Ford v Ferrari is a 2019 American sports drama film directed by James Mangold. The film stars Matt Damon and Christian Bale, with Jon Bernthal, Caitriona Balfe, Tracy Letts, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe, Remo Girone, and Ray McKinnon in supporting roles. The plot follows a determined team of American and British engineers and designers, led by automotive designer Carroll Shelby and his British driver, Ken Miles. They are dispatched by Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca with the mission of building the Ford GT40.
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Ford v Ferrari is a 2019 American sports drama film directed by James Mangold. The film stars Matt Damon and Christian Bale, with Jon Bernthal, Caitriona Balfe, Tracy Letts, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe, Remo Girone, and Ray McKinnon in supporting roles. The plot follows a determined team of American and British engineers and designers, led by automotive designer Carroll Shelby and his British driver, Ken Miles. They are dispatched by Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca with the mission of building the Ford GT40, a new racing car with the potential to finally defeat the Ferrari racing team at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France. It was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the ten best films of the year, and at the 92nd Academy Awards received four nominations, including Best Picture, and won Best Film Editing and Best Sound Editing. It has grossed USD 225. 5 million worldwide and received acclaim from critics, who lauded the performances, Mangold’s direction, the editing and the racing sequences. In early stages of the film’s production, Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt were cast in the starring roles, but those plans fell through.
Mangold was then hired in February 2018, and Damon, Bale, and the rest of the cast joined that summer. Filming began in July 2018 in California and lasted a little over two months. Ford v Ferrari had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on August 30, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 15, 2019 by 20th Century Fox. It was the last film to win the Academy Award for Best Sound editing before the award was combined with Best Sound Mixing as a single award for Best sound. It also received nominations for the Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor – Drama and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. It is the only film to have won both Best Picture and Best Director awards. The movie was released on September 14, 2013. It received four Academy Award nominations, but lost to The Godfather: Part II, which won the Best Picture award. It won two Golden Globe awards for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, and one for Best Picture – Best Director – Best Picture – Best Actress – Best Actress.
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