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Nov 18, 2015 · The movie star who dreamed of being a race ace. by Adam Sweeting Wednesday, 18 November 2015. Steve McQueen making 'Le Mans' in 1970. By the end of the 1960s, Steve McQueen was at the top of the Hollywood heap. Star turns in The Great Escape , The Thomas Crown Affair and Bullitt had established him as the King of Cool, a self-contained anti ...
Nov 8, 2015 · November 8, 2015. At the end of Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans, McQueen speaks, through audio recordings, about the making of the 1971 film Le Mans, saying it was “the most difficult film I’ve ever done.”. Illustrating that difficulty has, in hindsight, been the task of directors Gabriel Clarke and John McKenna’s own film.
May 17, 2015 · McQueen and his partner Peter Revson had finished a very close second at the 12 Hours of Sebring race in March and the star harbored hopes of actually racing in the Le Mans event, an idea he was ...
Using archive footage and contemporary interviews, co-directors Gabriel Clarke and John McKenna made STEVE MCQUEEN: THE MAN & LE MANS as an exploration of the legend of both the film, and its star. In 1970, at the top of his game as a film superstar, Steve McQueen and his Solar production company set forth on filming his passion project: LE MANS.
Feb 28, 2021 · Steve McQueen’s motorsport magnum opus movie turns 50 this year. The film Le Mans was released in theaters on June 23, 1971. Certainly a heyday on the world stage of motorsport, most ...
May 17, 2015 · McQueen and his partner Peter Revson had finished a very close second at the 12 Hours of Sebring race in March and the star harbored hopes of actually racing in the Le Mans event, an idea he was ...
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans interweaves stunning newly discovered footage and voice recordings with original interviews. It is the true story of how a cinema legend would risk almost everything in pursuit of his dream.
