>>> WHEN YOU PICTURE A FORD AND A FERRARI, YOU PROBABLY THINK
ABOUT TWO VERY DIFFERENT CARS IN
YOUR MIND, BUT BACK IN THE 60s
AFTER A BOTCHED BUSINESS DEAL,
THE U.S. CAR MAKER WANTED TO GO
HEAD TO HEAD WITH THE ITALIAN
RACE GIANT AND THE STORY THAT
FOLLOWS RANKS AMONG THE BEST IN
SPORTS HISTORY, IT’S TOLD IN THE
NEW MOVIE "FORD V FERRARI"
INCLUDING HOW IT GOT STARTED IN
A DETROIT FORD ROOM.
>> WHAT IS THE FORD BADGE,
VICTORY, AND WHERE IT COUNTS
WITH THE FIRST GROUP OF
17-YEAR-OLDS IN HISTORY, WITH
MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS.
>> THIS WOULD TAKE YEARS.
DECADES TO TEST AND DEVELOP A
RACE TEAM CAPABLE OF TAKING ON
FERRARI.
FERRARI. >> FERRARI IS BANKRUPT.
>> HE SPENT EVERY LETTER HE’S
GOT CHASING PERFECTION.
YOU KNOW SOMETHING, HE GOT
THERE.
THERE. NOW HE’S BROKE.
>> JOSH AND JOHN, GOOD MORNING.
THIS MOVIE HAS GOT IT ALL, THE
TENSE DRAMA IN THE BOARD ROOM
AND LOTS OF LOUD CARS, A LITTLE
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.
>> WE WERE JUST SAYING, YOU SAID
YOU WERE GOING TO GET A
BABYSITTER, DON’T GET A
BABYSITTER.
BABYSITTER. >> NOTHING MY LITTLE BOY LOVES
THAN RACE CARS.
THERE’S A LOT OF RACE CARS IN
THIS MOVIE.
THIS MOVIE. HAD YOU EVEN HEARD THIS STORY
BEFORE BECAUSE I ACTUALLY
HADN’T, AND IT’S AN INCREDIBLE
STORY.
STORY. >> ANY OF US, YOU KNOW, NONE OF
ARE CAR GUYS.
IT’S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT’S
INTERESTING ABOUT THE MOVIE.
ALL THESE OTHER THINGS AS WELL,
BUT YEAH, WE WERE NOT --
>> I WAS WONDERING, DO YOU HAVE
TO BE A MOTOR HEAD.
ALTHOUGH YOU GUYS WERE OUT ON
THE PLAZA, AND YOU WERE REVVING
UP THE ENGINES, IT SEEMS LININGK
YOU REALLY ENJOYED THAT.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A BIG RACE
CAR ENTHUSIAST TO GET SOMETHING
OUT OF THIS.
>> I THINK YOU’LL UNDERSTAND
RACING BETTER.
RACING BETTER. THAT WAS ANY EDUCATION ON IT,
AND I THINK IT’S LIKE ONE OF
THESE GREAT KIND OF CLASSIC
SPORTS MOVIES, I FELT LIKE FROM
WHEN WE WERE KIDS, LIKE HOOSIERS
OR RUDY, AND I DID TAKE MY KIDS
TO THE PREMIER, 8, 6 AND 4, AND
THEY JUST LOVED IT.
THEY JUST LOVED IT, AND I THINK
IT’S A GREAT MOVIE FOR THE
FAMILY.
FAMILY. >> IT’S A GREAT TIME FOR
TELEVISION.
TELEVISION. IT’S A GREAT TIME FOR STREAMING.
THIS IS A MOVIE.
THIS IS ONE YOU WANT TO GO TO
THE THEATERS.
THE THEATERS. >> LIKE I WAS SAYING, IT’S ONE
OF THOSE MOVIES, PARTICULARLY IF
YOU SEE IT ON I MAX, THE SCOPE,
THE CINEMATOGRAPHY, THE SOUND
DESIGN, YOU DON’T GET THAT IN
YOUR HOUSE, AS MUCH AS IT’S NICE
TO WATCH IN YOUR HOUSE, THIS IS
DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT. >> I HEARD THEY CRASHED THE REAL
CARS, THIS ISN’T CGI.
>> THIS SHOT RIGHT HERE, WHAT
YOU’RE SEEING THERE IS A
STUNNING MOMENT IN THE MOVIE
WHICH HAPPENED IN THE RACE AS
WELL.
WELL. THERE’S A LOT OF CRASHES.
BACK THEN, IT USED TO BE COMMON
THAT RACE CAR DRIVERS WOULD DIE
DURING THESE RACES, WHICH IS
PART OF THE WHOLE DRAMA ANDPOWER
THE MOVIE.
THE MOVIE. THEY DID AMAZING THINGS LIKE
SHOOT CARS OUT OF CANNONS.
>> YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO DO STUNTS
BECAUSE YOU’RE EXECUTIVES.
YOU PLAY LEE IACOCCA, WHEN YOU
PLAY HIM IN THIS ROLE, HE’S
YOUNG.
YOUNG. HE’S JUST ANOTHER MARKETING GUY
IN DETROIT.
IN DETROIT. >> YEAH, I THINK IT WAS AN
INTERESTING CHALLENGE, ONE I’M
GRATEFUL FOR.
GRATEFUL FOR. YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING ABOUT LEE
THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS, YOU KNOW,
HE’S A TITAN OF INDUSTRY, YOU
KNOW, BUT HIS FOCUS IS ON HIM AT
A TIME IN HIS LIFE WHEN HE WAS
YOUNG AND HOPEFUL AND AMBITIOUS,
THE SON OF IMMIGRANTS, YOU KNOW,
AND VERY MUCH A FISH OUT OF
WATER, AND THAT COMPANY, A REAL
HONOR TO PORTRAY HIM.
>> I HATE TO TELL YOU THIS, IF
THERE’S ANY VILLAIN IN THE
MOVIE, IT MIGHT BE YOU.
RIGHT.
RIGHT. YOU’RE A SUIT.
>> NOT JUST DEFENDING OBEDIENT,
I DON’T WANT TO GIVE AWAY, IT’S
THE CRUX OF THE MOVIE TO THE END
OF HIS LIFE, AND DEFENDED HIS
CHOICE AS WELL, HIS CHOICE TO
ASK KEN MILES TO DO SOMETHING.
THAT’S PART OF THE WHOLE STORY
AND YET AT THE SAME TIME, I
DON’T KNOW, I ENJOYED IT VERY
MUCH, AND I HOPE PEOPLE ENJOY
DISLIKING THE CHARACTER.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> MAKES IT INTERESTING.
BY THE WAY, THIS OF COURSE,
WE’RE THINKING ABOUT CARS, YOU
MUST REMEMBER YOUR FIRST CARS.
DO YOU REMEMBER, JOHN, DO YOU?
>> YEAH, I HAD A 1993 MAZDA 323
HATCH BACK, NO CAR RADIO, NO
AIR-CONDITIONING.
AIR-CONDITIONING. I DID STRAP IN A BOOM BOX ON TO
THE DASH BOARD.
>> DID IT HAVE POWER STEERING.
I HAD AN OLD MAZDA.
HANGING ON THAT STEERING WHEEL.
>> GET YOUR WEIGHT INTO IT.
>> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. HOW ABOUT YOU.
>> MY DAD HANDED ME DOWN A HONDA
CIVIC, A BROWN HONDA CIVIC WITH
300,000 MILES ON IT, AND SIX
WEEKS LATER I LEFT IT ON FIRE ON
THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
>> THAT’S ABOUT HOW IT GOES.
BY THE WAY, I WAS DOING A LITTLE
RESEARCH.
RESEARCH. NO KIDDING, I REALLY WASN’T, BUT
WE DID JUST DO THIS, JOSH, AND I
HAPPENED TO SEE THAT YOU ARE IN
THE "PEOPLE’S" SEXIEST MAN
ISSUE.
ISSUE. >> EVERY AGE.
>> YOU’RE IN THE EVERY AGE
SECTION.
SECTION. I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT
THAT.
THAT. >> JOHN, I LOOKED FOR YOU.
>> I TRIED, I SENT IN PICTURES,
YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW. >> HAVING TO KEEP UP THE SEXY
ALL YEARLONG, IT’S A BURDEN YOU
DON’T WANT.
DON’T WANT. >> REALLY HARD.
>> YOU DON’T NEED THAT PRESSURE.
>> CONGRATULATIONS, BROTHER.