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====Three Minute Film Synopsis====
 
====Three Minute Film Synopsis====
The film, which is based on true events, opens on a dark and rainy night, as American race car driver Carol Shelby completes the last stretches of the grueling 24 hour long Le Mans race, one of the oldest and most prestigious automobile races in the world.  He goes on to win the race, but then passes out and wakes up in a hospital, where he is told that due to a heart condition, he can no longer race.
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Ford v Ferrari is, on the surface, the story of how Henry Ford II (chairman of Ford Motor Company) triumphed over his Italian rival Enzo Ferrari (owner of Scuderia Ferrari) by building a Ford race car that decisively beat the fastest car in the world at the time (a Ferrari) at the 1966 Lemans race in France, the oldest and most prestigious event in automobile racing.  
  
Fast forward a few years, and Shelby has transitioned into building and selling race cars.  We are also introduced to Ken Miles, a struggling British race car driver living in California who is...difficult to work with.  And we are introduced to Henry Ford II, who
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That's on the surface.  But more accurately, it's the story of two friends: Legendary race car designer Carroll Shelby, and hall of fame race car driver Ken Miles.  It's the story of how they became legendary, and how they became friends, despite each man's deep personality flaws, despite great personal challenges, and odds that were clearly not in their favor. It's an underdog story--sometimes Ford is the underdog against Ferrari, and sometimes Shelby and Miles are the underdogs against Ford.
  
"There’s a point at 7,000 RPMs where everything fades. The machine becomes weightless. It disappears. All that’s left is a body moving through space and time. At 7,000 RPM, that’s where you meet it. That’s where it waits for you.  I ask you a question, the only question that matters....who are you?"
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But through several intense races, setbacks, and fights, Ford builds their racecar, while Miles and Shelby build their friendship, and in the process each comes to a better understanding of the film's central questions:  Who are you? What are you made of? And to whom do you belong?
  
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====Who Are You?====
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Let's start with that first question.  At the very beginning of the film, Carroll Shelby (who was himself a race car driver earlier in his career) is told by his doctor that he can never race again, calling into question his very identity, his self-image, and everything he loves.
  
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[https://youtu.be/IIh4vDxg6zw Film Clip #?? - Opening Scenes]
  
====Reformed and Always Reforming====
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Who are you, when things don't work out the way you planned?
  
[https://youtu.be/UA1xU4FjyWs Film Clip #??- Shut it Down]
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====Reformed and Always Reforming====
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*[https://youtu.be/UA1xU4FjyWs Film Clip #??- Shut it Down]
 
*Dan Barr
 
*Dan Barr
  
  
====Victory Belongs to...?====
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====Victory Belongs to?====
 
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*[https://youtu.be/KzmYCWB9OZg Film Clip #??- Ken Miles Slows Down]
  
 
====The Perfect Lap====
 
====The Perfect Lap====
  
[https://youtu.be/pLHmFnim1Ws Film Clip #?? - The Perfect Lap]
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*[https://youtu.be/pLHmFnim1Ws Film Clip #?? - The Perfect Lap]
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=====Who Are You?====
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*[https://youtu.be/aMXDKvU--U0 Film Clip #?? - Closing Scenes]

Revision as of 16:30, 31 January 2020

Proverbs 21:21-31 (OT p.603-604)

21 Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life and honor. 22 One wise person went up against a city of warriors and brought down the stronghold in which they trusted. 23 To watch over mouth and tongue is to keep out of trouble. 24 The proud, haughty person, named “Scoffer,” acts with arrogant pride. 25 The craving of the lazy person is fatal, for lazy hands refuse to labor. 26 All day long the wicked covet, but the righteous give and do not hold back. 27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when brought with evil intent. 28 A false witness will perish, but a good listener will testify successfully. 29 The wicked put on a bold face, but the upright give thought to their ways. 30 No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel, can avail against the Lord. 31 The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the Lord.

2 Timothy 4:6-8 (NT p.213)

6 As for me, I am already being poured out as a libation, and the time of my departure has come. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 From now on there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

Faith & Film VIII: Ford v Ferrari

Film Clip #1 - Trailer

Three Minute Film Synopsis

Ford v Ferrari is, on the surface, the story of how Henry Ford II (chairman of Ford Motor Company) triumphed over his Italian rival Enzo Ferrari (owner of Scuderia Ferrari) by building a Ford race car that decisively beat the fastest car in the world at the time (a Ferrari) at the 1966 Lemans race in France, the oldest and most prestigious event in automobile racing.

That's on the surface. But more accurately, it's the story of two friends: Legendary race car designer Carroll Shelby, and hall of fame race car driver Ken Miles. It's the story of how they became legendary, and how they became friends, despite each man's deep personality flaws, despite great personal challenges, and odds that were clearly not in their favor. It's an underdog story--sometimes Ford is the underdog against Ferrari, and sometimes Shelby and Miles are the underdogs against Ford.

But through several intense races, setbacks, and fights, Ford builds their racecar, while Miles and Shelby build their friendship, and in the process each comes to a better understanding of the film's central questions: Who are you? What are you made of? And to whom do you belong?

Who Are You?

Let's start with that first question. At the very beginning of the film, Carroll Shelby (who was himself a race car driver earlier in his career) is told by his doctor that he can never race again, calling into question his very identity, his self-image, and everything he loves.

Film Clip #?? - Opening Scenes

Who are you, when things don't work out the way you planned?

Reformed and Always Reforming


Victory Belongs to?

The Perfect Lap


=Who Are You?