Product description

Super Speedway-Imax Film [DVD] [1997]

Price: £42.00
RRP: £19.99
Average customer rating: 4.0

Binding : DVD
EAN : 9786305090236
ISBN : 6305090238
Label : Image Entertainment
Manufacturer : Image Entertainment
Publisher : Image Entertainment
Release date : 1998-09-02
Title : Super Speedway-Imax Film [DVD] [1997]
Actor : Array
Audience rating : Exempt
Format : Array
Languages : Array
Number of items : 1
Original release date : 1997-01-01
Region code : 0
Running time : 50
Studio : Image Entertainment
Theatrical releaseDate : 1997

Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
One of the best directors of IMAX films, Stephen Low (ITitanica/I) has always been a race fan. After obtaining permission from CART, a governing body of Indy car racing and Newman/Haas racing (a Championship team co-owned by Paul Newman), Low found his stars for ISuper Speedway/I: the racing Andrettis, father Mario and son Michael. Mounting cameras fore and aft on the Andrettis' cars, IMAX offers a better vantage point than an ESPN camera, at a superior grade of clarity. Add to that the excellent sound and you can "feel" the bumps on the asphalt as the cars zoom in and out of corners. The large format can turn a pit stop into a dramatic 12 seconds as we see the driver's eyes dart away from his cockpit for a few brief seconds. We watch Michael Andretti on oval tracks and exciting road courses going over hills and sharp turns. There's even a spin--probably staged--from an angle we've never seen before. p Although true race conditions were impossible (the camera is just too bulky), Low sneakily edits his film to stretch the imagination. On race day, several Indy cars drove alongside the camera car hours before the main event, passing and drafting each other with crowds whizzing past them. When edited with footage of the race, it feels like the real thing. Low takes a few off-beat choices in setting up his story. The first image is the biggest chicken you've ever seen. The last shot is a 1950s car (lovingly restored during the film) racing through perfect golden foliage on an autumn day. It gives his movie of modern technology a wonderful sense of nostalgia. --IDoug Thomas, Amazon.com/I

Customer reviews

review by: date: 2006-01-31 rating:

super speedway sounds ace!
Even though a documentary,speedway looks great and sounds amazing loud. I recently demoed a home cinema projetor and this is what was played. The guy turned it right up and the feeling of being in the car is great with some good camera angles. You can find out lots of things when the drivers talk to the pit crew etc.and I think any racing car fan should check this out.AD

review by: date: 2000-11-23 rating:

As close as you can get to being in the car
A truly insightful look into the running, racing and drama that is ChampCar racing. Now that ChampCar Racing is coming to the UK in 2001 this DVD is a great purchase for anyone new to watching this exciting form of motorsport. The Rockingham 500 will have the drivers featured in this DVD, these are the fastest race cars and will be racingon the UK's only Super Speedway - Rockingham Motor Speedway

review by: date: 2000-07-05 rating:

Sit back, relax and squeeze the throttle slightly...
...if you wanna whizz round an oval track with members of the Andretti family this is your choice! Wanna know what goes into making an Indy Car and to see the restoration of an ex-race car of Mario`s? Watch the documentary and see how they filmed it too!p This is a film for any race fan, especially those interested in "Formula" types. Oh...and turn the bass up LOUD!

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