Cycling Movies

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Rockn Robin

Senior Member
Location
Arizona
Has anybody watched the documentary called "The Road Uphill?" I just found it this morning on Amazon Prime. I thought, awesome, a great story of the Schleck brothers. But, unfortunately, it's all English subtitles. Not much really bothers, me, but watching something with subtitles does. You either watch the video, or spend the entire scene reading. So many movies are like this, and many cycling movies/documentaries fall into that category. There are some that have voice overdubs, where the actual person starts talking, and shorty after the individual doing the overdubbing takes over eliminating those annoying subtitles. Grant you, there are some movies where parts of it incorporate subtitles, that's fine, but the entire movie is really annoying. Last night I found and watched a great documentary about Marco Pantini, called "The Accidental Death of a Cyclist." It was awesome. Yes, there was some subtitles, but not throughout the documentary. It's funny I should find that now because I mentioned him in a thread I started called, "Your Favorite Cyclist."
 
Overcoming - a good documentary about Team CSC (in English and Danish).


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2FBVnM_88U
 
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Rockn Robin

Rockn Robin

Senior Member
Location
Arizona
Premium rush is a crap work of fiction


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn6ie1zCkZU




Deathgrip on Netflix is a superb showcase for Brendon Fairclough's (and friends) mastery of a bike


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8c-sWCmjQI




Red Bull TV has a dedicated bike channel with something for everyone

https://www.redbull.com/int-en/tv/channel/bike



I didn't mind Premium Rush, but it was a bit unbelievable. Messenger cyclists are daredevilish, for sure, but in this movie it was a bit over the top.
 

hoopdriver

Guru
Location
East Sussex
Perhaps I am showing my age, but for me it is kind of hard to go past the 1979 movie Breaking Away. A delightful cycling and coming of age movie.

And then of course there is the 1948 Italian classic Bicycle Thieves (or, The Bicycle Thief as it was called in its US release)

Both brilliant.
 
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