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Grand Prix

Play trailer Poster for Grand Prix 1966,  2h 59m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Stream Now Watchlist 92% 13 Reviews Tomatometer 88% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
92% Tomatometer 13 Reviews 88% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a series of races, American wheelman Pete Aron (James Garner) is dropped by his sponsor. Refusing to quit, he joins a Japanese racing team. While juggling his career with a torrid love affair involving an ex-teammate's wife, Pete must also contend with Jean-Pierre Sarti (Yves Montand), a French contestant who has previously won two world titles.
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Pauline Kael The New Republic Sep 19, 2023
There’s so much plain and fancy hard work involved in a production like Grand Prix that it begins to seem almost cruelly flippant to watch it for the same reasons we’d watch a lousy old movie on television. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Aug 4, 2025
3/4
The predictable soap-opera elements might be strictly Formula One, but there’s innovation to spare when it comes to the mounting of the spectacular race scenes. Go to Full Review
Nick Rogers Midwest Film Journal Jul 30, 2025
4.5/5
The did-it-for-real granddaddy of contemporary racing films & the apex of god-tier go-fast cinema, at worst unrivaled by anything since & at best the recipient of loving homage. To boot, it offers a ruthless understanding of professional racing business. Go to Full Review
Nathanael Hood Unseen Films Jun 8, 2020
9/10
It's a rowdy, roaring, ecstatic hallelujah of movement and speed. Go to Full Review
Penelope Houston The Spectator Jul 9, 2018
Frankenheimer can make one feel that there's no more exhilarating place to put a camera than on a Formula One. Go to Full Review
Tim Brayton Alternate Ending Aug 30, 2017
4/5
Turns a high-speed death-defying stunt into a collection of beautiful pictures assembled with visceral effectiveness,. Go to Full Review
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Rey G Jun 2, 2018 A great movie and a great reminder of the time when Formula 1 cars were beautiful and not the Transformers abortion that they are now. See more
Albus L May 9, 2017 When car racing was a sport only for heroes !
Leia L Jan 16, 2009 Yes, the driving scenes dazzle, but Frankenheimer also embeds his 1966 Cinerama epic with some interesting commentary about risk-taking professions in general and the Formula One driver in particular. See more
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Cast & Crew

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John Frankenheimer

Director

James Garner

Pete Aron

Eva Marie Saint

Louise Frederickson

Yves Montand

Jean-Pierre Sarti

Toshiro Mifune

Izo Yamura

Brian Bedford

Scott Stoddard

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Synopsis The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a series of races, American wheelman Pete Aron (James Garner) is dropped by his sponsor. Refusing to quit, he joins a Japanese racing team. While juggling his career with a torrid love affair involving an ex-teammate's wife, Pete must also contend with Jean-Pierre Sarti (Yves Montand), a French contestant who has previously won two world titles.
Director
John Frankenheimer
Producer
Edward Lewis
Screenwriter
Robert Alan Aurthur
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cherokee Productions, Joel Productions
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 21, 1966, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 18, 2010
Runtime
2h 59m
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