Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
Financial troubles, on-set rivalries and the star’s own personal issues affect the filming of the movie 'Le Mans' in 1970, a passion project for Hollywood icon and racing enthusiast Steve McQueen.
28 February 1940, Montona, Istria, Italy [now Motovun, Istria, Croatia]
2 April 1932, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany
12 November 1934, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
August 23, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA
18 August 1933, Paris, France
10 July 1932, Manila, Philippines
12 April 1935, Detroit, Michigan, USA
7 January 1937, Palm Springs, California, USA
26 October 1942, Cairo, Egypt
3 January 1910, Oak Park, Illinois, USA
20 July 1938, San Francisco, California, USA
31 October 1941, Pinner, Middlesex, England, UK
2 December 1930, Edgeware, Middlesex, England, UK
May 7, 1948 in San Gabriel, California, USA
24 March 1930, Beech Grove, Indiana, USA
24 January 1943, Dallas, Texas, USA
10 October 1933, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
December 3, 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA
16 December 1930, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
16 October 1951, London, England, UK
October 11, 1934 in USA
19 February 1930, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
7 April 1928, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
15 July 1946, Stockholm, Sweden
3 May 1930, Santa Monica, California, USA
19 May 1938, USA
28 December 1960, Los Angeles, California, USA
1949
June 07, 2016
A film to exorcise an insecure, violent, unpredictable, angry, seductive, and full of suicidal tendencies Hollywood icon. [Full review in Spanish]
November 13, 2015
If you see only one 44-years-later postmortem on a critical and commercial misfire this season, it might as well be "Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans."
November 10, 2015
We've seen many an insider doc about films destroyed by their creators' chutzpah (Overnight, Lost in La Mancha), but what's most wrenching here is McQueen's displays of vulnerability and tenderness.
May 30, 2016
The story of one of the most high octane ego trips in Hollywood history. [Full review in Spanish]
December 01, 2016
A fascinating view of a doomed film.
November 17, 2015
It's a great making-of tale about a very mediocre movie.
November 13, 2015
"Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans" is an interesting documentary because it approaches its well-known subject from an unexpected angle.
June 09, 2016
A passionate tale where the directors know just how much to give us to feel the passion of its main subject. [Full review in Spanish]
November 22, 2015
Like Hearts of Darkness, this documentary follows the making of a movie on which more than a million feet of film was reportedly exposed, but sadly Le Mans is no Apocalypse Now.
November 12, 2015
It doesn't really succeed in conveying McQueen's great passion for auto racing. In truth, it mostly makes him seem like a jerk - but cinephiles might enjoy it as a case study of moviemaking gone wrong.
December 01, 2015
With archival films and frank interviews with people involved like his first wife and his son, this is a fascinating look at what unchecked ego can do to a gifted person.
November 12, 2015
Filmmakers Gabriel Clarke and John McKenna interweave abundant archival footage and audio seamlessly.
