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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every Saturday at 6pm GMT.

This time, James Mangold’s Ford v. Ferrari.

In response to the worst sales slump in American history, the Ford Motor Company embraces a radical idea: it will build a car to beat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. However, in order to do that, it needs to recruit and work with two radicals who have their own unique approach to engineering and racing, Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles. These two mavericks soon discover that their allies in Ford might be as dangerous as their enemies at Ferrari.

At time of recording, it was ranked 156th on the Internet Movie Database’s list of the best movies of all-time.

Notes:

• Recorded 24th November 2019.
• Ford v. Ferrari at The Internet Movie Database.
• The IMDB 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
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• Sean O’Hagan at The Guardian on the rise and fall of Phil Spector, March 2007.
• James White at Empire reports on the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic, November 2019.
• Carl Lamarre at Billboard reports on Kanye West’s controversial comments about Michael Jackson, January 2019.
• Miles Surrey at The Ringer positions Ford v. Ferrari within the canon of “dad movies”, November 2019.
• Richard Brody at The New Yorker on the obfuscation of history within Ford v. Ferrari, November 2019.
• Alejandro de la Garza at Time offers a look at the true story behind Ford v. Ferrari, November 2019.
• Ed Foster at Motor Sport Magazine offers a look back at Ford’s push to Le Mans in 1966, May 2016.
• Pete Lyons at AutoWeek offers a eulogy for Carroll Shelby, May 2012.
• Jack Shafer at Politico on the legacy of Lee Iacocca, July 2019.
• John Gallagher at at The Detroit Free Press on the mistakes made by Lee Iacocca, July 2019.
• Mark Dowie at Mother Jones reports on the controversy around the Ford Pinto, September 1977.
• Christian Bale and Matt Damon discuss making Ford v. Ferrari with The Los Angeles Times, November 2019.
• David Sims at The Atlantic positions Ford v. Ferrari within the cinematic output of James Mangold, November 2019.
• James Mangold discusses the development and production of Ford v. Ferrari with The Los Angeles Times, September 2019.
• Matt Donnelly at Variety reports on Disney’s refocusing on Fox’s film development, August 2019.
• Brooks Barnes and Tiffany Hsu at The New York Times on what Disney gets from their acquisition of Fox, December 2017.
• Anthony D’Alessandro at Deadline on Disney’s scheduling of Fox pictures into 2023, November 2019.
• The production team discuss the importance of sound mixing to the texture and feel of Ford v. Ferrari with IndieWire, November 2019.
• Sarah Perez at Tech Crunch reports on Netflix’s debt, April 2019.
• Alex Shephard at The New Republic on Netflix’s efforts to break into Hollywood, April 2018.
• Tom Brueggemann at IndieWire on how streaming companies refuse to publish their box office returns, November 2019.
• Lauren Gensler at Forbes on Netflix’s extravagant spending, October 2016.
• Sharon Waxman at The Wrap expresses fears that disruptors like Megan Ellison may distort the movie industry, October 2012.
• James Mangold discusses the casting of Ford v. Ferrari with IndieWire, November 2019.
• Holly Scott at The Washington Post on the “OK, boomer” meme, November 2019.
• Naz Beheshti at Forbes on generational conflict between boomers and millennials, November 2018.
• Kate Taylor at Business Insider on the idea that millennials are “killing” industries, May 2019.
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