Grand Prix Blu-ray Announced

[John Johnson]

Warner Home Video has announced Grand Prix for Blu-ray release on May 24. This 1966 racing-themed action movie, starring James Garner and Eva-Marie Saint, was directed by John Frankenheimer and spectacularly shot on 65mm. It had been released in 2006 on the defunct HD DVD format.

Special features include:
Featurettes:
Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix
Flat Out: Formula One in the Sixties
The Style and Sound of Speed
Brands Hatch: Chasing the Checkered Flag
Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions
Theatrical trailer

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=5922

[Paul MacLean]

This is NOT a good movie (I know -- I had to sit through it six or seven times).

Once again, WHY this and not Lawrence of Arabia or Ben-Hur?

[John Johnson]

This is NOT a good movie (I know -- I had to sit through it six or seven times).

Once again, WHY this and not Lawrence of Arabia or Ben-Hur?

Once wasn't enough? LOL

[Paul MacLean]

Once wasn't enough? LOL

Unfortunately I had to watch and re-watch it, since I was writing the liner notes for the CD. A very fine score...but a little of that movie goes a long way!

Fortunately it at least had Françoise Hardy to look at...

[Jedbu]

[quote="Paul MacLean"]This is NOT a good movie (I know -- I had to sit through it six or seven times).

Once again, WHY this and not Lawrence of Arabia or Ben-Hur?

[/quote]

Isn't BEN-HUR coming out this year?

[Paul MacLean]

Isn't BEN-HUR coming out this year?

I'll believe it when I see it.

[John Johnson]

This is NOT a good movie (I know -- I had to sit through it six or seven times).

Once again, WHY this and not Lawrence of Arabia or Ben-Hur?

Isn't BEN-HUR coming out this year?

That's what they say.

[AndyDursin]

LAWRENCE is the one that's been yanked on and off for years....who knows when we'll ever see it.

[Jedbu]

That is why I am still hanging on to my Superbit DVD of LAWRENCE.

[John Johnson]

That is why I am still hanging on to my Superbit DVD of LAWRENCE.

The only film I have on Superbit is Snatch. LOL

[AndyDursin]

Still no actual date on BEN-HUR though...and I'm guessing it might be Easter 2012 at this rate.

[Eric Paddon]

The value of "Grand Prix" as a movie is more the fact that it documents on film an era of Formula One racing from the mid-60s that is otherwise not well preserved visually (this being before the day of regular telecasts of auto races). It's plot is worthless, and Eva Marie Saint is absolutely embarrassing, but of all the racing movies of that era I find it more watchable than "Winning" (despite the fact that I love the Indy 500 more) or "Le Mans".

[AndyDursin]

On a side note, I see LE MANS is coming out on Blu-Ray sometime in the next few months (it's on Amazon UK but with no date).

I'm not crazy about that film but the cinematography and Legrand's score are both solid.

[John Johnson]

On a side note, I see LE MANS is coming out on Blu-Ray sometime in the next few months (it's on Amazon UK but with no date).

I'm not crazy about that film but the cinematography and Legrand's score are both solid.

Andy,
Info posted about Le Mans.