6.3
The Tunnel
2019
“Steve McQueen takes you for a drive in the country. The country is France. The drive is at 200 MPH!”
Le Mans (1971)
June 23, 19711h 44mEN
6.8
265 votes
Overview
Filmed during the annual 24-hour endurance race at Le Mans, Michael Delaney is a Porsche driver haunted by the memory of an accident at the previous year's race in which a competing driver was killed. Delaney also finds himself increasingly infatuated with the man's widow.
Director
Lee H. KatzinWriter
Where to Watch
Streaming availability for India
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Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$7.5M
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Cinema Center FilmsSolar Productions
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User Reviews
CinemaSerf
6.0By all accounts, Steve McQueen was an ardent motor sport enthusiast - and that certainly comes across in this almost documentary style depiction of the legendary Le Mans race. There is a story, well more of a theme, but it's so peripheral as to be tangential to the real purpose of the film - a showcase of the fast and furious race, complete with some spectacular (even now) in-car coverage of the races, plenty of crashes, near misses and you can almost smell the fumes of the cars as they race past. There's no doubt the photography is superb, and the Michel Legrand score instantly recognisable.…
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