{"id":8934,"date":"2020-05-03T02:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T16:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/news\/ford-versus-ferrari-ripper-car-movies"},"modified":"2023-08-15T13:48:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T03:48:29","slug":"ford-versus-ferrari-ripper-car-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/features\/ford-versus-ferrari-ripper-car-movies","title":{"rendered":"Ford v Ferrari (2019) – ripper car movies"},"content":{"rendered":"


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IT’S been a long time since I was excited about seeing a ‘modern’ movie, and I can happily report that Ford v Ferrari<\/em> did not disappoint.<\/p>\n

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Set in the 1960s, the film follows the now-legendary car racing identities Carroll Shelby (Damon) and Ken Miles (Bale) as they spearhead the Ford Motor Company’s racing campaign. The Ferrari team is firmly in Ford’s crosshairs after Henry Ford II (Letts) is embarrassingly shamed by Enzo Ferrari (Girone) following Ford’s failed takeover bid of the Italian sports car manufacturer.<\/p>\n

Shelby is tasked with making the seemingly impossible happen: a Ford victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He recruits the abrasive Miles as his key driver, and the pair, along with the Shelby American crew, battle the odds to develop and refine the Lola Mk6-based Ford GT40 into a reliable and capable race car.<\/p>\n

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The implied blank cheque and creative freedom promised to Shelby is soon disrupted by corporate roadblocks in the form of Ford executive Leo Beebe (Lucas) and his cronies. However, the now-famous father of the Mustang and visionary Lee Iacocca (Bernthal) runs point between the warring parties, helping to keep the program on track.<\/p>\n

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Director James Mangold has beautifully melded highly detailed and tense action sequences with superb character development throughout; this not only creates an extremely well-balanced flick, but adds a necessary human element to the whole ‘man and machine’ genre.<\/p>\n