Gran Turismo (2023) on Netflix
PG-1320232h 15mActionAdventureDrama
In Cardiff, teenager Jann Mardenborough plays Gran Turismo and dreams of racing, though his father Steve disapproves. Nissan's GT Academy recruits players of the game to train as real drivers.
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Plot summary
Marketing executive Danny Moore pitches Nissan on the GT Academy, which takes skilled Gran Turismo players and shapes them into professional racing drivers. Nissan hires Jack Salter, a former driver turned mechanic, to train the recruits. Jack accepts after growing tired of Nicholas Capa, the arrogant driver on his team. In Cardiff, teenager Jann Mardenborough sets a time record and learns he can try out for the academy. He wins a qualifying race to earn a place. At the academy, Jack puts the competitors through tests and cuts the group from ten to five. Jann impresses him by working out that glazed brakes caused a wreck. The final five race for a Nissan seat, and Jann narrowly beats American rival Matty Davis. Danny favors Matty for his commercial appeal, but Jack argues for Jann, who becomes the representative.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Gran Turismo (2023)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
SPOILER
The film was widely criticized for using Mardenborough's crash at the Nurburgring Nordschleife as a narrative element. The segment faithfully re-enacted a March 2015 crash during which his Nissan GT-R Nismo became airborne at the notorious Flugplatz turn and cartwheeled over the fence into spectators; one spectator was killed almost immediately.- Jann Mardenborough himself is a co-producer on the film and served as the racing stunt double for Madekwe, who portrayed him on screen.
- An update to Gran Turismo 7 added a livery for the 2018 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 that was inspired by the film, and it was given for free to all players who watched the movie trailer in-game.
