Ferrari (2023 film)
Ferrari is a 2023 American biographical sports drama film directed by Michael Mann and written by Troy Kennedy Martin. Based on the 1991 biography Enzo Ferrari: The Man, the Cars, the Races, the Machine by motorsport journalist Brock Yates, the film follows the personal and professional struggles of Enzo Ferrari, the Italian founder of the car manufacturer Ferrari, during the summer of 1957 as Scuderia Ferrari prepares to compete in the 1957 Mille Miglia. Adam Driver portrays the titular subject, and Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley, Sarah Gadon, Gabriel Leone, Jack O'Connell, and Patrick Dempsey co-star.
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Directed by | Michael Mann |
Screenplay by | Troy Kennedy Martin |
Based on | Enzo Ferrari: The Man, the Cars, the Races, the Machine by Brock Yates |
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Cinematography | Erik Messerschmidt |
Edited by | Pietro Scalia |
Music by | Daniel Pemberton |
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Distributed by | Neon |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $95 million |
Box office | $42.3 million |
Ferrari was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, premiering on August 31, 2023. The film was originally set to premiere on the streaming service Showtime, but it was eventually released in the United States theatrically on December 25, 2023, by Neon. Although the film received generally positive reviews from critics and was named one of the top 10 films of 2023 by the National Board of Review, it was a box-office bomb, grossing only $42 million against a $95 million budget.