Le Mans — The most indulgent of all racing movies
Steve McQueen did not write Le Mans. He didn’t direct Le Mans. And he didn’t produce Le Mans. But indisputably, Le Mans is Steve McQueen’s film. Or folly. He is the instigator, the auteur and the star of the most obtuse, indulgent and possibly best racing movie of all time
LE MANS
Released 1971
Director Lee Katzin, John Sturges
Studio Cinema Center Films, National General Pictures
Stars Steve McQueen
Gross $5.5m (Budget $7.6m)
“We don’t want to explain why a man races,” said McQueen. “We want to show it.”