Steve McQueen: The Man and Le Mans – 2015

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Size: 16 x 22 inches (40 x 55 cm)

An original French Petit poster for the 2015 release of “Steve McQueen: The Man and Le Mans”. The poster is in superb condition with the lightest of edge wear.

Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans is a documentary directed by John McKenna and Gabriel Clarke. It premiered at the 68th Cannes Film Festival and was one of two British films selected as an official entry for the festival in 2015.

The story of obsession, betrayal and ultimate vindication. It is the story of how one of the most volatile, charismatic stars of his generation, who seemingly lost so much he held dear in the pursuit of his dream, nevertheless followed it to the end.

This documentary presents, through the use of a few recently discovered audio tapes, the man himself speaking, and through both present day and period filmed first-person accounts of many others involved with the making of the 1971 commercial failure of an auto racing film, how the actor would find his - at the time - skyrocketing Hollywood career taking a momentary nosedive due to his single-minded passion to produce a motor sports movie sans the usual "personal/love interest" backstories to be found within most all of this sort of film genre. 

“The world's biggest movie star, immortalised by fame, driven by an obsession.”

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