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Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
Financial troubles, on-set rivalries and the star’s own personal issues affect the filming of the movie 'Le Mans' in 1970, a passion project for Hollywood icon and racing enthusiast Steve McQueen.
16 December 1930, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
7 April 1928, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
28 February 1940, Montona, Istria, Italy [now Motovun, Istria, Croatia]
October 11, 1934 in USA
31 October 1941, Pinner, Middlesex, England, UK
3 May 1930, Santa Monica, California, USA
2 December 1930, Edgeware, Middlesex, England, UK
December 3, 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA
7 January 1937, Palm Springs, California, USA
November 22, 2015
Like Hearts of Darkness, this documentary follows the making of a movie on which more than a million feet of film was reportedly exposed, but sadly Le Mans is no Apocalypse Now.
November 12, 2015
It doesn't really succeed in conveying McQueen's great passion for auto racing. In truth, it mostly makes him seem like a jerk - but cinephiles might enjoy it as a case study of moviemaking gone wrong.
November 17, 2015
It's a great making-of tale about a very mediocre movie.
June 09, 2016
A passionate tale where the directors know just how much to give us to feel the passion of its main subject. [Full review in Spanish]
November 13, 2015
"Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans" is an interesting documentary because it approaches its well-known subject from an unexpected angle.
June 07, 2016
A film to exorcise an insecure, violent, unpredictable, angry, seductive, and full of suicidal tendencies Hollywood icon. [Full review in Spanish]
November 10, 2015
We've seen many an insider doc about films destroyed by their creators' chutzpah (Overnight, Lost in La Mancha), but what's most wrenching here is McQueen's displays of vulnerability and tenderness.
May 30, 2016
The story of one of the most high octane ego trips in Hollywood history. [Full review in Spanish]
November 12, 2015
Filmmakers Gabriel Clarke and John McKenna interweave abundant archival footage and audio seamlessly.
December 01, 2015
With archival films and frank interviews with people involved like his first wife and his son, this is a fascinating look at what unchecked ego can do to a gifted person.
December 01, 2016
A fascinating view of a doomed film.
November 13, 2015
If you see only one 44-years-later postmortem on a critical and commercial misfire this season, it might as well be "Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans."
