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Overall Rank: 32453
Average Rating: 2.8/4
# of Ratings: 2
Theatrical Release Date: 12/29/2006
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Sport
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Douglas Mackinnon
Actors: Jonny Lee Miller, Billy Boyd, Laura Fraser, Brian Cox, Steven Berkoff, Philip Wright
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"The Flying Scotsman" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 01/25/2012
I normally avoid sports films because they're very predictable and essentially all the same; let's face it, if they'd f**ked it up, nobody would've made a film about them. The story of Graeme Obree however, is quite an interesting one. A former bicycle courier from a working class Scottish town, Obree went on to become double world champion on a bike he made himself out of old washing machine parts. He did this despite suffering from an intense depression that caused him to attempt suicide and the interference of the sport's governing body who repeatedly changed the rules to specifically try and stop him competing because his DIY attitude threatened the big money manufacturing concerns within the sport. As such it is a facinating combination of the usual triumph of the human spirit …
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