Did anyone see this on Sky UK's Sky Documentary channel last week? It told the story of Warner Bros. rival film to 'Grand Prix' which only got as far as some on-track filming at The Nurburgring and Oulton Park in 1965, before being shut down as it was clear it wasn't going to be finished / released before Grand Prix. I didn't know they had actually got any filming done but the previously unseen footage was amazing, particularly the onboard stuff at the 'Ring in '65.
Well worth a watch if you can get to see it.
Re: Steve McQueen - The Lost Movie
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2021 13:10 pm
by SBan83
Yea, it's quite good. I literally knew nothing about the project other than it was the reason why Grand Prix didn't have any Nurburgring footage but the documentary goes into so much detail about everything that went down including a lot of previously unseen footage, and it's all so well presented.
Re: Steve McQueen - The Lost Movie
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2021 20:51 pm
by XcraigX
@JBT Does this documentary have a name? Hard to search without one.
Re: Steve McQueen - The Lost Movie
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2021 20:58 pm
by SBan83
XcraigX wrote: ↑3 years ago
@JBT Does this documentary have a name? Hard to search without one.
It's the title of this thread itself.
Re: Steve McQueen - The Lost Movie
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2021 21:40 pm
by JBT
Yes SB83 is right, sorry I didn't make it clear.
Re: Steve McQueen - The Lost Movie
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 13:30 pm
by XcraigX
Thanks
Re: Steve McQueen - The Lost Movie
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 13:38 pm
by Everso Biggyballies
JBT wrote: ↑3 years ago
Did anyone see this on Sky UK's Sky Documentary channel last week? It told the story of Warner Bros. rival film to 'Grand Prix' which only got as far as some on-track filming at The Nurburgring and Oulton Park in 1965, before being shut down as it was clear it wasn't going to be finished / released before Grand Prix. I didn't know they had actually got any filming done but the previously unseen footage was amazing, particularly the onboard stuff at the 'Ring in '65.
Well worth a watch if you can get to see it.
I managed to watch it tonight. Brilliant. I have to confess not knowing much about it before watching it. A fascinating story and some good footage not seen before.
Re: Steve McQueen - The Lost Movie
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 04:12 am
by PTRACER
I also had no idea about this. I can't watch the documentary in Japan so I will have to find a download somewhere, it sounds interesting.
Here's some wonderful footage from the movie (unlisted on YouTube):
Re: Steve McQueen - The Lost Movie
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 13:07 pm
by erwin greven
Still showing the old bridge at Kottenborn.
Re: Steve McQueen - The Lost Movie
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 15:14 pm
by PTRACER
erwin greven wrote: ↑3 years ago
Still showing the old bridge at Kottenborn.
I had no idea that was there.
Presumably, they have footage of an entire lap, unless the camera ran out of tape. I would LOVE to see that!
erwin greven wrote: ↑3 years ago
Still showing the old bridge at Kottenborn.
I had no idea that was there.
Yes. And i believe it was for spectators in that era. It got removed or in the 60's or when they did their first major overhaul in 1971.
Re: Steve McQueen - The Lost Movie
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 20:37 pm
by JBT
One of the helicopter shots showed a sort of small track layout around the entrance to the bottom of the righd side of the Kottenborn bridge. Seemed to be a strange place to put one, especially as the valley dropoff seemed to come right up to the edge of it. Wonder what it was? RC cars didn't come round for another 10ish years so it couldn't have been for that. Kids pedal kart track maybe?
Hope the doc does show up outside of Sky so everyone can see it.
Re: Steve McQueen - The Lost Movie
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 23:17 pm
by XcraigX
This is a great film! I had no idea how far they got with this film and it is heartbreaking that it was never made. I had heard a rumor that he had started but failed to make an F1 film, but had no idea this existed or how close he got until now. Thanks for sharing this information!
Re: Steve McQueen - The Lost Movie
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2021 12:59 pm
by Mawerick
Not being able to complete this movie pretty much lead directly to McQueen doing Le Mans in 1970/71.
Re: Steve McQueen - The Lost Movie
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2021 21:49 pm
by MonteCristo
Mawerick wrote: ↑3 years ago
Not being able to complete this movie pretty much lead directly to McQueen doing Le Mans in 1970/71.
Yeah, can't see it being made if Day of the Champion had been.