Ford v Ferrari

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Cinematographer: Phedon Papamichael

Director: James Mangold

Producer: James Mangold, Jenno Topping, Peter Chernin

Production designer: François Audouy

Editor: Andrew Buckland, Dirk Westervelt, Michael McCusker

Cast: Christian Bale, Matt Damon

Production Company: Chernin Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox

Distribution company (world): Twentieth Century Fox

Distribution company: Imperial CinePix Sp. z o.o.

Year: 2019

Country: USA

Time: 152

Date and place:

2019.11.10, 19:30CKK Jordanki - Main screening room

In the world of 1960s international car racing, there was only one champion: Ferrari. It was obvious in many areas, but the most prestigious one was the legendary 24-hour-long Le Mans race. The film starts with the Italian company’s dominance being challenged by Henry Ford II, the owner of the behemoth of the automotive industry - Ford Motor Company. He hires for that purpose a visionary and ex-racing driver, Carroll Shelby, who won Le Mans in 1959, the last person to do so before Ferrari’s reign. Shelby, in turn, goes to spirited and unpredictable, though seriously talented driver, Ken Miles to form a team, to be the best of the best. While being constantly pressured by the company’s management that wants to see some results and does not accept even a hint of failure, Shelby and Miles have to make professional and personal compromises to go the distance, but they never depart from their ground-breaking vision. That is how the Ford GT40 came into existence. Its first real test: 1966 Le Mans.

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