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The film stars Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby, a former race car driver-turned automobile designer tasked with building a new racing car the Ford GT40 that will allow Ford to finally usurp Ferrari as the champions at the annual Le Mans competition. Christian Bale, who had previously worked with Mangold on his to Yuma remake, costars as Ken Miles, the highly-talented, but hot-tempered, World War II vet-turned professional driver whom Shelby being an old acquaintance enlists to help him.

Sadly, just a few months after Ford defeated Ferrari at the Le Mans and he missed out on being the individual winner on a technicality , Miles was killed while testing out a new Ford vehicle the J-car at the at Riverside International Raceway in Southern California.

In real life, the car suddenly flipped, crashed, and caught fire for reasons that have never been fully determined to this day, ejecting Miles from the vehicle and immediately killing him. This occurred just as the driver was approaching the end of the track and after an entire day's worth of test runs.

However, in the film, the vehicle crashes after experiencing brake failure and Miles is killed in the ensuing fire. Miles was the second test driver to be killed while testing a J-car in the span of five months, with the previous driver, Walt Hansgen, being killed before Miles.

The J-car testing was halted for a bit before resuming with Miles at the wheel. Following his death, the car was renamed Ford Mk IV and was heavily modified. Miles' death in Ford v Ferrari might seem like a minor alteration, but it's an important one that delivers an emotional narrative payoff to an earlier setup. The scene in question revolves around Miles, Shelby, and their team testing out the GT40 MkII, only for the vehicle's brakes to fail and the car to catch fire, very nearly killing Miles in the process.

Later, Miles was abducted off the street by a group of men in a van. Bram tries to talk him out of working for Charles Widmore and invites him to join their team instead. He promises that if he does, Miles will have answer to all his questions, including what happened to his father and how he got his supernatural abilities.

Bram refused to pay him, saying, "All the money in the world isn't going to fill that empty hole inside you. Just before leaving for the Kahana , Miles revisited Gray and returned his money. Miles revealed that he had lied to Gray; he had been unable to make contact with Gray's son. The incredulous Gray asked why Miles couldn't have just continued to let him believe the lie, and Miles responded that it wouldn't have been fair to the son, and tells the father he should have professed his love to his son before his death.

Before the Kahana left port, Miles indicated that he knew Michael was using a false name. He then added that 80 percent of the people on the Kahana were lying about something. A hostile Miles points his gun at Jack. Miles was one of the three passengers to parachute from a helicopter that had taken off from the Kahana. He appeared to have landed on a rocky outcrop near the north shore of the Island.

As Jack , Kate and Daniel approached him, he pretended to be incapacitated, then threatened Jack with a handgun after Jack attempted to examine him. He then informed Daniel that it was the survivors who killed Naomi , and demanded to be taken to her body. During their journey to Naomi's remains, he held Jack and Kate at gunpoint. When Naomi was found, Miles spoke in quiet tones over her body and afterward confirmed Kate's story about her death.

Soon after, he was informed by Jack that they were in fact covered by their friends with firearms. Miles was forced to drop his gun when Sayid and Juliet came out of the jungle firing their guns. Miles shows a photograph of Ben, revealing their mission's goal. He behaved aggressively toward Sayid when he was questioned about who he was and what he did. Upon hearing from Frank that Juliet was a "native" of the Island, he became hostile and demanded to know where "he" was.

Showing a photograph, Miles said that the team came to the Island to find Ben Linus. Upon arriving, they found Hurley tied up in a closet. Hurley told them Locke was losing it and insisted Miles and the others were there to kill them. Hurley asked him if they were, to which Miles replied, "Not yet. As they continued searching the house, they were ambushed by Locke and James "Sawyer" Ford , who had used Hurley to set a trap.

The three captives were taken to different areas of the compound, and Locke and Sayid agreed to trade Miles for Charlotte. Locke treats Miles to an explosive breakfast. While at the barracks, Miles used Kate to gain access to Ben.

When challenged that Charlotte already knows that Ben is alive, he said that he will take care of Charlotte. Miles explicitly stated that he knows exactly who Ben is, including the fact that Ben has access to a large amount of money. Kate then attempted to take him back to the boathouse, and he revealed he knows who she is and what she's done. Locke took him back to the boathouse. The next day, Locke put a grenade in Miles' mouth and pulled the pin, forcing Miles to keep his jaws clamped down on the trigger.

Locke then left him there. Miles informs Ben the mercenaries want to talk to him. After learning who Ben's man on the boat was, Locke called his group together and retrieved Miles from the boathouse.

Miles did not protest when Ben claimed that the freighter team's orders were to kill everyone on the island once Ben is captured. Despite his promise that there would be no more secrets, Locke failed to mention Miles' attempted deal with Ben, which Sawyer questions. Miles rang the bell and was let in. He told Ben that Keamy had his daughter.

After Keamy killed Alex, Miles showed a look of shock and sympathy. Later, when being rushed out of the house, he showed another look of horror and amazement as the smoke monster attacked Keamy's people.

When Sawyer decided he was going to the beach, Miles tagged along. Miles tells Sawyer he had nothing to do with the mercenaries ' actions. On the way, Miles heard the voices of Danielle and Karl , and subsequently discovered their corpses in shallow graves. He claimed that the mercenaries are "not his buddies" and that he "didn't sign up for this. After encountering Frank , he, Sawyer, and Claire hid from Keamy. They then continued on after the mercenaries left. Upon taking rest, he witnessed Claire talking to Christian Shephard , and watched her leave.

He did not follow because of his "restraining order," however. He informs Sawyer of Claire's departure the next day, and Sawyer finds Aaron, abandoned, crying in the woods. Miles questions Charlotte's decision to leave the Island. Miles, Sawyer and Aaron continued their journey back to the beach. Along the way they chanced upon Kate and Jack who were following the chopper inland.

Jack asked Kate to take care of Aaron, and take him back to the beach along with Miles. Jack recommenced his trek inland, along with Sawyer. When Faraday started ferrying people off of the Island in the Zodiac raft , Miles stated that he intended to stay on the Island, despite Faraday's warnings. He showed surprise that Charlotte was considering leaving, and then he surprised Charlotte in turn by suggesting that he knew Charlotte had been on the Island before.

Miles questions Juliet about the Swan 's former resident. When the island traveled back in time, the beach camp around Miles disappeared, leaving him and several other survivors disoriented.

Daniel soon arrived back at the beach, proposing the theory of time travel and suggesting they find a local landmark so that they can get an approximate guess as to when they are in time. Miles traveled with the other survivors to the Swan , where they discovered the crater left by the implosion of the station.

When Miles questioned what the station was for, Juliet replied that it was inhabited by Desmond , who spent his time pressing a button every minutes to "save the world," to which Miles responded with some disbelief. After another movement in time, they found that they had traveled to a time before the station was discovered by the survivors.

Though he initially wanted to get supplies from the station, Sawyer was convinced by Juliet and Daniel to return to the beach, though Miles was at first reluctant. After the others had left, Miles told Daniel and Charlotte that he thought Juliet was attracted to him before following suit and returning to the beach. Miles surrenders to their hostile attackers. At the beach, the survivors worried over ways to survive without fire, shelter, and food.

Miles, seeing an opportunity to gain trust, volunteered to hunt for food, and walked off into the jungle unarmed. He returned several hours later carrying the corpse of a boar , claiming he had found it and that it had only been dead for three hours. Shortly thereafter the survivors were bombarded with flaming arrows fired by unseen assailants.

Miles was caught by surprise, narrowly dodging several arrows himself before reaching the treeline and safety, though Neil and six other survivors were not as lucky. Miles finally reached safety beyond the treeline. Miles captured by the Others. The next morning, Miles with Charlotte, Daniel, and two unnamed survivors of the beach camp attack traveled to a creek with the intent of rejoining the other survivors. Near the creek, the redshirts triggered claymore mines which exploded, killing them both.

A group of Others led by Ellie emerged from the jungle and questioned Miles on the identity of his leader. Miles immediately gestured toward Daniel Faraday. As Ellie and her group marched the three through the jungle, Miles began to sense something and told Daniel that they had just walked over the fresh graves of four U. Ellie took Miles and his group to the Others' camp and handed them over to Richard Alpert.

After a short conversation with Richard, Miles, along with Charlotte and Daniel, were held captive in a tent. They waited there until Richard reentered and questioned Faraday further on the details of " Jughead ", a bomb which Daniel claimed to be able to disarm.

Miles did not know about the bomb, asking Daniel, "A hydrogen bomb? They rendezvoused with Daniel, who immediately doted on Charlotte whilst ignoring Miles, something Miles did not hesitate to point out.

Miles saw Charlotte collapse, her nose bleeding. Daniel questions Miles about his history on the Island. After Charlotte reawakened, the group Miles, Daniel , Charlotte , Sawyer , Juliet and Locke decided to head back to the beach and use the Zodiac in order to get to the Orchid faster.

Later the same day, Miles informed Daniel that he had also suffered a nosebleed , a symptom which Daniel told him relates to the duration of exposure to the Island. This confused Miles, who pointed out that the survivors who had not shown any symptoms to this point had been on the Island for months before the freighter arrived. Daniel asked Miles if he was sure he had never been to the island before. Miles, along with Juliet, Sawyer, Charlotte, Daniel, and Locke, found two outriggers at the beach camp.

Miles helped the group paddle the outrigger into open water, where the group was chased and shot at by unknown pursuers in the other outrigger. After another time flash, the group successfully came ashore during a rainstorm. Miles watches Sawyer , while Locke descends into the well. Miles traveled with the group into the jungle and they experienced another time flash just before discovering Jin. After everyone greeted Jin, they resumed traveling towards the Orchid station.

After walking for awhile, the group experienced a few flashes in rapid succession. After the fourth flash, Charlotte collapsed, unable to go on. Although the Orchid disappeared following a time flash, the group discovered a nearby well which, according to Charlotte, would help them.

As Locke descended into the well using a rope held by Sawyer, another time flash occurred. Miles told Sawyer he could "let go of the rope now," as they realized that they had moved to a time period in which the well did not exist. When Juliet commented they were now before the well was built, Miles added "I'd say way before" and pointed out a statue in the distance.

Miles, along with Sawyer, Juliet, Jin, and Faraday, time traveled to after Locke moved the frozen wheel. When Sawyer suggested heading back to the beach, Miles disagreed. Juliet then backed Sawyer up and Miles irritatedly stated that going to the Orchid and going to the beach were the "only two plans you people have".

After being captured by the DHARMA Initiative , the group pretended to be victims of a shipwreck and integrated themselves into the Initiative after Sawyer gained their trust. Within the first week of joining, Miles realized that he had personal connection with the Initiative when his mother stepped behind him in the cafeteria lunch line.

Realizing that both his parents lived on the Island, Miles ignored them as best he could and continued with the lie set forth by Sawyer. Miles with Sawyer in When a drunken Horace Goodspeed began blowing up trees with dynamite near the Flame , Miles and Sawyer recovered him and cleaned up the mess.

While guarding them, he and Hurley had a lengthy debate about the effects and paradoxes of time travel. Hurley was sure that Sayid's actions would result in their "disappearance" from existence like what nearly happened to Marty McFly in Back to the Future ; Hurley theorized that Ben's death in would mean he would never move the island that caused the time traveling, and thus, they never have gone back in time to Miles, on the other hand, was sure there would be no effect and that everything that was happening had always happened; they just hadn't been aware of it.

He was sure that Ben would survive, but he is flummoxed when Hurley asks why, if Ben had been shot by Sayid in , he didn't recognize him in when Sayid tortured him in the hatch.

Miles then says he hadn't thought about that. Sometime later, Sawyer called Miles and asked him to "accidentally erase" one of the tapes from the fence security cameras that had recorded him and Kate taking the injured Ben away. While he was preparing to do this, he was interrupted by Horace , who gives him a body bag and tells him to go get a "package" from Radzinsky in a Hostile-controlled area the DHARMA members were not supposed to be in.

Miles forgets about his assignment from Sawyer and leaves the security tape in the machine. It became obvious that this "package" was the corpse of a DHARMA worker, who Radzinsky claimed died falling into a ditch, despite what appeared to be a bullet wound on his forehead.

After Radzinsky and his workers disappeared, Miles moved to the corpse in the back of his van and asked him, "What really happened? Horace hands Miles his package to Radzinsky. When Miles returned to Horace, he was told to bring the body to Dr. Chang at the Orchid. Miles was joined by Hurley on his journey, who discovered the body in the back of the van. Confronted, Miles told him how the man died, including his last thoughts.

To Miles' bewilderment, Hurley completely accepted his story and pointed out that he too could talk with the dead , and he sometimes plays chess with them. Miles replied that "that's not how it works," to which Hurley responded, "Aha! You wouldn't know how it works unless you can do it. Miles drives his van with his father and Hurley. At the Orchid, Dr. Chang threatens to demote Hurley if he talks about Alvarez or anything he sees at the Orchid, where Miles and Hurley observe Dr.

Chang yelling at workers. Hurley calls him "a total douche" to which Miles replies, "that douche is my father. Miles and Hurley then gave Dr. Chang a ride to the Swan station construction site.

Along the way, Hurley kept prodding Dr. Chang for details about his life and son and suggesting that he and Miles who coincidentally has the same name as his own infant son should get together for a beer. This upset Miles, who had never known his father and assumed he had abandoned them. After they had dropped off Dr. Chang, Hurley continued to press Miles about his father and how "awesome" of an opportunity it is, which angers Miles.

Miles tells Hurley, "It doesn't matter. My father is dead! He's gone! He never cared about me, and nothing I can do will ever change that," to which Hurley replies, "But he's not gone. We just dropped him off. He suggested Miles try to gain a relationship with his own father. That night, an emotional Miles watched through a window as his father read a story to his three-month-old self.

After taking a phone call, Dr. Chang came outside and, noticing Miles on the walkway, asked for his help in picking up a group of scientists from Ann Arbor at the submarine dock. Miles was surprised to find out that one of those scientists was Daniel Faraday.

An emotional Miles watches his family through a window. He then had Miles take him to Jack's house. While Daniel was at the station, Miles waited above. Daniel then returned, along with Dr. Miles witnessed as Daniel revealed that he was from the future. Miles tried to intervene, but Daniel told Chang that Miles was his son. Chang asked Miles if it was true, but Miles denied it.

Miles then drove Daniel to Sawyer 's house, where Daniel revealed that he needed to meet with his mother , who was with the Hostiles. After Juliet revealed to the group the code to the sonic fence, and Kate agreed to show the way, Miles gave Daniel the keys to the jeep.

Meanwhile, Sawyer ordered everyone to prepare for leaving, as Phil had discovered the tape that showed Ben's delivery to the Hostiles. This was the tape which Miles had failed to erase earlier.

Miles denies that he is Chang's son. Now under serious suspicion, Miles, Hurley and Jin escaped from the Barracks , heading for the beach. Chang followed them and asked the three if they were really from the future.

Hurley denied it at first, giving ridiculous answers when Dr. Chang asked what year he was born "Uh Chang demanded to know the name of the U. Chang believed them and then asked Miles if he really was his son, and Miles reluctantly affirmed that he was. Miles, Jin , and Hurley face a suspicious Pierre Chang. Back at the Barracks, Chang was now having people evacuated, after learning of the impending Incident. Miles, Hurley, and Jin watched a young Charlotte and her mother get out of a bus and head for the dock.

Lara and baby Miles also got out. Miles saw his parents argue as Dr. Chang demanded that she and baby Miles evacuate the Island on the submarine. Through watching these events Miles realized that his father had to be harsh to his mother in order to save her life. Miles then saw Juliet and Sawyer, handcuffed and being brought to the dock in a jeep.

A confused Miles handed his binoculars to Hurley, who told Miles that Sawyer probably had a plan. Miles admits to Pierre that he is his son. At Jack's urging, Hurley proceeded to drive the van to the Swan construction site. Miles questioned Jack's plan to detonate a nuclear device , and stopped with the rest of the group when they encountered Kate, Sawyer, and Juliet, and expressed doubt as to whether Sayid would recover from his wound.

A short time later, Jack set out with the bomb to the Swan site, and Miles questioned the rest of the group as to whether or not they had considered that Jack's detonation of the bomb would be the cause the " Incident " they thought they would prevent. Miles saves his father's life moments before the detonation of the bomb. In an attempt to save Jack, Miles accompanied the rest of them to the Swan construction site, and took part in a firefight in an attempt to save Jack and allow him to detonate the bomb.

Chang was present at the site, and attempted to turn off a construction drill which was on the verge of reaching an electromagnetic pocket of energy with no success. After killing or neutralizing all of the DHARMA personnel present at the site with the exception of Pierre Chang, who aided them by holding Radzinsky at gunpoint, Miles witnessed Jack drop the bomb down the drilling shaft, with no immediate effect.

Shortly after, an electromagnetic incident occurred which pulled all metal objects toward the shaft, and Chang's hand was crushed and pinned under a steel beam. Miles lifted the beam, saving his father's life—and finally referring to him as "Dad"—and urged him to get as far away from the site as possible. A few moments later, the bomb was detonated by Juliet, who had fallen to the bottom of the shaft. Sawyer and Miles watch over Juliet's body. Miles survived the detonation of Jughead and a time flash transported him, along with Jack , Kate , Sawyer , Jin , Hurley and Sayid , back to his original time period of He woke up and was the first to encounter Kate in the jungle.

As Miles approached Kate, he startled her and was pushed to the ground before announcing to her, "It's me, Miles. As the two reached the Hatch crater, Kate informed him that it is not the construction site, but the remains of the imploded Swan station, after Desmond had blown it up.

Once Jack and Sawyer awoke, Miles and the group heard muffled calls for help coming from the amassed wreckage in the middle of the Hatch hole. They all soon realized that it was Juliet stuck down there and immediately began removing the massive amounts of metal in an effort to try and save her. Standing near the van, Miles questioned how Hurley knew that Sayid could be healed at the Temple.