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DeLorean: Back from the Future
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DeLorean: Back from the Future

2021-01-27 · 99 min · Not rated

Documentary

John Z DeLorean’s extraordinary and doomed attempt to build the sports car of the future in 1980s Northern Ireland is the stuff of legend. A buccaneering American entrepreneur, DeLorean had film star looks, a famous fashion model as a wife, and an enormous ego that drove him to rival the giants of the US car industry.

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Directors
Mike Connolly
Production companies
BBC, Fired Up Films
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

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John Z. DeLoreanJohn Z. DeLorean
Jeremy PaxmanJeremy Paxman

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