McQueen and the making of Le Mans

New documentary features never-seen archive material and unheard interview tapes

‘MAKING MOVIES is great fun. Being a movie star is a pain in the ass.’ It’s one of the most telling lines from new documentary film Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans, which opens in the US on 13 November and in the UK on 20 November. The documentary uses archive footage and interviews with key people from the making of the 1970 movie Le Mans to tell the story of this troubled project, which began filming with no script and suffered a change of director after only six weeks, when John Sturges quit with the immortal words: ‘I’m too old and too rich to put up with this sh*t.’ McQueen then fell out with executive producer and friend Bob Relyea, saying: ‘You betrayed me, you stabbed me in the…

You're reading a preview of

Octane (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2015

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Zinio LLC. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Zinio.