American Flyers PG-13
Two brothers struggle to win a cycling competition and to regain the respect and affection they once shared.
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DVD-R Details
- ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 2.40:1
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 53 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: April 18, 2017
- Originally Released: 1985
- Label: Warner Archive Collection (MOD)
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Kevin Costner & David Marshall Grant | |
Performer: | Rae Dawn Chong, Alexandra Paul, Janice Rule, Luca Bercovici, Robert Townsend, Jennifer Grey & John Amos | |
Directed by | John Badham | |
Screenwriting by | Steve Tesich | |
Composition by | Greg Mathieson & Lee Ritenour | |
Director of Photography: | Donald Peterman |
Entertainment Reviews:
Scriptwriter Steve Tesich returns to bicycle racing, but he's forced to throw in a subplot about an incurable movie disease to make the thing work.
DVDLaser
Rating: 3/5 --
Offers a thrilling and positive portrait of cross-country biking.
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Spirituality and Practice
Rating: 3/5 --
Classic '80s sports movie. Surprising twist, and thrilling bike scenes.
About.com
Its overwelming sentimentality obscures the excitement of the race and some fine performances.
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Film4
Rating: 3/5 --
Good-hearted '80s biking movie has cursing, sex.
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Common Sense Media
Unfortunately, overblown production just pumps hot air in too many directions and comes up limp.
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Variety
Rating: 71/100 --
Thankfully, Costner and Grant are able to overcome the bumpy screenplay and ride American Flyers to a satisfying, if predictable, conclusion.
Apollo Guide
Description by OLDIES.com:
Two brothers who have never gotten along both decide to go to Colorado and participate in the most difficult bike race in the country. But a shadow hangs over them: their father died of an aneurysm and it is likely that one of them will be prone to the same ailment.
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- Sales Rank: 41,477
- UPC: 888574487164
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