Grand Prix

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Grand Prix [Blu-ray]

I had seen the movie when it was released, several times, and liked more than very much. But I was curious to see if it could resist the pass of time.
It did better than that. The plot is good, but the action scenes were superb. Even if we are now used to see "on-board" footage in every F1 race.
The cars are beautyfull, perhaps the beautyest of all times, the technical aspects well shown, the old "circus" at it's best. Pilots were the most important part of the man-machine team, and the cars were still cars and not fighter planes on wheels.
A must for all fine car lovers

Grand Prix [HD DVD]
$28.99
I had seen the movie when it was released, several times, and liked more than very much. But I was curious to see if it could resist the pass of time.
It did better than that. The plot is good, but the action scenes were superb. Even if we are now used to see "on-board" footage in every F1 race.
The cars are beautyfull, perhaps the beautyest of all times, the technical aspects well shown, the old "circus" at it's best. Pilots were the most important part of the man-machine team, and the cars were still cars and not fighter planes on wheels.
A must for all fine car lovers

Grand Prix
$48.49
Maurice Jarre Grand Prix Original Motion Picture Soundtrack FSM Silver Age Classic

One CD, 30 tracks.

20 extra tracks, in addition to the original 10 from the initial album released in the mid-sixties.

Tracks on the Silver Age Classic re-issue are in chronological order of the story.

How, I respect and admire the makers of the new compact disc, for distinctly stating the track order of the original album for avid fans.

1, 22, 23, 24, 7, 13, 26, 27, 4, 29

FSM Silver Age Classic CD has extensive liner notes with a breakdown for each track.

There are only a small handful of alternate takes and outtakes, overall, the majority of compostions were used to full effect in the film.

Orchestrations were recorded and inserted into the film a couple weeks before it was released.

Had to have contributed to the overall bravado.

There are four main race drivers in the movie, an American, Italian, Frenchman, and Brit.

The central themes center around the Frenchman and Brit.

A nylon string guitar is prevelevant in the Brit's motif, I have always felt it has a way of conveying the life force, and dripping blood oozing into his bandages, with the impending threat of a hospital bed weighing heavy on everyone's soul.

The motif is real, the filmmakers asked a season veteran what is the most dangerous loop in Monte Carlo.

He told them to use the street next to the harbour.

It's where James Garner was thrown into the drink, and it's the same exact spot where the race driver died one year later.

It is a revelation to learn the characters are composites of real people, you can see the actual drivers staging their cars for a race in the beginning of the film.

At the time, there were only a small elite group of men qualified for formula 1 racing.

Victories triumphant and hollow, a secret addiction for speed that can never be retired.

I do believe a uncanny element made its' way into the film and music.

Ferrari wasn't going to comply with the filmmakers wishes until he saw some rushes.

Ferrari became so ecstatic about the project, arrangements were made to include his factory in the film.

When the filmmakers asked how much it would cost, Ferrari said, "Nothing, either I give you my cooperation or I don't. Nobody can ever buy me".

A little bit of the free love floating around at the time.

As a child, growing up in the sixties, I had my eye on the soundtrack for Grand Prix, but I felt a little intimidated.

Grand Prix would've cost a month allowance.

I purchased the re-issue in the late 80's.

I played it every morning to seize the day.

The copy I recently purchased on Amazon is one of the main CD's in my collection.

I can't get the main themes for Grand Prix out of my mind.

Captures Mankind's romance with the wheel.

Archeological evidence indicates Ancient European Culture sprung from a point in the Swiss Alps, beginning as a primitive society of hunters and gatherers, and as time progressed, expanding westward, into a nation of warriors marked by the arrival of the chariot.

Survivors buried tribal heroes in their chariot.

Can you imagine the sort of sacrifice involved.

Men going off to fight a lost cause, their women chanting, "I'll fix your wagon"!

Young male survivors who find it hard to see such technology buried and go to waste, sobbing and recanting, "The lucky sod"!

Characters in the movie Grand Prix boast their car crew can strip the skin from a vehicle, replace what's wrong with the machine and have it up and running like new, and how unfortunate it is people can't follow suit.

No doubt in my mind how a box on wheels manage to turn into a sport of kings.

Unbridled power to overcome an assailant.

At some point, the wheels would feel like they were lifting off the ground and racing into the heavens.

Maurice Jarre's motifs capture the fury.

Orchestrations are used to conjure crushing wheels, rotating axles, spokes, and volatile combustive materials to propel listeners into the stratosphere.

There's a little secret to the art of racing I feel Maurice Jarre is aware of and put to full use in some of the more haunting parts of his soundtrack for Grand Prix.

Race driving involves a lot of vibration and knowing how to read the road.

Long after a race has come to a finish, the participants would still be able to feel the vibration and last of the adrenelin coarsing through their bones, it'd act as an elixer.

Music is used to full effect to pass along some of the epiphany.

I must say, honorable mention goes to James Garner.

Of all my childhood heroes, James Garner has proved to be my favorite actor.

He has a wonderful way of embracing his humanity.

Good strong character with a huge heart and mainstream credibility.

Look for vintage bonus footage of James Garner learning to race stock cars on the Grand Prix double disc DVD.

Even though I never got to see the movie, or own the soundtrack untill I was older, all my life I've always understood the dynamics behind Grand Prix.

Life is the big prize, and everybody is a winner.

It's all in the movie poster and accompanying album cover.

What a gift after surviving two World Wars.

The sooner we stop blowing each other up, countries can begin to rally for each other.

Thank you, Maurice for some of the most beautiful, haunting music I know.