June 1, 2023 • 1 min
WBZ's Jordan Rich takes a look at all those great car racing films now available.
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Welcome to now Streaming with Jordan.They revved up the engines with the Indianapolis
five hundred last weekend, of course, so I thought we'd take a look
at some of the better race carofferings on silver screens over the years.
Needless to say, The Fast andthe Furious is a huge franchise, but
so many of the crazy races areCGI generated. I'm much more of a
purist tisoire. I really enjoy JohnFrankenheimer's Grand Prix with a great cast including
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James Garner and Evemontague. Looking atthe mid sixties Formula One season, a
Tom Cruise movie that doesn't get asmuch attention but should. Days of Thunder
featuring a young Nicole kidman. There'sthe nineteen seventy one Steve McQueen classic Lurman's
and you know that McQueen is inthe race car doing his own work,
which makes it a must see forrace fans. And then there's Rush from
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twenty thirteen, directed by Ron Howard, an underrated movie about racing in the
nineteen seventies. Just a few suggestionsas you head into the pit area,
drive safely. That's now streaming withJordan w b Z Boston's news radio
Welcome to now Streaming with Jordan.They revved up the engines with the Indianapolis
five hundred last weekend, of course, so I thought we'd take a look
at some of the better race carofferings on silver screens over the years.
Needless to say, The Fast andthe Furious is a huge franchise, but
so many of the crazy races areCGI generated. I'm much more of a
purist tisoire. I really enjoy JohnFrankenheimer's Grand Prix with a great cast including
(00:23):
James Garner and Evemontague. Looking atthe mid sixties Formula One season, a
Tom Cruise movie that doesn't get asmuch attention but should. Days of Thunder
featuring a young Nicole kidman. There'sthe nineteen seventy one Steve McQueen classic Lurman's
and you know that McQueen is inthe race car doing his own work,
which makes it a must see forrace fans. And then there's Rush from
(00:44):
twenty thirteen, directed by Ron Howard, an underrated movie about racing in the
nineteen seventies. Just a few suggestionsas you head into the pit area,
drive safely. That's now streaming withJordan w b Z Boston's news radio
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