was dropped this week<\/a>, and it promises scenes filled with speed, crashes\u00a0and sexy cars.<\/p>\nBut learning from the checkered history\u00a0of racing movies, director James Mangold (“Logan,” “3:10 to Yuma”) has taken care to make this movie about more than two\u00a0car companies. This is a movie about\u00a0big personalities (Carroll Shelby, Ken Miles, Henry Ford II)\u00a0played by big movie stars (respectively, Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Tracy Letts).<\/p>\n
“Ford v Ferrari”\u00a0tells the tale of Henry the Deuce\u2019s quest \u2013 after being spurned by Enzo Ferrari in a cross-Atlantic merger \u2013 to embarrass the Italian\u00a0in his own sandbox: LeMans, the 24-hour race that Ferrari had\u00a0won 6 years running.<\/p>\n
The stakes were big and so were the egos. The film goes behind the scenes as Ford hires Shelby to build one of Ford\u2019s iconic cars \u2013 the GT40 \u2013 to pull off one of racing\u2019s greatest upsets. Spoiler alert: Ford sweeps the podium.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re gonna build a car to beat Ferrari…\u00a0with a Ford,\u201d says British race-driver Miles\u00a0in the clip. \u201cAnd how long did you tell them you needed? Two-three hundred years?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNinety days,\u201d snaps Shelby.<\/p>\n
The focus on auto personalities follows Ron Howard\u2019s successful formula in 2013\u2019s \u201cRush,\u201d which relived a Formula One title duel by casting Hollywood heart-throb Chris Hemsworth in the leading role. That movie seemed\u00a0to give a second breath to racing movies (after disasters like Steve McQueen\u2019s 1971 flop \u201cLeMans”), “Ford v Ferrari” roars into theaters this year along with another highly anticipated car film, \u201cThe Art of Racing in the Rain.\u201d<\/p>\n
“Ford v Ferrari,” its source material derived from A.J.\u00a0Baime\u2019s critically acclaimed book, \u201cGo Like Hell,\u201d was ultimately based\u00a0on\u00a0an original screenplay. Initially cast with Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in the leading roles, the movie has taken a circuitous course to the big screen.<\/p>\n
Damon and Bale are already promoting the movie, appearing as honorary starters and waving the green flag for the Indy 500 Memorial Day weekend.<\/p>\n
Despite Ford\u2019s favorable outcome, the movie was made without the Blue Oval\u2019s help. Indeed, the preview does not seem to cast Henry Ford II in a favorable light as he whimpers in the passenger seat after being taken by Shelby\u00a0for a wild test ride in the GT40.<\/p>\n
\u201cBased on this trailer, I think I might miss opening night! I knew Henry Ford II and Tracy Letts is no Henry Ford II,\u201d\u00a0the Deuce’s son, Edsel Ford II, tweeted this week after seeing\u00a0the trailer.<\/p>\n
Hollywood hopes for more positive reviews this winter.<\/p>\n
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