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1) Metro girl
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A spectacular new novel, complete with high stakes, hot nights, murder and graft?not to mention car chases, car races, car explosions, and car?well, you get the idea Alexandra Barnaby got the brains in her family. The little gray cells certainly bypassed Barney?s younger brother, Wild Bill. Now Bill?s missing, so Barney is dispatched to Florida in the middle of summer with the bugs and the heat and the bad-hair-day humidity. Barney?s thinking things...
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Based on the best-selling novel by Garth Stein, this is a heartfelt tale narrated by a witty and philosophical dog named Enzo. Through his bond with his owner Denny, an aspiring Formula One racecar driver, Enzo has gained tremendous insight into the human condition and understands that the techniques needed on the racetrack can also be used to successfully navigate the journey of life. The film follows Denny and the loves of his life, his wife, Eve,...
3) Gran turismo
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Based on the unbelievable true story of a team of unlikely underdogs, a struggling working-class gamer, a failed former racecar driver, and an idealistic motorsport executive. Together, they risk it all to take on the most elite sport in the world. It is an inspiring, thrilling, and action-packed story that proves that nothing is impossible when you're fueled from within.
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The people and places, the speed and spectacle, the danger, all are part of this comin'-at-ya extravaganza. See a racecar being built from the frame up. Watch pit crews run through their split-second routines. Put pedal to the metal in a roaring steel-and-piston wolf pack of cars as they draft off each other for greater speed. It just might drive you wild.
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NASCAR sensation Ricky Bobby is a racing hero because of his "win at all costs" approach. He and his loyal racing partner, childhood friend Cal Naughton Jr., are a fearless duo. Dubbed "Shake" and "Bake" by their fans, the two have the ability to finish so many races in the #1 and #2 positions, with Cal always in second place. When flamboyant French Formula One driver Jean Girard challenges Ricky and Cal for the supremacy of NASCAR, Ricky must face...
6) Speed Racer
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Speed Racer is a natural behind the wheel of his thunderous Mach 5. With the support of Pops and Mom Racer, girlfriend Trixie, younger brother Spritle and the mysterious Racer X, Speed takes on fierce competitors to save his family's business and protect the sport he loves. When Speed steps on the track, it's not just a race.
7) Getaway
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Brent Magna is a burned-out race car driver who is thrust into a do-or-die mission behind the wheel when his wife is kidnapped. With Brent's only ally being a young hacker, his one hope of saving his wife is to follow the orders of the mysterious voice who's watching his every move through cameras mounted on the car Brent's driving.
8) Drive hard
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A former race car driver is abducted by a mysterious thief and forced to be the wheel-man for a crime that puts them both in the sights of the cops and the mob.
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Buckle up your little racer for a high-speed good time; it is back in an all-new animated series. Inspired by the classic series. These ten adventures are jam-packed with fast, furious fun. Your favorite racers like Penelope Pitstop, Peter Perfect, the diabolical Dick Dastardly and his snickering sidekick Muttley are here, alongside newcomers Patty Pending, Princess Mimi, and Captain Crankshaft and his Skeleton Crew. Race around the world with this...
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The 1971 season saw a major skirmish in the battle between 12-cylinder rearguards BRM, Ferrari and Matra against the ever growing ranks of teams using the lighter and cheaper Ford DFVs. Ferrari's aging flat-12 powered 312 earned debutant Mario Andretti a welcome win in the first race of the season, but once 69 world champion Jackie Stewart found his stride with the monocoque Trell-Ford 003, there wasn't too much joy for fans of the big twelves. As...
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1970 was a year of transition in racing at the sharp end; a season that pitched the old guard against a feisty new breed of drivers pushing forward into a new era. Nothing symbolized the battle more than the cars used by top contenders: Jacky Ickx's Ferrari 312B relied on brute force to compensate for its outdated styling, whereas Jochen Rindt's Lotus 72 showed that radical aerodynamics represented a brave and (potentially) faster way forward. Jackie...
13) The racers: how an outcast driver, an American heiress, and a legendary car challenged Hitler's best
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"In the years before World War II, Adolf Hitler wanted to prove the greatness of the Third Reich in everything from track and field to motorsports. The Nazis poured money into the development of new race cars, and Mercedes-Benz came out with a stable of supercharged automobiles called Silver Arrows. Their drivers dominated the sensational world of European Grand Prix racing and saluted Hitler on their many returns home with victory. As the Third Reich...
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Diabolical do-badder Dick Dastardly, his snickering canine cohort Muttley and their Mean Machine takes on all for the fast and furious fun of the complete animated series Wacky Races. Gear up to keep pace with this dimwitted duo as well as their rivals: Peter Perfect in his Turbo Terrific, Luke and Blubber Bear in the Arkansas Chucgabug, the Ant Hill Mob in the Bulletproof Bomb and glamorous Penelope Pitstop in her pink Compact Pussycat.
17) Elvis
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Jailhouse rock: A young man is sent to prison when he accidentally kills a man in a barroom brawl.
This is Elvis: A definitive biography of the King which contains interviews from the many people who knew Elvis best, including Presley's family members, his friends and employees, and Colonel Tom Parker.
It happened at the World's Fair: A couple of bush pilots find themselves grounded in Seattle at the annual World's Fair. they help an abandoned girl...
