Grand Prix (1966)
Grand Prix put audiences in the cockpit like no film before it. John Frankenheimer shot at the real circuits of the 1966 season, from Monaco to Monza, mounting cameras on cars at full racing speed, and James Garner did so much of his own driving that the professionals reckoned he could have raced for real. Steve McQueen wanted the lead, and losing it is said to have fuelled his own racing film, Le Mans. Grand Prix went on to win three Oscars.
The artwork is by Michel Landi, one of the great French poster painters of the 1960s and 70s, and it is pure speed on paper. The cast is a wonderfully international line-up, with Yves Montand, Toshiro Mifune and the French singer Françoise Hardy at the height of her yé-yé fame. This copy carries a 1967 Moroccan censorship stamp, so it once hung outside a cinema in Morocco before it found its way back. A linen-backed French Grande with real travel miles, and a superb piece for any motor racing collector.
- Year: 1966
- Nationality: France
- Condition: Linen-backed
- Type: Original French Grande
- Size: 47 x 63 inches
- Product Code: T7354
