News February 23 2006

Galleria Ferrari celebrates Ferrari's links with the movies

The Galleria Ferrari in Ferrari's home town of Maranello, is opening a second exhibition devoted to the actors and films that have been a part of the Ferrari story around the world.

Part of the Company’s 60th Anniversary celebrations, this latest exhibition includes a selection of over 40 previously unseen photographs taken from the Ferrari Archive and featuring international film stars who have ben involved with Ferrari either on set or in their private lives. Stars immortalised at the wheels of their Ferraris, during visits to the Ferrari factory or on the sets of their films are now seen for the first time in public in this special exhibition.

Clips from over 70 different films have been edited together to tell the story of Ferrari’s output over the last 60 years through cameos from its most glittering car stars.

The Ferrari legend has inspired both Hollywood and Italy’s own Cinecitta since the company’s foundation and Ferraris have starred in some classic scenes, sharing the screen with the likes of Ava Gardner and Gregory Peck in the black and white films of the 1950s and Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni in the classic movies of the 60s. They’ve also featured in the films of Alain Delon and Walter Matthau, the various cult series of the 1970s, and, of course, some of the most lavish Hollywood blockbusters of today.

The exhibition also includes a selection of posters, advertisements and stills from movies old and new as well, of course, as some of the stunning cars themselves, including the 250 GT California, which appeared in Vittorio De Sica’s Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow and Roger Vadim’s Dangerous Liaisons.

A taste of what the exhibition has to offer will also be on show at the Ferrari Stores in Milan and Rome, from 17 April to 7 May and from 9 May to 30 May respectively. The exhibition runs until 30 June and is included in the price of the admission ticket to the Galleria which is open every day from 9.30 to 18.00.

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