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Originally Posted by luv
Yeah. I thought it was a great movie, albeit probably not the best title to fit the movie. I was familiar enough with the story to know what was going on, but not familiar enough with it that I would be tempted to knit-pick it. Although, I hear that events, while dramatized, were pretty close to the events IRL.
I read that Peter Miles was at the Premier. He has a classic car collection worth over $80 million, and that he dabbled in some off road racing himself. I love that the movie left me wanting to know what happened to him.
This is definitely a perfect date movie. I'd say technical enough that car guys will still enjoy it (especially if they're dads of boys), and women will love the characters.
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Yeah, I did some reading after seeing it and from what I can tell it's mostly the drama regarding Ken Miles that was amped up a lot. In real life he was a driver at the first failed attempt at Le Mans - not far away listening on the radio. And there was never this heated animosity toward Miles from Ford - the botched ending was largely driven by a desire to not have any of the Ford drivers break down or crash at the end - not a way to get a dig in at Miles. And they honestly just didn't know the rules regarding who would be declared the winner. (They also basically just ignored the fact that it's a team race and Miles was only one of two drivers, but that's understandable.)
Other than that, though, it was a nice way to learn some history.