Hello all, thanks to everyone who made it out for the ludicrous Dr. Strangelove. For the month of May I have selected a film from recent years that I really enjoyed and that is Ford v. Ferrari. I love a good racing biopic and this is no exception.
Ford v Ferrari is a 2019 American biographical sports drama film directed by James Mangold and written by Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, and Jason Keller. It stars Matt Damon and Christian Bale, with Jon Bernthal, Caitríona Balfe, Tracy Letts, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe, Remo Girone, and Ray McKinnon in supporting roles. The plot follows a determined team of American and English engineers and designers, led by automotive designer Carroll Shelby and his English driver, Ken Miles, who are hired by Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca to build a race car to defeat the perennially dominant Italian racing team Scuderia Ferrari at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France. At the 92nd Academy Awards, the film received four nominations, including Best Picture, and won Best Film Editing and Best Sound Editing. It currently holds a 92% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and Glenn Kenny writing for Rogerebert.com gave the film 3/4 stars saying this in his review, "Lest all of this sound heavy, I should assure you that Ford v Ferrari is exactly as fun, maybe even more fun, than its well-put-together trailer makes it out to be. The dialogue is replete with zingers and the racing sequences are a blast. Mangold sticks to the verities and conveys high speeds and potentially deadly impacts with a lot of gusto; there’s very little that looks tricked-up or obviously animated. Ford v Ferrari delivers real cinema meat and potatoes."
We will be meeting Thursday, May 28 at 5:00 pm (it's a little longer, so earlier start time)
Here's a trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyYgDtY2AMY
Hope to see you there!
