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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 race goes over 24 hours on 14.5 kilometers of cordoned country road. Every few hours the two drivers per car alternate - but it's still a challenge for concentration and material. In the focus is the duel between the German Stahler in Ferrari 512LM and the American Delaney in Gulf Team Porsche 917. Delaney is under extraordinary pressure, because the year before he caused a severe accident, in which his friend Lisa's husband was killed.
Director(s): Lee H. Katzin
Production: Solar Productions
 
IMDB:
6.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
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Year:
1971
106 min
825 Views


We've got 21 in

with a broken rear wishbone.

Dixie is fixing it now.

l want you to replace Ritter.

He's not quick enough.

Excuse me.

Michael, l want you to drive flat out.

l want Porsche to win Le Mans.

Your attention, please.

Your attention, please.

Announcing a change of drivers.

Gulf Porsche Number 21 will be driven

by Michael Delaney,

replacing Johann Ritter.

Repeat. Gulf Porsche Number 21

will be driven by Michael Delaney,

replacing Johann Ritter.

The car is running good.

Brakes are okay.

Darling, does it really matter?

Yes, it does.

- But you were going to quit anyway.

- Yup.

But not this way.

Ladies and gentlemen,

through the chicane

and along the grandstand straight,

here is the new leader,

Ferrari Number 5,

driven by Lugo Abratte

with only eight minutes remaining

in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

And now in second place

is Larry Wilson

in Gulf Porsche Number 22.

Yeah! Come on, come on!

And now, through

the chicane and going into the final lap

is the leader, Ferrari Number 5,

driven by Lugo Abratte.

And in second place is Larry Wilson

in Gulf Porsche Number 22.

And on the same lap,

having made up nine seconds

to the two leaders,

are Ferrari Number 8

and Porsche Number 21

running third and fourth,

Erich Stahler and Michael Delaney,

pushing their cars to the limit in this,

the most closely contested finish

in the history of Le Mans.

Your attention, please.

l have just received word

that the first-place car, Ferrari Number 5,

driven by Lugo Abratte,

is out of the race with tire trouble.

With only two minutes

remaining in the race,

the lead has been taken over

by Gulf Porsche Number 22,

driven by Larry Wilson.

Yeah!

Larry Wilson in 22.

Porsche wins Le Mans.

ln second, Michael

Delaney in Gulf Porsche Number 21.

And third, Ferrari Number 8,

driven by Erich Stahler.

Thank you, Michael.

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Harry Kleiner

Harry Kleiner (September 10, 1916 Tiflis, Russia – October 17, 2007 Chicago, Illinois) was a Russian-born American screenwriter and producer best known for his films at 20th Century Fox. more…

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