"philcycles" <philcycles@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Prisoner at War wrote:
>> Based on a true story, etc. -- the movie trailer makes it sound like
>> there's a bit of technical stuff involved, too! I can't stand how
>> they just have to have a "faithful girlfriend angle" in order to draw
>> in the couples, but who knows, maybe this obsessive biker really did
>> have one in real life.
>>
>> So who's gonna see this flick? About time they had another bicycle
>> movie. I'm still waiting for one about NYC messengers! Preferably
>> some kinda Hitchcock sorta thriller (mysterious package which has
>> unnamed men in suits chasing our hero who dodges rush hour
>> traffic)...oops, that's supposed to be my secret project! Can't
>> figure out how to bring in the re***bents and tall bikes,
>> though...hmmmm....
>
> Obree was manic depressive and that's the hook for the movie. Good
> cycling movies are few and far between, There's a 4 hour miniseries
> about Major Taylor starring Phil Morris, Breaking Away and American
> Flyers, and The Bicycle Thief-just issued by Criterion on DVD in a
> beautifully restored edition.
> If you're looking for guys chasing an unnamed package you can't do
> better than Ronin by John Frankenheimer. Fantastic car chases and
> references to Japanese myths and movies. Doesn't get better than that.
PeeWee's Big Adventure. Greatest cycling movie of all times. He even
competes in the TdF. http://peeweeinthetourdefrance.ytmnd.com/
. Paul
Reubens would have been a huge star if it were not for that monkey
spanking
incident. -- Jay Beattie.
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