Christian Bale and Matt Damon

Le Mans ’66

Christian Bale and Matt Damon
Christian Bale and Matt Damon

Directed by James Mangold with a budget of $97.6m, American Automotive designer Carroll Shelby and British race car driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference, the laws of physic to build a revolutionary vehicle for the Ford Motor Co, and they plan to compete against the race cars of Enzo Ferrari.

Matt Damon is Carroll Shelby, a Formula One champ turned car designer forced out of racing by a heart condition, and was eventually approached by Ford to build a revolutionary racing car that would compete with Italian Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans .Shelly agrees with one condition that he can enlist maverick British racing driver Ken Miles played by Christian Bale.

Josh Lucas in slimeball suit command Shelby.