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Originally Posted by tomshep
I'll bring this back to the top....saw it today and really enjoyed it.
I will be the first to admit I am not an expert on the Shelby Team from the 60s but I did feel the general content was good. I enjoyed the nostalgia of many scenes and look forward to watching it again at home where I can observe the background action.
I would like to have seen them include a little more history of the failed 64 effort prior to Shelby getting involved to show how he inherited the program and made it successful. I also would have liked more inclusion of how the Ford/Shelby relationship started with the Cobra and grew into the GT40 program.
Few items I had never read/heard and I would like to know if accurate:
1) Was Shelby on fire when driving at LeMans?
2) Is the "wrench" accurate?
3) Was Beebe locked in Shelby's office at LAX?
4) Any credibility to the Ferrari stopwatch/bolt at LeMans?
And, what happened to Miles wife and son?
Tom
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Tom, in order:
1)No;
2)No;
3)No; and
4)No.
I understand the film’s producers wanted to make the non-racing fans in the audience understand how dangerous racing was in the era, right off the bat. The truth is Shelby not only popped nitro pills throughout the race to ward off his persistent angina but also battled dysentery the entire 24 hours. I suppose it would be much less dramatic to show him in the restroom during his driving breaks so they decided on a pit fire instead.
Miles by all accounts was mercurial and didn’t suffer fools gladly, but I’ve never read of him assaulting anyone with tools or fists. But, again, I understand that films need to establish personalities in a hurry, and showing KM walking around in an immaculate polo shirt (with collar flipped up) or pausing from driving to take tea would have been counterproductive to demonstrating what a hard charger Miles was.
Bob