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Weekend of a Champion

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In 1971, filmmaker and racing fan Roman Polanski spent a weekend with world champion driver Jackie Stewart as he attempted to win the Monaco Grand Prix. Polanski was given intimate access to Stewart's world for three days, both on the track and off. The result was WEEKEND OF a CHAMPION, an extraordinarily rare glimpse into the life of a gifted athlete at the height of his powers. Now after forty years, Polanski and Stewart revisit the film, looking back with both nostalgia and the temperance that comes with age. Featuring a newly-filmed postscript, WEEKEND OF a CHAMPION is here presented as both a timeless relic of the racing world in the early 70s and a fond tribute to the enduring power of the sport.

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MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.4 Ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 28929864
Director ‏ : ‎ Frank Simon
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 30 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ May 20, 2014
Actors ‏ : ‎ Jackie Stewart, Roman Polanski
Studio ‏ : ‎ Mpi Home Video
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00IA1VMPI
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Tim

Good video, quality on screen is good

Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2023

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If u like F1 history, F1 in the 70’s and learning about the legend himself Sir Jackie Stewart than this is a good watch. (If u enjoy this vid, watch The Quick & The Dead, aka The Formula One Drivers. Not the Western movie of the same name). :)

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Bruce Boertje

I can't stop watching this DVD!

Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2014

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This DVD arrived a few days ago, and I can't stop watching it. Over the past few days I have been unable to take it out of my DVD player, and I have now watched it three times.

This is my all-time favorite racing movie, documentary or otherwise. If you are a fan of 1960s - 1970s Formula 1 racing, then you absolutely need to have this DVD in your collection. It chronicles Jackie Stewart's weekend at Monte Carlo with the new Tyrell F1 car. Jackie and team-owner Ken Tyrell were just coming off a year suffering through using the new March F1 car. Ken had decided to build his own F1 car, and this was one of the earliest outings of the car.

The film follows Jackie practicing the car in the dry, then in the rain, and follows the uncertainty of what the weather might produce over the weekend. The car was fast in the dry, but slow in the wet. What would race day bring? Jackie's uncertainties and insecurities are fully chronicled.

All the grand prix greats are included: Moss, Fangio, Graham Hill, Louis Cheron, as well as contemporary drivers like Jackie's team-mate Francois Cevert, Denis Hulme, Reine Wisell and Ronnie Peterson.

As a fan of that era, I could not ask for a better documentary of my boyhood idol Jackie Stewart. Polanski follows Stewart through the weekend and shows Jackie's insecurities, his private thoughts and ultimately his determination to win, no matter what.

The movie is great, but the best part may be the coda just added where Jackie and Roman are reunited in the same hotel room at Monaco. They talk about the changes made in F1 racing over the years, the drivers that perished, the safety improvements that have come about, and Jackie's driving style.

Again, if you are a fan of Jackie Stewart or F1 racing in the late 1960s and early 1970s, then you will not be disappointed with this DVD. This is a valued addition to my collection. Production values are quite good, editing is superb (contrary to what other reviewers have said) and I would not hesitate to buy this DVD again.

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discussing the finer points of the Monte Carlo course on the morning ...

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2014

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Yes, I'd say this met my expectations. I wanted to see a little bit of everything from the '71 Monte Carlo Grand Prix. And I was rewarded as such beyond expectations.

For instance, I never expected to see Jackie Stewart in his white underwear briefs, with Roman Polanski at the breakfast table, completely oblivious to being labelled a swanky hedonist, discussing the finer points of the Monte Carlo course on the morning of the final race. Anything more {or less} might have found Jackie competing for the coveted "Palm De Fig Leaf" against the likes of Johnny Wad or a young Ron Jeremy.

So in answer, I'd say that "Weekend Of A Champion" is definitely beyond expectations.

All that aside, this is a great film of F1 '71.

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John J. Falkenstine

A superb movie even if you're not into the racing bit at all.

Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2015

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in 1971 I was a mechanic and weekend crew chief for a small company that fielded a set of Formula Fords in Germany. For this particular race I was supposed to be a mechanic for one of the F3 teams who raced before the actual GP race. In this movie Jackie gives critique on their driving skills at the beginning of the movie. In my case, the driver's skills were so poor that he wrecked the transporter, the trailer AND the car itself on the outskirts of Marseille, so he never made it to the race itself, and I ended up doing a marathon driving stint to bring all of the damaged equipment back to Germany. The racing business was very unsafe back then as Jackie himself notes in the movie, and it wasn't much better in the pits or the lesser Formula Classes. Often by simply waiting, an aspiring driver would be offered a ride as the attrition rate of drivers was a steady thing. The movie is terrific because it is devoid of the bad editing, the horrible acting often found in race car movies, and also shows how overblown formula I has become. Just note how efficient Ken Tyrell is in the pits, he uses very few mechanics (who were very poorly paid back then), and does the timekeeping bit by himself. I would guess that Ken was extremely adept at managing stress and had a terrific team worker personality. Just a fantastic movie.

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Darci Jorge Prass

The weekend of a great champion

Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2023

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Very interesting documentary made by the great movie director Roman Polanski about the weekend of the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix, when he follows his friend and great chamption, Jackie Stewart.

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P K Hill

I was there...

Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2021

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I recommend "Weekend of a Champion" for any racing fan. Attending the 1971 Monaco GP was a dream of mine for most of my then 18 years... and it didn't disappoint... nor does this documentary: It captures the feeling of being there, back when you could simply walk up to the drivers and get incredibly close to the action. For fans of Formula One, there is a lot of great racing footage and information about driving a race car in this film. For everyone else, it captures the unique style of excitement of this classic event. After 50 years, this movie takes me back to those days to revel in them once again. PKH May 2021

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Rich

and part pure racing lesson given by the Great Scott himself

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2016

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Step back into 1971, the tail end of "the golden age of formula one", and relive the jewel in the crown of Grand Prix racing, the Monaco Grand Prix. This doc is part profile of Jackie Stewart, at the peak of his dominance in racing, and part pure racing lesson given by the Great Scott himself. Pay attention! On a table cloth with a patty of butter, Stewart gives you the secret to winning at Monte Carlo. You get a close up view of not only the circus that was racing in that era, but a real time capsule of the glamorous life that was (and to a large part, still is) Monaco. But make no mistake, this is a racing doc with no fake drama or cheesy story line and shows the grit, hard work, and anxiety that both drivers and crews alike endured. One last thing, at the beginning of the film, Stewart gives us a lap at speed, in the rain of the Monaco circuit, which, by itself, is worth the price of the DVD.

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blvd_Guy

F1 in the Good/Bad Old Days

Reviewed in Canada on July 20, 2020

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The Blu-ray consists of Polanski's re-edited movie and an added epilogue. This is an upbeat, fun and authentic F1 racing movie - glitz, glamour, speed, on-track sequences - until you get to the epilogue.
A long time ago, Polanski was a big F1 fan, so he decided to make a movie of his good friend Jackie Stewart racing at the '71 Monaco Grand Prix. It's a very good snapshot document of the bad old days in F1 (late '60s to mid '80s) when people (crew, photographers and marshals) could stand trackside without any barrier between them and the cars on the track, and top drivers were killed every year because the old circuits weren't meant for the faster cars of the day.
After his friend François Cevert was killed in the '73 USGP, Polanski finally had enough of F1, he couldn't take the carnage anymore. Many years later he re-editted the movie and added an epilogue of him and Stewart looking back at the Good/Bad Old Days. The carnage scenes and Polanski's words in the epilogue (chapter 17) hit pretty hard. Stewart's retelling of Cevert's death is gruesome. Chapter 18 of the epilogue reveals much about Stewart's canniness, resourcefulness and toughness. To me that chapter alone was worth the price of the movie (yes, I remember when Jackie was the young upstart in F1).
The 1971 Tyrell F1 team driver bottom line:
Jackie Stewart (alive today, the ultimate survivor); François Cevert (killed in action '73); Peter Revson '71 USGP only (killed in action '74).

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Passionnant et émouvant

Reviewed in France on November 28, 2014

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Passionnant : Un grand champion, un grand cinéaste, deux amis...sur fond de grand prix de Monaco, on apprend des secrets de conduite, comment tenir un volant, freiner et accélérer aux bons endroits et aux bons moments sur un circuit mythique...
Mais aussi en voyant se dérouler la course, on se rend compte de la vulnérabilité d'un pilote de course d'alors, 1971, dans son habitacle...l'inconscience des photographes pratiquement sur la piste durant la course, par exemple marchant ou accroupi sur le trottoir de la montée du casino prenant des photos des voitures filant à toute allure...du public au bord de la piste même en haut des virages...

Emouvant, lorsque le pilote et son épouse font part de leurs sentiments vis-à-vis du milieu de la compétition, la perte de leurs meilleurs amis dans des accidents dont trois dans l'année précédente...
Emouvant aussi, la rencontre de ces deux amis en 2013, évoquant leurs souvenirs dans la même chambre d'hôtel que J. Stewart occupait il y a plus de 40 ans au moment du tournage, surplombant le circuit et à l'occasion de la présentation de ce film "documentaire" (?) au Festival de Cannes.
Une course mythique, un grand Champion, un Grand cinéaste...un grand Film pour toutes ces raisons
Cerise sur le gâteau, Stewart remporta la course...

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AGMax

Once shipped, arrived quickly, and as described.

Reviewed in Canada on April 26, 2020

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Fine profile style documentary, of Jackie Stewart's Monaco Grand Prix weekend in 1971.
Stewart was at the prime of his career, at the pinnacle of the then very risky auto racing's elite series.
Stewart's friend and contemporary notable Roman Polanski directed, and a reflection in recent times is featured as well.

Alex

Un documentaire rare

Reviewed in France on December 29, 2014

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Je ne vais pas réécrire les éloges des autres commentaires, car je suis du même avis.
Mais je vais quand même vous donner les infos qui manquent:
- le film est en vrai 16/9e, les images sont d'excellente qualité, elles ont été remastérisées à partir des bobines originales et remonté: le film est donc différent de la version de 72 qui a remporté le prix du meilleur documentaire à la Berlinale.
- on y voit les images (et le son) de la première caméra embarquée sur une F1
- le son en 5.1
- la bande son est en VO (donc essentiellement de l'anglais), mais sous titres en FR sont affichés si besoin
- il y a sur DVD en bonus des interview.

J'ai enfin un autre DVD que "Le Mans" pour me replonger dans cette époque héroïque de la course automobile.
Je mets 5 étoiles, ce film les vaut !

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Alain Tkvl

L'homme qui murmurait à l'oreille de sa F1

Reviewed in France on February 21, 2015

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Cette longue interview de Jackie Stewart par Roman Polanski vous fait non seulement revivre en image le Grand Prix de Monaco de 71 pendant lequel Polanski avait accompagné ce grand champion de F1. Cela permet de découvrir ce champion extraordinaire et attachant : mécano tout jeune dans un garage en Ecosse à cause de ses problèmes d'apprentissage à l'école, un riche client du garage le récompense un jour en lui prêtant une de ses voitures pour une course locale où il termine deuxième, puis remporte la suivante...et voila son aventure commencée .Il raconte aussi que sa dyslexie non diagnostiquée l'a longtemps empêché de lire même au plus haut de sa carrière et que tout le monde l'ignorait, lui donnant ainsi un sentiment d'imposture que l'on a peine à imaginer. Mais nul doute quand on l'écoute raconter comment il faut conduire une F1 que son incroyable talent à sentir et prévoir le comportement de son véhicule lui a permis de devenir et rester un champion incroyable dans ces temps rudes et dangereux. L'entendre plaisanter sur le fait qu'à l'époque le médecin responsable sur un grand prix était un jeune gynécologue remet en perspective l'évolution de ce sport. Pas seulement pour les passionnés de course automobile, ce film est à regarder pour tout amoureux de performances et de destins hors du commun.

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