LE MANS ’66 (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Matt Damon (The Martian), Christian Bale (Vice), Caitriona Balfe (Money Monster), Jon Bernthal (Fury), Tracy Letts (Lady Bird), Josh Lucas (Breakthrough), Noah Jupe (Suburbicon), Remo Girone (Live By Night), Ray McKinnon (O Brother, Where Art Thou?), JJ Field (Centurion), Gian Franco Tordi (The Good German), Jack McMullen (Urban Hymn), Benjamin Rigby (Alien: Covenant), Joe Williamson (The Yellow Wallpaper), Alex Gurney (film debut), Corrado Invernizzi (The Face of an Angel), Wallace Langham (Weird Science)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

James Mangold (Logan), director, producer; Jez Butterworth (Edge of Tomorrow), John-Henry Butterworth (Get On Up) and Jason Keller (Escape Plan), writers; Peter Chernin (War for the Planet of the Apes) and Jenno Topping (Hidden Figures), producers; Marco Beltrami (The Hurt Locker) and Buck Sanders (No Escape), composer; Phedon Papamichael (Nebraska), cinematographer; Andrew Buckland (The Girl on the Train), Michael McCusker (Walk The Line) and Dirk Westervelt (Brown Sugar), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 1963, the Ford Motor Company makes ambitious plans to design and build a race car that’s fast enough to beat their competitor Ferrari at the annual 24 Hours of Le Mans race. Engineer Carroll Shelby (Damon) is brought on board to develop the vehicle, and he in turn recruits professional driver Ken Miles (Bale) as the man to go behind the wheel…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Director James Mangold is back with a thrilling look at the ultimate battle between two of the world’s biggest motoring companies, starring two of Hollywood’s most versatile actors.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 15TH NOVEMBER 2019

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