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  • 1966
  • Approved
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • 2 h 56 m
  • 1966
  • Approved
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • 2 h 56 m

Summary American Grand Prix driver Pete Aron is fired by his Jordan-BRM racing team after a crash at Monaco that injures his British teammate, Scott Stoddard. While Stoddard struggles to recover, Aron begins to drive for the Japanese Yamura team, and becomes romantically involved with Stoddard's estranged wife.

Directed By: John Frankenheimer

Written By: Robert Alan Aurthur, William Hanley, John Frankenheimer

  • 1966
  • Approved
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • 2 h 56 m
  • 1966
  • Approved
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • 2 h 56 m

Grand Prix

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
72
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary American Grand Prix driver Pete Aron is fired by his Jordan-BRM racing team after a crash at Monaco that injures his British teammate, Scott Stoddard. While Stoddard struggles to recover, Aron begins to drive for the Japanese Yamura team, and becomes romantically involved with Stoddard's estranged wife.

Directed By: John Frankenheimer

Written By: Robert Alan Aurthur, William Hanley, John Frankenheimer

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91
Whenever the cars are running, Grand Prix is one of the best studio efforts of the '60s. The film only stalls when it's off the track, which is where more than half of this three-hour epic takes place.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
90
Grand Prix is possibly the greatest motor racing film of all time.
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Grand Prix is not just a wonderful 'race movie'; it's a brilliant cinematic achievement, period.
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63
The drama sputters through a 70-minute second half. [14 July 2006, p.4E]
By Mike Clark FULL REVIEW
60
Probably the best of the formula motor racing films, though that isn't saying much. Too long, and the bits in-between are the usual soapy off-track drama.
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It's razzle-dazzle of a random sort, but it works.The big trouble with this picture is that the characters and their romantic problems are stereotypes and clichés.
By Bosley Crowther FULL REVIEW
50
Frankenheimer pulls out all the stops to lend excitement to the racing footage--splitting the screen into ever smaller increments, mounting cameras to the cars to get shots taken inches above the track, and using slow motion--but ultimately his obsession with technique becomes wearying, and the plot is simply not interesting enough to stand on its own.
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Production Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Douglas & Lewis Productions, Joel Productions, John Frankenheimer Productions Inc., Cherokee Productions, Polyphony Digital
Release Date Dec 21, 1966
Duration 2 h 56 m
Rating Approved
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Tagline CINERAMA sweeps YOU into a drama of speed and spectacle!
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Awards

Academy Awards, USA
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Nominations
American Cinema Editors, USA
• 1 Nomination

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