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Tour de Cinéma
updated: Jun 25, 2012, 11:25 AM

By Edhat Subscriber

My friends & I want to view as many cycling movies as we can this summer as we get into the spirit of the upcoming Tour de France.

What are some of the classics & some of the not so often viewed gems? Thanks

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COMMENT 291197	2012-06-25 11:37 AM
Breaking Away.....there is no second. The worst stinker is Quicksilver.
COMMENT 291199	2012-06-25 11:38 AM
I highly recommend the classic from 1979, "Breaking Away."
COMMENT 291200	2012-06-25 11:40 AM
"Breaking Away".
BULLSEYEB	2012-06-25 11:44 AM
199 and 200 beat me to it! Favorite line? "It's OK, Cyril. I understand." or "I don't want any more (bleeped for Edhat) 'idi' food!" LOVE this movie!!!
COMMENT 291203P	2012-06-25 11:47 AM
"Refund? . . . Refund?!!"
COMMENT 291204	2012-06-25 11:47 AM
You might want to watch some movies with drug use, since most if not all of the cyclists in the "Tour de Farce" are doped up. And yes, I am being cynical, but how could someone ride hundreds of miles each day for weeks on end without the use of something to enhance them.
COMMENT 291207	2012-06-25 11:50 AM
A Sunday in Hell Stars & Watercarriers American Flyers Il Grande Fausto (supposed to be good, may only be in Italian and not sure if it is subtitled) Overcoming (documentary about Team CSC) And sort of related: The Triplets of Belleville (bizarre, but interesting animated film) There are surely more.
COMMENT 291213P	2012-06-25 11:58 AM
American Flyers!
COMMENT 291215P	2012-06-25 12:05 PM
Hate to break it to you 204, but sadly, many paid athletes in ALL sports dope. Cycling seems to be the ONLY sport that's serious about putting a stop to doping as evidenced by the myriad tests participants are subjected. This can't even be compared to the farce that the NFL, NBA & MLB supposedly put their players through. Look at all the "lifetime" bans numerous players in those have been handed down & yet the same offenders are always back. Hmmmm Get over it and let's get on with a great list of cycling flicks.
COMMENT 291222	2012-06-25 12:41 PM
The Bicycle Thief Breaking Away The Triplets of Belleville A Sunday in Hell Pee Wee's Big Adventure American Flyers
COMMENT 291226	2012-06-25 12:58 PM
The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
REXOFSB	2012-06-25 01:06 PM
There's the scene in the Wizard of Oz when Miss Gulch rides airborne on her bike past Dorothy's farmhouse as it's carried off by the tornado. But then the bike magically turns into a broom, so if you're a purist, this might not count as strictly a bicycle movie.
MACSCIDOR	2012-06-25 01:24 PM
The Flying Scotsman _starring Jonny Lee Miller_ in the true story of Graeme Obree, the champion cyclist who built his bicycle from old bits of washing machines .... and cycled on local roads to train.
COMMENT 291238	2012-06-25 01:30 PM
Rad (1986)
COMMENT 291240	2012-06-25 01:33 PM
238 just beat me to it...
COMMENT 291249	2012-06-25 02:03 PM
I forgot the Flying Scotsman. Very good movie!
COMMENT 291255	2012-06-25 02:22 PM
ET
COMMENT 291259	2012-06-25 02:36 PM
Pee Wee's Big Adventure. It's how bike nuts feel about their bikes. And gotta love a cruiser in the peleton.
BULLSEYEB	2012-06-25 02:37 PM
@203P: Good one! LOL LOL
COMMENT 291270	2012-06-25 03:11 PM
I definitely recommend you take our advice and watch Triplets of Belleville! it's animated but it's amazing.
COMMENT 291271	2012-06-25 03:16 PM
Fat Ass Gets a Bike
COMMENT 291272	2012-06-25 03:17 PM
Hell on Wheels. A TDF documentary from 2004. Very dry, but informative, with the bike stars of the day
COMMENT 291276	2012-06-25 03:54 PM
Red Light - Go! Above the Law. And personally my fav, Do these bike shorts make my butt look big?
COMMENT 291277	2012-06-25 03:55 PM
This may be the quirkiest recommendation you get but I suggest Key Exchange.
COMMENT 291296	2012-06-25 06:00 PM
Joe kid on a Sting-ray
COMMENT 291317	2012-06-25 07:48 PM
I second Bicycle Thief and Pee Wee's Big Adventure. Napolean Dynamite has some great bike scenes too (watch out for that steak!)
COMMENT 291331	2012-06-25 08:57 PM
I believe the Mary Poppins movie has quite a bit of cycling in it. Otherwise, you and your buds might do well by watching some Italian gladiator movies from the 50's and 60's.
COMMENT 291339P	2012-06-25 09:19 PM
"Ride the Divide" It's about mountain biking, but anything on two wheels counts.
COMMENT 291341P	2012-06-25 09:22 PM
Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid. Katharine Ross in the bicycle scene.
COMMENT 291348P	2012-06-26 02:01 AM
"Dog Day Afternoon." Oh, wait... you said bicycle. "Dog Day Afternoon" is bisexual. Never mind.
COMMENT 291378	2012-06-26 07:17 AM
Ride the Divide
COMMENT 291550	2012-06-26 01:07 PM
the car jk
COMMENT 291575	2012-06-26 02:04 PM
Kelsea eats rubber in the parking lot with her momma.
COMMENT 291635	2012-06-26 04:40 PM
Look on Vimeo,com for a series called "64 days - Part 1" or "Project Pedal." 64 Days parts 1 through part 8 are blogs for a independent feature film coming out called "For Thousands of Miles." It's quite a story and very well done. (from Kickstarter): Project Pedal is an independent documentary about the shift in perspective after traveling alone, for thousands of miles, by bicycle from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic ocean. Sharing people's motivations to leave everything behind, and to understand what they each take away from their overwhelming and painful journey.
COMMENT 291680P	2012-06-26 06:45 PM
Here's the compilation so far: Cycling Movies *All Time Classics A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (UK, 1949) *A Sunday in Hell (En forårsdag i Helvede) (Danish,1976) Above the Law (Dirt bikes) *American Flyers (USA, 1985) Beijing Bicycle (Taiwan/China, 2001) *Bicycle Thief (Ladri di Biciclette) (Italy, 1948) BMX Bandits (USA, 1983) Breaking Away (USA, 1979) *Flying Scotsman ((Germany/UK, 2006) Greatest Show on Earth (Giro d'Italia) (Italy, 1974) *Hell on Wheels (Höllentour) (Germany, 2004) Jour de Fete (France, 1949) *Key Exchange (Comedy) (USA, 1985) Messengers (Japan, 1999) *Pee Wee's Big Adventure (USA, 1985) Quicksilver (USA, 1986) Rad (BMX biking) (USA, 1986) Red Light, Go (Messenger bikes) (USA, 2002) Ride the Divide (Mtn biking) (USA, 2010) *Stars & Watercarriers (TDF Eddy Merckx (Stjernerne og vandbærerne) (Denmark, 1974) The Day I Became a Woman (Roozi Khe Zan Shodam) (Iran, 2000) *Triplets of Belleville (Les Triplettes de Belville) (France/Belgium/Canada, 2003) *Two Seconds (Deux Secondes) (Canada, 1998) Une Affaire d’ Hommes (France, 1981) Vélo de Ghislain Lambert (France/Belgium, 2001)
COMMENT 291992	2012-06-27 12:54 PM
Breaking away!!! Dennis Quaid at his best....I used to swim in those quarries as a kid, the water was like Hawaii!!! Those cliffs are 60 feet high!!!

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