On Wed, 02 May 2007 11:03:32 -0700, Jay Beattie wrote:
> "philcycles" <philcycles@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:1178122963.561581.303030@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> 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.
I saw PeeWee's Big Adventure at the NYC Bicycle Film Festival with an
audience composed almost entirely of cyclists. When PeeWee discovered that
his bicycle had been stolen, you could feel the collective shudder move
its way through the crowd.
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