Le Mans on DVD!!!!!!

[JoeBob]

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Looks like April 29th is the day!

[Napoleon]

YES

[devilmaster]

Now if someone would only DVD 'Lap of the Gods'. :shakehead

Steve

[mnkywrch]

I'd take Grand Prix over Lap of the Gods, myself...

Sure, it's racing footage, but (IIRC) you've got to sit through Eddie Cheever driving a turbo F1 car, in the wet, on a street circuit.

And why would any of y'all want to do that? ;) :p

I'd rather have In Car 956, just for the (IIRC again) sub seven minute lap of the Nurburgring...

I did pick up Racing Champions: The Quick and the Dead on DVD. No frills transfer, but an interesting flick.

[Napoleon]

Originally posted by mnkywrch
I'd take Grand Prix over Lap of the Gods, myself...



Actually I would like GP over any other racing movie (since I already have Driven on DVD ;) )

[mnkywrch]

It's too bad Le Mans is likely a no-frills transfer; I'd assume the outtakes and unused footage would be incredible, considering the amount of sheer footage they shot...

[datachicane]

Yikes! This thing is already up to #18 in sales for Amazon! That's a bunch of frustrated motorheads.

Guess I get to retire the SVCD set I made from the widescreen Speedvision broadcast a few years back.

BTW, for my money this is the finest racing film ever made.
Grand Prix has some outstanding sequences, but unfortunately it's about 30 minutes buried in a 3 hour soap opera. It's pretty cavalier with the tech stuff, too, with shots switching from F1 to Formula Junior and back quicker than Tony George switches his 'visions'.

[Cam]

Originally posted by datachicane
Yikes! This thing is already up to #18 in sales for Amazon! That's a bunch of frustrated motorheads.

#7 with a bullet now!:eek:

[JoeBob]

Originally posted by mnkywrch
It's too bad Le Mans is likely a no-frills transfer; I'd assume the outtakes and unused footage would be incredible, considering the amount of sheer footage they shot...

For $15, its still a heck of a deal. And, apparently, a few people agree. Its already up to #5 in DVD Sales Rankings!

[skidmarks]

Just pre-ordered now up to #5 !

It would be great as a two disk set or bonus featured with:
The Making Of (http://shopping.yahoo.com/shop?d=v&id=1807829088)

http://shopping.yahoo.com/video/images/muze/vhs/bg/49/190749.jpg

[datachicane]

Just ordered mine- #4!

[Rick]

One for myself, and one for my brother's birthday. Up to # 2 !
Rick

[Napoleon]

just ordered. Still #2.

[911]

I just ordered mine - woohoo! Now if they just brought out Grand Prix..

As a kid, I remembered seeing this movie for the first time in 1971 in a small movie theatre in Redondo Beach.

And to think, I spent $42 on the VHS version of this movie about 7-8 years ago - THANK YOU SIR MAY I HAVE ANOTHER!!!

Anyway, I'm glad that it's finally on DVD and that it's doing well with sales..

911

[Hyacinth]

Just a quick "Heads-Up" - SpeedTV is listing "Filming At Speed - The Making Of "LeMans" starting in about 30 minutes(!!!).

10:30 to 11PM Central Sat, Feb 1st, repeated 2:30AM Central Sund Feb 2nd.

Enjoy! :cool: