''Ford v Ferrari'' (titled ''Le Mans '66'' in some European countries) is a 2019 American

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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 Jeremy "Jez" Butterworth (born March 1969) is an English playwright, screenwriter, and film director. He has written screenplays in collaboration with his brothers, John-Henry Butterworth, John-Henry and Tom. Life and career In March 1969, But ...

John-Henry Butterworth John-Henry Butterworth is an English screenwriter who has co-written several screenplays with his brother Jez Butterworth. The brothers won the Writers Guild of America's 2011 Paul Selvin Award The Paul Selvin Award is a special award presen ...

, and

Jason Keller Jason Keller (born April 23, 1970) is an American professional stock car racing driver. Previously, he was a mainstay in NASCAR's second-tier series, competing in 519 Nationwide Series races between 1991 and 2010. On May 15, 2010, Keller made his ...

. It stars

Matt Damon Matthew Paige Damon (; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. Ranked among ''Forbes'' most bankable stars, the films in which he has appeared have collectively earned over $3.88 billion at the North Americ ...

and

Christian Bale Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an English actor. Known for his versatility and physical transformations for his roles, he has been a leading man in films of several genres. He has received various accolades, including ...

, with

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Caitríona Balfe Caitríona Mary Balfe (; born 4 October 1979) is an Irish actress, producer, and former fashion model. She is best known for her starring role as Claire Fraser in the Starz historical drama series '' Outlander'' (2014–present), for which sh ...

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 ...

Josh Lucas Joshua Lucas Easy Dent Maurer (born June 20, 1971) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in various films, including '' American Psycho'' (2000), '' You Can Count on Me'' (2000), '' The Deep End'' (2001), '' A Beautiful Mind'' (2 ...

Noah Jupe Noah Jupe (born ) is a British actor. He is known for his roles in the television series ''The Night Manager'' (2016); the dark comedy film '' Suburbicon'' (2017); the drama film '' Wonder'' (2017); the horror film '' A Quiet Place'' (2018) and ...

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, 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 Carroll Hall Shelby (January 11, 1923 – May 10, 2012) was an American automotive designer, racing driver, and entrepreneur. Shelby is best known for his involvement with the AC Cobra and Mustang for Ford Motor Company, which he modified duri ...

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 induct ...

, 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 race in France. ''Ford v Ferrari'' had its world premiere at the

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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

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as one of the ten best films of the year, and at the

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received four nominations, including

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, 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

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. Owner

Enzo Ferrari Enzo Anselmo Giuseppe Maria Ferrari (; 20 February 1898 – 14 August 1988) was an Italian motor racing driver and entrepreneur, the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari automobil ...

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

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owner

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

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and

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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

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), 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

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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 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans, 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

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, 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

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. 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

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, 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, 1968, and 1969, and Miles was posthumously inducted into the

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in 2001.

Cast

, American former race car driver, automotive designer, and builder *

, British race car driver *

, vice president of

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as Mollie Miles, Miles's wife *

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of Ford *

as Leo Beebe, vice president of Ford *

as Peter Miles, Miles's son *

, 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 John Joseph Feild (born 1978) is a British-American film, television and theatre actor. He started his television career in 1999. Feild played Fred Garland in Philip Pullman's ''The Ruby in the Smoke'' and ''The Shadow in the North'' television ...

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 Jack Michael McMullen (born 22 February 1991) is an English actor and writer, best known for his roles in '' Waterloo Road'', ''Little Boy Blue'', '' Brookside'' and ''Grange Hill''. Early life Jack Michael McMullen was born in Liverpool on 22 ...

as Charlie Agapiou *

Corrado Invernizzi Corrado Invernizzi (born 25 April 1965) is an Italian actor. Biography In movies, he appeared in Vincere (directed by Marco Bellocchio) as a psychiatrist, in Ford v. Ferrari, directed by James Mangold as Franco Gozzi (Enzo Ferrari's right h ...

as Franco Gozzi *

Tanner Foust Tanner Foust (born June 13, 1973) is an American professional racing driver, stunt driver, and television host. He competes in rally, drift, ice racing, time attack, hill climb and rallycross with multiple podium placements, national champions ...

Ronnie Bucknum Ronnie Bucknum (April 5, 1936 – April 23, 1992) was an American race car driver, born in Alhambra, California. Bucknum participated in 11 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on August 2, 1964. He scored a total of two champio ...

* Brent Pontin as

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* Benjamin Rigby as

* Francesco Bauco as

* Joe Williamson as Donald N. Frey *

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as Ford Executive - Ian * Christopher Darga as John Holman *

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as Eddie * Ben Collins as

Denny Hulme Denis Clive Hulme (18 June 1936 – 4 October 1992), commonly known as Denny Hulme, was a New Zealand racing driver who won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship for the Brabham team. Between his debut at Monaco in 1965 and his ...

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 ...

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*Marisa Petroro as Cristina Ford

Production

A film based on the rivalry between

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 A.J. Baime. The project fell apart, however, after writers

and

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,

, and

joined the cast alongside

and

in the lead roles. In July 2018,

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,

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 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 '' Logan''. 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 Statesboro, Georgia, as well as

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, France. Race scenes that appear in the film as

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were filmed at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana; many other race scenes were filmed at a Honda test track in

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(doubling for the

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) and at the Porsche Experience in

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(for the Dearborn test track). A few scenes were filmed at tracks and roadways in Georgia such as Hwy 46 in

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. 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

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Music

Release

''Ford v Ferrari'' premiered at the

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 2019 NBA Finals.

Home media

The film was released on digital format by

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on January 28, 2020, and on 4K Ultra HD

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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 '' The Good Liar'', 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 ''

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'', 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

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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." ''

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''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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