On June 23, 1971, the 106-minute racing drama hit theaters stateside. By James Powers On June 23, 1971, the 106-minute racing drama Le Mans, starring Steve McQueen and Siegfried Rauch as rivals, hit ...
It’s one thing to depict motorsports victory in film; triumph typically presents an obvious narrative. Tragedy is trickier to navigate, but Quentin Bailleux’s animated short film, Le Mans 1955—which ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Christian Bale remembers hunkering down in front of a television set with his father to watch Formula One races, back in the glory days of Alain Prost, Jacques Laffite and Nelson ...
'It still feels like a bag of squirrels': Christian Bale and Matt Damon ponder car mechanics in 'Le Mans '66' Christian Bale and Matt Damon – Batman and Bourne if you will – let their hair down as two ...
The Porsche 911T used in the opening scenes of Steve McQueen's "Le Mans" in 1971. The Porsche 911T used in the opening scenes of Steve McQueen's "Le Mans" in 1971. The Porsche 911T used in the opening ...
Fifty years ago today, Steve McQueen's Le Mans had its premiere. McQueen apparently didn't attend, as the production of the film devolved into chaos quickly, and the actor was forced to hand over ...
The collector-car world is currently in a frenzy. The legendary Porsche 917K that Steve McQueen, Hollywood’s “King of Cool,” owned and drove in his 1971 movie Le Mans, is coming to Mecum’s Kissimmee ...
One of our favourites from the Toronto International Film Festival. Damon and Bale aim to beat Ferrari at the legendary 24-hour Le Mans race with a Ford-branded car. 1964: The car manufacturer Ford is ...
Steve McQueen’s screen-worn ‘Le Mans’ watch is up for grabs. Now, one of the Monacos worn by “The King of Cool” himself on screen in the film is headed to auction for the first time, and while it ...
Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen the Steve McQueen’s movie Le Mans and don’t want to know how it ends, might we interest you in clicking to another Autoblog post? As far as we can tell, this chassis ...
It's not often you get two household names in one headline, but that's what happened at Mecum's annual collector automobile auction season Kickstarter in Florida this week, with a who's who of ...