Best cycling films?

[Breezy1985]

For any of the Irish on here " The Rider" is currently available to rent on the Irish Film Institute website

https://www.ifihome.ie/

 

[Flyjin3]

“Wonderful Losers: A Different World”

One of the best cycling movies ever made, no doubt about it

 

[Metier]

Hi - does anyone know how to stream the film Chasing Legends (2010 htc documentary). I cant seem to find one anywhere (even using korean search characters on Youtube - hack from teenager)

All for one can be rented on Youtube - cracking watch

The Move (LA podcast) has done a couple of 'best of' roubaix and flanders which are quite entertaining.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGSQyslHYcw&list=WL&index=26

 

[jaylew]

This could have been posted elsewhere but I haven't been around too much lately and could have missed it - the De Ronde Behind the Scenes by Flanders Classics is finally up for the 2020 race. Haven't watched yet but they're all fabulous.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESNeRrkrf9M

 

[Panda Claws]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIkJOZFNvI4

 

[guamfw]

Not all films can be just about cycling; some only feature the bicycle but are closely connected with the characters. After all, the bicycle is not just a professional sport. The bicycle is available to everyone, so it can easily fit into any story. Last time, I watched The Flying Scotsman on the movie site https://www.999flix.com/movie. I liked the quality of the movie and the no commercials. This biographical film tells the story of world champion and two-time world record holder in the hour race, Graham Aubrey. I would love to watch this movie again in the future.

 

[Sciatic]

Not all films can be just about cycling; some only feature the bicycle but are closely connected with the characters. After all, the bicycle is not just a professional sport. The bicycle is available to everyone, so it can easily fit into any story.

True. So we can add “E.T.” To the list

 

[fmk_RoI]

Some Japanese keirin-related films:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1570485513353850882

View: https://twitter.com/fmk_RoI/status/1570485513353850882

 

[fmk_RoI]

Also: the story of the greatest cycling film never made? Or would it have been cycling's Escape to Victory?

The Yellow Jersey

It was to be based on a 1970s novel of dubious quality:

Speaking to the press about their source material, Hurne's novel, Hoffman and Welland were quite scathing about The Yellow Jersey. "They say, the better the book, the worse the film; the worse the novel, the better the film," offered Hoffman, while Welland was even more blunt: "I cannot say I am impressed by the book but we won't know what we have until I finish the first draft." You imagine all anyone in Hollywood saw in the novel was a title and the basic plot idea. And they'd probably have changed the plot. And the title.

Michael Cimino (The Deer Hunter, Heaven's Gate) was down to direct. Dustin Hoffman (Tootsie) was down to star. Jørgen Leth (some obscure Danish films) was onboard as adviser / second-unit director. Carl Foreman (High Noon) was the producer. Colin Welland (Chariots of Fire) was writing the script.

The whole thing got stuck in the Hollywood turnaround gyratory system. At one stage Harrison Ford was talked of as starring. At another point Mickey Rourke was actually signed to star. But .. it never happened. Leth shot some second-unit background stuff at the Tour in 1986 but after the production company went bankrupt all that footage got lost in the vaults.

 

[Wyndbrook]

Also: the story of the greatest cycling film never made? Or would it have been cycling's Escape to Victory?

The Yellow Jersey

It was to be based on a 1970s novel of dubious quality:

Michael Cimino (The Deer Hunter, Heaven's Gate) was down to direct. Dustin Hoffman (Tootsie) was down to star. Jørgen Leth (some obscure Danish films) was onboard as adviser / second-unit director. Carl Foreman (High Noon) was the producer. Colin Welland (Chariots of Fire) was writing the script.

The whole thing got stuck in the Hollywood turnaround gyratory system. At one stage Harrison Ford was talked of as starring. At another point Mickey Rourke was actually signed to star. But .. it never happened. Leth shot some second-unit background stuff at the Tour in 1986 but after the production company went bankrupt all that footage got lost in the vaults.

Your mentiong Jorgen Leth reminds me to watch possibly the 'greatest cycling film ever made' again.

 

[fmk_RoI]

Your mentiong Jorgen Leth reminds me to watch possibly the 'greatest cycling film ever made' again.

Quicksilver? Kevin Bacon is the GOAT.

 

[RedheadDane]

Quicksilver? Kevin Bacon is the GOAT.

Gotta be "Stars and Watercarriers".