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  24 Hours of Le Mans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1969, for his first Le Mans 24 hours, a young Belgian talent and F1 GP winner, Jacky Ickx, made a pointed demonstration of the danger of this start method, when instead of running across the track to his machine, he slowly walked, then entered in his car and locked the safety belts properly.
So the traditional Le Mans practice was partially discontinued the next year in 1970; for this year, the cars were still lined up in echelon formation along the pit straight, with engines off, but the drivers were strapped in prior to the start.
Le Mans is also known for the worst accident in the history of motor racing, the Le Mans 1955 disaster, in which over 80 people were killed.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/24_hours_of_Le_Mans   (1817 words)

  
 Le Mans (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Le Mans (1971; director: Lee Katzin) is a film starring Steve McQueen, featuring the actual 1970 24 hours of Le Mans auto race.
Instead, in the movie, he was shown starting the race on the blue #20 Gulf-Porsche 917K, which in the real race was driven by Jo Siffert and Brian Redman.
This #29 camera car, which can be briefly seen in the starting grid covered with a fl sheet, travelled 282 laps (3,798 km) and finished the race as 9th, but it was not classified as it had not covered enough distance due to the stops to change film reels.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Le_Mans_(movie)   (457 words)

  
 Encyclopédie :: encyclopedia : Le Mans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Le Mans accueillera du 18 au 20 novembre 2005 le 21
Le Mans est une ville du nord-ouest de la France au confluent de la Sarthe et de l'Huisne.
Le Mans était peuplée de 19 000 habitants en 1816, puis de 45 000 habitants en 1916.
www.encyclopedie.cc /Le_Mans   (1743 words)

  
 bigMoneyracing.com: History of Le Mans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Le Mans’ signature run-across-the-road-leap-in-and-go start began as a measure of automotive utility in an age when many weren’t entirely convinced that cars were practical devices for long distance travel.
The 24 Hours of Le Mans was organized to prove the efficacy of the long distance touring automobile.
But Porsche had finally won Le Mans, and there is no asterisk in the record book, save the one noting Ferry Porsche’s honorary participation at the start.
www.bigmoneyracing.com /bigmoney/lemans/lemans70.shtml   (2141 words)

  
 Speed Arena :: Le Mans 2005
- Le Mans was actually the home of the first French Grand Prix - not at the current circuit, but on a 103km road circuit to the east of the city.
- Le Mans was also made famous by the "Le Mans Start" where drivers would line up on the opposite side of the track and run to climb aboard their cars on the dropping of the green flag.
- Le Mans is also the location for one of the world's most famous racing movies - imaginatively titled "Le Mans." The movie was filmed on location at the 1970 Le Mans 24 Hour.
www.speedarena.com /special/lemans_05/history.html   (769 words)

  
 Test Drive Le Mans Preview - Dreamcast News at GameSpot
Le Mans is the first game that allows you to race uninterrupted for 24 hours straight.
At least this is the case with Test Drive: Le Mans, a racing title that concerns itself with professional grand prix racers and their Formula 1 autos - cars that, as you may recall, wouldn't have even been allowed on the streets that the Test Drive series used to call home.
Granted, it's almost superfluous to argue whether or not Test Drive: Le Mans deserves the burden of being associated with a rather mediocre racing lineage, but there is a method to this rambling.
www.gamespot.com /dreamcast/driving/testdrivelemans/news.html?sid=2596147   (1013 words)

  
 Le Mans
A classic auto-racing movie starring Steve McQueen, Le Mans puts the audience in the driver's seat for what is often called the most grueling race in the world.
Le Mans is much like the earlier movie "Grand Prix" in that the real stars are the stupendous racing machines that populate the film (though McQueen WAS originally slated to star in GP).
This was the first movie I saw in a theatre that made the seats vibrate where you could literally feel the raw power of the 5 litre 12 cylinder machines.
www.dvdvan.com /info/B00008DDRX/Le_Mans.html   (1335 words)

  
 Gunnar Racing
It was also the company that would bring the movie "Le Mans" to the big screen.
After the movie was finished, the car was raced a few times, and then sold to Brian Redman.
This is where a a framework was built, for the camera, that would shoot the drivers, while driving the 917 on the track.
www.gunnarracing.com /museum/917_022   (551 words)

  
 Le Mans 2002 - Club-Arnage - The Movie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Michel Vaillant is the creation of Jean Graton born in Nantes in 1923 the year of the first Le Mans 24hrs race.
The cars have to comply fully with the Le Mans rules and the production team are praying that both cars complete the race and rain does not fall.
His first competition experience was a rally in 1957 and that year was his first Le Mans when he finished second.
www.club-arnage.com /lm02/movie.html   (603 words)

  
 Don Hollway: McQUEEN'S Le MANS
The only problem was, Le Mans so far consisted of a great deal of fantastic racing footage, without a completed script or even much of a story line—a problem which was to dog the project throughout its development and nearly prove its undoing.
Le Mans officials, however, were leery of movie cameras falling off the 908 during the race.
He’d rented a 30-room mansion near Le Mans to make Neile as comfortable as possible when she arrived with their children, but she was little comforted.
www.donhollway.com /articles/lemans/lemans/lemans.html   (4420 words)

  
 Classic Throttle Shop - GP Wear   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
A tribute to Steve McQueen and his famous movie "Le Mans", to Jackie Ickx, the 6 times Le Mans winner and to all the driver legends of that era.
Jackie Ickx endorse the Le Mans collection, he is the model for Gulf Lightblue jacket and the Gulf Blouson.
We mail the Le Mans wear nationwide as well as to New Zeland or where ever you are.
www.classicthrottleshop.com /gpwear.htm   (125 words)

  
 Le mans: the movie, not the race - Page 2 - Ultimatecarpage.com forums
Anybody that know anything about racing will tell you that pretty much everything in that movie is complete horse****.
For once and for all that movie is base on the CART (championship auto racing teams) series and not the IRL or F1.
One of the worst parts of the movie is what Stallone and some other guy are in race cars going like 200mph on city streets (no helmets on) and they are talking to each other.
www.ultimatecarpage.com /forum/showthread.php?p=223549   (389 words)

  
 Le Mans - Encyclopedia FunTrivia
Is Le Figaro a daily,weekly or Sunday newspaper?
Which movie pioneer lived a life with a 'vanishing point' (Jules Marey, Thomas Edison, Louis le Prince, Athanasius Kircher)?
J S Lowry, David Bowie, French and Saunders, Nigella Lawson, Vanessa Redgrave, Albert Finney, Jon Snow, John le Carre, Aldous Huxley, Roald Dahl, Evelyn Waugh and George Melly.
www.funtrivia.com /en/Sports/Le-Mans-13470.html   (363 words)

  
 Le Mans Movie Thread..Ferrari related. - FerrariChat.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
When you look the movie closely, during one of the pit stops from a Ferrari 512 you will notice the s/n 1048 on the inside of the drivers door.
I've already seen the movie four times, but it is still an excitement to watch it again.
All I know is that various sources state the car was destroyed at Le Mans in 1970 and that it was probably rebuilt using some original parts, but again I don't know to what extent.
www.ferrarichat.com /forum/showthread.php?t=39843   (1122 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Le Mans (1971) : Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Le Mans 24 Hour Race is one of the most insane sporting events ever.
"Le Mans" attempts to portray the excitement, the speed, the sound, and the surreal quality of the race, and yes, some of the boredom and stupidity as well.
Above all else, from the beginning to the end Le Mans has a surreal quality where speed and concentration result in all other aspects of 'real life' being forgotten.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6301902645?v=glance   (2229 words)

  
 Porsche 917 John Wyer/Gulf Oil Porsche 917K the 1970 24 Hours of Daytona Winner Photos@VectorTrust
Pictures of Hans Hermann’s success in the Porsche 917 made it a known winner, before the movie debut, but the 917 wouldn't continue.
The 1971 Steve McQueen movie LeMans made both the race and the Porsche 917 famous outside the racing community.
In preparation for the 1970 filming that took place at LeMans, few movie fans know Steve McQueen and partner Peter Revson almost won the March 12, 1970, 12 Hours of Sebring race in Florida.
photos.vectortrust.com /pages/FIA_GT_IMSA_ALMS_Trans_Am/13.html   (931 words)

  
 Le mans: the movie, not the race - Ultimatecarpage.com forums
Le mans: the movie, not the race - Ultimatecarpage.com forums
i like that movie by silverster stallone where he was racing an indy car or an f1 i'm not sure...
Some movies like Napoleon Dynamite or Anchorman, have a plot, but not a good one.
www.ultimatecarpage.com /forum/showthread.php?t=11441   (520 words)

  
 Le Mans
For the past year, working closely with artist Nicholas Watts, we have been contacting drivers who either drove in the 1970 Le Mans race and/or participated in the filming of the movie “Le Mans”.
In addition, each print features 5 litho remarques, depicting different scenes from the Le Mans 1970 race and the movie, including an outstanding portrait of Steve McQueen giving the two finger “salute” from the end of the film!
As a bonus, with each print ordered, you will receive an audio CD with interviews with several of the drivers who have signed this edition, with fascinating stories about driving at Le Mans and making the movie.
www.racingpilot.com /lemans.ivnu   (396 words)

  
 F1 News > Le Mans II - the second film - Grandprix.com
Now we hear from France that the country's well-known film director Luc Besson is embarking on a new project to film at the Le Mans 24 Hours.
The original Le Mans movie in the 1960s is remembered as one of the classic motor racing movies and Besson hopes to emulate that achievement.
Besson has enjoyed considerable international success with Subway (1985), Le Grande Bleu (1988) and Nikita (1990) but his recent efforts have no had quite such an impact at the box office.
www.grandprix.com /ns/ns05968.html   (185 words)

  
 LeMans Movie Poster
The first minutes of the movie, where McQueen arrives at the race track in his Porsche 911 street-car, are some of the most tranquil and peaceful scenes ever filmed.
Notice that the movie runs for the first half hour, or so, without any dialog being spoken other than by the track announcer.
This is the car raced in the movie Le Mans.
www.sd455.com /movielemans.htm   (559 words)

  
 Le Mans DVD - DVD Movie Video VHS on Sale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
When first I heard of the movie "Le Mans", it was still in production, nevertheless, I was in heaven, I...
Le Mans is also the location for one of the world's most famous racing movies - imaginatively titled "Le Mans.&...
the Le Mans 24 Hours to the attention of millions, it should be Steve McQueen who p...
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 Ferrari 512M, Le Mans 24 Hours 1971 SLOTCAR DISPLAY -- 2 Cars --
The first model is a replica of S/N 1028, which started life as a works 512 S Berlinetta.
In 1970 it was used in the shooting of the movie "Le Mans" and in 1971 it was sold to David Weir in the UK after which it was converted to "M" specifications Berlinetta.
It was entered in the 1971 edition of the Le Mans 24 hours by David Piper and raced by David Weir and Chris Craft who managed a 4th place overall behind the second model in this set.
www.macora.com /en-us/p_711.html   (259 words)

  
 Le Mans (1971)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Plot Summary: Almost in breadth and depth of a documentary, this movie depicts an auto race during the 70s on the...
If you would like to discover racing and see how racing teams are coached, and high speed competition is managed, this film is for you.
I have seen this movie and would like to comment on it
www.imdb.com /title/tt0067334   (427 words)

  
 Le Mans - FXLM1 Movie Posters
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 Le Mans movie posters and memorabilia at MovieGoods   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Movie Poster - CS - folded Style B
Movie Poster - CS - folded Style B 1971
McQueen (who did his own driving) is the leading race driver, a man who battles competition, fear of death by accident, and emotional involvement.
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 ROMFI - Movie Projectors and Cameras   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
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 Amazon.com: Le Mans: DVD: Lee H. Katzin,Steve McQueen,Siegfried Rauch,Elga Andersen,Ronald Leigh-Hunt,Fred Haltiner,Luc ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Plot Synopsis: Almost in breadth and depth of a documentary, this movie depicts an auto race during the 70s on the world's hardest endurance course: Le Mans in France.
The driver was 'David Piper', who received a special thanks "for his sacrifice" at the end credits.
There is no audible dialogue from any of the characters for the first 37 minutes of the movie.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00008DDRX?v=glance   (2651 words)

  
 IMCDb.org: Movie vehicles
The Porsche 914 is featured prominently in the movie LeMans.
It shows up 40 + times in the move, and the car in the movie finshed 6th overall in the actual race.
Pictures are property of movie companies owner of the respective movies.
www.imcdb.org /movie_67334-Le-Mans.html   (181 words)

  
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 Filming at Speed: Making of "Le Mans"
Currently, there are not enough Tomatometer critic reviews for Filming at Speed: Making of "Le Mans" to receive a rating.
The 1970 race car driver film, LE MANS, starring Steve McQueen, has long been considered one of the most realistic dramatic portrayals of the racing circuit ever made.
FILMING AT SPEED takes a behind the scenes look at the making of the cult film, which captures the research, development, and on set action.
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/filming_at_speed_making_of_le_mans   (360 words)

  
 Last Samurai The to Le Mans Movie Posters
Last Samurai, The to Le Mans Movie Posters
Absolutely stunning poster for one of the all time greatest movies!
Notes : A memento from the days when they made real movies.
www.atthemovies.co.uk /l/2.html   (389 words)

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