Cocaine, chaos, and stainless steel dreams — the car that broke a town.
John Z DeLorean’s extraordinary and doomed attempt to build the sports car of the future in 1980s Northern Ireland is the stuff of legend. A buccaneering American entrepreneur, DeLorean had film star looks, a famous fashion model as a wife, and an enormous ego that drove him to rival the giants of the US car industry.
Direction
Archival gold woven with Paxman's skeptical narration.
Production
Factory footage that looks like socialist propaganda accidentally.
Writing
Perfect balance of car worship and brutal reality checks.
Director
Mike Connolly
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The factory was built in a literal war zone; workers had to pass through British Army checkpoints daily. FREE
The film deliberately avoids the 'cool car' mythology that Back to the Future created, forcing you to see the human wreckage instead. LIGHT
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