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Haven't seen "Green Helmet" in over 30-35 years. Usually considered one of the better racing movies of all time. Maybe one of the top 5-10 films.

"Grand Prix" isn't too bad when you fluff by things like plot and dialogue (Though I do like Mifune and Celli in their respective roles) and just enjoy the racing footage. Usually thought of as one of the 3 best racing films of all time- then again, that shows you there's aren't many really *good* racing films. "Days of Thunder" still honks me off because it could have been so much better, so much more than the stinkburger it was for 95% of the film.

I love "LeMans" (even though the dialogue sometimes slays me), and one of these days I'll get "Speed Merchants" from the web site- Those are the other 2 films thought of as the other 2 of the top 3 racing films.

Bob

I read the book the "Green helmet" was based on by the same title as well- no clue how to grab a copy of it, tho. Was a good read for a 12-year-old lad.

Bob

Oh yeah, the story is strong- It's one of the reasons it's a good one. I still remember the scene where he hangs the car too far over the corner and throws out his co-driver and kills him- scary stuff.

A lot of racing movies are only worth watching for the cars- The "Lively Set", for instance, is really only worth watching for the Chrysler Turbine car racing a Facel-Vega at the end. Really- I'd say "LeMans" is just that too- but it's just so superior in that way in terms of the race cinematogaphy.

Bob