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Le Mans 2003 Review

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A 24 hour race... 145 mins to show it. So I figure we are going to fly into some race action to cram in everything, right? Wrong?

30 MINS devoted to testing
30 MINS devoted to qualifying (a fairly meaningless excercise for a 24 hour race)
15 MINS to the pre-race historic race
And then FINALLY we get to the race

And here is the worst part. This is blatantly a bunch of Le Mans shows (three of them, the testing show, qualifying show and then overall weekend/race show). So what do they show during the weekend/race segment... a COMPLETE re-run for about 20 mins of what they just showed during the qualifying segment! I'm serious, I thought I must have hit back a chapter on my remote control since I was looking at what I just watched.

A complete waste of time and money this disc. Next year I'm just going to tape some of the footage - it's what's on the disc anyway (since there are also no extras) and save my self a few bucks.

If youre a real fun of LeMans or Bentley then this DVDs for you. Definitely, its one of those DVDs you have to get if you missed it on SPEED channel or cant afford cable. Forget those. Buy this DVD and youll see the development of LeMans from the May testing, thru qualifying and of course the race.

It covers a lot of the most important moments of the race as well as watching the two green Bentleys battle it out in the early half. the DVD also focuses on a lot of the teams like the Nasamax which entered alcohol car, its great to see it battle thru the field even though its burning more fuel and losing a lot of time on the pits. The epic battles between the courage and panoz at the end are one of the best late race battles ive seen at Le Mans. and the very quick Domes are just wonderful to watch in the early stages leading the Audis.

If you just want to sit back and relax to see the sights and speed of LeMans then this DVD youll love. its great for collectors also coz this is perhaps one of those great races when we see a manufacturer win after 73 years.

After three years of Audi domination, it was great to see an old racing marquee like Bentley win Le Mans and this review documents the race in fine fashion. Like last year's DVD, the 2003 version covers testing, scrutineering, qualifying, off-track news and the famous 24-hour race itself in solid detail, quenching any sportscar racing fanatic's thirst for Le Mans action. I would recommend this DVD to any sportscar fan.

This cult classic has been ramp so hard when it came out.People..what they saw was a racing movie.McQueen deliver the goods all the way.And himself, raced in the movie.This was a dream he had,like John Wayne's dream to make.."THE ALAMO".And both wonderful actors dream died with them.Sure..LeMans could have been made a love story out of it.But what the hey..James Garner made.."Grand Prix".And Paul Newman made."WINNING".But McQueen..he wanted us to feel the passion of racing behind the wheel..& HE DID just that.I have it on dvd..watch it still & happy that he made it.Even the soft romantic music that comes on when McQueen is with the actress..is very nice.So thumbs UP on STEVE McQUEEN'S fast pace movie of speeds up to & exceeding 200 miles an hour..AND I MIGHT ADD-NO BLUE SCREEN-It's the real McCOY your watching all the way!!