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Love The Beast

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Dir: Eric Bana.

 

Description: Hollywood leading man Eric Bana joins three of his childhood friends on a gruelling odyssey in this documentary about petrol-heads with an insatiable need for speed. Cramming into Bana's first car, a Ford GT Falcon Coupe aka The Beast, the four men take part in one of the most dangerous motor races in the world, The Targa Tasmania Rally, which pits the drivers and their machine against the elements.

Country: AUSTRALIA. 2008. 88mins
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Love The Beast is a modest film

By Derek Malcolm, Evening Standard  13.11.09
 
Love The Beast

Motor mad: Eric Bana in Love The Beast

You would have to love Eric Bana and his souped-up old racer to appreciate this car-themed documentary.

It shows how the actor came to believe his motor to be almost as treasurable as his wife and children, and certainly as good for his soul as his acting career.

He’s clearly a modest man — but this is a pretty modest film too.


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