''Ford v Ferrari'' (titled ''Le Mans '66'' in some European countries) is a 2019 American sports drama film directed by

James Mangold James Allen Mangold (born December 16, 1963) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for the films ''Cop Land'' (1997), '' Girl, Interrupted'' (1999), ''Walk the Line'' (2005), '' 3:10 to Yuma'' (2007), '' The Wolverine'' (2013) and '' Logan'' ...

and written by Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, and

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. It stars Matt Damon and

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, with Jon Bernthal,

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Tracy Letts Tracy S. Letts (born July 4, 1965) is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. He started his career at the Steppenwolf Theatre before making his Broadway debut as a playwright for '' August: Osage County'' (2007), for which he received ...

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, Noah Jupe, Remo Girone, and Ray McKinnon in supporting roles. The plot follows a determined team of American and British engineers and designers, led by automotive designer Carroll Shelby and his British driver,

Ken Miles Kenneth Henry Jarvis Miles (1 November 1918 – 17 August 1966) was a British-American sports car racing engineer and driver best known for his motorsport career in the US and with American teams on the international scene. He is an inducte ...

, who are hired by

Henry Ford II Henry Ford II (September 4, 1917 – September 29, 1987), sometimes known as "Hank the Deuce", was an American businessman in the automotive industry. He was the oldest son of Edsel Ford I and oldest grandson of Henry Ford I. He was president ...

and

Lee Iacocca Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca ( ; October 15, 1924 – July 2, 2019) was an American automobile executive best known for the development of the Ford Mustang, Continental Mark III, and Ford Pinto cars while at the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s, an ...

to build a race car to defeat the perennially dominant Italian racing team

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at the

1966 24 Hours of Le Mans The 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 34th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 18 and 19 June 1966. It was also the seventh round of the 1966 World Sportscar Championship season. This was the first overall win at Le Mans for the Ford GT4 ...

race in France. ''Ford v Ferrari'' had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on August 30, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 15, 2019, by

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. The film grossed $225 million worldwide and received acclaim from critics, who lauded the performances (particularly Bale and Damon), Mangold's direction, the editing, and the racing sequences. It was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the ten best films of the year, and at the 92nd Academy Awards received four nominations, including Best Picture, and won Best Film Editing and

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. Bale also received nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Drama and the

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Plot

In 1963,

Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobi ...

Vice President

proposes to

to boost their car sales by purchasing Italian car manufacturer

Ferrari Ferrari S.p.A. (; ) is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari (1898–1988) in 1939 from the Alfa Romeo racing division as ''Auto Avio Costruzioni'', the company built its first car in ...

, dominant in the

24 Hours of Le Mans The 24 Hours of Le Mans (french: link=no, 24 Heures du Mans) is an endurance-focused Sports car racing, sports car race held annually near the town of Le Mans, France. It is the world's oldest active Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance r ...

. Owner Enzo Ferrari uses Ford's offer to secure a deal with

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that allows him to retain ownership of the firm's racing team,

. He insults Ford II and the whole Ford Motor Company. Ford orders his racing division to build a car to defeat Ferrari at Le Mans. Iacocca hires Shelby American owner Carroll Shelby, a retired driver who won Le Mans in 1959. Shelby enlists his friend

, a hot-tempered British racer and mechanical engineer. Shelby and Miles develop the UK-built Ford GT40 Mk I prototype at

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. At the launch of the new

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, Miles gives a witheringly rude appraisal of it to Ford Senior Vice President Leo Beebe. Beebe campaigns against sending Miles to the

1965 24 Hours of Le Mans The 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 33rd Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 19 and 20 June 1965. It was also the twelfth round of the World Sportscar Championship. After the disappointing results of the previous year's race, Ford return ...

as a public relations liability. Shelby reluctantly excludes Miles and sends

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and Bruce McLaren to Le Mans. None of the Fords finish. When Ford demands why he should not sack Shelby, Shelby explains that despite the GT40's reliability problems, it instilled fear in Enzo Ferrari by reaching 218 mph (350.8 km/h), on the

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before breaking down. He says a racing car cannot be designed by committee. Ford tells him to continue the project and report directly to him. During testing of the GT40 Mk II, the recurrent problem of brake fade causes a crash and fire. The team realizes the rules permit replacing the whole brake assembly during the race. In 1966, Beebe takes over the racing division. When he and Ford arrive to inspect the program Shelby locks Beebe in his office and terrifies Ford in a ride in the GT40. Shelby makes a deal with Ford: if Miles wins the

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then he will race at Le Mans. If not, Ford will take full ownership of Shelby American. At Daytona, Beebe enters a second GT40 supported by a

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team with quicker pit stops. Shelby clears Miles to push his car beyond the 7,000

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redline, and he wins. At the

, Miles struggles with a faulty door during the first lap. He pits to fix it then sets lap records catching the Ferraris. The GT40 suffers brake fade while dicing with the prototype 330 P3 Ferrari of Lorenzo Bandini, so Miles limps into the pits for replacement of the entire braking system. Ferrari protests but Shelby assures race officials it is legal. Miles and Bandini duel on the Mulsanne Straight until the Ferrari engine blows. With Fords in the top three positions, Beebe orders Shelby to have Miles slow down for the other Fords to catch him and give the press a three-car photo finish. Shelby tells Miles what Beebe wants but says it is Miles' call. Miles initially continues to set new lap records, but decides to comply on the final lap. McLaren is declared the winner as, having started behind Miles, his car travelled further overall. Miles is placed second. Shelby accuses Beebe of deliberately costing Miles the win, but an unusually sanguine Miles lets it pass, saying to Shelby "you promised me the drive, not the win". From his vantage point Enzo Ferrari tips his hat to Miles on the track. As they walk off together, Miles tells Shelby they will win Le Mans next time. Two months later, during testing at Riverside International Raceway, a mechanical failure in the J-car kills Miles in a crash. Six months later, Shelby parks outside Miles' widow Mollie's house and hesitates. Miles' son Peter arrives and the two talk about Miles. Shelby gives Peter a wrench that Miles once threw at him in anger. Epilogue text says Ford continued its Le Mans winning streak in

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

, and

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, and Miles was posthumously inducted into the

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in 2001.

Cast

* Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby, American former race car driver, automotive designer, and builder *

, British race car driver * Jon Bernthal as

, vice president of Ford *

as Mollie Miles, Miles's wife *

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of Ford *

as Leo Beebe, vice president of Ford * Noah Jupe as Peter Miles, Miles's son * Remo Girone as Enzo Ferrari, founder of

* Ray McKinnon as

Phil Remington Phil Remington (January 22, 1921 – February 9, 2013) was an American motorsports engineer. Early life Remington was born in Santa Monica, California and was a pre-engineering student at Santa Monica Junior College. He initially was a component ...

* JJ Feild as

Roy Lunn Royston Charles Lunn (June 26, 1925 – August 5, 2017) was an engineer in the automotive industry. He had forty-one years in the design development and production of vehicles and most notably served as the head of engineering at American Motors ...

* Jack McMullen as Charlie Agapiou * Corrado Invernizzi as Franco Gozzi * Tanner Foust as Ronnie Bucknum * Brent Pontin as Chris Amon *

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as Bruce McLaren * Francesco Bauco as Lorenzo Bandini * Joe Williamson as

Donald N. Frey Donald Nelson Frey (pronounced ''Frī'' ) (March 23, 1923 – March 5, 2010), was widely known as the Ford Motor Company product manager who, along with Lee Iacocca and others, developed the Ford Mustang into a viable project — and who ...

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as Ford Executive - Ian * Christopher Darga as John Holman * Jonathan LaPaglia as Eddie * Ben Collins as Denny Hulme *

Alex Gurney Alexander Gurney (born September 4, 1974) is an American racing driver who competes in the Rolex Sports Car Series for GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing. He won the 2007 and 2009 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype drivers' championshi ...

as Dan Gurney *Marisa Petroro as

Cristina Ford Maria Cristina Vettore Austin (June 24, 1929 – December 25, 2008) was an Italian socialite who became better known as Cristina Ford or Mrs. Henry Ford II, due to her marriage to Henry Ford II, the chief executive officer of the Ford Motor Compan ...

Production

A film based on the rivalry between Ford and

for the dominance at the Le Mans endurance race had long been in works at

. Initially, it was going to star

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and

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from an original screenplay titled ''Go Like Hell,'' by

, the name being taken from the book, ''Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and'' ''Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans'' by

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. The project fell apart, however, after writers Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth drafted a script and

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was brought on to direct, due to the budget being too high. On February 5, 2018, it was announced that

had been brought on board to direct the film based on the previous script by Keller and the Butterworths. Later,

, Jon Bernthal, and Noah Jupe joined the cast alongside

and Matt Damon in the lead roles. In July 2018, Jack McMullen was cast in the film to play one of Miles's key British mechanics, and

also joined to play

, along with Joe Williamson. In August 2018, JJ Feild was cast in the film to play the automotive engineer

, the head of Ford Advanced vehicles in England and the right-hand man to

. Mangold approached

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for a part in the film. Composer

Marco Beltrami Marco Beltrami (born October 7, 1966) is an American composer and conductor of film and television scores. He has worked in a number of genres, including horror (''Scream'', ''Mimic, The Faculty, Resident Evil, The Woman in Black, A Quiet Place' ...

confirmed in an interview that he would be scoring the film, Beltrami having previously worked with Mangold on '' 3:10 to Yuma'', '' The Wolverine'' and ''

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''. Filming began on July 30, 2018, and lasted for 67 days, taking place in California;

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, Louisiana;

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;

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; and

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, Georgia, as well as

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, France. Race scenes that appear in the film as

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were filmed at

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; many other race scenes were filmed at a Honda test track in

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(doubling for the Willow Springs Raceway) and at the Porsche Experience in

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(for the

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test track). A few scenes were filmed at tracks and roadways in Georgia such as Hwy 46 in Statesboro, Georgia. The Le Mans grandstands, pits, and garages were replicated at the

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in Agua Dulce. The hangar area where the cars were developed (originally at LAX) was filmed at Ontario International Airport in

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Music

Release

''Ford v Ferrari'' premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 30, 2019, and screened at the

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on September 9, 2019. It was subsequently released in the United States on November 15 by

in 2D,

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, and

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formats. It was previously scheduled to be released on June 28. The first trailer for the film debuted on June 2, 2019, during Game 2 of the

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Home media

The film was released on digital format by

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on January 28, 2020, and on

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and

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on February 11, 2020.

Reception

Box office

''Ford v Ferrari'' grossed $117.6 million in the United States and Canada, and $107.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $225.5 million. In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside ''

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'' and ''

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'', and was projected to gross $23–30 million from 3,528 theaters in its opening weekend. It made $10.9 million on its first day, including $2.1 million from Thursday night previews. It went on to debut to $31.5 million, topping the box office. In its second weekend the film dropped 50% to $15.7 million, finishing second behind newcomer '' Frozen II'', and then made $13.2 million in its third weekend (including $19 million over the five-day Thanksgiving frame), finishing third. It continued to hold well in the following weeks, making $6.7 million and $4.1 million in its fourth and fifth weekends.

Critical response

On review aggregation website

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, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of . The website's critics consensus reads, "''Ford v Ferrari'' delivers all the polished auto action audiences will expect – and balances it with enough gripping human drama to satisfy non-racing enthusiasts."

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assigned the film a weighted average score of 81 out of 100, based on 47 critics, indicating "universal acclaim." Audiences polled by

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gave the film a rare grade of "A+," while those at PostTrak gave it an overall positive score of 87% (with an average 4.5 out of 5 stars), with 68% saying they would definitely recommend it. Mick LaSalle of ''

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'' gave the film a 4 out of 4 stars, saying that it "is what it promises to be, a blast from the past" and writing: "''Ford v Ferrari'' could have just been a sports story, dramatizing an interesting chapter in racing, and it would have been fine. But in showing Ford and his minions' constant interference in the dedicated work of Miles and Shelby, this James Mangold film becomes a tale of souls battling the soulless." Eric Kohn of ''

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'' gave the film a "B", saying that "''Ford v Ferrari'' excels at evoking the sheer thrill of the race—'a body moving through space and time', as one character says—and it's compelling enough in those moments to make the case that nothing beats the thrill of competition." '' Variety''s Peter DeBruge praised the racing sequences and the performances of Bale and Damon, writing: "The best sports movies aren't so much about the sport as they are the personalities, and these two go big with their performances."

Accolades

References

External links

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Official screenplay
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