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Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
Financial troubles, on-set rivalries and the star’s own personal issues affect the filming of the movie 'Le Mans' in 1970, a passion project for Hollywood icon and racing enthusiast Steve McQueen.
10 October 1933, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
20 July 1938, San Francisco, California, USA
12 April 1935, Detroit, Michigan, USA
December 3, 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA
19 May 1938, USA
19 February 1930, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
31 October 1941, Pinner, Middlesex, England, UK
16 December 1930, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
7 January 1937, Palm Springs, California, USA
28 February 1940, Montona, Istria, Italy [now Motovun, Istria, Croatia]
May 7, 1948 in San Gabriel, California, USA
3 January 1910, Oak Park, Illinois, USA
15 July 1946, Stockholm, Sweden
18 August 1933, Paris, France
7 April 1928, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
August 23, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA
2 April 1932, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany
26 October 1942, Cairo, Egypt
2 December 1930, Edgeware, Middlesex, England, UK
1949
June 09, 2016
A passionate tale where the directors know just how much to give us to feel the passion of its main subject. [Full review in Spanish]
May 30, 2016
The story of one of the most high octane ego trips in Hollywood history. [Full review in Spanish]
November 12, 2015
It doesn't really succeed in conveying McQueen's great passion for auto racing. In truth, it mostly makes him seem like a jerk - but cinephiles might enjoy it as a case study of moviemaking gone wrong.
November 22, 2015
Like Hearts of Darkness, this documentary follows the making of a movie on which more than a million feet of film was reportedly exposed, but sadly Le Mans is no Apocalypse Now.
December 01, 2016
A fascinating view of a doomed film.
December 01, 2015
With archival films and frank interviews with people involved like his first wife and his son, this is a fascinating look at what unchecked ego can do to a gifted person.
November 13, 2015
If you see only one 44-years-later postmortem on a critical and commercial misfire this season, it might as well be "Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans."
June 07, 2016
A film to exorcise an insecure, violent, unpredictable, angry, seductive, and full of suicidal tendencies Hollywood icon. [Full review in Spanish]
November 10, 2015
We've seen many an insider doc about films destroyed by their creators' chutzpah (Overnight, Lost in La Mancha), but what's most wrenching here is McQueen's displays of vulnerability and tenderness.
November 13, 2015
"Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans" is an interesting documentary because it approaches its well-known subject from an unexpected angle.
November 17, 2015
It's a great making-of tale about a very mediocre movie.
November 12, 2015
Filmmakers Gabriel Clarke and John McKenna interweave abundant archival footage and audio seamlessly.