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Release Date:
26 April 2007 (New Zealand)
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Tagline:
Hope made him a dreamer. Heart made him a hero. more
Plot:
The true story of Graeme Obree, the Champion cyclist who built his bicycle from old bits of washing machines who won his championship only to have his title stripped from him and his mental health problems which he has suffered since. full summary | full synopsis
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Courier
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Based On True Story
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7 nominations
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(2 articles)
Martin Phipps: Endgame
(From MovieScore Magazine. 3 December 2008, 1:01 PM, PST)
Worth Watching - July 20: Greg Kinnear's Flash of Genius Trailer
(From FirstShowing.net. 20 July 2008, 7:20 AM, PDT)
(From MovieScore Magazine. 3 December 2008, 1:01 PM, PST)
Worth Watching - July 20: Greg Kinnear's Flash of Genius Trailer
(From FirstShowing.net. 20 July 2008, 7:20 AM, PDT)
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Does justice to the legend
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jonny Lee Miller | ... | Graeme Obree | |
| Sean Brown | ... | Young Graeme Obree | |
| Joseph Carney | ... | Child Gang Leader | |
| Crawford McInally-Kier | ... | First Child Bully | |
| Jan Plazalski | ... | Second Child Bully | |
| Niall Macgregor | ... | Graeme's Father | |
| Julie Austin | ... | Graeme's Mother | |
| Morag Calder | ... | First Office Receptionist | |
| Billy Boyd | ... | Malky | |
| Laura Fraser | ... | Anne Obree | |
| Jean Marie Coffey | ... | Woman at Finish Line | |
| Christopher Anderson | ... | Baby Ewan | |
| Brian Cox | ... | Douglas Baxter | |
| Ron Donachie | ... | Scobie | |
| Morven Christie | ... | Katie |
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Also Known As:
Flying Scotsman - Allein zum Ziel (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some mature thematic elements and strong language.
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96 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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USA:PG-13 |
Singapore:PG |
Ireland:15A |
UK:15 |
Germany:6 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
New Zealand:M
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David Tennant was cast in this film but had to drop out because of changed dates.
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Anachronisms: Several vehicles on the 1993 Glasgow streets are models not available at that time (including a Vauxhall Tigra introduced in 1994, and a Ford Focus, which was not introduced until 1998).
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A "true story"? Just how true is it really?Was Graeme Obree Jonny Lee Miller's double for the cycling in the film?
Has the film anything to do with the steam train, The Flying Scotsman?
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As director Douglas MacKinnon said making a good sports film is difficult and the road is littered with heroic failures. This is a good film partly because it is about cycling, a minority sport every nuance of which is not ingrained on the public consciousness, and partly because it is a well made piece of work which tells an amazing story. It does take liberties with the Obree story as anyone who has read his book will notice, but these are generally fairly minor and do not detract from dramatic piece. The acting is universally great as you would expect from actors of the stature of Brian Cox, Stephen Berkoff etc, and Johnny Lee Miller does a superb job as tortured genius Graeme Obree. The message is uplifting by demonstrating that those who have had an unhappy childhood and suffer from a mental illness can go on and achieve a huge amount in life as Graeme did, despite many setbacks and intransigent officialdom.