Hill

  • Documentary
2/27/2025
90

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One Name. Two World Champions. In 1996, Damon Hill claimed the Formula 1 World Championship. In doing so he cemented his place in motorsport history, following in the footsteps of his legendary father, Graham Hill. This is a unique family story set against the backdrop of the fastest sport in the world. How Damon Hill defied the odds and overcame tragedy to step out of his father’s shadow and become a racing legend in his own right. Hill is directed by BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Alex Holmes (Maiden, The Rig) and produced by Simon Lazenby & Victoria Barrell of Sylver Entertainment (McEnroe, Schmeichel) and Cora Palfrey & Luc Roeg of Independent Entertainment (Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling Now, My Policeman).

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  • Geronimo1967

    If you are at all interested in the history of Formula One and/or in the history of television sport, then this should provide you with quite an illuminating documentary. Otherwise, its really nothing at all special. Using two single-shot piece to camera interviews with Damon Hill and his wife Georgie, we are taken on a whistle stop tour of his life that started with World Champion father Graham before a plane crash rendered him fatherless and his family all but bankrupt. He was originally more of a bike man, but later in his twenties managed to get himself a job as a test driver for Williams Renault and the rest, as they say Motor car racing is a sport that has always benefited from being at the more expensive end of our pastimes, and that...

    March 2, 2025

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