Great Lakes - Race Across The Sky - Oct 22nd Film Debut

FYI.....
Marcus Theater Addison

NCM Fathom and Citizen Pictures present an exclusive One Night Event in select movie theatres nationwide on Oct. 22, 2009, at 8 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. CT/ 6 p.m. MT/ with tape delay to 8 p. m. PT. …

Experience the debut "Race Across the Sky" -- a documentary covering the 2009 Leadville Trail 100 bike race, one of the most intense mountain biking and endurance races of all time, and listen to candid conversations from Lance Armstrong, Chris Carmichael (owner of Carmichael Training Systems and Lance Armstrong's coach), Dave Wiens (6x Leadville 100 winner), Ken Chlouber (Leadville 100 Founder), Travis Brown (Olympian and professional mountain biker), and other elite and amateur cyclists. At 12,570 feet anything can happen. Don't miss this intense one night event! This presentation is not rated but should be treated as PG13.

A bunch of CAMBr members are going to see the film in Lisle with a stop at the Tilted Kilt afterward.

i have been looking forward to this since viewing the trailer a month ago. plan to see it at the new Cinemark in Joliet just off I55 at Rt 30. i am traveling for work tomorrow, but should be back in time for the 7pm start. later.

Lance flew from Austin to Durango just to see it. He said it was awesome (per his Twitter).

I want to do this race sooooo badly. Such an awesome, amazing place. I'll settle for the movie for now

Ya know, y'all...we could just go ride it. Surely, Lance could put up the course on mapmyride ;) Who's in?


Actually here the coursehttp://67.132.106.4/merchant.ihtml?id=1478&step=2

So, what did you all think? I loved watching it. I would love this ride because it is the kind of mountain biking I love....not super technical singletrack (which I love but not for 100 miles) and, of course, the lung searing altitude. ;) I just love super difficult challenges.

Pat and I are going to ride as much of the course as we can this coming summer. We'll be riding in Moab, UT at Thanksgiving...weather permitting.

I found it sort of interesting that Lance wanted to win this race so badly. Did anyone else?

You know, they have a little foot race in Leadville, too, ya know? Great place.

I would like to have heard even more from the mid packers and back of the pack folks. It was so great seeing them finish.

awesome film.

After about 30 mins of watching the projectionist fiddle with AV menus, the screening at my local theater got canceled due to technical problems :mad:. Hopefully it'll make it's way to DVD eventually. Sounds like a great documentary.

It was a great film, and a cool thing about my experience is that there were two Leadville finishers in the crowd at the theater I went to, belt buckles and all. I was awed by the hard work that riders have to do to just be a midpack rider in that race.

After about 30 mins of watching the projectionist fiddle with AV menus, the screening at my local theater got canceled due to technical problems :mad:. Hopefully it'll make it's way to DVD eventually. Sounds like a great documentary.


The Joliet Cinemark was 30 minutes late starting the film. They claimed it was on Dish Networks end. This was a film they had in house, but one via satelite from Dish.

Anyway, I enjoyed it, for nothing else, the shots of Leadville and scenery were worth it to me. The course looks crazy awesome hard. Later.

Good doc. I was really pleased it wasn't another Lance doc but focused on a number of riders of all abilities.
Sure makes it hard to get ready for the next few months of winter.

Good doc. I was really pleased it wasn't another Lance doc but focused on a number of riders of all abilities.
Sure makes it hard to get ready for the next few months of winter.

See, I disagree. I am a Lance fan and but it was WAY to much Lance for me. Everyone was so far up Lances butt it was embarrassing. I thought the movie was ok but I loved the side stories of some of the less than than elite riders. I had a tear in my eye at one point. Too bad Dave could not stay closer to Lance. It could have really been a great David vs Goliath type of movie if he had.

Maybe I should amend that to "ALL Lance doc." LOL

Just wait for the Lance Story movie. What actor can play Lance besides Lance??

See, I disagree. I am a Lance fan and but it was WAY to much Lance for me. Everyone was so far up Lances butt it was embarrassing. I thought the movie was ok but I loved the side stories of some of the less than than elite riders. I had a tear in my eye at one point. Too bad Dave could not stay closer to Lance. It could have really been a great David vs Goliath type of movie if he had.

the market for this type of flick is small. very small. take out LA and it is smaller, almost non existent. wrong or right it just is what it is. later.

I heard there will be another showing in november...I missed it the first time around.

I drove through leadville the day after the race. I was out of breath going into the grocery store, this trip was my first time at altitude. That place is really in thin air--man, I can see how aerobic activity is downright dangerous at that altitude without sufficient training.

Next showing is Nov 12th.

Just found this:

http://67.132.106.4/merchant.ihtml?id=1577&step=2

Is this the movie itself?

Just found this:

http://67.132.106.4/merchant.ihtml?id=1577&step=2

Is this the movie itself?

No, this is from the Live Webcast they were doing on race day. Might actually be as good or better than the movie.