Saw him and talked to him during our honeymoon in 1992 in LA! What a great guy! We talked racing and the Raiders!!!

Garner , Yves Montad et all

to 337 337 - Very well stated ! :)

Yes, those of us that were kids growing up from 1955 until 1975 were very lucky to have actors and Athletes that for the most part were clean cut.

Best anecdote ever. Congratulations on all of it!

@@fatorson Thanks for your comment! I sub your channel All the best Fabrizio

Saw this when I was nine with my mom. She's ill now and when she is someday gone, will not be able to watch this.

@@davidgoldin2577 I'm sorry to hear that your mother is unwell. I understand the sentiments you express. I have movies that are favorites and will watch them from time to time in _honor_ of a departed loved one.

The Rockford Files was the single greatest reason I wanted to learn to pick locks and have a CB radio in my car. Among other great memories of watching James entertain...

Proud to say I nailed the J-turn on my first try, James Bowes!

Dan Murphy As did I Dan, as did I. He will be missed!

Some day I may have the vehicle/space to try such things...until then, I just have to try and avoid becoming a riverboat gambler.

John Zoccano Garner did all his own driving. Bob Bondurant who trained him and the other actors claimed that Garner was a natural and could have easily become a pro racer. Although before the movie Garner had little interest in racing cars, after the movie and with the skills he picked up, he became a gearhead, racer and racing fan just like his neighbor Steve McQueen who had been Frankenheimer's first choice for the role. Bondurant did most of the camera car driving. Montand was also trained but was only average compared to Garner who was at almost pro level after only 3 months. Montand did most of his own driving in the beginning until he spun out really bad. After that he was too scared to go up to very high speeds by himself and apparently they somehow towed his car at high speed for the remaining shots. Bedford (the British guy) didn't do any of his own driving. They used a race-car-driver double for him.

@@metamorphosis67 I would have loved to have seen a three-way match race between James Garner, Steve McQueen and Paul Newman in their heydays. That would have been EPIC!

"Pete, do you ever get tired of the driving?" When I was a kid I couldn't appreciate what Yves Montand's question portended. Now when I watch it I linger over the weariness in Jean-Pierre Sarti's delivery in the sequence.

I also saw the movie in 1969 and went to the Jim Russell School in 1970, drove the Lotus 51C.YThe greatest adventure of my life and my life includer being a private pilot , doing spin training and making two parachute jumps.

Thanks. Amended date accordingly.

You're welcome. i am old.

I dont suppose you could point me to some of the films in 1966 that were great? I can't think of any apart from this one (Grand prix). Thanks ever so much.

glad to help. Is Paris Burning? (great score by Jarre, the greatest movie of 1966 and many years, historically accurate), The Good, The Bad and The Ugly; Hawaii; Fahrenheit 451; Khartoum; alvarez Kelly;The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!; The Singing Nun;Born free;Walk, Don't Run; Fantastic Voyage;The Glass Bottom Boat;A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum; Alfie; Georgy Girl; Arrivederci, Baby!; The Trouble With Angels; A Fine Madness.

Thank you so much! I cant see why I forgot The Good The Bad and The Ugly after all I have watched it! I have not heard of the others so once again Thanks.

He did his own movie Lemans and he and Peter Revson finished 2nd at the 12 hours of Sebring in 1970 Steve did not like John Frankenheimer and James was the right pick for the movie

According to Garner, McQueen couldn't do Grand Prix because he was still making The Sand Peebles at the time (also a great movie, BTW).

Not to mention the crews who ran into the track to move stuff for the other drivers and save drivers of crashed vehicles, when something went wrong.

+golfdude2007 What really makes this film is the use of in-car cameras.They had a ford gt40 driven by phil hill with cameras on the front and back.Ithink the cinematographers were lionel lindon and saul bass.Ithink f1 is a lot safer today,back then those guys diced with death every race!

Absolutely!!

It is a classic

@@KenCostlow "The unique really important victory in this business is when you let the paddock alive" Niki Lauda Greetings from Venezuela 🇻🇪

@@Caroni100 Indeed. That is the ultimate victory in motorsport. ¡¡Saludos de los Estados Unidos de America!! 🙋‍♂️🇺🇸

The FIA WRC (World Rally Championship) actually races on the banking when their series visits. We did a Monza track tour in 2016. The entire banking has been refurbished prior to our trip and is a nice walk.

In the scene at the end of the British Grand Prix, Aron’s car caught fire on the last lap from a fuel leak. I always interpreted that scar to be a burn that Pete received before he could get out of his car. It’s possible that Jim Garner was actually burned while shooting the scene, and Frankenheimer made use of the injury in the final “was it really worth it?” scene.

James Garner said Steve McQueen and John Frankenheimer didn't get along and their meeting to discuss the film lasted all of 30 minutes.....lol

Agreed, Garner made it great

Some many died on the track...

Of the 32 drivers in the making of Grand Prix, five died within two years on the track, another five died within ten. TK

Dan Gurney is die January ago.😭

Antonio Sabato died this year.

How would you add the names of drivers who died after making the movie onto the credits at the end? Some sort of time machine?

Right. On the soundtrack, this version of the theme tune is called The Lonely Racetrack.

Opening titles - ending credits.

Flavio Costa You think? I’ve always found this scene rather inspirational. Whereas when Yves Montand’s character sees an accident, he shuts it out and puts his foot on the accelerator. Here, James Garner’s character takes in the whole picture and decides on balance to go forward anyway.