Damon and Bale in "Ford v. Ferrari"

In the 1960s, Ford Motor Company embarked on building a supercar that could beat the Italian automaker Ferrari at one of the world's most prestigious car races, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. That effort (and the story of the car designer and driver behind it) is now told in the new movie "Ford v. Ferrari." Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with stars Matt Damon (who plays Carroll Shelby, the automotive artist hired to defeat Ferrari) and Christian Bale (who plays legendary driver Ken Miles) about the quest to create a finely-tuned weapon of speed.
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[@thetreblerebel]

I hope this movie brings more light to Ken Miles and his legacy

[@AravindMadhav]

This movie is phenomenal. Bale and Damon was excellent. Cinematography was amazing

[@deerlord2363]

Damon was lame, he didn't properly represent Carroll Shelby.

[@ayushsarangi7242]

@@deerlord2363 true

[@evansikorski183]

"My name is Carroll Shelby and performance is my business." murica

[@kennethnevins]

“We won’t spoil the ending for you, but...” then proceeds to spoil the ending.

[@Itsjustpinchy]

🤣🤣

[@savasmage]

I already saw the movie soh not that it matters to me but for others the bissh did straight up spoil the ending

[@kevinw712]

While I can say that if I was the producer in charge of this segment I probably wouldn't have left that in the edit, it doesn't really spoil the ending for a movie, not in the way that many on here are reacting to. Think about it, the fact of Miles' death doesn't really have anything to do with the central story they're telling here. The goal by the characters at the start of the story was to do something that had never been done, and they fully accomplished that. It happens by way of something entirely apart from the LeMans race, it's more of just an epilogue to the film, and included because it's what did really happen out of nowhere.

[@ag-bk5wf]

Well the race was 40 yrs ago...all true car guys know how it ended.

[@frankievelasco1738]

Y'all got an interview with Christian Bale? Bravo.

[@dinorossi6611]

I met him twice, he drives a beat up gray Toyota Tacoma truck .. super nice guy

[@craigcampbell1843]

Frankie Velasco probably in his contract to do the movie that he has to do media

[@adamknights557]

I went to school with him in England, great kid

[@Darkclaw00700]

Dino Rossi He is indeed a really nice guy. I’ve been lucky to be able to meet him a few times and his wife is really friendly too.

[@elevens6953]

@@adamknights557 THAT'S SO COOL!

[@attela3905]

"We won't spoil the ending for you..." Then in the same sentence you spoil it.

[@chadpaul3942]

Well... it's kinda been spoiled for 50 years now.

[@tarzanx5113]

I'm really love Christian Bale I respect this actor every time show up in movie it's become one of the best of the year 🙌

[@Repented008]

Ever seen the machinist?

[@tarzanx5113]

@@Repented008 yeah it's was really good movie it's Released before Batman trilogy 👍🏻

[@markoneill8188]

Hes fecking nuts

[@thekeywitness]

Every Bale performance is worth watching, because he's a freakin' chameleon.

[@keepingupwiththehalsteads805]

the director of the film gave a great IndieWire interview about the film and Bale, one great quote: '' I felt the role was close to Bale [who starred in Mangold’s "3:10 to Yuma"], and prayed he would do it. He’s a model to me of artistic perseverance and flexibility. He'll text you with thoughts and free associations about the character. It's all incredible food. He’s a wonderful father, loving husband, great friend. He’s not interested in being famous. He drives a pickup truck, he’s grounded in the world, he raced motorcycles but had to stop when he got hurt, when he had kids. There are so many parts of Ken in Christian, who’s a perfectionist. He’s trying to achieve something for himself. It's magical to direct someone like that because they draw you into their own idealism. You feel that energy; it permeates the set. ''

[@AbdulKhan-ve4hx]

Christian Bale is one of the greatest actors of all time

[@richardr7947]

and the best batman!

[@achillesmercado909]

This two guys portrayed the role so good that eventually brings the legend to life.

[@baywatchrules12]

Yes Mr Wayne it does come in black!!!!

[@Amaking10000]

Can we get a movie Ayrton Senna vs Allan Prost? The greatest rivalry in motor sport

[@hmackprotection1]

Amaking10000 Amen 🙏🏾

[@Xander.Youtube]

There is actually a documentary about it...So because of that sadly i don't think there will be a movie about it. But fingers crossed anyway.

[@arvindafaria]

Alain*

[@oscarromeo7]

I hope that we get a Rush sequel that's about Senna and Prost's rivalry.

[@craigcampbell1843]

So cool that they put the cobra in the sun at the end.

[@Sturnburn772]

"We wont spoil the ending for you...all true stories end in death" While showing a shot of Christian Bale. Thanks for leaving it up to our imagination CBS!

[@buckhorncortez]

It's okay. We all know Ken Miles died in a car crash testing the J-car at Riverside...

[@noahneon]

“We won’t ruin the ending for you but.....he dies in the end.” Ummm 🤔

[@289cobra9]

LIVENOAH Ken died 2 months after the 1966 La Manns

[@Repented008]

@@289cobra9 Still....poor taste man, not cool.

[@MrGenexxx]

I wanna thank you all so much. I really wanted to see this film but you ruined it for me. I hope it flops!

[@xnadave]

@@MrGenexxx Don't watch Titanic. The ship sinks at the end and a lot of people die. Also, don't read the news or use google or wikipedia or... sigh.

[@8kigana]

@@MrGenexxx don't come to a chat forum, bad place, some wise guy will always blurt the whole movie.

[@lisad2701]

I'll watch ANYTHING that includes Christian Bale.

[@kenwinston2245]

I'm a Shelby - phile. Damon does him justice. Every gearhead will love this. Many fine ladies were in the theater opening night enjoying the show as well.

[@darealberrygarcia]

Looks like a good father son flick 👌🏻

[@NeoKyoKusanagi]

That is correct, and me and my boy went to watch the movie today. Amazing time since we´re both into cars. :)

[@richardmahlmeister4024]

Yes it is.

[@kaolid]

1 movie, and it’s better than the whole Fast and Furious franchise.

[@chrisbrimhall6323]

And Paul Newman actually raced in Le Mans

[@vladimiralvarez1162]

Chris Brimhall really? What year mon?

[@mtfilley4957]

@@vladimiralvarez1162 1979 Newman placed second in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He drove a Porsche 935.

[@davidturk6170]

As well as a lot of other tracks.

[@logicsfinest3471]

We won’t end the story, then she tells you that Ken Miles died 😆

[@lilyvonshtuup]

Paul Bryant I’m going to see this on my birthday and I had no idea how it turns out have stayed away from wiki etc. What a B****!

[@lostintime8651]

@@lilyvonshtuup try to unknow it. you have time

[@8kigana]

@@lilyvonshtuup it shouldn't matter (in my opinion but I understand your point), nice movie, I hoped you liked it and had a great birthday.

[@d1want34]

Its already a fact

[@lilyvonshtuup]

@chuimon slp Thx I enjoyed the film and did have a good birthday :) Still think she’s an a******e for saying what she did. I’m not a petrol head but I am a Cinefile and this was a d**k move. The film could have been a lot more impactful for me not knowing.

[@wozmac771]

Ford changed the deal they had discussed earlier. No wonder Ferrari said no. Ford wanted to show their might with money when they tried to change Ferrari's controls over the race team. I am not really a Ferrari fan, but, you have to respect his dedication to racing. Ferrari actually never cared about his road cars, He used to not attend the races, since he didn't want to see his babies (cars) being thrashed by the race car drivers. Funny, they have made their name in racing and some great road cars. But, Ford is essentially still producing bad, unreliable cars. And before anyone starts commenting about some good cars, with a Ford name, all those were essentially designed and sometimes manufactured by the Europeans.

[@jaytomson7052]

I haven't seen this movie yet... but seeing this preview.. I love it!

[@DaftSwank]

This movie looks incredible, although I think Oscar Isaacson bears a closer resemblance to Carroll Shelby than Matty does.

[@hmackprotection1]

Rest In Paradise Carroll and Ken

[@musclecarluvr3928]

Went and seen the movie Thanksgiving night.. loved it.... .

[@paulsilas9070]

Jane Pauley is elegant & class. The perfect first female host of Sunday Morning.

[@lostintime8651]

and she wasn't having a "bad hair day". (FYI. she coined that phrase)

[@Tommy2tone762]

70 pounds and calls from his cardiologist..... acting life wow!

[@texasveteran5304]

If you don’t know Miles died you are not a racing fan.

[@lilyvonshtuup]

Texas Veteran No, but you might be a film fan and appreciate a good story which this “journalist” chose to spoil.

[@buzzvideoz1822]

Why do i feel like jimmy Kimmel would pop up any second.

[@joerizzo53]

Christian Bale was amazing in American Hustle. He stood out among an incredibly talented cast with Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, and Jennifer Lawence. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYWakmSXgMSffZI

[@lead-dog]

So very glad Ferrari didn’t sell out to Ford. Would have been a travesty IMO.

[@pe7976]

There's a basic difference between American and Italian race cars. American muscle cars rely mostly if not entirely, as the word implies, from pure muscles or engine power, so to speak. Italian cars, on the other harness the benefits of aerodynamics with lesser engine power requirement. So it is a game of effectiveness versus efficiency. One may not necessarily be better than the other when on tracks but it delineates how advance one team's design is over the other.

[@alessracional2010]

Ken Miles and Shelby best friends. Best drive and won 1966 Ken Miles legend

[@xnadave]

Great article! I'd love to see the rest of the interview footage with Damon & Bale. Editing on this segment was great, but some of us would like to hear the rest of what they had to say. (Oh, and I'm sure Shelby's grandson had some interesting things to say, as well.) :D

[@MLB9000]

So is the movie called Fast Friends or Ford vs Ferrari?

[@BammerD]

Fast and the Furious: Ford vs. Ferrari.

[@RuleNo2NoNames]

I am from India and I followed Bollywood right from my childhood, but when I saw Christian Bale doing such body transformation in almost every movie, that made me his big fan. He is the rank 1st actor in my list, followed by Tom Hanks and then Amitabh Bachan.

[@Wooley689]

The movie comes across even more real because the cars actually are real in this, no computer generated ones and it comes across in the film.

[@chriswright8464]

I feel like driving my Mustang.

[@markdemaegd4058]

If you don't want to drive a Tesla Roadster you are dead.

[@ke7kk641]

A MUSTANG (FALCON) REALLY!!!

[@Burps___]

#ChristianBale is the most talented male actor around.

[@tinamclaughlin1991]

Good story, and let this country get back in touch!

[@indianajones8371]

Damn good movie, made me tear up twice.

[@scottanderson4175]

We e just returned home from the movie theater all expectations exceeded 💯

[@godiamarmageddon1731]

Thanks Jane pauley :) I love you 🙋 Grace God 💋

[@larrysherry]

Very good movie, extremely entertaining. Lots of factual inaccuracies but then it's not a documentary :)

[@psk5746]

But I dont get the factual inaccuracies. The genuine story is perfect as it was. Why did they f with it?

[@dellastreet3920]

Christian Bale is HOT HOT HOT!!!

[@lostintime8651]

with a bad heart

[@TheMikeEwick]

Great movie very well made and shot. Both actors are top notch and the movie went by very quickly. Which I can’t say for many movies this year.

[@johnberger5539]

The track scene at the 2:00 mark looks a lot like the downhill at Road Atlanta, except that it’s a lot steeper than it looks in the film. The scene where Henry Ford II gets scared sh_tless when driven in the GT40 by Carroll Shelby is not a Hollywood exaggeration. As a professional racing instructor, I’ve given hundreds of demo rides to people who’ve never been in a race car driven near its limit, and I’ve seen similar reactions up to and including loss of bladder control. If you haven’t had the experience of being on a race track at speed, it is an adrenalin high. Put it on your bucket list; it will not disappoint. Tragically, Ken Miles was killed 6 months after Lemans while testing the Ford GT40 being developed for the 1967 race. Just as tragic, Miles crossed the finish line first, but had the victory stripped from him when he was ordered by a Ford executive o allow the other two Fords to catch up so as to finish in an orchestrated dead heat, and, by a quirk in the rules, the #2 car of Bruce McLaren & Chris Amon was given the victory since it had travelled farther than the Miles/Hulme car having started the race 8 meters farther back in the pits. Had Miles been awarded the victory he deserved, he would, still today, be the only driver ever to win the 24 hours of Sebring, the 24 hours of Daytona and the 24 hours of LeMans in the same season.

[@buckhorncortez]

No. It's a total fabrication. Henry Ford II never rode in the GT40.

[@David-n1z5o]

Thought christian done a great job a slight brummy accent lol ken was born couple miles from me oviously im.alot younger lol

[@LulaRoberts]

This is why I'am a proud FORD classic car owner and a Shareholder of Ford Stock🤨🤔.

[@Toby_the_Glen]

If only Ferrari had Fords money and resources to throw at one race?

[@ImThe5thKing]

@@Toby_the_Glen Well, the only reason they didn't was because Ford and Ferrari are completely different in the way they run things. Ford had passenger cars and pickup trucks that millions bought. That was what Ford was and still is about. Enzo Ferrari only made road cars because lots of motorsports (back then, at least, I'm not sure about now) required teams to manufacture "this many" road going versions of the race cars or something similar. In fact, when Ford wanted to buy Ferrari, Ezno was willing to sell the manufacture of road cars to Ford. He just wanted to keep control over the racing team and Ford didn't want to give him the money he needed to keep the Ferrari's racing team competitive.

[@pentameteriamb6196]

Go Ford!

[@TheShakhan91]

You just ruined the movie. SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!

[@raywei8472]

The last line of the video sums up motorsport perfectly, so many people think racing is just driving fast in circles, there are so many things goes on behind the scenes

[@abdalrhmanhozifa224]

Those days past a way when British actor was the best From the nineties 👍 but no body no how still alive after the dark knight trilogy 🌹👋 .

[@garethwigglesworth8187]

Americans win "one" and they never let you hear the end of it. Just shows you how more advanced Ferrari's are compared to all over car companies maybe with the exception of a few others.

[@dimitriskyurem8494]

How awesome would be a second Ford v Ferrari movie on the 1967 Le Mans with the great Dan Gurney and the development of the All-American MkIV after the failure of the J Car. It would also be kinda awesome to have a decent part with Ferrari's perspective of that season

[@ohhappybear]

great reporting!

[@allenhemphill5028]

THE most appropriate "sunspot".Thank You.

[@user-cs3zs6jn1d]

4:23 says it all. Doesn't matter what you drive .Its all about the driver . Also, the only good Fords that were made for performance were designed by shelby.

[@LulaRoberts]

Well🤔🤨.

[@scottcraig1047]

That's not true. Shelby had little or nothing to do with the Torino Talledegas, Mercury Cyclones , and Thunderbirds that won in NASCAR, or the mk 1 and 2 Ford Escorts that won so many rally races, or the Cosworth Sierras or RS 200, or the Foyt Coyote engine that was based on the Ford Indianapolis 500 engines. There is a *lot* more to Ford racing programs than the mustang, cobra and GT 40.

[@jasonchristiansen9063]

If there is no politics this film will do very well.

[@richardmahlmeister4024]

Saw it. No politics. All will like it.

[@avimistry5496]

"Right Car is nothing without a Rigtious Driver"!!

[@tsu8003]

First Hunt vs Lauda (aka Rush) now Ford vs Ferrari! Next do Villeneuve vs Pironi, a story so incredible you wouldn't believe it was true!

[@fajaradi1223]

Schumi vs Hakinen?

[@tsu8003]

@@fajaradi1223 nah, nothing particularly special or dramatic about that, same as with schumacher vs hill or schumacher vs anyone else tbh. Can't even really make a movie about Senna vs Prost or Mansell because there's already been a major movie documentary made about Senna.

[@fajaradi1223]

@@tsu8003 Well ... We got a Dutch who speak rationally, and a Finnish who doesn't talk so much. I guess it's gonna be very dramatic story.

[@tsu8003]

@@fajaradi1223 Schumi is German lol Tbh I do think he deserves his own movie though, done in the same way as the Senna movie was made.

[@fajaradi1223]

@@tsu8003 Damn! I mixed Dutch and Deutsch again. My bad. But you get the point.

[@profesorius2675]

In the start my eyes and ears was on the car :DDD

[@blank557]

I saw this movie, and highly recommend it, even if you are not a car fanatic.

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

Dan Gurney/AJ Foyt Hold my champagne !

[@richardmahlmeister4024]

Great movie beautifully done.

[@markraines7476]

An awesome movie...now both are racing again

[@2doorduude]

4:24 that Golf in the back tho 🤤

[@monalisasmoustache]

Not even mention for Catriona Balfe?

[@sivvybee]

The line, I was Born ready is famous from White Lightning and Smokey and the Bandit. Gotta be a car guy to catch that.

[@Paul_Wright]

And I would still have the Porsche 917

[@281cobracar7]

I was born into a Ford family. My Mom had a 64 Galaxie 500 XL vert, my Dad had a 65 Mustang vert 260 V8 auto and my Uncle had a 64 Thunderbird.

[@jackbronsky]

When I was a teenager, we went to the car dealer to "help" my mom buy a car. We came home with a 1967 Ford Fairlane GT 289. Mom could not figure out why her tires kept wearing out so fast. We, of course, would borrow it at night to go to the Library to "study". This movie was nothing short of great.

[@COBRATV427]

Great reporting, thanks !

[@sawa2335]

Понял только половину ) Но все равно - Лайк ))))))))))) Фильм просто ШИКАРНЫЙ !!! Спасибо!

[@caneface87]

New reporter just quoted Fast and the Furious on accident at 4:30 lol

[@SteveM-ly7oy]

I am sorry but the esteemed and very experienced Ms Pauley's comment at the end about 'I won't spoil the ending but.......' has to be one of the stupidest things I have ever heard a TV 'professional' make. It would have been better to say 'If you want to find out what happened then you'll just have to go and watch the film.' Americans. Really.

[@bjs2022]

Shame on the video editor who is guilty of committing the video atrocity of BBC (Blow-up, Blur, Crop) 4:3 aspect ratio films and video (or 4:3 films transferred to video) to fill the 16:9 frame. Doing "click to fill" may look OK on a computer screen (other than the unnaturally overly large images) but on a TV the loss of resolution is terrible. You are taking standard definition video and degrading it to substandard definition video. You are also altering/censoring the carefully composed and framed 4:3 aspect ratio images by the historical cinematographers and videographers. Leave 4:3 alone! And, don’t BBC 4:3 photos, either.

[@hawkdsl]

All you need to know is.... 1, 2, and 3. and the closest Ferrari was... 30 miles away.

[@MrGTO-ze7vb]

The GT40 427 is one of the most beautiful and brutally fast cars built in the 1960s. Shelby American built it..!!

[@SKAEDDIESS]

I’m not into Ford but it’s a great movie good story and awesome characters loved it!!!!

[@philgiglio7922]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaWVaoWjdtuXbbc You say 1966...but that is the start of the 1967 race. The red number 3 GT40 seen was driven by Dan Gurney and AJ Foyt and won the race. That is where Dan started the tradition of the winner spraying bubbly all over the gathered journalists.

[@captjim007]

Wow, you can hear Shelby's voice in his grandson.

[@cup_and_cone]

It's called a Texas accent...

[@trivellekoolaidrian6921]

Since Weinstein's downfall, better films have returned over the last two years. Other than Oscar winners flooding us with agenda speeches, it seems that actors are relaxing in interviews & not screaming about climate change or whatever. Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood" actually was my favorite movie that he's directed since "Pulp Fiction". Anything else in between was a "Weinstein" picture, Quentin was simply a revising & exiting lackey. Nice to see Actors & Actresses not being micromanaged or having to toe the line

[@afzalynwa7235]

FVF>joker

[@marykateivanetich4343]

that blonde haired girl looks quite a lot like my cousin Kathy Ivanetich. Is she trying to sell you my aunt's red 1963 corvette. for the race. M.K..I.

[@Adamb87]

Just went to see this film it’s decent enough worth a watch , bale is great and Damon is awesome

[@rockandroll4689]

Ford is the ABSOLUTE BEST! I will always buy their products and ONLY their vehicles!

[@mgn5667]

yeah baby yeah..

[@mgn5667]

British Gent John Rhodes Cobb Built a car in the 30's and went 368 mph.. fact:::::

[@christopheratwell9171]

I just wish the history books would be honest about how the fight between ford/Ferrari started. When ford was looking to buy Ferrari the race division was not part of the agreement. So when ford showed up in Italy with 8 or so lawyers and a stack of papers for Ferrari to sign, with selling the rights to his race team he felt as though he was being strong armed. So simply stood up with his single lawyer and left for lunch. And if anyone were to do there homework they would too know that he would never sell his race team. At the end though it is a great story of “mines bigger than yours” that could only be between a American and a Italian.

[@GlassTopRX7]

It's all covered in The 24 Hour War, it's a very detailed documentary on it that game out not that long ago.

[@michaelprice7005]

I wish they made this film ten years ago so Carroll could advise. 8:16 The best sun they've ever shown.

[@jackominty3633]

"We won't spoil the ending for you, but ... all true stories end in death." Well done!!! FFS!

[@navylaks2]

It's Batman and the guy who wanted to be 2 face ;)

[@LulaRoberts]

I like that😎.

[@navylaks2]

@@LulaRoberts Then you're gonna love me :)

[@danstanfield5570]

Wow, Shelby Mustang in Marine Corps colors. Beautiful 😍

[@joshuao322]

Just because you haven't seen the movie, that doesn't mean anyone ruins it by saying what the interviewer said, it is HISTORY...look it up, read, watch any program on Ford and Carroll Shelby and this is bound to be in every one

[@joshuao322]

Ken Miles was a wonderfully talented racing driver back in the day

[@Butterbean1]

We won’t spoil the ending, but he dies at the end 😂😂 Great work 👍

[@brennanphillips4337]

Bale is Welsh not English

[@gillri]

nope he is english as he has said many times in interviews. He called himself an 'english pratt' in the one interview I saw

[@brennanphillips4337]

Richard Gill oh true

[@youaremylifepictures4680]

We don't want to spoil it but we may as well...?!

[@jikesbadoodle3580]

Phenomenal Movie for Start to finish! 10/10

[@peggyann2753]

This is an amazing movie! Damon and Bales shine!

[@alfredoalcantar8691]

Love does cars

[@gabesolomon4887]

"We won't spoil the ending, but [spoils ending]"