Vintage Poster
Le Mans Steve McQueen
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Rediscover the thrill of the 24 hours of Le Mans with this splendid Le Mans Film Poster with actor Steve McQueen which will be ideal for your decoration!
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Description of this Le Mans Steve McQueen Movie Poster
Le Mans is a 1971 film depicting a fictional 24 Hours of Le Mans automobile race, starring Steve McQueen and directed by Lee H. Katzin. It contains actual footage captured during the 1970 race, which took place the previous June.
Michael Delaney (Steve McQueen), a top driver at Le Mans, spots Lisa (Elga Andersen), the widow of his former rival Piero Belgetti, buying flowers a few days before the race. He then goes to the scene of the accident that killed her husband the previous year. He has a flashback of Belgetti losing control of his Ferrari, forcing him to crash as well.
Like many others, Lisa seems to think that Delaney is responsible, at least in part, for the accident. During the race, she is understandably dejected and tries to overcome her emotions. In one awkward scene, Delaney looks for a place to sit in the near-empty racetrack commissary, only to then ask Lisa if he can join her, claiming it's the only place left. There is obvious tension between them, but also respect and a hint of mutual attraction.
After 13 hours of racing, Erich Stahler (Siegfried Rauch) spins his Ferrari 512 at Indianapolis Corner, causing his teammate Claude Aurac (Luc Merenda) to crash. Momentarily distracted by the flames of Aurac's car, Delaney reacted too late to avoid a slower car, hitting the guardrail and then bouncing back onto the road several times, hitting the guardrails on either side of the road several times, totaling his Porsche 917. Both survive, but Aurac's injuries are significant and he is evacuated by helicopter to a hospital. Lisa appears at the track's clinic where Delaney is briefly treated. She is upset by the accident, which brings back emotions linked to Piero's death, which she was trying to put aside. Delaney consoles her and saves her from a horde of journalists. After putting her in a car, a reporter asked Delaney if his accident and Aurac's were comparable to Belgetti's the previous year. Delaney just stares at him.
Porsche driver Johann Ritter feels his wife, Anna, would like him to quit racing. He offers it to her, thinking she will be delighted. She backs down and says she would only like it if she liked it. He criticizes her a little for not being completely honest. Later, the decision is out of his hands when team principal David Townsend (Ronald Leigh-Hunt) replaces him because he is not fast enough on the track. Anna tries to comfort him by reminding him that he was planning to give up anyway.
Lisa goes to Delaney's trailer to talk to him. After his brush with death, she is even more attracted to him and despairs that he will meet the same fate as her husband, but Delaney finds the thrill too strong to give up. Townsend comes in and asks him to take the wheel of Ritter's car. After a moment of tacit communion with Lisa, he follows Townsend who says to him: "Michael, I want you to drive hard. I want Porsche to win Le Mans."
In the final minutes of the race, the two Porsches and their Ferrari rivals vied for victory, with Delaney in the No. 21 car and teammate Larry Wilson in the No. 22. The race-leading Ferrari retires due to a puncture, leaving Wilson in the lead and only Delaney's nemesis Stahler to contend with. The faster duo quickly catches up with Wilson. Delaney passes Stahler for second place.
Slower traffic in his lane forced Delaney to brake, allowing Stahler to overtake on the left. Delaney passes the German, then the two stand next to Wilson. Delaney then takes steps that seem intended to secure a 1-2 Porsche victory rather than going for first place himself. Rather than trying to pass Wilson and then possibly Stahler, Delaney moves to the right lane and drapes Wilson, allowing the two to line up with Stahler. And for good measure, he bumps into Stahler twice. When Stahler tries to pass him again, Delaney moves towards him, which seems to indicate that he may hit him again and send him into the guardrail, forcing him to slow down and brake to avoid this outcome , thus ensuring Porsche the desired double.
