Top cycling movies. Your pick here please.
09-04-06, 12:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Laggard
A Sunday in Hell
Nothing comes close.
Nothing comes close.
Is the Hard Road any good?
09-04-06, 05:52 PM
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beaking away is the best coming of age movie that happens to involve cycling. It's not a cycling movie. American Flyers is a pretty poor movie, but at least it is a cycling movie. Its the best hollywood, fictional, cycling movie almost by default. A lot of the other stuff listed in the thread is good, but my impression of the Op's intent was not including documentaries.
Excluding documentaries, for fictional movies that are really about cylcing, rather than using cycling as a backdrop, and excluding foreign films not widely distributed in the US, American Flyers wins, almost by default
Excluding documentaries, for fictional movies that are really about cylcing, rather than using cycling as a backdrop, and excluding foreign films not widely distributed in the US, American Flyers wins, almost by default
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Breaking Away while American Flyers wins for Best Comedy..
09-04-06, 06:41 PM
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Pee Wee's Big Adventure pwns all the other movies listed on here.
I actually felt Pee Wees pain when his bike got stolen. Pee Wee is a hero.
I actually felt Pee Wees pain when his bike got stolen. Pee Wee is a hero.
09-04-06, 07:03 PM
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Key Exchange - a well acted drama with a plot built around two guys who do some bike racing while experiencing a mid-life crisis. Features one of the guys who was in Breaking Away, the tall gawky dude, not the star. Features Brooke Adams looking really foxy.
Stars and Watercarriers. Same genre as a Sunday in Hell, only about the Giro in the early 70s. A total classic and you've got to see it, really captures the essence of the Giro in that era. It is a very different race now.
The Bicycle Thief. A great existential drama about this guy who has a bike to do a job, but it gets ripped off so he becomes out of work with a family to feed (he has ~10 year old son). Then he goes through this life-journey as a result. No racing but great stuff with a bike theme.
American Flyers. I still can't understand why the bearded Russian with the beer gut didn't win the race.
Hard Road is 'just okay.' You can get it from Netflix, and it is worth the rental, but I'd be oh-so-po'd if I'd gone and paid like $35 for it. I mean it is a documentary that you'd think would have some drama in it, right? But the drama is almost non-existant. And the people in the movie are hard to like (due to the way it is portrayed) so it isn't like all that engrossing.
Stars and Watercarriers. Same genre as a Sunday in Hell, only about the Giro in the early 70s. A total classic and you've got to see it, really captures the essence of the Giro in that era. It is a very different race now.
The Bicycle Thief. A great existential drama about this guy who has a bike to do a job, but it gets ripped off so he becomes out of work with a family to feed (he has ~10 year old son). Then he goes through this life-journey as a result. No racing but great stuff with a bike theme.
American Flyers. I still can't understand why the bearded Russian with the beer gut didn't win the race.
Hard Road is 'just okay.' You can get it from Netflix, and it is worth the rental, but I'd be oh-so-po'd if I'd gone and paid like $35 for it. I mean it is a documentary that you'd think would have some drama in it, right? But the drama is almost non-existant. And the people in the movie are hard to like (due to the way it is portrayed) so it isn't like all that engrossing.
09-04-06, 07:10 PM
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The Triplets of Belleville
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Originally Posted by BluesDawg
The Triplets of Belleville
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Overcoming is pretty good, kinda reminds me of Some Kind of Monster. I wish they showed more of Riis in the car though, barking instructions.
Any suugestion for documentary that shows alot of the behind-the-scenes stuff on the races?
Any suugestion for documentary that shows alot of the behind-the-scenes stuff on the races?
09-04-06, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by socalrider
Breaking Away while American Flyers wins for Best Comedy.. #30
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Breaking Away while American Flyers wins for Best Comedy..
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Breaking Away while American Flyers wins for Best Comedy..
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09-04-06, 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
beaking away is the best coming of age movie that happens to involve cycling. It's not a cycling movie. American Flyers is a pretty poor movie, but at least it is a cycling movie. Its the best hollywood, fictional, cycling movie almost by default. A lot of the other stuff listed in the thread is good, but my impression of the Op's intent was not including documentaries.
Excluding documentaries, for fictional movies that are really about cylcing, rather than using cycling as a backdrop, and excluding foreign films not widely distributed in the US, American Flyers wins, almost by default
Excluding documentaries, for fictional movies that are really about cylcing, rather than using cycling as a backdrop, and excluding foreign films not widely distributed in the US, American Flyers wins, almost by default
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Originally Posted by hiromian
Hey, thats a Gios on your Avatar, not a litespeed.
09-04-06, 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by socalrider
That's right.. When that picture was taken I was racing a Gios.. Frame cracked at the headtube and could not fix it.. Still one of my favorite bikes..
Your avitar photo was posted here or somewhere last year and I down-loaded it on to my hard drive. That photo is fantastic.
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It is my favorite pic.. It made into our local paper and was 1/2 page in size.. The photographer won an award for it.. I was chasing down a 2 man break at the time.. Caught them and my teammate and I worked the other rider over and finished 1-2.. I was 2nd place...
The Gios was a fantastic bike, great crit bike...
The Gios was a fantastic bike, great crit bike...
09-04-06, 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by socalrider
It is my favorite pic.. It made into our local paper and was 1/2 page in size.. The photographer won an award for it.. I was chasing down a 2 man break at the time.. Caught them and my teammate and I worked the other rider over and finished 1-2.. I was 2nd place...
The Gios was a fantastic bike, great crit bike...
The Gios was a fantastic bike, great crit bike...
Speaking of a good but touph story check out Penguin's post.
10-09-06, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Devil
"Rudy".
I think they showed some guy riding a bike in one scene.
To be honest, there aren't that many (fictional) cycling movies out there that are any good.
I think they showed some guy riding a bike in one scene.
To be honest, there aren't that many (fictional) cycling movies out there that are any good.
Funny man!
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Just watch the old and new races... plenty of drama
Drama, good characters, suspense. Thrill of victory, agony of defeat.... Go to https://www.worldcycling.com/merchant...VideoLand.html and get some of the dvd sets of real races.
Also, Pro: The Movie is very good about the US Pro Championships.
Who needs Hollywood's take on these when there is real life drama right there to watch?
- The 2003 TdF; Lance's closest call to losing the tour
- 98 Giro: Pantani, nuff said
- Most of the northern classic races like Fleche, Roubaix: Boonen, Hincapie, those freakin' cobbles!
- Lemond's Tdf victories, even when his own team was against him or when he was riding with pellets from a hunting accident still in his body?!!
Also, Pro: The Movie is very good about the US Pro Championships.
Who needs Hollywood's take on these when there is real life drama right there to watch?
10-09-06, 11:51 PM
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The 2nd disc in the Overcoming set. "Jens".
Jens: "I'm in the first line...I'm going to get gOOOOOOOiiinggg"
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Riis: "That boy is completely nuts. Absolutely".
Jens: "I'm in the first line...I'm going to get gOOOOOOOiiinggg"
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Riis: "That boy is completely nuts. Absolutely".
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The short trailer is easier to download...but if you can get it to work, the extended version is worth seeing and will give you a feel for the film.
Also, they have the old Cannondale ads on this page...
The short trailer is easier to download...but if you can get it to work, the extended version is worth seeing and will give you a feel for the film.
Also, they have the old Cannondale ads on this page...
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Originally Posted by DocRay
pee wee rules
10-10-06, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by stea1thviper
+1
the part where peewee beats all those racers wearing TT helmets was amazing stuff. i was inspired.
the part where peewee beats all those racers wearing TT helmets was amazing stuff. i was inspired.
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Try to find "death on the mountain" the Tommy Simpson story, great doc,gives you a look at how they did it back in the day.