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Steve McQueen The Man and Le Mans

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Steve McQueen The Man and Le Mans

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Year

2015

Size/Type

France “Grande Affiche” / Single Sided / (62″ x 45.5″)

Country of Origin

France

Condition

Near Mint – Mint / Single Sided / Rolled (as issued)

Director

Gabriel Clark, John McKenna

Actor/Actress

Chad McQueen, Christopher Waite, Elga Andersen, Fred Haltiner, John Sturges, Louise Edlind, Luc Merenda, Ronald Leigh Hunt, Siegfried Rauch, Steve McQueen

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“The Story of obsession, betrayal and ultimate vindication. It is the story of how one of the most volatile, charismatic stars of his generation, who seemingly lost so much he held dear in the pursuit of his dream, nevertheless followed it to the end”

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The rarest of the rare, with a very limited print run, that’s exactly what this original 2015  French Grande Affiche poster for “Steve McQueen The Man and Le Mans” is. Quite frankly one of the best Steve McQueen images ever produced…Originally rolled this large format poster presents near perfectly; Genuinely scarce and hard to find due to the Film’s very limited release. Based upon the making of the 1971 film  “Le Mans” the iconic and much admired motor racing movie showing just why Steve McQueen was the true King of Cool !…A fantastic piece of very desirable and collectable original movie memorabilia that in this large format is sure to impress.

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Steve McQueen The Man and Le Mans Movie Poster

“STEVE McQUEEN THE MAN and LE MANS is the story of obsession, betrayal and ultimate vindication. It is the story of how one of the most volatile, charismatic stars of his generation, who seemingly lost so much he held dear in the pursuit of his dream, nevertheless followed it to the end”…

“I’m a driver, I’m an actor, and a filmmaker.” Gabriel Clark and John McKenna‘s documentary about actor/director Steve McQueen trying to make the racing film Le Mans which was released in 1971. Apparently it was a very troubled, messy production with all kinds of problems and on-set rivalries – resulting in what was a “poorly received” film that didn’t really connect with American audiences. The documentary features plenty of archival footage along with some interviews to present a unique, inside look at the production and what really went down. Of course, found within all that footage is McQueen talking about a love for car racing and filmmaking…“This is the story of racing, man.”

“Lotta people go through life doing things badly. Racing’s important to men who do it well. When you’re racing, it’s life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting”…The reason why most racing movies fail, is because the Hollywood people try to tie in some cheesy plot to the highly professional sports of auto racing. In real life car racing, there is no dramatic love story, no struggle between good and evil, no rebel against the authority. In real life, racing is all about speed, physical strength, and concentration, anything else is just distraction…Rather than put in a third rate plot to make a crappy story out of it like Driven or any other racing flick has done(including the Grand Prix), Steve McQueen’s Le Mans has chosen to walk the different path, to bring the true spirit of car racing on the big screen. Who cares if there is no plot, no conversation, or no love story. If you are looking for those things, you are watching the wrong movie. The sound of the 917 blast down the Mulsanne at full throttle is well worth the time to watch this movie…Sadly, this is probably the last of the true racing movies. The world today is impossible to make a movie out of real racing car(every single race car in Le Mans is real. The Porsche 917, the Ferrari 512S, The Lola T70). Driven uses mock CART car based on Indy Light, plus a whole lot of crappy CGI car, Grand Prix uses the F2 car that looks like the F1 at the time. A movie like Le Mans probably will never be made again.

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