Le mans 1970 - Steve McQueen

[@euanelliott3613]

RIP Dad, thanks for taking me to see this when I was seven. I loved it. Love you, Euan x

[@DChrls]

Same here. That movie hooked me on racing.

[@Jake4211-]

Oh man I can't imagine how cool that would've been to watch this on a big screen in a theater

[@PavltheRobot]

I wasn't even alive when this film came out, but that didn't stop me from enjoying it almost half of a century later. Amazing piece of history.

[@Jake4211-]

OHHHHHH THAT MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@lougiovannetti3612]

One of my all time favorite Racing movies.

[@Smittyschannel]

the f-ing howl of that flat 12 gives me goosebumps every time

[@watchman569]

You're not the only one

[@sgtmiklin]

Pareil

[@Smittyschannel]

Although I'm pretty sure it was some cinematic embellishment; every modern video I've seen on the 917, they don't have that howl

[@idiotsavante7963]

Oh yeah

[@idiotsavante7963]

Makes life worth living

[@terryrault6449]

Slt la j,avais 5ans.ca fait drole de voir des comédiens sur piste.c,est impresionnant.tout a changé.bravo felicitation.maintenant j en est 57ans.un fans des 24h.merci pour tout bye.j adore.🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰👍👍👍👍👍👍💝💝💝💝💝rip steve.

[@DJohanningmeier]

Racing at its finest, the glory days of Lemans from 1964-71.

[@Retroscoop]

what happened in 1972 ?

[@davecoalwood9487]

@@Retroscoop Le Womens started competing....He suggested 72 was shit, not Me!😁

[@kendodd8734]

Mr McQueen the governor of actors in the governor of races in the governor of cars when there was still a form of romance in motor sport heady days alas long gone

[@napalmhotdog4365]

No, group C was greater still IMO

[@batallaschamberi6451]

@@davecoalwood9487 Michele Mouton rally WRC

[@carlosriquelme6380]

Unforgetable!!!

[@albertomontanacastillo9367]

La mejor película de automovilismo de todos los tiempos

[@DotoreMartinezvasconcelos]

Alberto estoy de acuerdo contigo. Aparte de este actor tan carismático hay que ver la actriz creo de origen danesa que es de una belleza impresionante. Creo su nombre era Elga....

[@guts067]

917 Hollow song, and 512 shriek equally epic.

[@DChrls]

Hollywood, this is what racing fans want a racing movie to be. No driving at 100mph and speeding up the frame rate. No in-car footage with the scenery going by at 50mph. You get an actual race car and mount cameras on it. The chase car is a race car as well. With cameras mounted on it. Then you put the cars on the race track and run the snot out of them.

[@august-joonasmononen3964]

fantastic cars show

[@COLETHORN10]

Mc Queen actually qualified for the 1970 race and wanted to participate, but movie producers said it was too dangerous and forbit it.

[@nickz4993]

This is my favorite part of the movie

[@paxwallacejazz]

The idea of 512 vs 917 is what this film stamped into my 10 year old mind.

[@jamesemmeneckersr.1875]

Is was 10 too in 1970... it was my very first movie without parents.... It myself and 2 friends that were brothers. One of was my best man 12 years later. We still talk cars today. This movie only fueled my need for speed. Thank You Steve McQueen for your truly dedicated work.

[@caseyjoanz]

paxwallacejazz - When Porsche broke Enzo’s dominance at Le Mans it was a testimony to the triumph of technology. When Audi went “moneyball” decades later - realizing handling beats balls-out speed - they restricted the Audi design. Says a lot about what we’ve become: afraid of change because we can’t let go of old thinking. “We might become gay communists driving rice-burners!” (Or certainly bisexual socialists in Teslas)

[@horizonandsky8989]

Porsche 917 and Ferrari 512 S!!!!!!!!! Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!! Forever and all the Times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ernestoclaudodip9671]

THIS ONE AND GRAND PRIX THE BEST RACING CARS MOVIES OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!.PERIOD.

[@patguzman3132]

THAT MOVIE THEM TIMES N CARS FROM 60S N 70S MASTERPIECE

[@kim5him]

real cars at speed, no cgi

[@silvanamangano204]

Go Go Steve a love the legend''my heroes😙😙😙😙😙❤❤💋💋💋✌✌✌✌

[@dave13dc]

The sound! 5 litre twelve cylinder engines.

[@Kronaphasia]

Actually I believe the film uses the GT40 sound for Steve's 917 cockpit & close up footage. You can really notice the distinct GT40 180 degree header sound at 33 second mark in this video sequence. In filming some of the on track movie footage the camera crew had a GT40 with the roof cut off & stuffed with a camera.

[@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo]

​@@Kronaphasia lmao 😂 a GT40 with a nascar 427 does not sound anywhere near a 917k howl........

[@jameshoran8]

McQueen was such a great driver, he actually qualified for the race, but the movie execs would not let him do it.

[@spittinvenom9843]

Life and death on the line. Unbelievable.

[@piptaylor99]

Iconic especially for a boy from Slough

[@almostfm]

@Todd M Ummm, Slough is a town in England-near Windsor, about 20 miles from London. It's not an alternative spelling for "sloth"

[@sgtmiklin]

Un très bon film qui n'a rien perdu....pas comme David Piper 🤷🏻‍♂️....les voitures de cette époque étaient de véritables cercueils, 400 km/h dans un nid en tube d'alu pour la 917 😱

[@jacobhungerford4206]

But the engines were awesome

[@TheBlackBaron13]

"Steve McQueen is well ahead in his 917 as team Ferr...What's this, I don't believe it! It looks like there is a new contender coming up on the lead car's like lightning! Jim, is that the Mach 5?! It appears so, Larry, Speed Racer has made his introduction into the 24 Hours LeMans!"

[@ericmeechglobalnetwork2273]

nice... real nice.

[@davidbrown8517]

The iconic Gulf liveried Porsche 917 never won Le Mans except in the Steve McQueen film. Helmut Marko of Red Bull fame won Le Mans outright in a 917.

[@Tommy1198S]

240p? so damn fuzzy can hardly make it out.

[@saifulizhan]

I bet those cars were made from a very thin and light weight plastic by the way they bound the headlights with only using duct tapes. Maybe an early type of fiberglass.

[@helmutquad1960]

Hi, and yes! Today the restorators have problems keeping that Porsches alive. Electrical problems and technical problems wit the chassis because some of the metal parts like the aluminium is giving up. Most times you can see these cars shown on exhibitions but not driving around with that icons of motorsport. Nearly all of the spareparts must be redone by handmade. Greetings !

[@AmericasChoice]

the duct tape on the headlights was holding plastic wrap to keep the lenses clean. they would rip off the plastic wrap just before it got dark.

[@captainbackflash]

Who directed the film?

[@Zarman09a]

first sturges the another

[@drazenbudis7881]

Todd M Officialy no, but unofficialy, absolutely.

[@caseyjoanz]

Drazen Budis -McQueen produced the film, and to the extent directing applies in the traditional sense, he was the executive director (knowing his own limitations for this type of filmmaking), and he took the $40 million hit when the film was considered a disaster. But time has vindicated Le Mans as a masterpiece, and his heirs are probably laughing at calling $40 million a bad investment.

[@Retroscoop]

@@caseyjoanz 40 million in those days, wasn't that enough to buy a new Phantom F 4 ? Whether his heirs have recuperated that investment is quite another thing, if they did, it is rather via Bullit than by the sales of Le Mans dvd's etc., at least that's my guess.

[@windri1862]

This is Real Racing 3

[@jacobhungerford4206]

Then group c was turbos and madness

[@SlotraceDK]

A great racing movie! I love everything about LM 1970. You can watch my 1/32 cars from LM 1970 at slotrace.dk

[@lucia19397]

Did Steve McQueen win that race?

[@GialloEurocrimeWorldChannel]

He came second. His team mate won.

[@arthurmacon4319]

Car 25 was the real winner, movie winner was Mcqueen's team mate.

[@ahmetarslanoglu6041]

Giallo & Eurocrime World i

[@805madmike]

Larry Wilson kicks ass!.....lol

[@Squidgy55]

If I remember correctly, Steve lifts on the last lap because he has a bad feeling about the car and realises it's not worth dying for. It's a long time since I watched it but I remember he kept having flashbacks to a fatality in the previous Le Mans.

[@paulsummers2640]

The music over the engine roars stinks

[@grauegans9215]

At 2:09 min the driver wears the mask incorrectly and dies of corona 😱

[@jupitermoongauge4055]

Awesome cars, terrible music

[@dr.davidrubins4891]

Is there anything better than a 917 in fourth gear and flat out????