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Newman starred in 1969's Winning (about the Indianapolis 500), and McQueen did 1971's Le Mans (about the famous 24-hour French race).
The interior compositions are sedate and classical, and when the film hits the track the disciplined camera coverage and superb editing recall such racing movie classics as John Frankenheimer’s Grand Prix (1966, with James Garner), Le Mans (1971 with Steve McQueen) and Winning (1969 with Paul Newman).
Decades ago, we saw James Caan in “Red Line 7000” (1965), James Garner in “Grand Prix” (1966), Paul Newman in “Winning” (1969), Steve McQueen in “Le Mans” (1971) and Burt Reynolds in “The Cannonball Run” (1981).
…previous racing films (WINNING, LE MANS)…
Newman was 44 when he made Winning…
(Three racing films from my childhood kind of run together in my brain: “Grand Prix” with James Garner, “Winning” with Paul Newman, and “Le Mans” with Steve McQueen.
If you like this, try: “Winning” with Paul Newman, “Grand Prix” with James Garner, and “Le Mans” with Steve McQueen, and Peter Morgan’s “The Damned United” about another real-life sports rivalry.
The ensemble gives the set a graceless joie de vivre, à la The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight.
Pain & Gain (2013)
Directed by Michael Bay
influenced by The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971)
Plot
A movie about witless crooks (The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight, Dog Day Afternoon, Fargo, Four Lions) usually requires at least one relatively smart person, either to catch the bad guys or to sigh knowingly at their imbecilities and clue the viewer that the filmmaker knows they’re dolts.