Information
| Year: | 2009 |
| Rating: | 7.7(674) |
| Listed in: | Documentary, Sport |
| Directed by: | Eric Bana |
| "25 years of love can't be wrong" | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Eric Bana | |
| Actors | |
| Eric Bana | as Himself |
| Jeremy Clarkson | as Himself |
| Steve Coad | as Himself |
| Grant Denyer | as Himself |
| Todd Kelly | as Himself |
| Jay Leno | as Himself |
| Tim Lynas | as Himself |
| Phil McGraw | as Himself |
| Barry Oliver | as Himself |
| Jim Richards | as Himself |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Gross: |
Australia - 1,115,000 AUD (29 July 2009) |
| Plot: | What if you were a Hollywood movie star with an obsession for cars and racing? You would probably read every script with even the tiniest link to the subject matter, in the hope that you could tell a great car story of the likes of "Grand Prix", "Le Mans" or "Mad Max". Then one day you happened to open your garage door and sitting there, right in front of you, was the film you had been searching for. This is what happened to Eric Bana and this time around, the co-star is his very own Ford GT Falcon Coupe- THE BEAST. Eric realized the story was in fact, about him, his first car, a lifetime of ownership and a lifetime of friendship. He set about documenting his own 25 year long love story. A simple tale of one man's ongoing relationship with his very first car. After years of precious restoration, Eric and his 3 closest friends, decided to enter the car into one of the most grueling and dangerous motor races that exists: The Targa Tasmania Rally. This would be a personal Everest for both man and machine, until...on day 4 of the race, tragedy strikes. The man who was hell bent on trying to convey how much he and those around him loved "THE BEAST", had just destroyed it. Eric has now unwillingly cast himself in his own real life drama. We follow him from inside the race car to the surreal world of the red carpet. This compelling true story follows Eric's progression as a car lover, and as a person conflicted by what he has done. The personal and social pressures mount up in the face of re building a car that means so much to him. Along the way Eric seeks guidance and wisdom from not only the inner sanctum of his 3 life long friends but also Jay Leno, Jeremy Clarkson, and Dr Phil. |
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Tags
| motor |
Quotes
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Eric Bana: Little bit of bravery gravy. [Swigs from a bottle of beer] Always makes the red carpet a little bit shorter. Jeremy Clarkson: Six hundred horsepower... Eric Bana: Yeah. Jeremy Clarkson: [shows a photo of the suspension]... and leaf springs... Eric Bana: Yeah, well, in the class I run in they don't allow you to change your suspension pickup points. Jeremy Clarkson: [horrified] Are you *mad*? Eric Bana: Well, I didn't think I was, but then I did this to the car. [shows Jeremy a picture of the wreck] Eric Bana: It's hard for me to describe my obsession with motor racing, or what it actually feels like to drive a race car on the limit. There's a focus and an intensity that I don't find anywhere else. You're always on the edge, and you never hold anything back. It's just ten tenths every second. It's a zone that feeds your competitive nature. When a car gets past you, you just want to go after them, you want to chase them down, you want to pass them. It's primal. But then there's another side to it, where you just completely forget about all the other cars on the track, and you feel like you're in another world. It's just you, at one with the road and the car. |
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