Road Cycling - Cycling movies?

Anyone out there know of any movies with cycling as the theme? I faintly remember one many years ago that I saw at the drive in with Star Wars, I think it was called the cutters, or the clippers, or something like that. Anyone else remember that?

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21559&perpage=15&highlight=cycling%20movies&pagenumber=1


Check out that thread...LoneStarCyclist listed LOTS of good cycling movies on there.

I think the movie you are referring to was Breaking Away.

Great! Thank you!

I posted in the thread that Ms. Vicki gave you, but I was going to re-emphasize the "Beijing Bicycle" movie. I watched it about a week or so ago, and it was a very good movie- subtitled in English.

Koffee

PLEASE DON'T START THIS AGAIN!!! or I will have to go buy "Breaking away">

Originally posted by 1oldRoadie
PLEASE DON'T START THIS AGAIN!!! or I will have to go buy "Breaking away">

I rented several of the cycling movies to watch again after that other thread!


:D

any ideas where a cheap a$$ like me can download them :p otherwise i'll have to search all the crud video stores round here!

Brendon
:beer:

Try Kazaa for downloading.

The Bicycle Thief (http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=11519642&trkid=73)

Beijing Bicycle (http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=60022680&trkid=73)

Breaking Away (http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?trkid=73&movieid=60010175)

American Flyers (http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=251049&trkid=73)

Quicksilver (http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=60025151&trkid=73)

Originally posted by Sailguy
The Bicycle Thief (http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=11519642&trkid=73)

Beijing Bicycle (http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=60022680&trkid=73)

Breaking Away (http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?trkid=73&movieid=60010175)

American Flyers (http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=251049&trkid=73)

Quicksilver (http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=60025151&trkid=73)

All good movies!

Another one that is really great is a short feature made by Jacques Tati about 50 years ago. It's about a goofy French postman delivering the mail on his bike: he drafts off a truck while he sorts it, tangles with a passing pro peloton, and does a whole lot of really hilarious stuff.

It was released recently as a bonus feature on the DVD reissue of Tati's Mon Oncle (My Uncle). I rented it locally (Santa Cruz, CA). Tati's movies are very funny and since they are mostly made up of sight gags, so the dialog is unimportant.

Rich

Does that mean there's no english subtitles, then?

:(

A Sunday in Hell, a real life cycling drama.

Hi Resident-

Can you tell me a little what this movie is about? What's the genre? What did you like about it?

Koffee

This is a documentary about the 1976 Paris-Roubaix, a road race which takes place in northern France. Much of the action takes place on cobblestone roads, and included are some spectacular crashes. It features some of the all-time greats of cycling; Merckx, De Vlaeminck, Martens, and Moser. Very inspirational!

Originally posted by Koffee Brown
Does that mean there's no english subtitles, then?

:(

In Tati's movies, if he wants you to understand dialog there are subtitles, but most of the time the dialog is ambient, kind of background sound to the physical comedy. In the latter case, I don't think most native and fluent French speakers could understand much of it. I know it sounds strange, but it is very funny when you see it. And, hey, for a comic actor/director he's pretty good on the bike.

Rich

The Hard Road (http://www.thehardroad.com)

A new one - soon to be out. I've seen it. VERY cool.

Originally posted by LA Law
The Hard Road (http://www.thehardroad.com)

A new one - soon to be out. I've seen it. VERY cool.

Can't wait!! It sounds coolio!


I like the Nike production "Road to Paris." It's pretty cool, get to see Lance do some training, stuuf like that.

LA- can you let us know what the movie is about?

When I lived in LA, i was always getting tickets to see the new movies for the screening/editing process. Lucky you!

Koffee

Like the website says:D :

It is a documentary that follows a pro team through a year of racing in America. It tells the stories of 8 guys that give up everything to be a pro and was the first time I actually understood all that was involved with racing as a pro.

I thought it was about going fast. I was wrong. The movie is inpsirational, scary at times, moving and very cool. There are lots of great racing scenes and interviews with some riding celebs (Franky Andreu is in it a lot).

The soundtrack is very cool and the voiceover was done by Keith David (the voice for BMW, UPS, XBox, etc.).

Ohmygosh! I thought you underlined the movie for grammatical purposes... I'm going to take a look at this website and see when the movie is coming out. Maybe I can drag along one of my friends.

Koffee

Waitaminute!

Check back for the DVD???!!!! They're not going to release this around the country? Why is it that it's only being shown in Southern California and no other place? Man, this is not cool!

I am bummed. I'm waiting for the DVD now. :(

KB

Breaking away is one of the best movies ever. Not only is it a cool bike flick but it also has a great story and lots of humor. Been a favorite of mine since I was a kid. If you get the dvd it has the original trailer wich is absolutely hilarious.

BMX Bandits!!!

LOL! I remember the note saying the stunts were done by professionnals and we should not try it. Well, right after the movie, we were on our BMX doing crazy things!

Originally posted by Erick L
BMX Bandits!!!

LOL! I remember the note saying the stunts were done by professionnals and we should not try it. Well, right after the movie, we were on our BMX doing crazy things! And of course BMX Bandits starred a very young Nicole Kidman.

I found American Flyers on DVD a couple of days ago. Cheap too. It's good to finally own a copy after hiring old videos of it several times over the years.

I still haven't seen Breaking Away and haven't been able to find it in any rental or retail store. I'll have to keep on looking.

I found this: http://www.truefans.net/

The Hard Road is available now! I've ordered mine!

http://www.thehardroad.com

Velo News was promoting a cycling documentry that follows the life and times of a pro bike team,it looks like it might be pretty good, since it is real life.

Whoops I should read previous posts before shooting off. LA Law has a link to that movie

Originally posted by LA Law
The Hard Road is available now! I've ordered mine!

http://www.thehardroad.com

Just watched it last night!! Fantastic! I'm hoping to host a public showing, with proceeds to a good cause.

http://uk.geocities.com/mikstar123/films.html

Braking away (http://www.cyclingboard.com/index.php?c=3&n=404276&i=B00003CX96&x=Breaking_Away) IS the best one ;) Check some clips on youtube (http://www.youtube.com)

someone get bored and bring this thread back from the dead?

either way it inspired me to watch A Hard Road again.

A Sunday in Hell, a real life cycling drama.

Definitely one of the best cycling movies out there.

Braking away (http://www.cyclingboard.com/index.php?c=3&n=404276&i=B00003CX96&x=Breaking_Away) IS the best one ;) Check some clips on youtube (http://www.youtube.com)

Hardly… :eek:

better (http://www.amazon.com/Pee-wees-Adventure-Widescreen-Paul-Reubens/dp/0790749408/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-9813280-3359139?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1186150868&sr=1-1)

more better (http://www.amazon.com/Eddy-Merckx-Course-Greatest-Earth/dp/B000G5TFF0/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-9813280-3359139?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1186151110&sr=1-1)

best (http://www.amazon.com/Triplettes-Belleville-Original-Included-Triplets/dp/B0007W0AF6/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/104-9813280-3359139?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1186150798&sr=1-2)

;)

- Wil

Vive le Tour, a documentary by Loius Malle (Pretty Baby, Murmur of the Heart) is great. Its about the Tour in the 60s. Some great footage of domestiques raiding a restaurant and carrying away everything liquid, which in those days was wine, beer, and then sharing with the rest of the team.

http://www.netflix.com/Movie/70065157?trkid=73

…Some great footage of domestiques raiding a restaurant and carrying away everything liquid, which in those days was wine, beer, and then sharing with the rest of the team.


There's something like that in The Greatest Show on Earth (The Story of The 1974 Giro); there's some footage of riders opening the bottles using their stems as they ride along "no-hands".

- Wil

PLEASE DON'T START THIS AGAIN!!! or I will have to go buy "Breaking away">

Already did that the last time....People kept posting clips from the flick and I got sucked in!!!!

BMX Bandits!!!

LOL! I remember the note saying the stunts were done by professionnals and we should not try it. Well, right after the movie, we were on our BMX doing crazy things!

+1

If you haven't seen it, you must see "American Flier" with Keven Costner. I've seen it at least eight times and never tire of it. For weeks afterward, my imagination pits me against my racing nemisis as I race towards the finish at the end of each daily ride.

I recommend Breaking Away and American Flyers.

Classic scene makes me want to go rent/buy it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WCRk8bvNiE

Hell of the West:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PepXl1aQmMY

breaking away, quicksilver, rad.