If you liked Days of Thunder or Top Gun, you’ll love F1-The Movie, starring Brad Pitt. And instead of an all-star ensemble, this action flick brings you the expertise of Joseph Kosinski in the director’s chair, Jerry Bruckheimer as producer and music by Hans Zimmer – yes, the same crew that puts together movies for Tom Cruise.
Actually, the two mega-stars raced go-carts together while filming Interview with a Vampire and they tried to make a racing movie years ago but it never got off the ground. And to top it off, Cruise showed up for the London premiere of Pitt’s F1, reuniting them for the first time in over 20 years.
Sylvester Stallone hoped to make an F1 movie back in 2001, with Driven, but couldn’t crack the secret F1 cult and had to settle on CART Racing. But Kosinski, Bruckheimer and Pitt spent 3 years pitching their idea to F1 racing officials before getting the nod. It’s said they clinched the deal by inviting the top executive to Top Gun Maverick to show the kind of movie they wanted to make.
Producers went so far as to gain actual F1 race footage and offer cameos to real F1 drivers, as well as hiring a champion F1 driver as producer. And Pitt not only practiced driving in a modified F2 car, he drove on some of those same tracks around the world. When interviewed he said he was humbled by the experience and it was one of the highlights of his life.
So, if you’re looking for high octane racing action with an awesome soundtrack, amazing cinematography and a good story, be sure to check out F1 – The Movie on the big screen. It was filmed in iMax.
Cathryn and I both loved the movie and rated it 10 out of 10.
I think Cathryn and I may have felt this way about the last Quentin Tarantino movie we went to see; it sucked and was one of the worst movies we’ve ever seen. The best part of the movie was the soundtrack – lots of great songs from the 60’s and 70’s. Those responsible for set locations and wardrobe did a great job in reviving memorabilia and the fashion of the time.
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