer lived because he knew something was wrong due to ken’s death so on the same turn it happened again he was still hurt I believe but did not die like Ken
Lee Iacocca not Lacocca.. He was literally the most influential man in automotive history... If you at least watched this movie, you'd know how to pronounce his name. Nothing like a movie review from someone who never watched the movie... So informed, and well researched
@@jtgd I mean... Hearing "Lacocca" instead of Iacocca made me instantly question the credibility of the rest of the video too lol. It's like talking about physics and calling him Albert Einsteen lol.
Most likely a text-to-speech thing. These lazy RUclipsrs can't even present their own material these days. When you get such a blatantly incorrect pronunciation....the kind that no human should ever make... It's usually text-to-speech. Or because the guy's a complete moron. Either way.
Or he mistook the I for an L as he was reading the script. Which, in that case, did the guy even watch the movie? Does he even know who Iacocca is? Does he realize how important he is to the American car industry?
They didn’t portray 1965 as the first ford Le Mans 10:35 they follow ken as he is dismissed from driving as mentioned in the video they acknowledge the 1964 defeat
Miles ran a GT40X in 1965 at LeMans in a Ford not Chevrolet. Ford had four weeks until the race, they decided to prepare two of the cars with the 427 engine called the GT40X to supplement the team with the GTs running the existing 289 engines that were already racing in all over Europe. During the practice laps, the 427 set the lap record at 3:33, almost five seconds faster than the Ferraris. Ken Miles and Bruce McLaren teamed up to drive the number 1 black and white GT40X. The car is very noticeable with a long nose and fins on the rear clamshell. While the Ford had set the lap record, the race was an unmitigated disaster. Gearboxes were not strong enough in the big block cars.
I hate to say it, but Steve Seigh mispronounced several words, including key names, in this video and I think this could have benefited from a little more research or rehearsal. Steve Seigh just didn't sound comfortable narrating this video.
It's either a computer voice, or someone with no knowledge of auto racing. Many youtube videos have poor audio, due to venturing into subjects they know little about. Lots of other errors in this video. But it's entertaining, anyway.
Great movie but honestly you're proofreaders have a lot of work to do there's so many inconsistencies and errors in this video it's sad that it came from a company with the production value you normally put out
People should watch the Chris Amon interview on RUclips- one of the three KIwi drivers in the top two cars and a gentleman who was known for his integrity as well as his outstanding driving skills. His take on events is quite different from this piece of fiction.
I watched an hour-long interview with Carroll Shelby before he passed. He expressed the total frustration he felt dealing with Ford executives and engineers. Petty jealousy was Shelby's constant challenge. It's a miracle he achieved what he did.
Hi, I said this years ago that they should have a Statue of Shelby in Front of Ford HQ because he has gotten them Paid for Years! Thanks-Smith' Hot Wheels guy' Die cast Bham Al.
Shelby also never gave credit to Holman Moody and Kar-Kraft, the two companies that actually built the cars and, in Holman Moody's case, made the chassis modifications to fit the 427. Shelby gets way too much individual credit for, what was really, a team effort.
@@buckhorncortez except they said it in the film that who made the car fast and reliable was shelby and his team but who built the form was lotus and who put the engine in and found a way to do it was someone else. they didnt give credit to shelby at all for that
As a car guy, you really hurt met with some of those pronunciations. Like Lacocca instead of Iacocca, or M-K instead of 'mark'. There were a few. I do love this movie though
In reality; Riverside Raceway (Moreno Valley, Ca) is where most of the GT story with Shelby happened. That is also where the final crash happened. It is now a Mall ☹️.
"Go Like Hell" is a phrase very much tied to Carroll Shelby. When he worked with Chrysler in the 1980s, he made the Shelby Omni GLH and GLHS. Obviously "Goes Like Hell" and less-obviously, "Goes Like Hell Some-more".
Leo Beebe's last name is pronounced "Bee-bee," not "Baby" - and in real life he was already head of Ford's racing division before the point in the film where Shelby was told he was.
I have faith in James Mangold with the new INDIANA JONES But I know that Disney will find a way to ruin everything again Just like they did with STAR WARS
This is why I don't like movies based on real events anymore. This whole part of history is so much more interesting by itself. Why change it? The truth is more interesting.
As the owner of 1986 Shelby Omni GLHS no.296 (and living in Detroit!), I found this film extremely entertaining and worth the while, regardless of the historical inaccuracies. The characterization of Miles and how he looked, IMHO, is nothing short of amazing!
Hollywood needs to hurry up if they’re going to capitalize on the 25th anniversary of the Mazda 787B winning Le Mans. I’d call it Mazda Vs Mercedes it’s the ultimate lovable underdog story. It’s like Ford versus Ferrari meets The Mighty Ducks. Plus hearing the four rotor engine screaming over a THX sound system would be spine tingling
Unfortunately the whole context surrounding Mazdas win in 1991 (which was 32 years ago) won't make for good entertainment other than the rotary earporn. Mazda won through exploitation of Loopholes, their competitors misfortune, and a bit of sheer luck. "Slow car wins after everyone else broke down"
Very good review and glad I’m not the only one who saw the inaccuracies in the movie. Don’t forget that each car had 2 drivers for LeMans and Chris Amon was adamant till his death that he and Bruce McLaren were a lap up when the slow order came through
He also said that Mclaren did accelerate to the finish line , Bruce was determined to cross the line first . The photos taken at the finish show the No2 car leading . Something they failed to mention was the tyre problem Mclaren and Amon had . Or the fact that after losing 2 laps because of the tyres , they actually led the race by morning . And only lost the lead when they were called into the pits for the technicians to "check " the tyres . As they sat there for more than 2 minutes , Miles took the lead and held it till he was slowed for the "dead heat ". So , if Amon thought they where a lap up , he was mistaken . ( In his biography he makes no mention of being a lap up .)
This movie is not a documentary. Nobody expected that the Ford team would win the 1st year they were racing. By 1966 they had enough experience to do this. Ford was the 2nd largest car building company in the world while Ferrari was such a small company. It is amazing that they could win any contest against against Ford or Porsche.
I hated the film. If there were no racing shots in the film, I probably would have loved it. However, the scenes in the cars didn't seem believable at all. Blah. I went home and sim raced, and reminded myself of how it was supposed to be.
As both RL amateur race driver and appreciator of classic films, I just couldn’t get over the glaring faults of the in-car scenes. Many foot well shots and yet not a single heal-toe. Engine idle revs layered with music while on the Mulsanne… It’s like technology has taken giant leaps since the 60’s, and there’s not 1/100th of the effort in recreating proper racing scenes.
In reality - the Ford GT40 was actually designed by Lola in England. Also, Lorenzo Bandini was not the "hates the opposition" type as depicted in the movie - in fact he was one of the nicest drivers ever. As for Indiana Jones 5 - from what I've read & heard, it won't be worth watching - unless you're a feminist.
Shelby was the story I wanted . I would have rather seen a movie with his life growing up and the success he had with the AC Cobra and the design of the Daytona Coupe and his team that made it possible to win in 24 hours of LeMans . I guess they couldn’t have gotten enough money to finance the movie without Ford Motor Companies help to show the GT40s success . I wanted a movie for the little Guy’s !
Notice how no one agrees It’s not about Shelby its about the man that made the GT everything it is and that probably what Shelby would’ve told you too He deserves this move more than everyone he got cheated out of everything during this they just used him to build a car and made him loose the race
Pretty good! Just minor complaints over mispronunciations & one mis identification. in the film's 1966 24 Hours Of Daytona sequence, Miles is racing, wheel to wheel, against a Walt Hasgen character rather than Dan Gurney. In the opening Willow Grove (Riverside) race, Miles is racing against Gurney... played by Dan's real life son, Alex (a respected pro racer himself). btw - Both Gurney & Hasgen drove Formula One in the time period, and Hasgen was driver Mark Donohue's mentor. Ironically, Hasgen died 4 months before Miles in 1966, during the April tests at LeMans for the Holman & Moody GT-40 team. Pronunciations - Leo Bee Bee, like a BB gun. Lee EYE-A-coke-ah. Driver Chris Aaaa-mon. (Triva - Chris lent his very iconic racing helmet design to James Garner during the filming of "Grand Prix" in 1966 for Pete Aron's character. And, Pete Aron's white w/green stripe "Yamura" car was a Formula Junior copy of Bruce McLaren's actual first year Formula One car. McLaren wound up wearing fellow New Zealander Chris Amon's helmet during several F1 races, where actual race footage supplements the film's staged competitions. It's most obvious during the first lap of the British GP sequence.) The GT-40 is referred to as a GTO in one place. (More trivia. John Wyer, after leaving Ford, formed John Wyer Automotive. His team ran 5 liter (305 cu in) Ford GT-40's in the 1969 LeMans, in the famous blue & orange Gulf Oil livery. They finished 1st and 3rd, making a Ford sandwich out of the 2nd place factory Porsche 908. The race was filmed by Steve McQueen & crews from Solar Productions as a test to prove McQueen's 1970 film "LeMans" was practical. Wyer's operation became the official factory Porsche team in 1970 with Porsche's lightning fast 917K model... which Steve McQueen drove during the staged race filming of "LeMans.") 1964 is when I became a racing enthusiast, which was cemented in '66 by the film "Grand Prix" on the Cinerama screen. "LeMans" only made the addiction worse ;-)
Several facts surrounding the Ferrari-ford negotiations are omitted from this video. 1. Ferrari had already tried to sell to Lancia, Fiat and Alfa Romeo, as changes in the market and regulations made it objectively difficult for small constructors like Ferrari to remain in business. And while all three originally said no, Enzo was trying to make a point with the Italian government, by offering first to the Italian Automotive industry. 2. Ferrari liked Don Frey, and saw in him his lost son. This helped the negotiations. 3. The agreement was to form two companies: a Ford-Ferrari for road cards 90% owned by Ford and Ferrari Vice President, and a Ferrari Racing team 90% owned by Ferrari with 10% Ford. Ferrari had even supposedly started drawing the logos... 4. When Ford came back with the final contracts, the language did not reflect the agreement, particularly article 17 which effectively gave full control to Ford even of the racing team. This is when Ferrari felt got angry, discounted the Americans as not honest and reliable, and just left them in his studio while he went to eat across the street. 5. Ferrari saw the deal as selling a big chunk of the Ferrari brand and patents to Ford, but certainly not selling the racing team, which Ferrari wanted in order to continue to grow the brand, also to the benefit of Ford. Ferrari firmly believed only he could keep the brand up and winning, something he had already proven quite well by 1966, and something he continued to do until his death. He never saw the deal as selling "himself" to Ford, which is what Ford probably wanted. 5. Ford did win Le Man in 1966 with a massive amount of money and effort spent. But the movie obviously does not mention that it was a short victory, as the year after Ferrari returned the "favor" by winning Daytona with a symmetrical 3-Ferrari finish. Unrelated to the movie, but historically relevant to the events: 6. Ferrari managed in any case to survive several more years (while Maserati and other small manufactures sold out or went out of business). 7. Fiat brought money and facilities finally to Ferrari in 1969, clearly with counter balancing tax credits from the Italian government - but it was not until 1988 that Ferrari became a majority owned Fiat company. 8. Ford also tried to buy Alfa Romeo in 1986, but again failed. 9. In 2014 Fiat bought Chrysler.
Slandering a real life person Leo Beebe who died in 2001 is criminal. People who knew and worked with Beebe said he was a good guy. Hollywood made him a despicable villain. What a shame. They should have given the character a fictional name.
The movie might have issues with history / truth. But all in all this movie is no documentary like some Senna movies. It's a film foremost. Some truth-hunters forget that. And some of them say the rest of the audience is stupid to believe this movie, and that they believe this is the truth. But that's not stated by anyone loving this movie. It's a good solid movie. That is really fun to watch several times. I watched it in the Cinema. And have it on DVD as well.
It's a pity the one thing that was glossed over and not mentioned is the missing co-drivers. This point should have been included in this review and for that reason I honestly think you do this review a disservice.
Idk why in some countries it is called "Le Mans 66". Cause, when it is called like that, then it just sounds like a real documentary movie about the actual Le Mans 1966 event when IT IS NOT. I like the name "Ford V Ferrari", cause you know it sounds fictional and it also sounds catchy. Just my opinion. Like that F1 Netflix series "Drive To Survive" from season 1 to 4. You don't want the series to be called "Formula 1 2018-2021", right?
it's because ford isn't that important a car company in a lot of places. In Australia, Ford is a huge company and it was Ford v Ferrari, but in Europe Ford just isn't that important a name while Le Mans is.
Well I kinda like le man 66 title more. Because it fits way naturally then Ford vs Ferrari where we never properly get to hear the stories about Ferrari.
@@dashtoroya2838 I get it if you like it. But the movie wasn't exactly about Le Mans 66. It is true the movie didn't show the Ferrari's side, but the main characters' main purpose is to beat Ferrari. I mean, yeah there are better names than "Ford V Ferrari", but for me, it's not "Le Mans 66", because the movie is just too fictional and like I said, Le Mans 66 was a true event, it wasn't a story written on someone's book, it was an actual race. Also, if it fit "naturally", then shouldn't the movie have like all drivers, cars, or teams that were involved in that race and have more information about it, instead of dramatized story?
@JoBlo Originals - You SAID Fords' Vice President ALL WRONG!!!! It's Lido Anthony "Lee" i - a - cocca!! As in: "i am a"!!! Just REVERSE A.i.!! NOT La!!!!!!!! NO LA!!! "i a" Get your research CORRECT bro-ski!
Ah your first point is correct but I watched this film in the cinema and they actually did show Shelby taking his pills for the race right at the beginning of the film but they must have edited it out on dvd release, I remember as I googled it after leaving the cinema, Awesome film though!!
I watched the movie this evening - and it didn't disappoint. I gave it an 85 rating. I guess I've been disenchanted with, "dramatic license, " forever - but I didn't really bear down on it until after viewing, "Moneyball." Since I had explored baseball metrics and the personages associated with their development, I was really disappointed that they manufactured a fictional character to be a key driver behind the success of the Oakland A's, ignored an individual who began using advanced metrics in the Bay Area before Billy Beane became GM, and totally discounted the contributions of the superb pitching staff and key players hardly mentioned in the movie. I've had to accept that, "based on a true story," allows for a wide range of ways to tell a story - and movies are not documentaries. I've enjoyed Ken Burns' work since, "The Civil War," on PBS decades ago - yet I know that even documentarians edit their material, and there's no guarantee their work is 100% accurate. Hollywood - and all its imitators - are about making money by entertaining an audience. Making movies is like doing construction projects and the bottom line often is all that matters. So, I've better learned to suspend reality and just go with the flow as I did as a child. I also appreciate the ready availability of other sources to round out the stories with truth. I think CBS ran a campaign encouraging viewers to, "Learn More," after airing miniseries some time ago. That exhortation is even more applicable today. Thanks for giving me an occasion to rant about Hollywood and concede that producers are in it to get a return on their investors' investment. Which makes me wonder why so many bad movies get made....
NOT TRUE - During Daytona 1965; DAN GURNEY, driving for Shelby, drove a FORD powered LOTUS 19. It played "the HARE". The FERRARIs dropped out with Mechanical Problems, trying to catch Him. Though GURNEY,had to drop out Himself. The Ferraris could Not survive Gurney's blitering pace. That was Shelby's stategy. As that gave the Ford GT it's win.
This has been my favourite film since it came out and I think will stay that way for a while but ive never followed racing or anything just the film and have always been confused by the end race results because I always thought it was on how many laps they do in 24 hours but as I say I not a race or car expert
The actual ending/finished story gets fairly complicated. Technically it is distance traveled in 24 hours and the grid position rule had come and gone and come back depending on the year. But it also gets further complicated by there having been a brake issue where the brakes were changed on Mile's car but they used the wrong set of brakes and he had to come back in to get the correct ones put on. The weirdest thing, from a Ford wanting a 1,2,3 finish photo perspective, is they could have still gotten it no matter what. There was no need to finish the cars on the same number of laps. They could have slowed the cars and still gotten 1,2,3 in a picture. I really don't think there was any real conspiracy to "rob" Miles. There was just some confusion, mechanical issues, and misunderstanding around the rules which do get really technical at the very end.
Ok so maybe I’m just hearing this wrong in the video I don’t know I realize that Miles did race in 65 @ LeMans but doing so for Chevrolet ?? 11:22 All I have ever read or seen reports he drove the Ford GT40 in which his gear box failed. Otherwise I feel like the build up of Ford’s distaste for Miles is payback for the garbage they pulled at the 66 race !
Well made, My friends that are more gearheads liked it more than I did, I thought it was extremely well-made but I just didn’t like the subject matter, it was boring to me
3:50 "Lee LaCocca"?? Come on, you can do better. Lee Iacocca (EYE-a-coca) was a legendary automotive executive. This movie only covers a small segment of his incredible career with Ford and later as CEO of Chrysler.
despite the Go Like Hell book, you dont think it's a nod to shelby as with his later partnership with dodge and produced models like the Dodge Omni GLH (go like hell) ???? that's what i think personally
What do you mean. "Go like hell" was actually said in 1966 but not as the movie incorrectly portrayed. Shelby decided to use the phrase later for the Dodges
it bothered me that you didn't mention ac cobra, i understand that the movie is about gt40 etc but you who ache to do a little research should know better
Is there no direction or editing on these videos? I can't believe how bad these scripts are read. It's not MK1, It's Mark 1 abbreviated to Mk 1 but you don't say MK1. It's Mark 1.
I absolutely loved this movie, the scene where Carol Shelby takes the grandson of Henry Ford for a rip in the new Ford GT, and he breaks into tears 😅 so awesome
That never happened. The scene where Lee Iacocca went to Shelby and introduced himself, also never happened. I enjoyed the movie. But, they took more than a few liberties with timelines and circumstances. It's best to read a couple of the books about the Shelby involvement with the Ford LeMans program. It's a genuinely amazing story that is far better than the best parts of the movie.
@@scottbrown7415 dude it’s a movie they can’t make it exactly the same as how it really happened
@@ravenszn2 I don't expect a documentary. But, you might feel differently if it was your father who was portrayed as a crying wimp. Or an anti social ayehole. All for dramatic effect. Not really very cool.
If they showed the movie exactly true to life believe me yould be rooting for Ferrari. Hank the deuce was one of the biggest assholes ever to walk the face of the earth
@@ravenszn2 We...they can, but they won't.
Nah, the saddest thing is, the fixed finish robbed Ken Miles of the recognition of being the ONLY driver to ever win Daytona, Sebring, and LeMans all on the same year; managing all three top endurance races was an incredible feat of luck, physical skill, and mental determination. It's such a difficult thing to achieve, that it still has not been accomplished over half a century later. It seems only real race fans know of this incredible accomplishment, and the man who did it.
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I could write on and on about Le Mans but... I was at the race in 1964 and 1966. In 1966 we had pit passes before the race. I was able to talk to Ken Miles. He was very much a gentleman and extremely kind and polite to this 15 year old snot nosed American kid. I count myself as very fortunate to have met him.
Can only assume you had a close family member or family friend who had the credentials to get pit passes? How did it come to be that you were there. I'm not pressing because I doubt you- rather I'm curious to know how this came to be.. thnaks
@@rogerbussiii My father was transferred to France by Goodyear in 1962. Chemical Division not the Tire Division so the pit passes were through Goodyear. My dad and I attended in 1964 and 1966. Slept in the car and the whole bit. Great memories 😊
Christian Bale is awesome in everything
Not in Thor 4
@@hairypancake4425 he was the best part in Thor 4
@@jasoncanby2525 zero multiply by whatever is still zero and not to mention his John Connor is terrible.
@@hairypancake4425Bale practically saved Thor 4 from being a total disaster.
@@Peer165 it is still totally sh!t show regardless
Great review like always this is one of my most favorite movies…but it wasn’t break failure that caused the death of miles… It had to do with the transmission locking up… A few weeks or months after Ken’s death one of the engineers Took the car out on the test track same time a day same weather and once again the car locked up the only reason why the engineer lived because he knew something was wrong due to ken’s death so on the same turn it happened again he was still hurt I believe but did not die like Ken
When Carol Shelby won Le Mans in 1959 there were not two other American drivers sharing the car. Just one very British Roy Salvadori.
Carroll.
@@larrysmith6797 Apologies. Blame the spelling on my own ignorance or the suggestions that appear above the keypad. Each as likely as the other.
Lee Iacocca not Lacocca.. He was literally the most influential man in automotive history... If you at least watched this movie, you'd know how to pronounce his name. Nothing like a movie review from someone who never watched the movie... So informed, and well researched
Was he incorrect with anything he said? Or is your issue with mere pronunciation?
@@jtgd it's pretty obvious he didn't watch the movie and is just reading a script. tons of mispronounced words and names.
@@jtgd I mean... Hearing "Lacocca" instead of Iacocca made me instantly question the credibility of the rest of the video too lol. It's like talking about physics and calling him Albert Einsteen lol.
@@jtgd yes. He was incorrect in tons of things he said. Never heard anyone call it a “tack-o-meter”
The guy is clearly not a car guy
Enjoyed the film as a Ford fan the photography was v good. The story was inaccurate in some aspects though but that happens with every movie
La-coca? Really... it's pronounced I - A - kokka. There is no L.
Actually more like "ya-cock-ah" in Italian, but it's been anglicised in America as you've stated.
Dude also so Tack-o-meter. It's Tack-om-eter.
Most likely a text-to-speech thing. These lazy RUclipsrs can't even present their own material these days. When you get such a blatantly incorrect pronunciation....the kind that no human should ever make... It's usually text-to-speech. Or because the guy's a complete moron. Either way.
Or he mistook the I for an L as he was reading the script. Which, in that case, did the guy even watch the movie? Does he even know who Iacocca is? Does he realize how important he is to the American car industry?
It’s always funny when someone mispronounces a principle participant of history incorrectly lol.
They didn’t portray 1965 as the first ford Le Mans 10:35 they follow ken as he is dismissed from driving as mentioned in the video they acknowledge the 1964 defeat
Hearing LeMans mispronounced like 30 times up to this point is enough, BUT LEE LACOKA??? WHAT THE FUCK
Miles ran a GT40X in 1965 at LeMans in a Ford not Chevrolet. Ford had four weeks until the race, they decided to prepare two of the cars with the 427 engine called the GT40X to supplement the team with the GTs running the existing 289 engines that were already racing in all over Europe. During the practice laps, the 427 set the lap record at 3:33, almost five seconds faster than the Ferraris. Ken Miles and Bruce McLaren teamed up to drive the number 1 black and white GT40X. The car is very noticeable with a long nose and fins on the rear clamshell. While the Ford had set the lap record, the race was an unmitigated disaster. Gearboxes were not strong enough in the big block cars.
I hate to say it, but Steve Seigh mispronounced several words, including key names, in this video and I think this could have benefited from a little more research or rehearsal. Steve Seigh just didn't sound comfortable narrating this video.
I can't get past the fact that you called Lee IACOCCA Lee Lacocca...
yep. deal-breaker for me
Nitro pills dont explode either and the "s" on "Lemans" is silent 😝
It's either a computer voice, or someone with no knowledge of auto racing. Many youtube videos have poor audio, due to venturing into subjects they know little about. Lots of other errors in this video. But it's entertaining, anyway.
....and Mk is pronounced "mark" - no wonder the rest of the motoring world looks at Americans like Cousin Eddie and his RV with the full shitter
And it's Chris AY-mon, not Chris a-MAHN
Also, it's MK stands for Mark, as in mark one, not M.K.
Great movie but honestly you're proofreaders have a lot of work to do there's so many inconsistencies and errors in this video it's sad that it came from a company with the production value you normally put out
Ford "GTO"
One of my favorite movies. Top level all the way through.
I don't know... Shooting the 24hrs of Daytona at Auto Club Speedway was a big wtf for me
People should watch the Chris Amon interview on RUclips- one of the three KIwi drivers in the top two cars and a gentleman who was known for his integrity as well as his outstanding driving skills. His take on events is quite different from this piece of fiction.
I watched an hour-long interview with Carroll Shelby before he passed. He expressed the total frustration he felt dealing with Ford executives and engineers. Petty jealousy was Shelby's constant challenge. It's a miracle he achieved what he did.
Hi, I said this years ago that they should have a Statue of Shelby in Front of Ford HQ because he has gotten them Paid for Years! Thanks-Smith' Hot Wheels guy' Die cast Bham Al.
Shelby also never gave credit to Holman Moody and Kar-Kraft, the two companies that actually built the cars and, in Holman Moody's case, made the chassis modifications to fit the 427. Shelby gets way too much individual credit for, what was really, a team effort.
@@buckhorncortez probably, no one wants a Holman Moody collectable muscle car, do they? Everyone wants a Shelby. He has the name and accomplishments.
@@buckhorncortez except they said it in the film that who made the car fast and reliable was shelby and his team but who built the form was lotus and who put the engine in and found a way to do it was someone else. they didnt give credit to shelby at all for that
As a car guy, you really hurt met with some of those pronunciations. Like Lacocca instead of Iacocca, or M-K instead of 'mark'. There were a few. I do love this movie though
If Miles had half the temper that was shown in the movie, then we know for certain how he felt about being robbed the victory.
Your text-to-speech program needs some work. It's mispronouncing dynamometer and tachometer.
In reality; Riverside Raceway (Moreno Valley, Ca) is where most of the GT story with Shelby happened. That is also where the final crash happened.
It is now a Mall ☹️.
The way you described Shelby’s use of nitroglycerin doesn’t even come close to how he described it in an interview.
"Go Like Hell" is a phrase very much tied to Carroll Shelby. When he worked with Chrysler in the 1980s, he made the Shelby Omni GLH and GLHS. Obviously "Goes Like Hell" and less-obviously, "Goes Like Hell Some-more".
Neither Shelby nor Miles had any real role in "designing" the GT40. The car was designed by Roy Lunn and Eric Broadley.
Leo Beebe's last name is pronounced "Bee-bee," not "Baby" - and in real life he was already head of Ford's racing division before the point in the film where Shelby was told he was.
It's also Lee IACOCA, not La Coca.
13:09 The part in the movie where Ford got in the car and screamed that he sat on his nuts had me laughing pretty hard 🤣
19:00 that "technicality" was made up for the film. And even then, McLaren clearly crossed the line ahead so it wouldn't have mattered anyway.
To give more detail, that rule was only applicable in the case of a tie. McLaren crossed the line first so it didn't matter in the end.
"Mk 1" is short for "Mark 1".
I have faith in James Mangold with the new INDIANA JONES
But I know that Disney will find a way to ruin everything again
Just like they did with STAR WARS
So which one is it going to be? Will it fail or will faith in Mangold secure a good movie?
@@Peer165 I'm gonna watch the movie because of James Mangold, that's all
Just like I went to see The Last Jedi because of Rian Johnson
This is why I don't like movies based on real events anymore. This whole part of history is so much more interesting by itself. Why change it? The truth is more interesting.
10:35 not to mention Lola cars with the body of the gt
As the owner of 1986 Shelby Omni GLHS no.296 (and living in Detroit!), I found this film extremely entertaining and worth the while, regardless of the historical inaccuracies.
The characterization of Miles and how he looked, IMHO, is nothing short of amazing!
When someone who knows nothing about cars or car movies and can't pronounce names the right way.
0:21 in Belgium this film also called Ferrari v Ford and not Le mans '66.🇧🇪👌🏻
A brilliant movie 🎥👌👌👌
Hollywood needs to hurry up if they’re going to capitalize on the 25th anniversary of the Mazda 787B winning Le Mans. I’d call it Mazda Vs Mercedes it’s the ultimate lovable underdog story. It’s like Ford versus Ferrari meets The Mighty Ducks. Plus hearing the four rotor engine screaming over a THX sound system would be spine tingling
Unfortunately the whole context surrounding Mazdas win in 1991 (which was 32 years ago) won't make for good entertainment other than the rotary earporn. Mazda won through exploitation of Loopholes, their competitors misfortune, and a bit of sheer luck.
"Slow car wins after everyone else broke down"
What do you mean what happened? It was a fantastic movie and one of the best automotive themed movies of all time
Great video, one minor nit pick: the mispronunciations. Other than that, this is an awesome vid!
Very good review and glad I’m not the only one who saw the inaccuracies in the movie. Don’t forget that each car had 2 drivers for LeMans and Chris Amon was adamant till his death that he and Bruce McLaren were a lap up when the slow order came through
He also said that Mclaren did accelerate to the finish line , Bruce was determined to cross the line first .
The photos taken at the finish show the No2 car leading .
Something they failed to mention was the tyre problem Mclaren and Amon had . Or the fact that after losing 2 laps
because of the tyres , they actually led the race by morning . And only lost the lead when they were called into the pits
for the technicians to "check " the tyres .
As they sat there for more than 2 minutes , Miles took the lead and held it till he was slowed for the "dead heat ".
So , if Amon thought they where a lap up , he was mistaken . ( In his biography he makes no mention of being a lap up .)
He should of have had a montage
As much as Hollywood loves to distort the truth, this has to one of the best.
At distorting I assume you mean. Movie was crap
Goodwood in Chester?! Did you research this at all? They’re 240 miles apart…..🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
Goodwood is in Chichester not Chester. Please check this stuff.
This movie is not a documentary. Nobody expected that the Ford team would win the 1st year they were racing. By 1966 they had enough experience to do this.
Ford was the 2nd largest car building company in the world while Ferrari was such a small company. It is amazing that they could win any contest against against Ford or Porsche.
I hated the film. If there were no racing shots in the film, I probably would have loved it. However, the scenes in the cars didn't seem believable at all. Blah.
I went home and sim raced, and reminded myself of how it was supposed to be.
As both RL amateur race driver and appreciator of classic films, I just couldn’t get over the glaring faults of the in-car scenes. Many foot well shots and yet not a single heal-toe. Engine idle revs layered with music while on the Mulsanne… It’s like technology has taken giant leaps since the 60’s, and there’s not 1/100th of the effort in recreating proper racing scenes.
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes
"...easily offended racing historian..." That's me..... lolol
In reality - the Ford GT40 was actually designed by Lola in England.
Also, Lorenzo Bandini was not the "hates the opposition" type as depicted in the movie - in fact he was one of the nicest drivers ever.
As for Indiana Jones 5 - from what I've read & heard, it won't be worth watching - unless you're a feminist.
1:12 I love how it went from business business business to let's talk abt what the fuck happened 🤣🤣🤣
Yo this was a great breakdown and perfect time on the release.
the GT40 prototypes were Lola MK6
Shelby was the story I wanted . I would have rather seen a movie with his life growing up and the success he had with the AC Cobra and the design of the Daytona Coupe and his team that made it possible to win in 24 hours of LeMans .
I guess they couldn’t have gotten enough money to finance the movie without Ford Motor Companies help to show the GT40s success . I wanted a movie for the little Guy’s !
Notice how no one agrees
It’s not about Shelby its about the man that made the GT everything it is and that probably what Shelby would’ve told you too
He deserves this move more than everyone he got cheated out of everything during this they just used him to build a car and made him loose the race
how about video on the ultimate car/Le Mans movie, Steve Mcqueen's Le Mans (1971)
Can you just call it the “Mark 1” in the future please. Mk1 is short
If it happened in this film - then you can be 100% sure it did not happen!
Not one thing in this movie is factually correct.
“MK” means “Mark”. Mark 1, Mark 2….
Lee Lacocca 🤣
Pretty good! Just minor complaints over mispronunciations & one mis identification. in the film's 1966 24 Hours Of Daytona sequence, Miles is racing, wheel to wheel, against a Walt Hasgen character rather than Dan Gurney. In the opening Willow Grove (Riverside) race, Miles is racing against Gurney... played by Dan's real life son, Alex (a respected pro racer himself).
btw - Both Gurney & Hasgen drove Formula One in the time period, and Hasgen was driver Mark Donohue's mentor. Ironically, Hasgen died 4 months before Miles in 1966, during the April tests at LeMans for the Holman & Moody GT-40 team.
Pronunciations - Leo Bee Bee, like a BB gun. Lee EYE-A-coke-ah. Driver Chris Aaaa-mon. (Triva - Chris lent his very iconic racing helmet design to James Garner during the filming of "Grand Prix" in 1966 for Pete Aron's character. And, Pete Aron's white w/green stripe "Yamura" car was a Formula Junior copy of Bruce McLaren's actual first year Formula One car. McLaren wound up wearing fellow New Zealander Chris Amon's helmet during several F1 races, where actual race footage supplements the film's staged competitions. It's most obvious during the first lap of the British GP sequence.)
The GT-40 is referred to as a GTO in one place.
(More trivia. John Wyer, after leaving Ford, formed John Wyer Automotive. His team ran 5 liter (305 cu in) Ford GT-40's in the 1969 LeMans, in the famous blue & orange Gulf Oil livery. They finished 1st and 3rd, making a Ford sandwich out of the 2nd place factory Porsche 908. The race was filmed by Steve McQueen & crews from Solar Productions as a test to prove McQueen's 1970 film "LeMans" was practical. Wyer's operation became the official factory Porsche team in 1970 with Porsche's lightning fast 917K model... which Steve McQueen drove during the staged race filming of "LeMans.")
1964 is when I became a racing enthusiast, which was cemented in '66 by the film "Grand Prix" on the Cinerama screen. "LeMans" only made the addiction worse ;-)
Several facts surrounding the Ferrari-ford negotiations are omitted from this video.
1. Ferrari had already tried to sell to Lancia, Fiat and Alfa Romeo, as changes in the market and regulations made it objectively difficult for small constructors like Ferrari to remain in business. And while all three originally said no, Enzo was trying to make a point with the Italian government, by offering first to the Italian Automotive industry.
2. Ferrari liked Don Frey, and saw in him his lost son. This helped the negotiations.
3. The agreement was to form two companies: a Ford-Ferrari for road cards 90% owned by Ford and Ferrari Vice President, and a Ferrari Racing team 90% owned by Ferrari with 10% Ford. Ferrari had even supposedly started drawing the logos...
4. When Ford came back with the final contracts, the language did not reflect the agreement, particularly article 17 which effectively gave full control to Ford even of the racing team. This is when Ferrari felt got angry, discounted the Americans as not honest and reliable, and just left them in his studio while he went to eat across the street.
5. Ferrari saw the deal as selling a big chunk of the Ferrari brand and patents to Ford, but certainly not selling the racing team, which Ferrari wanted in order to continue to grow the brand, also to the benefit of Ford. Ferrari firmly believed only he could keep the brand up and winning, something he had already proven quite well by 1966, and something he continued to do until his death. He never saw the deal as selling "himself" to Ford, which is what Ford probably wanted.
5. Ford did win Le Man in 1966 with a massive amount of money and effort spent. But the movie obviously does not mention that it was a short victory, as the year after Ferrari returned the "favor" by winning Daytona with a symmetrical 3-Ferrari finish.
Unrelated to the movie, but historically relevant to the events:
6. Ferrari managed in any case to survive several more years (while Maserati and other small manufactures sold out or went out of business).
7. Fiat brought money and facilities finally to Ferrari in 1969, clearly with counter balancing tax credits from the Italian government - but it was not until 1988 that Ferrari became a majority owned Fiat company.
8. Ford also tried to buy Alfa Romeo in 1986, but again failed.
9. In 2014 Fiat bought Chrysler.
Please stop saying MK as two separate letters. It's an abreviation of mark, as in Ford GT40 Mark 1, then Mark 2 and so on.
It’s not “Chester, England”
It’s Chichester.
Slandering a real life person Leo Beebe who died in 2001 is criminal. People who knew and worked with Beebe said he was a good guy. Hollywood made him a despicable villain. What a shame. They should have given the character a fictional name.
Taco-meter! Lol
The movie might have issues with history / truth. But all in all this movie is no documentary like some Senna movies.
It's a film foremost. Some truth-hunters forget that. And some of them say the rest of the audience is stupid to believe this movie, and that they believe this is the truth.
But that's not stated by anyone loving this movie.
It's a good solid movie. That is really fun to watch several times. I watched it in the Cinema. And have it on DVD as well.
NitroStat tabkets are NOT TetraNitroToulime derived. Its a statim of Nitrogen that instantly lowers cardiac stress.
It wouldnt have "blown Up".
It's a pity the one thing that was glossed over and not mentioned is the missing co-drivers. This point should have been included in this review and for that reason I honestly think you do this review a disservice.
Idk why in some countries it is called "Le Mans 66". Cause, when it is called like that, then it just sounds like a real documentary movie about the actual Le Mans 1966 event when IT IS NOT. I like the name "Ford V Ferrari", cause you know it sounds fictional and it also sounds catchy. Just my opinion.
Like that F1 Netflix series "Drive To Survive" from season 1 to 4. You don't want the series to be called "Formula 1 2018-2021", right?
it's because ford isn't that important a car company in a lot of places. In Australia, Ford is a huge company and it was Ford v Ferrari, but in Europe Ford just isn't that important a name while Le Mans is.
@@mattyt1961 yeah
Well I kinda like le man 66 title more.
Because it fits way naturally then Ford vs Ferrari where we never properly get to hear the stories about Ferrari.
@@dashtoroya2838 I get it if you like it. But the movie wasn't exactly about Le Mans 66. It is true the movie didn't show the Ferrari's side, but the main characters' main purpose is to beat Ferrari. I mean, yeah there are better names than "Ford V Ferrari", but for me, it's not "Le Mans 66", because the movie is just too fictional and like I said, Le Mans 66 was a true event, it wasn't a story written on someone's book, it was an actual race.
Also, if it fit "naturally", then shouldn't the movie have like all drivers, cars, or teams that were involved in that race and have more information about it, instead of dramatized story?
Thats already taken by EA sports.
3:51 "Lee Lacocca"? 4:07 "Scudereuh Racing Team" LOL Obviously the narrator doesn't know the first thing about cars.
Le Iococa, is spelled with an I. Not an L.
Lee Iacocca, EYE-ə-KOH-kə, NOT Lacocca
@JoBlo Originals - You SAID Fords' Vice President ALL WRONG!!!! It's Lido Anthony "Lee" i - a - cocca!! As in: "i am a"!!! Just REVERSE A.i.!! NOT La!!!!!!!! NO LA!!! "i a" Get your research CORRECT bro-ski!
Its Lee Iacocca, not Lee Lacocca.
Bad voice-over reading, good video.
M K 1?? It’s mark one!
The mispronounced words, names and cities hurt my heart and ears
Should have called the movie _Ford vs. Porsche_
For once I wish they do keep it as accurate as possible like 99 %
Ah your first point is correct but I watched this film in the cinema and they actually did show Shelby taking his pills for the race right at the beginning of the film but they must have edited it out on dvd release, I remember as I googled it after leaving the cinema,
Awesome film though!!
Boy I sure hope someone got fired for these blunders
I watched the movie this evening - and it didn't disappoint. I gave it an 85 rating.
I guess I've been disenchanted with, "dramatic license, " forever - but I didn't really bear down on it until after viewing, "Moneyball." Since I had explored baseball metrics and the personages associated with their development, I was really disappointed that they manufactured a fictional character to be a key driver behind the success of the Oakland A's, ignored an individual who began using advanced metrics in the Bay Area before Billy Beane became GM, and totally discounted the contributions of the superb pitching staff and key players hardly mentioned in the movie.
I've had to accept that, "based on a true story," allows for a wide range of ways to tell a story - and movies are not documentaries. I've enjoyed Ken Burns' work since, "The Civil War," on PBS decades ago - yet I know that even documentarians edit their material, and there's no guarantee their work is 100% accurate.
Hollywood - and all its imitators - are about making money by entertaining an audience. Making movies is like doing construction projects and the bottom line often is all that matters.
So, I've better learned to suspend reality and just go with the flow as I did as a child. I also appreciate the ready availability of other sources to round out the stories with truth. I think CBS ran a campaign encouraging viewers to, "Learn More," after airing miniseries some time ago. That exhortation is even more applicable today.
Thanks for giving me an occasion to rant about Hollywood and concede that producers are in it to get a return on their investors' investment. Which makes me wonder why so many bad movies get made....
NOT TRUE - During Daytona 1965; DAN GURNEY, driving for Shelby, drove a FORD powered LOTUS 19. It played "the HARE". The FERRARIs dropped out with Mechanical Problems, trying to catch Him. Though GURNEY,had to drop out Himself. The Ferraris could Not survive Gurney's blitering pace. That was Shelby's stategy. As that gave the Ford GT it's win.
This has been my favourite film since it came out and I think will stay that way for a while but ive never followed racing or anything just the film and have always been confused by the end race results because I always thought it was on how many laps they do in 24 hours but as I say I not a race or car expert
The actual ending/finished story gets fairly complicated. Technically it is distance traveled in 24 hours and the grid position rule had come and gone and come back depending on the year. But it also gets further complicated by there having been a brake issue where the brakes were changed on Mile's car but they used the wrong set of brakes and he had to come back in to get the correct ones put on. The weirdest thing, from a Ford wanting a 1,2,3 finish photo perspective, is they could have still gotten it no matter what. There was no need to finish the cars on the same number of laps. They could have slowed the cars and still gotten 1,2,3 in a picture. I really don't think there was any real conspiracy to "rob" Miles. There was just some confusion, mechanical issues, and misunderstanding around the rules which do get really technical at the very end.
Ok so maybe I’m just hearing this wrong in the video I don’t know I realize that Miles did race in 65 @ LeMans but doing so for Chevrolet ?? 11:22 All I have ever read or seen reports he drove the Ford GT40 in which his gear box failed. Otherwise I feel like the build up of Ford’s distaste for Miles is payback for the garbage they pulled at the 66 race !
I really don't like cars at all, but I loved this movie.
The only irony is that Ferrari did that exact same 1-2-3 at the Daytona 24 after this Le Mans.
Well made, My friends that are more gearheads liked it more than I did, I thought it was extremely well-made but I just didn’t like the subject matter, it was boring to me
14:02 taco-meter
3:50 "Lee LaCocca"?? Come on, you can do better. Lee Iacocca (EYE-a-coca) was a legendary automotive executive. This movie only covers a small segment of his incredible career with Ford and later as CEO of Chrysler.
despite the Go Like Hell book, you dont think it's a nod to shelby as with his later partnership with dodge and produced models like the Dodge Omni GLH (go like hell) ???? that's what i think personally
What do you mean.
"Go like hell" was actually said in 1966 but not as the movie incorrectly portrayed.
Shelby decided to use the phrase later for the Dodges
Lamborghini (vs Ferrari) 2022 were sadly just a generic Bio.
Really enjoyed that one
it bothered me that you didn't mention ac cobra, i understand that the movie is about gt40 etc but you who ache to do a little research should know better
Wait, did you just say fuck ? Why is this the first time I haven’t heard it beeped?
La-coca? Damn, dude.
Who the fuck is Lee Wakoka?
Is there no direction or editing on these videos? I can't believe how bad these scripts are read. It's not MK1, It's Mark 1 abbreviated to Mk 1 but you don't say MK1. It's Mark 1.
“Your Elaine Benes, you make a lot of man friends.” - Tracey Letts, who’s a brilliant writer and outstanding character actor.