“LeMans” with Steve McQueen on DVD
The wait is over -- 33 years after its theatrical release, Steve McQueen's racing masterpiece, "LeMans" is finally available on DVD. Considered by many to be the best racing film ever made, "LeMans" was Steve McQueen's tribute to his personal passion for cars and competition. Presented on wide-screen letterbox format and digitally re-mastered from a pristine film print, this DVD captures all of the excitement of the original release. Here's a DVD that begs to play on a wide-screen TV with surround sound. Crank up the volume, sit back and you can practically smell the racing gas. While the motion picture was made with a supporting cast of 45 professional racers, Steve McQueen did all of his own high speed driving for the film. McQueen was a well-respected racer in his own right and so his intimate knowledge of the professional racing community gives "LeMans" a gritty realism missing from so many previous racing films. The racing sequences account for 90% of the film footage, leaving the viewer breathless. Never has the average film fan been so close to the racing action. Three decades after its initial release, "LeMans" is still the film by which all other racing films are measured.