Talk:Le Mans (film)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:30, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Lisa Belgatti
Due to the sparse dialog much of the character interactions can be interpreted in different ways, but I felt two items in the Story section seemed at least a bit of a stretch with regards to interpretation. First the mention that Piero Belgatti’s widow Lisa is at the race because of some type of relationship with the Ferrari driver Claude Aurac. My impression (and based upon what she tells Michael Delaney when he asks) is that she is at the race for herself only. It is unsaid, but her visit to Le Man appears to be a personal test, to revisit the circumstances and place of her husband death the previous year. The second is the mention that Lisa wishes that Michael would quit racing and that he says the trill is just too addicting to quit. My impression is that her real interest is to try to understand why drivers (such as Michael and her dead husband) take the risks they do. Michael merely explains that for those who do it well, going fast is important to them. It is implied that for the drivers, the risks are worth taking.Richard Casto (talk) 02:58, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

I just watched the movie on TCM, and that was my interpretation too. If Lisa had gone to the race on account of her relationship with Aurac, surely she would have gone to the hospital with him --PROSA (talk) 04:28, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Taking the purse
Anybody know how much it cost to make, & how much it earned? TREKphiler  any time you're ready, Uhura  14:27, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Didn't it supposedly go way over budget? Daniel Case (talk) 20:02, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

Parallels
Article says "Two years before the movie's release, the 1969 race was decided by just a few hundred yards.

The conclusion of the race in the movie is similar to races of the period. The 1969 Le Mans race was decided by a few hundred feet,"

Which is it? Feet or yards? AMCKen (talk) 02:59, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

It was 394 feet, or 131 yards. And the '69 race would have made a much better film. Le Mans is not normally a race at all, just an endurance contest, but the fighting finish in the '69 race probably inspired the film script. Khamba Tendal (talk) 22:13, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Production problems
In a recent interview with Steve McQueen's son Chad -- who co-produced the "Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans" documentary -- that appeared in the November 2016 issue of Car and Driver magazine (p. 112), there were behind-the-scenes problems like the studio taking "the film away from" McQueen over script difficulties, yet none of these problems/difficulties are mentioned.

Since they are part of the production process, shouldn't they be included? Similar things in other film entries here in Wikipedia are included.2600:8800:50B:6700:C23F:D5FF:FEC5:89B6 (talk) 03:44, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I came to this article after learning about this in a YouTube video listicle; but I was generally surprised that unlike other famously troubled productions, including another one about motorsport, we have nothing in the article about this. There is acceptable documentation out there; we have no excuse but I don't have the time right now. Daniel Case (talk) 20:06, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

Details and comments
This article is providing a good synopsis of the film. However, it fails to point out two things.

1. The first is that it doesn't point out Delay got distracted when he had the accident (that seems to be the case from what I saw).

2. The second is that it does not say that Anna comforts Johann who wanted to quit eventually, however not so abruptly and before finishing is last race.

I did not read any comment regarding the pace of the film which, for modern standards, is slow and probably boring to younger generations (especially if they are not interested in history, racing or history of racing).

Also, the article says "McQueen had intended to race a Porsche 917 together with Jackie Stewart, but the #26 entry was not accepted". It's not clear if Stewart did not qualify with car number 26 or what the case was.

The box should add also Italian and French as languages since they are sometimes spoken in spurts in the film. I do not exclude German in the list either.

This article should mention that some professional car drivers like Jacky Ickx, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Gérard Larrousse and Gérard Larrousse.

ICE77 (talk) 05:09, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

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Hidden text request
Another user put this text in some time ago, before the last paragraph of the production section, so I thought I would put it here for visibility:

''the following paragraph is contradicted by the documentary, Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie. That documentary says "Day of the Champion" was a completely different movie, with elements from the script later reused in Le Mans. It also states the film fell apart because McQueen was delayed shooting The Sand Pebbles, allowing a rival movie to start shooting their Grand Prix movie earlier. When it became clear that there was no chance of Day of the Champion reaching the screen first, Jack Warner pulled the plug. It did not fall through because of the studio being sold or McQueen's picture deal being cancelled.''

''I've never cited from a documentary before, so would have to look up how to do so - and if Wikipedia allows it - in order to remove and replace the paragraph following. I have therefore marked those facts as needing citations for now, in case there are alternative sources out there which support them. I leave this comment to explain why the citations are needed, and in case another editor is able to find sources and fix the paragraph before I'm able to return and do so.''

If anyone wants to help, feel free. YouCanDoBetter (talk) 01:57, 5 October 2022 (UTC)