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词条 The Young Racers
释义

  1. Plot

  2. Cast

  3. Production

  4. Reception

  5. DVD

  6. Novelization

  7. See also

  8. References

     Notes  Bibliography 

  9. External links

{{Infobox film
| name = The Young Racers
| image = The Young Racers.jpg
| image_size =
| caption =Film poster
| director = Roger Corman
| producer = Roger Corman
| writer = R. Wright Campbell
| narrator =
| starring = {{Plainlist|
  • Mark Damon
  • William Campbell
  • Luana Anders
  • Patrick Magee

}}
| music = Les Baxter
| cinematography =Floyd Crosby
| editing = Ronald Sinclair
| studio = Filmgroup
| distributor = American International Pictures (1963, original)
| released = {{Film date|1963|01}}
| runtime = 84 min.
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $90,000[1]
| gross =
}}

The Young Racers is a 1963 film directed by Roger Corman based on the Formula One races in Europe. The film stars Mark Damon, William Campbell, Luana Anders and Patrick Magee.{{TOC limit|limit=2}}

Plot

Joe Machin (William Campbell), an American racecar driver determined to win at any cost. He wins the Monaco Grand Prix through reckless driving, drawing scorn from his fellow drivers.

Joe also becomes involved in extramarital affairs, using his unwitting brother, Robert (R. Wright Campbell), to divert the suspicions of his wife, Sesia (Marie Versini). Meanwhile, racer turned writer Steve Children (Mark Damon) arrives in Monte Carlo to meet his girl friend, Monique (Béatrice Altariba), and sees her in an emotional scene with Joe, with whom she has had an affair.

Steve decides to write a book exposing Joe and his tactics on and off the track. He arranges to meet Joe and accompany him to Belgium, where another Grand Prix is to take place. When they return to England, Steve's plan is revealed to Joe. In a race at Aintree, the two men participate in a personal grudge match on the racetrack, but when Steve's car swerves wildly, Joe has a change of heart. He spins his car to avoid hurting Steve, but crashes, sustaining serious injuries. At the hospital Steve meets Joe's brother, who explains that Joe's outward bravado hides a sensitive and confused personality. Later, Steve finds Joe considerably changed, and their friendship becomes a lasting one.

Cast

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  • Mark Damon as Stephen Children
  • William Campbell as Joe Machin
  • Luana Anders as Henny
  • Patrick Magee as Sir William Dragonet
  • John McLaren as team manager Lotus
  • R. Wright Campbell as Robert Machin, credited as R. Wright Campbell
  • Milo Quesada as Italian pilot
  • Margarete Robsahm as Lea
  • Béatrice Altariba as Monique
  • Christina Gregg as Daphne
  • Marie Versini as Sesia Machin
{{div col end}}

Production

The Young Racers was shot on location in Europe to take advantage of the real life grand prix circuits. He hired Robert Wright Campbell, brother of the lead actor, William Campbell, to write the script. Corman wanted Campbell to base the script on an earlier screenplay he had written about a young American who gets involved with a great bullfighter in Spain. [2]

The film was shot from race to race during the 1963 Formula One series, with the cast and crew taking breaks in between. Races took place at Monaco, Rouen, Spa in Belgium, Holland and England.[3] Corman's assistant was sent ahead to scout the locations and coordinate with the racing teams. Leading competitors such as Jim Clark and Bruce McLaren were featured. [4]

Future multiple Academy Award winning film director Francis Ford Coppola is credited not only as the sound recordist, but also as the second unit director on The Young Racers, in addition to appearing in the film in an uncredited role.[5] Most significantly, working around the shooting schedule of The Young Racers, Coppola was allowed by Corman to use the same set, crew and actors Luana Anders, William Campbell and Patrick Magee to shoot his first feature, Dementia 13.[6]

Also of note, future Academy Award winning screenwriter Robert Towne is credited as the second assistant director.[7]

Reception

Quentin Tarantino described himself as "a big fan of" The Young Racers. He noted: "Where this supposed bad ass driver takes bedding women as seriously as he does winning races. Action flick meets romantic drama, but nicely balanced."[8]

DVD

The Young Racers' was released in a Region 1 DVD on Sep 11 2007, as part of the box set The Roger Corman Collection.[9]

Novelization

A tie-in paperback novelization of The Young Racers screenplay, by Harold Calin — a ubiquitous paperback novelist of the era, best known for his novels of men at war — was commissioned by Lancer Books and released to coincide with the release of the film. Its text occupies 120 pages of very small print (typical of the period) and the copyright is © 1963 Alta Vista Productions. The price on the cover: 40¢.[10]

See also

  • List of American films of 1963

References

Notes

1. ^Frank 1998, p. 112.
2. ^Corman and Jerome 1990, p. 111.
3. ^Corman and Jerome 1990, pp. 110–111.
4. ^Corman and Jerome 1990, p. 112.
5. ^https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057706/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
6. ^https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057706/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv
7. ^https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057706/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
8. ^Nicholls, Adam Hay. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130825135156/http://f1socialdiary.com/2013/08/21/quentin-tarantino-my-favourite-racing-movies/ "Quentin Tarantino: My favourite racing movies."] F1 Social Diary, August 25, 2013. Retrieved: September 24, 2017.
9. ^"Young Racers, The (1963)." The Video Beat. Retrieved: September 24, 2017.
10. ^ Pierce, J. Kingston. "Gentlemen, Start Your Engines!" Killer Covers, March 7, 2017. Retrieved: September 24, 2017.

Bibliography

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  • Corman, Roger and Jim Jerome. How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never lost a Dime. London: Lars Müller Publishers, 1990. {{ISBN|978-0-3945-6974-1}}.
  • Frank, Alan. The Films of Alan Frank: Shooting My Way Out of Trouble. Bath, UK: Bath Press, 1998. {{ISBN|978-0-6880-0842-0}}.
{{Refend}}

External links

  • {{IMDb title|0057706}}
  • {{tcmdb title|id=96557|title=The Young Racers}}
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