American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.
Acting
Bale disappears into Ken Miles completely.
Sound
Those engine sounds are practically characters.
Editing
Le Mans sequence is masterclass tension building.
Director
James Mangold
Matt Damon
Carroll Shelby
Christian Bale
Ken Miles
Jon Bernthal
Lee Iacocca
Caitríona Balfe
Mollie Miles
Josh Lucas
Leo Beebe
Noah Jupe
Peter Miles
Tracy Letts
Henry Ford II
Remo Girone
Enzo Ferrari
Ray McKinnon
Phil Remington
JJ Feild
Roy Lunn
Jack McMullen
Charlie Agapiou
Corrado Invernizzi
Franco Gozzi
Joe Williamson
Don Frey
Ian Harding
Ford Executive - Ian
Christopher Darga
John Holman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ford executives hated the 'Ford v Ferrari' title, preferring something more corporate; the film's very name is a middle finger to them.
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