Scenes for Ford v. Ferrari Filmed at Fox Field
Director James Mangold’s latest flick transforms SoCal’s Fox Field into April 1964 ‘global launch’ site of Mustang.
The Mustang was born a movie star, starting with its red carpet debut in Flushing Meadows, New York at the 1964 World’s Fair on April 17, 1964. Since then, it’s appeared in everything from Bullitt and Gone in Sixty Seconds, to Mary Tyler Moore and Spenser: For Hire.
You can now add a new appearance to the list. According to Antelope Valley Press, crews working on the upcoming 2019 film Ford v. Ferrari recently set up shop at General William J. Fox Field (locally known as Fox Field) in nearby Lancaster, California.
The Mustang Source stopped by to see what the film, starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon as Ford legends Ken Miles and Carroll Shelby, respectively, had in mind for the general aviation airport. Turns out they’re replicating the global debut of the 1964.5 Mustang at the World’s Fair.
Of course, that happened over 3,000 miles away to the east, so this is likely a case of California Doubling, which is helpful in this instance. According to Antelope Valley Press, the film’s publicist Alex Worman said, “We’re filming all over Southern California, from the South Bay to the Antelope Valley.” This means crews have traveled to places like Willow Springs International Raceway in Rosamond, and the small town of Agua Dulce, southwest of Palmdale.
As for why Fox Field was chosen, Worman said, “We’re shooting here because it has the vintage, mid-century vibe.” The airport is, of course, not far from Venice, California, where Shelby established his original headquarters in 1962. There, he helped build the famed GT40 in the mid-1960s to help Ford beat Ferrari at their own game after a deal between Henry Ford II and Enzo Ferrari for the former to buy the latter’s company fell through.
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