Ford v Ferrari

This is an excellent movie about the true story how Henry Ford II took out his revenge on the race track by hiring Carroll Shelby to beat Ferarri at the most prestigious international race, the 24 Hours of LeMans, after Enzo Ferarri pulled out of a deal to sell Ferarri to Ford and instead sell his company to Fiat. Brilliantly filmed with no CGI for the racing scenes and great acting by Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby and Christian Bale as race car driver as Ken Miles. Supporting cast as Henry Ford II, Lee Iaccoca and Ken Miles’ wife were all outstanding, while the movie was directed in a way that will entertain anyone who loves a great story. My wife made me bribe her with a dinner before agreeing to go to see this movie with me, but when it was over, she was the first to say, “What a great movie.” Highly recommend you see this in IMAX or Regal RPX theater with better sound. Only after you have seen the movie should you go to You Tube to see “behind the scenes” videos that will show you Hollywood as its best with how they created a real race crash using a most ingenious idea to crash the car right in front of Ken Miles GT. Ford not only won LeMans in 1966, but then won it 4 years in a row before HFII had made his point and moved on. Then, in 2016, Bill Ford, HFII nephew, decided to celebrate the historic 1966 win at LeMans, built a new Ford GT (you can buy one for $500,000 which is street legal) to race again at LeMans for the 50th anniversary of the 1966 win and then Ford beat Ferarri again. That is not shown in the movie, but you can find it on You Tube with Bill Ford getting sprayed with champagne on the victory stand!!! This movie is highly recommended for anyone who loves stories about the underdog, American competitive drive and what the will to win can do to power you to victory against even the best!!! Enjoyable and inspirational movie!!!

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