Shelby American: The Carroll Shelby Story

2019

Biography / Documentary / History / Sport

2
IMDb Rating 7.4/10 10 702 702

auto racing

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Plot summary

Carroll Shelby came from humble beginnings working as a chicken farmer in rural Texas. He exploded into the auto-racing scene by beating all the top-tier drivers of the era and winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1959. All while still wearing his chicken-overalls. Carroll had a heart condition that nearly killed him, forcing him to retire from racing. He started Shelby American and assembled a rag-tag team of hot-rodders to execute his vision of building groundbreaking sports cars like the Shelby Cobra. He also led Ford and the GT40 to multiple victories at Le Mans over Ferrari. Shelby’s cars, driven by the greatest drivers in the history of racing, cemented his legacy. He is the only man in history to win Le Mans as both a driver and a manufacturer. And is still the only American auto-manufacturer to win the World Manufacturing Championship.

Director

Adam Carolla Photo
Adam Carolla

Top cast

David Hobbs Photo
David Hobbs as Self
Mario Andretti Photo
Mario Andretti as Self
Ralph Nader Photo
Ralph Nader as
Carroll Shelby Photo
Carroll Shelby as (archive footage)
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1 hr 58 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Vindelander 8 / 10

A great account of an important man in motor history

Very good summary of the life of an all American hero and all round nice guy. Everyone interested in motor racing will find this a useful trot through the history of a seriously successful racer and the cars and projects that he was involved with.Highly recommend this with its fabulous footage and commentary from other equally famous competitors
Reviewed by eldoradofilm2 6 / 10

Important film with ALL the ingredients - and terrible sound carpet.

A must-see for everybody who's interested in racing history. It seems like everybody who survived those years is in it, even Ken Miles' son. Fantastic archival material (great footage, superb stills, vintage interview bits) make for a great documentary about Shelby / Cobra / the GT 40 etc. It would have been a total winner if the filmmakers would have trusted their own skills and the content more - most of the running time the film is spoiled by a terrible, noisy, never ending musical sound carpet. TV guys do this all the time, fearing that the audience suffering from attention deficit disorder might switch the channel if there's a second or two without noise. Which is very unfortunate - I had to stop the film every 20-30 mintes, I got headaches from trying to follow the narration / interviews (no pauses there as well unfortunately, no "mood scenes") buried under 2 hrs of music. A good documentary needs to live and breath as any feature film. But the film is a great treasure regarding all the ingredients and effort behind it !!
Reviewed by btoews 8 / 10

Really Good

Solid documentary-even if you are not that into auto racing. Interesting after watching Ford vs Ferrari which covers some of the same territory.
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