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Ferrari (2003) (TV)
19 out of 35 people found the following comment useful :-
Nice story., 11 April 2004
Author: PeteRoy
This is the story of Ferrari, his personal life and the way he started as a racing driver and then founded the Ferrari company.
Yes, this story is about the famous Ferrari sports cars, about the men himself who made Ferrari what it is today.
In the movie we see the old Enzo Ferrari tells the story of his life, his women, his children and the people he worked with.
This movie is pretty good, just a bit too long at some parts.
I'm a bit troubled with the way it ended, they should have done the ending more clear.
Watch it if you like the Ferrari cars.
Okay, not Hollywood big production / explosions / car chases ..., 6 November 2006
Author: vitomacdoc from United States
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but worth a viewing, especially if you'd like a quick primer on the history of Enzo and enjoy viewing old race cars. Movie is not about his automobiles, but focuses mostly on Enzo's life.
First, film is not the usual Hollywood big budget production, but more calm like British / French films. It does seem to go "long" in some places, but watchable anyway. Some crazy camera angles in race car scenes.
Film is narrated by "Enzo" who is describing his life to a reporter. Flashbacks start with Enzo's first experience of race cars as a child to race driver, marriage and mistress, Alfa race team, children, World War II, his own factory, and failed Ford merger.
Goes back and forth from present day to past. Reporter aspect is weird, never figured him out.
I read Enzo's autobiography twice ( which I recommend to really get a feel for Enzo) and this movie does not cover much of what is in his book (the history of his "Prancing Horse", specifics of the 1957 accident at Mille Miglia) Still, the movie brings to the screen most of his book's spirit, a kind man with a dream and determination who created a wonderful legacy.
Grazie Enzo
Story of Ferrari, 19 October 2006
Author: marksp from Malta
If you want a movie about Ferrari who better to hear it from than Italians themselves,in fact this movie is an Italian production. It shows how Enzo Ferrari started the company which nowadays build the best cars in the world. The movie is narrated through an interview of an aging Enzo Ferrari has with a reporter. He goes through the sacrifices,joys and sorrows he had to pass through since he was a child to realize his dream. Sergio Castellito plays a magnificent part as Enzo. If you love cars (and Ferraris) do not miss this one.It is a joy seeing the Old cars, Fiat , Alfas and Ferraris racing in this flick.
A Must for Car lovers
it's not just about the cars, 7 May 2006
Author: cooss from Turkey
to be honest, this is one of those movies you just come across on TV and watch it just to kill some time.
at least, it was that way for me during the first couple of minutes but then i realized it was more about the man behind the cars.
enzo ferrari is one of the most powerful figures for racing and one doesn't become as powerful for no reason and this movie is all about him.
people who want to see lots of cars and technical stuff shouldn't watch this movie but there is the struggle of a man trying to create a company that will eventually become a legend.
Way touchy for a documentary style...Massive Soundtrack, 23 September 2004
Author: Buzzin (abilgin@gmail.com) from Ankara,Turkey
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Individual icon biographies always has this notorious reputation of being loosy and not focused. This one is definitely not.
Having a brand as "Ferrari" in your hands might oppress your mind on cars instead of the soul. Carlo Carlei did a great job on what to emphasize, with a great act by Sergio Castellitto.
As I can understand, this movie was based on a personal confession which doesn't involve Enzo Ferrari. I believe Piero Ferrari (his son) did his best of being honest while helping the writing credits, maybe too honest. But you can easily get the spirit of the challenge and the suffer for creating a glorious legend.
A must see.
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I personally understood that the journalist character was the alter ego of Mr. Ferrari's after i checked the cast list on IMDb. They could have done a better job on that.
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One last thing to say is about the soundtrack of the movie. I wish there were some information about the scores and the composers. Great Job.
1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful :-
A remarkable piece..., 15 January 2006
Author: Theo Valich from Croatia
If you ever wondered why the passion about Ferraris is, you have to see the show. Sadly, I don't see a DVD release, but it would be a darn shame if a producing company would not put it on DVD...
The story is, in the end - about the passion. Passion for something higher, a dream to achieve more than people around you can achieve. Enzo took the brave step and moved forward with his dream, from being a small-time mechanic amongst the greats like Alfa Romeo and FIAT, to setting up a small shop and going to produce marveleous cars.
Ferrari is a synonym for everything great in automotive industry, not a rich man's dream like DeLorean, Lamborghini or Porsche.
Do you dare to dream?
1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful :-
good to watch, 28 October 2004
Author: chaakch from Istanbul
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Warning: Spoiler ahead.
I've seen this film quite recently and enjoyed watching it.
This is the story of Enzo Ferrari and his deep down emotions and pain even he isn't aware of. That's why his alter ego appears as a reporter and helps him to face himself.
His sorrows and regrets come secondly in this movie because of the dream-like atmosphere and the music that creates a mythical world. I guess the director is really a big fan of Ferrari. It is good watching material but can't be a superb biography.
Also I really liked the music.
0 out of 1 people found the following comment useful :-
Spectacularly Awful, 15 March 2006
Author: justinbr from United States
This is the supposed story of one of the most famous characters in auto-racing from his childhood in the early part of the last century to the his death in 1988. The film seems to have been shot in English with Italian and American actors.
Having seen a number of films starring Sergio Castellitto, I was expecting this to be an in-depth study of an interesting and conflicted person. Instead I was treated to embarrassingly bad dialog and clichéd situations.
This must be the worst film Castellitto has ever done and certainly the worst film I have seen in many years.
0 out of 1 people found the following comment useful :-
Half-scintillating, and you can guess the other half simply wasn't, 25 September 2005
Author: ponrag01 from Australia
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I'll admit it, I haven't been watching too many films lately. When I picked up the Enzo Ferrari DVD, I was expecting it to be a brilliantly expressive foreign Italian film (in Italian) with subtitles. Cameo appearances of his cars would be desirable but optional, and above all, I wanted quality.
The storyline itself winds through Enzo's life well enough, but there's certain details there that I wish hadn't been omitted, for instance, the origins of the Prancing Horse logo, how he felt about his customers, his relationship with Fangio and so on. The narration via the reporter is clever, and charged with emotion.
There was, in a number of points, too much background music was playing where was meant to be key dialogue elements that were frequently lost. At times the fake Italian accents broke into American ones. The film I got was in English! Not that I understand Italian myself, but when a film whose soul and emotion is quintessentially Italian is transcribed in a foreign language, the magic is lost in translation. Imagine passing off The Last Samurai as a bonafide Japanese film, and you will get my drift.
No comment on acting, it was good but all in all I expected better.
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