Academy Award-winners Matt Damon and Christian Bale star in Ford v Ferrari, based on the remarkable true story of the visionary American car designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and the fearless British-born driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale), who together battled corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.
n 1963, Enzo Ferrari was approached by the Ford Motor Company about a possible buyout of Ferrari. Talks were unilaterally cut off by Ferrari when Enzo realized that the deal included the purchase of Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari’s racing program that had won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1958 and every year from 1960 through 1965. Le Mans is the world’s oldest active sports car endurance race, held annually since 1923. Upset at being rebuffed, Henry Ford II directed his racing division to build a car to beat Scuderia Ferrari.
The film tells how automotive designer Carroll Shelby and race car driver Ken Miles lead a team of American engineers and designers from Ford to build a race car that can beat legendary Ferrari. Ultimately, they produce the Ford GT40 for a showdown at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Ford v Ferrari (titled Le Mans ’66 in the UK and other territories) is a 2019 American biographical drama film directed by James Mangold, and written by Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, and Jason Keller. It stars Matt Damon and Christian Bale, while Jon Bernthal, Caitriona Balfe, Tracy Letts, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe, Remo Girone, and Ray McKinnon appear in supporting roles.
Ford v Ferrari (2019)
Directed by: James Mangold
Starring: Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal, Caitriona Balfe, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe, Ray McKinnon, Wyatt Nash, Adam Mayfield, Jenelle McKee, Fatimah Hassan, Roberta Sparta
Screenplay by: Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth
Production Design by: François Audouy
Cinematography by: Phedon Papamichael
Film Editing by: Andrew Buckland, Michael McCusker, Dirk Westervelt
Costume Design by: Daniel Orlandi
Set Decoration by: Peter Lando
Art Direction by: Gustaf Aspegren, Jordan Ferrer, Matthew Gatlin, Robert Andrew Johnson, Maya Shimoguchi, Gary Warshaw
Music by: Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some language and peril.
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: November 15, 2019
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