Matt Damon and Christian Bale are among Hollywood’s A-listers who captivated our attention with their exceptional performances. While the former has showcased his talent beyond acting, Bale’s versatility and dedication are second to none. It was surely a moment when the duo collaborated to work in 2019’s Ford v Ferrari, which went on to garner critical acclaim.
Matt Damon and Christian Bale in Ford v Ferrari
While they hadn’t worked together before the 2019 project, they were acquainted with each other. Given that they have spent a great amount of time in unison, it was interesting for Damon to hear what his co-star had to say about him.
What Christian Bale Had to Say About Matt Damon
Ford v Ferrari (2019) revolves around the intense rivalry between Ford Motor Company and Ferrari in the 1960s. The plot focuses on Ford’s efforts to revamp its brand by entering the...
Matt Damon and Christian Bale in Ford v Ferrari
While they hadn’t worked together before the 2019 project, they were acquainted with each other. Given that they have spent a great amount of time in unison, it was interesting for Damon to hear what his co-star had to say about him.
What Christian Bale Had to Say About Matt Damon
Ford v Ferrari (2019) revolves around the intense rivalry between Ford Motor Company and Ferrari in the 1960s. The plot focuses on Ford’s efforts to revamp its brand by entering the...
- 5/20/2024
- by Priya Sharma
- FandomWire
Introducing Ken Miles, A Racing Legend Ken Miles was a British race vehicle designer and driver whose story reached many through the film Ford v Ferrari. Born on November 1, 1918, in England, Ken’s racing career was marked by his reputation for being stubborn and extraordinarily talented. His partnership with Carroll Shelby revolutionized racing, as they worked on the Ford Mark IV Race Car ’67, a model that even today graces the virtual tracks of games like Gran Turismo. The Cinematic Lens on Ken Miles’ Life The film Ford v Ferrari, with Christian Bale portraying Ken Miles, focuses on his...
- 12/27/2023
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
Oppenheimer.Much of the praise for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer has highlighted the strength of its ensemble cast. Cillian Murphy has garnered considerable acclaim for his cold and haunted performance as the eponymous father of the atomic bomb, and so has Robert Downey Jr. as his vindictive foil, Admiral Lewis Strauss. Less has been said about Matt Damon’s supporting portrayal of one of the most pivotal figures in the J. Robert Oppenheimer story: Major General Leslie Groves, the American military man who oversaw the Manhattan Project, and hired Oppenheimer. Gruff, difficult to please, exacting in his military objectives, and occasionally comic, Damon plays him with the understated, reliably solid craft that’s defined his career. And in what has proven to be characteristic of Damon’s screen presence, he plays Groves as less conservative than he first appears: he’s a character who’s willing to gently undercut received...
- 12/5/2023
- MUBI
Gran Turismo is a biographical sports drama film directed by Neill Blomkamp from a screenplay by Jason Hall and Zach Baylin. Based on the true story of Jann Mardenborough, a teenage Gran Turismo (racing simulation video game series developed by Polyphony Digital) player, who gets the chance to become a professional race car driver. Gran Turismo stars Archie Madekwe in the lead of Jann, with Orlando Bloom, David Harbour, and Djimon Hounsou playing supporting characters. So, if you loved the car racing film here are some similar options you could check out next.
Ford v Ferrari (Hulu & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – 20th Century Studios
Synopsis: Academy Award® Winners Matt Damon and Christian Bale star in Ford v Ferrari, based on the true story of visionary American car designer Carroll Shelby (Damon) and fearless British-born driver Ken Miles (Bale), who together build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company...
Ford v Ferrari (Hulu & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – 20th Century Studios
Synopsis: Academy Award® Winners Matt Damon and Christian Bale star in Ford v Ferrari, based on the true story of visionary American car designer Carroll Shelby (Damon) and fearless British-born driver Ken Miles (Bale), who together build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company...
- 9/27/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Calling all Damon stans. From oldie-but-goodies to recent box office hits (Oppenheimer), see which titles made Rotten Tomatoes’ list of the best Matt Damon movies. Ahead, check out Damon’s best eight films, as ranked by the Tomatometer.
Best Matt Damon movies: Rotten Tomatoes ranks ‘The Bourne Ultimatum’ at No. 8 Matt Damon | Valery Hache/Afp via Getty Images
Coming in at No. 8 on Rotten Tomatoes’ list of the best Damon movies is The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). It marked Damon’s third and final time playing former CIA assassin Jason Bourne after The Bourne Identity (2002) and The Bourne Supremacy (2004).
As for why Bourne Ultimatum ranks higher than its predecessors, which came in 16 and 19, respectively, critics hailed it as an “intelligent, finely tuned non-stop thrill ride.”
Best Matt Damon movies: Rotten Tomatoes ranks ‘Ford v Ferrari’ at No. 7
Next is the 52-year-old’s turn as automotive designer Carroll Shelby in Ford v Ferrari.
Best Matt Damon movies: Rotten Tomatoes ranks ‘The Bourne Ultimatum’ at No. 8 Matt Damon | Valery Hache/Afp via Getty Images
Coming in at No. 8 on Rotten Tomatoes’ list of the best Damon movies is The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). It marked Damon’s third and final time playing former CIA assassin Jason Bourne after The Bourne Identity (2002) and The Bourne Supremacy (2004).
As for why Bourne Ultimatum ranks higher than its predecessors, which came in 16 and 19, respectively, critics hailed it as an “intelligent, finely tuned non-stop thrill ride.”
Best Matt Damon movies: Rotten Tomatoes ranks ‘Ford v Ferrari’ at No. 7
Next is the 52-year-old’s turn as automotive designer Carroll Shelby in Ford v Ferrari.
- 9/10/2023
- by Mandi Kerr
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Biography films are a fascinating genre that depict the lives of real people, often with dramatic and artistic flair. They can inspire us, educate us, entertain us, and challenge us to think about the world in new ways. Some of the most acclaimed and influential films of all time belong to this genre, and they span across different eras, cultures, and themes.
In this article, we will rank the 10 best biography films of all time, after the release of Oppenheimer in 2023. Oppenheimer is a biographical film directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American scientist who led the development of the atomic bomb during World War II. The film has been praised for its stunning cinematography, complex narrative, and powerful performances. It is widely considered to be one of the best films of 2023, and a masterpiece of biographical cinema.
But what are the other films...
In this article, we will rank the 10 best biography films of all time, after the release of Oppenheimer in 2023. Oppenheimer is a biographical film directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American scientist who led the development of the atomic bomb during World War II. The film has been praised for its stunning cinematography, complex narrative, and powerful performances. It is widely considered to be one of the best films of 2023, and a masterpiece of biographical cinema.
But what are the other films...
- 7/28/2023
- by amalprasadappu
- https://thecinemanews.online/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_4649
Ford v Ferrari was a surprise hit in the fall of 2019. At the time, many assumed that big-budget, adult-skewing dramas were bound to underperform, but James Mangold’s film rode a way of outstanding reviews and good buzz to a hefty 225 million worldwide gross. It earned a best picture Academy Award nomination, and has become a streaming staple, paving the way for Mangold to be chosen as Steven Spielberg’s successor for Indiana Jones 5.
The film is based on the 1966 Le Mans race where Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale) attempt to build a car that will take out the dominant Italian racing team, Ferrari. It’s a story filled with triumph and tragedy that seems reverse engineered to be a Hollywood epic, but how close is it to what really happened at the ’66 Le Mans? In this episode of Wtf Really Happened to this Movie,...
The film is based on the 1966 Le Mans race where Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale) attempt to build a car that will take out the dominant Italian racing team, Ferrari. It’s a story filled with triumph and tragedy that seems reverse engineered to be a Hollywood epic, but how close is it to what really happened at the ’66 Le Mans? In this episode of Wtf Really Happened to this Movie,...
- 11/21/2022
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Apple Studios is in negotiations to acquire a big-budget Formula One racing movie featuring star Brad Pitt and coming from “Top Gun: Maverick” director Joseph Kosinski, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap Tuesday.
The untitled film has been shopped around town as a pitch package and will have Pitt appear as a veteran driver who comes out of retirement to coach a young racer and achieve his last shot at glory.
Ehren Kruger, who also wrote “Top Gun: Maverick,” is writing the script for the racing film, and Jerry Bruckheimer is producing alongside Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment.
Pitt nearly made a racing movie years earlier with Kosinski called “Go Like Hell” in which Pitt would’ve portrayed legendary Cobra designer Carroll Shelby, only for a portion of that film and Shelby’s story to eventually become “Ford V. Ferrari” starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale.
Pitt...
The untitled film has been shopped around town as a pitch package and will have Pitt appear as a veteran driver who comes out of retirement to coach a young racer and achieve his last shot at glory.
Ehren Kruger, who also wrote “Top Gun: Maverick,” is writing the script for the racing film, and Jerry Bruckheimer is producing alongside Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment.
Pitt nearly made a racing movie years earlier with Kosinski called “Go Like Hell” in which Pitt would’ve portrayed legendary Cobra designer Carroll Shelby, only for a portion of that film and Shelby’s story to eventually become “Ford V. Ferrari” starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale.
Pitt...
- 1/4/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Apple is in exclusive negotiations and will close the first big film package of the new year. That’s the highly competitive race to acquire an untitled pitch package that will have Brad Pitt playing a racer who comes out of retirement to mentor a younger driver and take his final stab at glory on the track as the younger driver’s teammate.
Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski will helm, and Ehren Kruger is writing the script. Top Gun‘s Jerry Bruckheimer is producing alongside Plan B.
For Pitt, this marks the second movie package megadeal in the past few months, after Apple acquired an untitled film that Spider-Man director Jon Watts will direct, with Pitt and George Clooney starring as two lone wolf “fixers” assigned to the same job. On the racing film, sources said the package was in the $130 million-$140 million range, before above-the-line compensation.
Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski will helm, and Ehren Kruger is writing the script. Top Gun‘s Jerry Bruckheimer is producing alongside Plan B.
For Pitt, this marks the second movie package megadeal in the past few months, after Apple acquired an untitled film that Spider-Man director Jon Watts will direct, with Pitt and George Clooney starring as two lone wolf “fixers” assigned to the same job. On the racing film, sources said the package was in the $130 million-$140 million range, before above-the-line compensation.
- 1/4/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Tom McCarthy directs the drama and thriller opening July 30
In his new film “Stillwater,” Matt Damon wants you to know that he’s an American, and he sticks out like a sore thumb as a roughneck, good ‘ol boy from Oklahoma overseas in Marseilles, France.
Damon plays a man tirelessly working to free his daughter from a French prison over a murder she claims she did not commit, only to come face to face with language barriers, a complicated legal system, cultural differences and a shadowy group that doesn’t want the secret to get out.
But armed with a thick Oklahoma accent, a goatee and some US of A gumption, he won’t quit until his daughter is released.
“I’m trying to get my girl out of prison, that’s all I give a damn about,” Damon shouts in the trailer.
“You sound very American right now,” his...
In his new film “Stillwater,” Matt Damon wants you to know that he’s an American, and he sticks out like a sore thumb as a roughneck, good ‘ol boy from Oklahoma overseas in Marseilles, France.
Damon plays a man tirelessly working to free his daughter from a French prison over a murder she claims she did not commit, only to come face to face with language barriers, a complicated legal system, cultural differences and a shadowy group that doesn’t want the secret to get out.
But armed with a thick Oklahoma accent, a goatee and some US of A gumption, he won’t quit until his daughter is released.
“I’m trying to get my girl out of prison, that’s all I give a damn about,” Damon shouts in the trailer.
“You sound very American right now,” his...
- 5/11/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: We hear that Matt Damon will be making an unbilled cameo in Steven Soderbergh’s latest HBO Max crime thriller No Sudden Move.
This reps the ninth time that the Oscar winning Damon has worked with the Oscar winning filmmaker following the Ocean‘s trilogy, Contagion, The Informant, Behind the Candelabra, Unsane and Che Part 2. While Damon is traditionally starring in Soderbergh’s features, it’s not uncommon for him to take on smaller roles which was the case in Unsane and Che Part 2. I hear Damon will be shooting No Sudden Move for two days in Detroit, and he joins the already announced huge ensemble cast that includes Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, David Harbour, Amy Seimetz, Jon Hamm, Ray Liotta, Kieran Culkin, Brendan Fraser, Noah Jupe, Bill Duke, Frankie Shaw and Julia Fox.
No Sudden Move is set in 1955 Detroit and centers on a group of small-time...
This reps the ninth time that the Oscar winning Damon has worked with the Oscar winning filmmaker following the Ocean‘s trilogy, Contagion, The Informant, Behind the Candelabra, Unsane and Che Part 2. While Damon is traditionally starring in Soderbergh’s features, it’s not uncommon for him to take on smaller roles which was the case in Unsane and Che Part 2. I hear Damon will be shooting No Sudden Move for two days in Detroit, and he joins the already announced huge ensemble cast that includes Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, David Harbour, Amy Seimetz, Jon Hamm, Ray Liotta, Kieran Culkin, Brendan Fraser, Noah Jupe, Bill Duke, Frankie Shaw and Julia Fox.
No Sudden Move is set in 1955 Detroit and centers on a group of small-time...
- 10/27/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies and many more at Trailers From Hell. And watch your speed, unless you want to be breaking news.
2019’s Ford v Ferrari is a gearhead’s movie. A speed freak’s movie. A Ford man’s movie. Keep your Chevys in the garage and your Found-On-Road-Dead jokes to yourself while the Shelby Ford GT40 screams down the straightaway like a rocket. The film is based on the effort of designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles to rudely knock Ferrari off its throne at Le Mans. Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca made it a grudge match to embarrass Enzo Ferrari after he flipped them off in a failed buyout.
The film stars Matt Damon and Christian Bale, which means it was halfway to success from the green flag. It got quite a lot of...
2019’s Ford v Ferrari is a gearhead’s movie. A speed freak’s movie. A Ford man’s movie. Keep your Chevys in the garage and your Found-On-Road-Dead jokes to yourself while the Shelby Ford GT40 screams down the straightaway like a rocket. The film is based on the effort of designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles to rudely knock Ferrari off its throne at Le Mans. Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca made it a grudge match to embarrass Enzo Ferrari after he flipped them off in a failed buyout.
The film stars Matt Damon and Christian Bale, which means it was halfway to success from the green flag. It got quite a lot of...
- 10/7/2020
- by Randy Fuller
- Trailers from Hell
A super-charged throwback to the glory days of 60’s racetrack movies like LeMans and Grand Prix, James Mangold directs Matt Damon and Christian Bale who carry the mantle for speed demon thespians like Steve McQueen and James Garner. The film itself is a period piece, set in 1963 with Damon and Bale portraying the real-life auto team of race car designer Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles, the hot-shot driver ready to take Shelby’s product to the winner’s pole.
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- 10/5/2020
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
There are some terrific new movies ahead on Sky Cinema in September that’ll cover quite a few bases if you’re not sure what you fancy on an evening.
Le Mans ’66 and Judy have the biopics covered, while Don’t Let Go and Darlin’ are some fast horror fare. If you’re in the mood for action? Terminator: Dark Fate will be along in the back half of the month.
Here’s a comprehensive look ahead at September on Sky Cinema…
New Premieres
The Good Liar – 4th September
Ian McKellen’s con man Roy decides his next mark will be millionairess widow Betty (Helen Mirren), but things don’t pan out quite the way he hoped.
Black and Blue – 5th September
This thriller stars Naomie Harris as a cop who accidentally films the killing of a young drug dealer on her body cam. Since the murderers were also cops,...
Le Mans ’66 and Judy have the biopics covered, while Don’t Let Go and Darlin’ are some fast horror fare. If you’re in the mood for action? Terminator: Dark Fate will be along in the back half of the month.
Here’s a comprehensive look ahead at September on Sky Cinema…
New Premieres
The Good Liar – 4th September
Ian McKellen’s con man Roy decides his next mark will be millionairess widow Betty (Helen Mirren), but things don’t pan out quite the way he hoped.
Black and Blue – 5th September
This thriller stars Naomie Harris as a cop who accidentally films the killing of a young drug dealer on her body cam. Since the murderers were also cops,...
- 8/14/2020
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
The road to “Ford v Ferrari,” the double-Oscar-winning racing drama starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale, was a long one. The project dates back to 2013, when “Top Gun: Maverick” director Joseph Kosinski was attached to lead movie, then called “Go Like Hell” from a book by A.J. Baime. As discussed in a Comic-Con at Home panel hosted by Collider, Kosinski got pretty close to starting the movie, which centers on the saga of American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles in 1966, with Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise. Until things, as they do in Hollywood, fell apart.
“I wouldn’t say we got close to production, but I got to the point where I had Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt at a table read, reading the script together. But we couldn’t get the budget to the number it had to be at, and it was the right number.
“I wouldn’t say we got close to production, but I got to the point where I had Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt at a table read, reading the script together. But we couldn’t get the budget to the number it had to be at, and it was the right number.
- 7/25/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
From Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker James Mangold, the masterful storyteller behind Walk the Line and Logan, comes a film inspired by a true-life drama about a powerful friendship that forever changed racing history. Le Mans ’66 is one of the most legendary tales in the history of motorsports and is out now on 4k Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD & VOD. To celebrate the release, we have 2 Blu-ray copies of the film to giveaway to three lucky winners! Details are as follows…
Academy Award-winners Matt Damon and Christian Bale star in Le Mans ’66, based on the true story of the visionary American car designer Carroll Shelby (Damon) and the fearless British-born driver Ken Miles (Bale), who together battled corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the...
Academy Award-winners Matt Damon and Christian Bale star in Le Mans ’66, based on the true story of the visionary American car designer Carroll Shelby (Damon) and the fearless British-born driver Ken Miles (Bale), who together battled corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the...
- 4/1/2020
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Matt Damon and Golden Globe® Nominee Christian Bale star in this “thunderously exciting” film based on the remarkable true story about Ford Motor Company’s attempt to create the world’s fastest car. American car designer Carroll Shelby (Damon) and the fearless British-born driver Ken Miles (Bale), together battled corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a revolutionary race car and take on Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.
Certified-Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, critics and fans alike have raved about this epic underdog tale that will keep your heart pounding from start to finish. Add Ford V Ferrari to your digital collection on Movies Anywhere January 28 and buy it on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD February 11 to add a piece of history to your film collection.
Ford V FERRARIDigital Bonus Features:
“The 24 Hour Le Mans: Recreating the Course” Featurette – Discover how the...
Certified-Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, critics and fans alike have raved about this epic underdog tale that will keep your heart pounding from start to finish. Add Ford V Ferrari to your digital collection on Movies Anywhere January 28 and buy it on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD February 11 to add a piece of history to your film collection.
Ford V FERRARIDigital Bonus Features:
“The 24 Hour Le Mans: Recreating the Course” Featurette – Discover how the...
- 2/11/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
While on the surface, director James Mangold’s “Ford v Ferrari” is a story about racing, at the heart of it is a character-driven piece about a renegade named Ken Miles (Christian Bale) and the friendship he forges with Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) as he chases a lifelong dream. For the sound team, the characters of the story were far more important than the mechanics around them.
For production sound mixer Steven Morrow, the focus was capturing the dialogue and emotional arc of the characters. While post would record the brunt of the sound effects Morrow detailed a baseline for them to follow. Special microphones were used to record the dialogue during the intense racing scenes.
“We used Dpa 60 lavaliers both on the actors and for planting on the vehicles,” says Morrow. “You wouldn’t normally use those mics for dialogue scenes as they’re reserved for jet-engine-level noise, but...
For production sound mixer Steven Morrow, the focus was capturing the dialogue and emotional arc of the characters. While post would record the brunt of the sound effects Morrow detailed a baseline for them to follow. Special microphones were used to record the dialogue during the intense racing scenes.
“We used Dpa 60 lavaliers both on the actors and for planting on the vehicles,” says Morrow. “You wouldn’t normally use those mics for dialogue scenes as they’re reserved for jet-engine-level noise, but...
- 2/3/2020
- by Daron James
- Variety Film + TV
Ford v Ferrari, which was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar, hits 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on February 11. The feature centers on American car designer Carroll Shelby’s (Matt Damon) and British driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale) attempts to build a race car for Ford and challenge Ferrari at the 24 Hours of [...]
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- 2/2/2020
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Great movies always speak directly to the here and now regardless of their actual settings. Taken together, six of 2019’s best-picture nominees manage to survey still-potent American themes across the span of the past century and a half.
“Little Women” is set during the Civil War, and while the adaptation, like Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel, takes place far from those bloody battlegrounds, writer-director Greta Gerwig wants us to remember that all women were struggling for their own agency back then — and that the struggle continues on to this day. Most film versions of the Alcott classic, including a 1933 best picture nominee, fade in on a snow-covered country home and the four March girls’ readiness for Christmas. Gerwig’s “Little Women” fades in on a bustling city street, and an older Jo March’s readiness to play hardball with a (male) publisher. The filmmaker is signaling an interest in...
“Little Women” is set during the Civil War, and while the adaptation, like Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel, takes place far from those bloody battlegrounds, writer-director Greta Gerwig wants us to remember that all women were struggling for their own agency back then — and that the struggle continues on to this day. Most film versions of the Alcott classic, including a 1933 best picture nominee, fade in on a snow-covered country home and the four March girls’ readiness for Christmas. Gerwig’s “Little Women” fades in on a bustling city street, and an older Jo March’s readiness to play hardball with a (male) publisher. The filmmaker is signaling an interest in...
- 1/30/2020
- by Bob Verini
- Variety Film + TV
Matt Damon has come on board to star in “The Force” with James Mangold directing for Disney’s 20th Century Studios.
Mangold, who directed Damon in “Ford v. Ferrari,” has been developing the Don Winslow bestseller since 2017. “The Force” centers on corrupt NYPD officers with Damon attached to play detective Denny Malone, who runs an elite crime fighting squad but becomes ensnared in a corruption scandal.
Damon played a similar role as a career criminal who infiltrates the Boston Police Department in Martin Scorsese’s “The Departed.”
Fox bought movie rights to “The Force” in 2016 and set it up with Ridley Scott to produce through his Fox-based Scott Free company. The Story Factory’s Shane Salerno and Kevin Walsh are also producing. David Mamet wrote the first script and Scott Frank has been working on the most recent version.
Damon starred as auto designer Carroll Shelby in “Ford v. Ferrari...
Mangold, who directed Damon in “Ford v. Ferrari,” has been developing the Don Winslow bestseller since 2017. “The Force” centers on corrupt NYPD officers with Damon attached to play detective Denny Malone, who runs an elite crime fighting squad but becomes ensnared in a corruption scandal.
Damon played a similar role as a career criminal who infiltrates the Boston Police Department in Martin Scorsese’s “The Departed.”
Fox bought movie rights to “The Force” in 2016 and set it up with Ridley Scott to produce through his Fox-based Scott Free company. The Story Factory’s Shane Salerno and Kevin Walsh are also producing. David Mamet wrote the first script and Scott Frank has been working on the most recent version.
Damon starred as auto designer Carroll Shelby in “Ford v. Ferrari...
- 1/22/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The adrenaline-pumping climax of James Mangold's Ford v Ferrari takes place, unsurprisingly, on the racetrack.
What is surprising is the sheer amount of behind-the-scenes work to not only re-create the iconic Le Mans race course as it existed 50 years ago, but to subtly layer a throughline of tension from the beginning of the film in order for it to pay off at the end.
Nominated for four Oscars including best picture and editing, Ford v Ferrari is the true story of American auto designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and English driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale), who partner to build a ...
What is surprising is the sheer amount of behind-the-scenes work to not only re-create the iconic Le Mans race course as it existed 50 years ago, but to subtly layer a throughline of tension from the beginning of the film in order for it to pay off at the end.
Nominated for four Oscars including best picture and editing, Ford v Ferrari is the true story of American auto designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and English driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale), who partner to build a ...
- 1/20/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The adrenaline-pumping climax of James Mangold's Ford v Ferrari takes place, unsurprisingly, on the racetrack.
What is surprising is the sheer amount of behind-the-scenes work to not only re-create the iconic Le Mans race course as it existed 50 years ago, but to subtly layer a throughline of tension from the beginning of the film in order for it to pay off at the end.
Nominated for four Oscars including best picture and editing, Ford v Ferrari is the true story of American auto designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and English driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale), who partner to build a ...
What is surprising is the sheer amount of behind-the-scenes work to not only re-create the iconic Le Mans race course as it existed 50 years ago, but to subtly layer a throughline of tension from the beginning of the film in order for it to pay off at the end.
Nominated for four Oscars including best picture and editing, Ford v Ferrari is the true story of American auto designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and English driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale), who partner to build a ...
- 1/20/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Ford V Ferrari
Matt Damon and Golden Globe® Nominee Christian Bale star in this “thunderously exciting” film based on the remarkable true story about Ford Motor Company’s attempt to create the world’s fastest car. American car designer Carroll Shelby (Damon) and the fearless British-born driver Ken Miles (Bale), together battled corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a revolutionary race car and take on Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.
Certified-Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, critics and fans alike have raved about this epic underdog tale that will keep your heart pounding from start to finish. Add Ford V Ferrari to your digital collection on Movies Anywhere January 28 and buy it on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD February 11 to add a piece of history to your film collection.
Ford V Ferrari Digital Bonus Features:
“The 24 Hour Le Mans: Recreating the Course...
Matt Damon and Golden Globe® Nominee Christian Bale star in this “thunderously exciting” film based on the remarkable true story about Ford Motor Company’s attempt to create the world’s fastest car. American car designer Carroll Shelby (Damon) and the fearless British-born driver Ken Miles (Bale), together battled corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a revolutionary race car and take on Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.
Certified-Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, critics and fans alike have raved about this epic underdog tale that will keep your heart pounding from start to finish. Add Ford V Ferrari to your digital collection on Movies Anywhere January 28 and buy it on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD February 11 to add a piece of history to your film collection.
Ford V Ferrari Digital Bonus Features:
“The 24 Hour Le Mans: Recreating the Course...
- 1/18/2020
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Ford v Ferrari’s director and producer James Mangold and editors Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland are featured in a new episode of The Hollywood Reporter's Behind the Screen.
Based on a true story, the film follows American car designer Carroll Shelby, played by Matt Damon, and race car driver Ken Miles, played by Christian Bale, who team up to build a racing car for the Ford Motor Company to challenge Enzo Ferrari at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans. The film earned four Academy Award nominations including best picture for James Mangold and the producers, as well as ...
Based on a true story, the film follows American car designer Carroll Shelby, played by Matt Damon, and race car driver Ken Miles, played by Christian Bale, who team up to build a racing car for the Ford Motor Company to challenge Enzo Ferrari at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans. The film earned four Academy Award nominations including best picture for James Mangold and the producers, as well as ...
- 1/17/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Ford v Ferrari’s director and producer James Mangold and editors Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland are featured in a new episode of The Hollywood Reporter's Behind the Screen.
Based on a true story, the film follows American car designer Carroll Shelby, played by Matt Damon, and race car driver Ken Miles, played by Christian Bale, who team up to build a racing car for the Ford Motor Company to challenge Enzo Ferrari at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans. The film earned four Academy Award nominations including best picture for James Mangold and the producers, as well as ...
Based on a true story, the film follows American car designer Carroll Shelby, played by Matt Damon, and race car driver Ken Miles, played by Christian Bale, who team up to build a racing car for the Ford Motor Company to challenge Enzo Ferrari at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans. The film earned four Academy Award nominations including best picture for James Mangold and the producers, as well as ...
- 1/17/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Behind the thrills of Ford v Ferrari, there’s a human story driving the plot.
The movie follows as two friends — car visionary Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and British racecar driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale) — come together to create the Ford GT40 and finally give Ford a victory over Ferrari.
But beyond that, director James Mangold says the story centers on the friendship between the two in a People exclusive clip from a behind-the-scenes featurette included in the Blu-ray/DVD release of the film.
“I hope the film, beyond the splendor of the period and the period racing and the cars,...
The movie follows as two friends — car visionary Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and British racecar driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale) — come together to create the Ford GT40 and finally give Ford a victory over Ferrari.
But beyond that, director James Mangold says the story centers on the friendship between the two in a People exclusive clip from a behind-the-scenes featurette included in the Blu-ray/DVD release of the film.
“I hope the film, beyond the splendor of the period and the period racing and the cars,...
- 1/8/2020
- by Ale Russian
- PEOPLE.com
Actor Timothee Chalamet is in talks to essay the role of singer Bob Dylan in James Mangold's movie, which will follow Dylan's rise to fame and journey of becoming a folk music icon.
The Fox Searchlight film is titled "Going Electric", reports variety.com.
Also Read:?The Batman: Matt Reeves mysteriously confirms Colin Farrell as the 'Penguin'
The news comes after a busy year for Chalamet, who most recently appeared in Greta Gerwig's "Little Women" adaptation and starred in Netflix's historical drama "The King".
He will next be seen in Denis Villeneuve's "Dune" with Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgard, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, Jason Momoa and Javier Bardem.
Mangold most recently scored rave reviews for "Ford v Ferrari", which stars Matt Damon and Christian Bale and tells the true story of the automotive team at Ford, led by designer Carroll Shelby (Damon) and...
The Fox Searchlight film is titled "Going Electric", reports variety.com.
Also Read:?The Batman: Matt Reeves mysteriously confirms Colin Farrell as the 'Penguin'
The news comes after a busy year for Chalamet, who most recently appeared in Greta Gerwig's "Little Women" adaptation and starred in Netflix's historical drama "The King".
He will next be seen in Denis Villeneuve's "Dune" with Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgard, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, Jason Momoa and Javier Bardem.
Mangold most recently scored rave reviews for "Ford v Ferrari", which stars Matt Damon and Christian Bale and tells the true story of the automotive team at Ford, led by designer Carroll Shelby (Damon) and...
- 1/7/2020
- GlamSham
Timothee Chalamet is in talks to play Bob Dylan in the Fox Searchlight film “Going Electric,” directed by “Ford v Ferrari” filmmaker James Mangold, Variety has learned.
The movie will follow Dylan as he rises in fame on his way to become a folk music icon.
The news comes after a busy year for Chalamet, who most recently appeared in Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women” adaptation as Laurie and starred in Netflix’s historical drama “The King.” Next up, Chalamet will star in Denis Villeneuve’s star-studded “Dune” with Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, Jason Momoa and Javier Bardem.
Mangold most recently scored rave reviews for “Ford v Ferrari,” which stars Matt Damon and Christian Bale and tells the true story of the automotive team at Ford, led by designer Carroll Shelby (Damon) and his British driver Ken Miles (Bale), as they build a...
The movie will follow Dylan as he rises in fame on his way to become a folk music icon.
The news comes after a busy year for Chalamet, who most recently appeared in Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women” adaptation as Laurie and starred in Netflix’s historical drama “The King.” Next up, Chalamet will star in Denis Villeneuve’s star-studded “Dune” with Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, Jason Momoa and Javier Bardem.
Mangold most recently scored rave reviews for “Ford v Ferrari,” which stars Matt Damon and Christian Bale and tells the true story of the automotive team at Ford, led by designer Carroll Shelby (Damon) and his British driver Ken Miles (Bale), as they build a...
- 1/6/2020
- by Alex Stedman
- Variety Film + TV
“Ford v Ferrari” crossed a major box office milestone on Monday, surpassing $200 million in global ticket sales.
20th Century Fox’s racing drama joins a number of this year’s original films — including Lionsgate’s “Knives Out,” Universal’s “Us,” “Sony’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Stx’s “Hustlers” and Paramount’s “Rocketman” — that helped prove fresh ideas can still be a theatrical draw in an era where superhero adventures and remakes of popular movies reign supreme.
Directed by James Mangold and starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale, “Ford v Ferrari” collected $106.6 million in the U.S. after spending seven weeks in the top 10 on domestic box office charts.
Outside of the States, the movie scored in Russia ($10.1 million), France ($9.4 million), Korea ($9.3 million) and the United Kingdom ($7.9 million). It debuts in Japan on Jan. 10, while a China release date has not been secured.
The box office benchmark is significant for Disney,...
20th Century Fox’s racing drama joins a number of this year’s original films — including Lionsgate’s “Knives Out,” Universal’s “Us,” “Sony’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Stx’s “Hustlers” and Paramount’s “Rocketman” — that helped prove fresh ideas can still be a theatrical draw in an era where superhero adventures and remakes of popular movies reign supreme.
Directed by James Mangold and starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale, “Ford v Ferrari” collected $106.6 million in the U.S. after spending seven weeks in the top 10 on domestic box office charts.
Outside of the States, the movie scored in Russia ($10.1 million), France ($9.4 million), Korea ($9.3 million) and the United Kingdom ($7.9 million). It debuts in Japan on Jan. 10, while a China release date has not been secured.
The box office benchmark is significant for Disney,...
- 12/31/2019
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Twentieth Century Fox/Chernin Entertainment’s Ford V Ferrari has revved its engines past the $200M mark globally, accelerating to $200.6M through Monday. The split is $106.6M domestic and $94M at the international box office. Disney is handling the awards-season contender that reps the sort of movies Fox has excelled at making.
Directed by James Mangold and starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon, Ford V Ferrari has been one of the biggest original films in the U.S. this year, spending seven weeks on the Top 10 domestic chart during a crowded corridor.
Critics have hopped along for the ride with a 92% Fresh at Rotten Tomatoes, while audiences gave it an A+ CinemaScore.
Fvf debuted at Telluride, then played Toronto and other festivals, beginning domestic and overseas rollout in mid-November. It still has further majors to come including Japan (January 10) and China (date to be determined).
Titled Le Mans ’66 for...
Directed by James Mangold and starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon, Ford V Ferrari has been one of the biggest original films in the U.S. this year, spending seven weeks on the Top 10 domestic chart during a crowded corridor.
Critics have hopped along for the ride with a 92% Fresh at Rotten Tomatoes, while audiences gave it an A+ CinemaScore.
Fvf debuted at Telluride, then played Toronto and other festivals, beginning domestic and overseas rollout in mid-November. It still has further majors to come including Japan (January 10) and China (date to be determined).
Titled Le Mans ’66 for...
- 12/31/2019
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Mark Harrison Jan 3, 2020
Karen Gillan, Shia Labeouf, and Lupita Nyong'o all rank in our annual rundown of 2019's best, most-likely-to-be-overlooked performances...
This feature contains spoilers of varying degrees for Ad Astra and Avengers: Endgame.
As the New Year begins, we're looking down the barrel of another months-long Oscars season, in which some of the year's most underappreciated performances will inevitably be overlooked. When this time of year rolls around, we like to select and celebrate some of the best acting performances in the sort of films that usually don't rank outside of the technical categories.
Why's that, you ask? Well, even though Joaquin Phoenix is a lock for most Best Actor nominations for his role in Joker, and there's been a steady broadening of the genre movies under awards consideration in recent years, we've found that performances in comedies and horror movies, among other categories that aren't “prestige drama,” still tend to be overlooked.
Karen Gillan, Shia Labeouf, and Lupita Nyong'o all rank in our annual rundown of 2019's best, most-likely-to-be-overlooked performances...
This feature contains spoilers of varying degrees for Ad Astra and Avengers: Endgame.
As the New Year begins, we're looking down the barrel of another months-long Oscars season, in which some of the year's most underappreciated performances will inevitably be overlooked. When this time of year rolls around, we like to select and celebrate some of the best acting performances in the sort of films that usually don't rank outside of the technical categories.
Why's that, you ask? Well, even though Joaquin Phoenix is a lock for most Best Actor nominations for his role in Joker, and there's been a steady broadening of the genre movies under awards consideration in recent years, we've found that performances in comedies and horror movies, among other categories that aren't “prestige drama,” still tend to be overlooked.
- 12/30/2019
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Director James Mangold’s Ford v Ferrari centers on a rivalry born of automotive history, racing lore and mutual disgust. Teaming awards-season veterans Matt Damon and Christian Bale, its star power fueled the pic’s $195 million worldwide gross, but its screenplay helped drive the action on and off the track.
The script from Jez Butterworth (Spectre) & John-Henry Butterworth (Edge of Tomorrow) and Jason Keller (Escape Plan) is stacked with racing thrills and color, plus no shortage of colorful characters. The dialogue is crisp and true, but often it is the script’s unspoken language that roars. For example: “Shelby’s blood beats in his ears. He takes a ragged breath. Road ahead looks like blurry hell. No armco barriers, no escape lanes, just cliff edge and trees lining the road.”
Read the full script here.
Titled Le Mans ’66 for many racing-mad European audiences who might more familiar with the true story,...
The script from Jez Butterworth (Spectre) & John-Henry Butterworth (Edge of Tomorrow) and Jason Keller (Escape Plan) is stacked with racing thrills and color, plus no shortage of colorful characters. The dialogue is crisp and true, but often it is the script’s unspoken language that roars. For example: “Shelby’s blood beats in his ears. He takes a ragged breath. Road ahead looks like blurry hell. No armco barriers, no escape lanes, just cliff edge and trees lining the road.”
Read the full script here.
Titled Le Mans ’66 for many racing-mad European audiences who might more familiar with the true story,...
- 12/27/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
There was a moment in film history when male actors adhered to the traditional expectations of stardom: Masculine swagger, overconfidence, chiseled good lucks that dare not reveal a sensitive side. Based on this year’s greatest performances, that time is gone for good. Many of the best male lead performances of the year revealed fragile, insecure characters grappling with the changing world around them, even if many of them came from movie stars.
This time last year, there were a lot of famous actors in the spotlight. The world was swooning over Bradley Cooper’s tragic rock star Jackson Maine in “A Star Is Born” while Rami Malek overcame the controversies of “Bohemian Rhapsody” to become an Oscar frontrunner. At the same time, cinephiles celebrated one of Ethan Hawke’s greatest performances in “First Reformed” and Steven Yeun’s progression into a major acting talent with Lee Chang-dong’s “Burning.
This time last year, there were a lot of famous actors in the spotlight. The world was swooning over Bradley Cooper’s tragic rock star Jackson Maine in “A Star Is Born” while Rami Malek overcame the controversies of “Bohemian Rhapsody” to become an Oscar frontrunner. At the same time, cinephiles celebrated one of Ethan Hawke’s greatest performances in “First Reformed” and Steven Yeun’s progression into a major acting talent with Lee Chang-dong’s “Burning.
- 12/11/2019
- by Eric Kohn, Anne Thompson, Kate Erbland, David Ehrlich, Tambay A. Obenson and Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
Based on the real-life friendship between Ken Miles and Carroll Shelby, Ford v Ferrari unfolds deeply within the racing culture of the mid-1960s. Egged on by future Chrysler head Lee Iacocca, Henry Ford commits to an expensive attempt to defeat the Ferrari racing team at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race. Shelby, an engineer and former racer, works with Miles to develop and test the GT40. Ford v Ferrari is the fifth collaboration between director James Mangold and cinematographer Phedon Papamichael. Christian Bale stars as Miles and Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby. Other performers include Tracy Letts (Henry […]...
- 12/10/2019
- by Daniel Eagan
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Based on the real-life friendship between Ken Miles and Carroll Shelby, Ford v Ferrari unfolds deeply within the racing culture of the mid-1960s. Egged on by future Chrysler head Lee Iacocca, Henry Ford commits to an expensive attempt to defeat the Ferrari racing team at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race. Shelby, an engineer and former racer, works with Miles to develop and test the GT40. Ford v Ferrari is the fifth collaboration between director James Mangold and cinematographer Phedon Papamichael. Christian Bale stars as Miles and Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby. Other performers include Tracy Letts (Henry […]...
- 12/10/2019
- by Daniel Eagan
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Paying great homage to the past was the drive of 20th Century Fox’s Ford v. Ferrari and Blue Sky Animation’s Will Smith voiced feature Spies in Disguise.
In shooting James Mangold’s Ford v Ferrari Oscar nominated Dp Phedon Papamichael at Deadline’s NY Contenders today said that the filmmaker was inspired by classic old school race car movies like John Frankenheimer’s Grand Prix and the Steve McQueen 1971 pic Le Mans.
Ford v. Ferrari tells the story of car designer Carroll Shelby and his iconoclast British race car driver Ken Miles as they battle corporate interference, their own personal demons, and the laws of physics to build the ideal race car for Ford as the automaker challenges Ferrari in the 24 hour Le Mans 1966 race in France.
“We had anamorphic lenses customized to cover a larger format,” said the Dp. The whole gist of the pic was to re-create the driver’s Pov.
In shooting James Mangold’s Ford v Ferrari Oscar nominated Dp Phedon Papamichael at Deadline’s NY Contenders today said that the filmmaker was inspired by classic old school race car movies like John Frankenheimer’s Grand Prix and the Steve McQueen 1971 pic Le Mans.
Ford v. Ferrari tells the story of car designer Carroll Shelby and his iconoclast British race car driver Ken Miles as they battle corporate interference, their own personal demons, and the laws of physics to build the ideal race car for Ford as the automaker challenges Ferrari in the 24 hour Le Mans 1966 race in France.
“We had anamorphic lenses customized to cover a larger format,” said the Dp. The whole gist of the pic was to re-create the driver’s Pov.
- 12/7/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
A version of this story about “Ford v Ferrari” first appeared in the Actors/Directors/Screenwriters issue of TheWrap’s Oscar magazine.
When Michael Mann came to them with the idea for a movie about the Ford Motor Company’s attempt to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 1966, brothers Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth knew nothing about auto racing or about designer Carroll Shelby or driver Ken Miles, the lead characters in what became “Ford v Ferrari.”
“We went out to the Willow Springs track and we raced cars,” Jez Butterworth said. “It was terrifying and exciting and thrilling. And then we sat down with Carroll Shelby. By the time we finished the meeting with Carroll, it was obvious it was a great story for a movie.”
The film stars Matt Damon as Shelby and Christian Bale as Miles, who teamed up to make Ford a major player...
When Michael Mann came to them with the idea for a movie about the Ford Motor Company’s attempt to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 1966, brothers Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth knew nothing about auto racing or about designer Carroll Shelby or driver Ken Miles, the lead characters in what became “Ford v Ferrari.”
“We went out to the Willow Springs track and we raced cars,” Jez Butterworth said. “It was terrifying and exciting and thrilling. And then we sat down with Carroll Shelby. By the time we finished the meeting with Carroll, it was obvious it was a great story for a movie.”
The film stars Matt Damon as Shelby and Christian Bale as Miles, who teamed up to make Ford a major player...
- 12/6/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The partnership between famed car designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and British driver-engineer Ken Miles (Christian Bale) is the driving force behind Ford v Ferrari, James Mangold's racing drama chronicling the lead-up to the 1966 24-hour Le Mans race.
Paralleling that onscreen partnership is one behind the scenes between composer Marco Beltrami and his longtime engineer Buck Sanders, who've worked together for two decades, with Sanders crafting the electronic sound palette for each Beltrami-scored film. However, this fourth collaboration with Mangold is particularly special for Beltrami, a passionate racer himself. The pair spoke to THR about recording the 1960s-inspired score ...
Paralleling that onscreen partnership is one behind the scenes between composer Marco Beltrami and his longtime engineer Buck Sanders, who've worked together for two decades, with Sanders crafting the electronic sound palette for each Beltrami-scored film. However, this fourth collaboration with Mangold is particularly special for Beltrami, a passionate racer himself. The pair spoke to THR about recording the 1960s-inspired score ...
- 12/6/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The partnership between famed car designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and British driver-engineer Ken Miles (Christian Bale) is the driving force behind Ford v Ferrari, James Mangold's racing drama chronicling the lead-up to the 1966 24-hour Le Mans race.
Paralleling that onscreen partnership is one behind the scenes between composer Marco Beltrami and his longtime engineer Buck Sanders, who've worked together for two decades, with Sanders crafting the electronic sound palette for each Beltrami-scored film. However, this fourth collaboration with Mangold is particularly special for Beltrami, a passionate racer himself. The pair spoke to THR about recording the 1960s-inspired score ...
Paralleling that onscreen partnership is one behind the scenes between composer Marco Beltrami and his longtime engineer Buck Sanders, who've worked together for two decades, with Sanders crafting the electronic sound palette for each Beltrami-scored film. However, this fourth collaboration with Mangold is particularly special for Beltrami, a passionate racer himself. The pair spoke to THR about recording the 1960s-inspired score ...
- 12/6/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
If justice is done, James Mangold’s “Ford v Ferrari” will soon make history as the first of more than one hundred movies about the sport of auto racing to be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. It’s not that Oscar has been unkind to racing movies, it’s that “FvF” is the first one that deserves to be included.
I was an auto racing executive in the late Sixties to the mid-Seventies and knew some of the people involved in the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans that is the focus of Mangold’s movie, and it gets the tone, period and competitive nature of the drivers right. It also does justice to the relationship between car designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and British-American driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale) who are the center of the story.
A close friend and former associate of mine named Bob Thomas knew...
I was an auto racing executive in the late Sixties to the mid-Seventies and knew some of the people involved in the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans that is the focus of Mangold’s movie, and it gets the tone, period and competitive nature of the drivers right. It also does justice to the relationship between car designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and British-American driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale) who are the center of the story.
A close friend and former associate of mine named Bob Thomas knew...
- 12/5/2019
- by Jack Mathews
- Gold Derby
Over a long career that stretches back 25 years, stuntman and stunt coordinator-turned-second-unit-director and actor Darrin Prescott has choreographed many a spectacular car chase and race in such testosterone-fueled movies as “Drive,” “Deadpool 2,” “Baby Driver” and “The Bourne Ultimatum,” which won him a Screen Actors Guild award as part of the stunt ensemble.
But when director James Mangold called him up to play famous racer Bob Bondurant and supervise the second-unit action crew for “Ford v Ferrari,” he knew it’d be a special job.
“He loved what we’d done on ‘Baby Driver,’ and when I asked him how we were going to handle all the classic race cars on this, he just said, ‘We’re going to build ‘em,’” Prescott says.
This was music to Prescott’s ears, as “Ford v Ferrari” chronicles the story of race car legends Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and Ken Miles (Christian Bale...
But when director James Mangold called him up to play famous racer Bob Bondurant and supervise the second-unit action crew for “Ford v Ferrari,” he knew it’d be a special job.
“He loved what we’d done on ‘Baby Driver,’ and when I asked him how we were going to handle all the classic race cars on this, he just said, ‘We’re going to build ‘em,’” Prescott says.
This was music to Prescott’s ears, as “Ford v Ferrari” chronicles the story of race car legends Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and Ken Miles (Christian Bale...
- 12/4/2019
- by Iain Blair
- Variety Film + TV
With Ford v. Ferrari being looked at as a serious awards season contender, taking the role of car designer Carroll Shelby is looking like a genius move for Matt Damon. Damon has previously told us he isn’t much of a car buff, so what was it about the film and the story that attracted his interest? [...]
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- 12/4/2019
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
James Mangold directs Matt Damon and Christian Bale in Ford v Ferrari, a film known at Le Mans ’66 in Europe and other regions where that famous endurance race is more religion than sport. Damon plays Carroll Shelby, an ex-driver who has channeled his competitive edge into building cars. He asks a wild yet talented […]
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- 11/30/2019
- by Jason Gorber
- Slash Film
“Ford v Ferrari” chronicles the attempt by Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and Ken Miles (Christian Bale) to win Le Mans ’66 for the Ford motor company, To come up with the visual language, cinematographer Phedon Papamichael says that he and director James Mangold (with whom he has worked with five times) ditched the expected storyboarding and settled into a more relaxed, instinctive way of working: “It was like classic filmmaking, a movie from the 1960s made today.”
Indeed, one of the main inspirations was the 1967 picture “Grand Prix.” “We realized how simple they shot it – just a frontal close up of James Garner holding for a minute and then just his Pov hard mounted.” As he explains, “That simplicity was much more effective than all these high-action car sequences in the ‘Fast & Furious’ series and ’Baby Driver’ (2018). We transferred that simplicity in cinematography into our film, and that helped us focus...
Indeed, one of the main inspirations was the 1967 picture “Grand Prix.” “We realized how simple they shot it – just a frontal close up of James Garner holding for a minute and then just his Pov hard mounted.” As he explains, “That simplicity was much more effective than all these high-action car sequences in the ‘Fast & Furious’ series and ’Baby Driver’ (2018). We transferred that simplicity in cinematography into our film, and that helped us focus...
- 11/29/2019
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
‘Judy & Punch.’
Fox/Chernin Entertainment’s Ford v Ferrari easily retained pole position in another soft weekend at Australian cinemas while Mirrah Foulkes’ writing and directing debut Judy & Punch struggled.
Foulkes’ savage satire starring Damon Herriman and Mia Wasikowska as husband-and-wife puppeteers in an anarchic world has garnered a 79 per cent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes since the world premiere at Sundance.
But critical acclaim often doesn’t reflect cinemagoers’ tastes, particularly for niche titles which are as challenging and dark in tone as this. The Madman Entertainment release fetched $29,000 on 38 screens last weekend and $108,000 with festival screenings.
Cinema Nova’s Natalie Miller says: “I think the title is a bit of a hindrance as people don’t know if it’s a children’s film and would find it quite different and confronting, despite great acting.”
Produced by Michele Bennett, Blue-Tongue Films’ Nash Edgerton and Vice Media Australia’s Danny Gabai,...
Fox/Chernin Entertainment’s Ford v Ferrari easily retained pole position in another soft weekend at Australian cinemas while Mirrah Foulkes’ writing and directing debut Judy & Punch struggled.
Foulkes’ savage satire starring Damon Herriman and Mia Wasikowska as husband-and-wife puppeteers in an anarchic world has garnered a 79 per cent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes since the world premiere at Sundance.
But critical acclaim often doesn’t reflect cinemagoers’ tastes, particularly for niche titles which are as challenging and dark in tone as this. The Madman Entertainment release fetched $29,000 on 38 screens last weekend and $108,000 with festival screenings.
Cinema Nova’s Natalie Miller says: “I think the title is a bit of a hindrance as people don’t know if it’s a children’s film and would find it quite different and confronting, despite great acting.”
Produced by Michele Bennett, Blue-Tongue Films’ Nash Edgerton and Vice Media Australia’s Danny Gabai,...
- 11/25/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
James Mangold’s “Ford v Ferrari” is not only the most realistic racing movie ever made, but also a compelling bromance between innovative car designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and extraordinary British racer Ken Miles (Christian Bale). And the 24 Hours of Le Mans circa 1966 offered a 40-minute tour de force that served as a mini-movie, with underdog, eccentric Miles pushing Ford’s GT40 to the limit with a meditative grace. Naturally, the sound was imperative in capturing the powerful, immersive experience (custom-made for Dolby Atmos).
During the third-act Le Mans race itself, the narrative strategy was to primarily focus on Miles unleashing the beast inside the gorgeous blue and white GT40 in the head to head competition with the sporty red champion Ferrari. The sound, meanwhile, worked in parallel, sometimes loud, sometimes calmer, but always layered in a way that surrounded the viewer throughout the theater.
“We threw out the production sound,...
During the third-act Le Mans race itself, the narrative strategy was to primarily focus on Miles unleashing the beast inside the gorgeous blue and white GT40 in the head to head competition with the sporty red champion Ferrari. The sound, meanwhile, worked in parallel, sometimes loud, sometimes calmer, but always layered in a way that surrounded the viewer throughout the theater.
“We threw out the production sound,...
- 11/22/2019
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Stars: Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal, Caitriona Balfe, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe, Tracy Letts, Remo Girone, Ray McKinnon, JJ Feild, Jack McMullen, Corrado Invernizzi, Joe Williamson, Ian Harding, Christopher Darga | Written by Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, Jason Keller | Directed by James Mangold
Le Mans ‘66 fires on all cylinders at the highest rate and won’t let you go until you get to the finish line. The chemistry between Matt Damon and Christian Bale is both captivating and heartwarming, with both characters highlights of the film.
We’re in the 60’s: American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles are tasked to build a revolutionary race car for Ford and challenge Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. From the very start we are thrust into the heart of a driver, as someone who’s never found any intrigue in racing or any sense of thrill through watching motorsports,...
Le Mans ‘66 fires on all cylinders at the highest rate and won’t let you go until you get to the finish line. The chemistry between Matt Damon and Christian Bale is both captivating and heartwarming, with both characters highlights of the film.
We’re in the 60’s: American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles are tasked to build a revolutionary race car for Ford and challenge Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. From the very start we are thrust into the heart of a driver, as someone who’s never found any intrigue in racing or any sense of thrill through watching motorsports,...
- 11/21/2019
- by Alex Ginnelly
- Nerdly
"You'd better win." Chassy Media has debuted an official trailer for an indie documentary titled Shelby American, the latest from racing doc directors Nate Adams & Adam Carolla. The film profiles the life and times of notorious race car driver, engineer, designer, coach and expert Carroll Shelby - the same guy played by Matt Damon in the Ford v Ferrari movie this year. Carroll Shelby came from humble beginnings working as a chicken farmer in rural Texas. He exploded into the auto-racing scene by beating all the top-tier drivers of the era and winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1959. All while still wearing his chicken-overalls. He launched his company Shelby American after that, which lead him to meet Henry Ford II. The rest is history. For any and all racing fans, this seems like a must see. Or for anyone who wants more after ...
- 11/20/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
“Ford v Ferrari” screenwriter Jason Keller was “fascinated with these real-life heroes and explorers that were at the center of this story.” When he started working on the script 10 years ago, his main goal was to understand “what compelled them to get into these cars that were at that time just death machines, and do it over and over and over again.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Keller above.
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The characters at the center of James Mangold‘s sports drama certainly are compelling figures. There’s Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon), an ex-racer who’s drafted by Ford Motor Company to design a car that could beat Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans tournament. And then there’s Ken Miles (Christian Bale), the hotshot recruited to drive it. “Those two men were very different guys,...
See ‘Ford v Ferrari’: Hugh Jackman sings the praises of director James Mangold at special NYC screening [Watch]
The characters at the center of James Mangold‘s sports drama certainly are compelling figures. There’s Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon), an ex-racer who’s drafted by Ford Motor Company to design a car that could beat Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans tournament. And then there’s Ken Miles (Christian Bale), the hotshot recruited to drive it. “Those two men were very different guys,...
- 11/20/2019
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
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