Favorite Cycling Movies/documentaries?

[fiamme red]

"Marinoni: The Fire in the Frame"

[fiamme red]

A link to this film was posted on the CR list last week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRt1gZqg5ag. I had wanted to see it for a long time, and was not disappointed.

It really brings us into the very lively cycling club culture of the time, before working people in northern England could afford cars. Cycling was a way to escape on weekends into quiet country lanes away from the dismal factories and crowded homes.

Honor Blackman is appealing and spirited as the star, 15 years before she became a Bond girl. A young Diana Dors and Anthony Newley are in the film too.

It's probably the only film I'll ever see where internal cable routing is important to the plot.

[Clean39T]

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0158446/

The French film "2 Seconds" is obscure, but delightful.

The cranky shop mechanic would fit right in on the Paceline

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[spacemen3]

I'll add these two to the list:

• Vive le Tour (1962)
• Battle of the Bikes - Boardman v Obree (1994)

[572cv]

A Short, if you an find it:

‘L’ecole des factures’, by Jacques Tati. Sort of Charlie Chaplin on a bike, sometimes packaged with ‘Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday ‘ . Both obscure, funny, and charming.

[paredown]

Warning: Canadian content...

An old inspiration for us when there was almost nothing about cycling to be found--a Canadian National Film Board documentary shot in Quebec--of the 11th St-Laurent long-distance bicycle race held in Quebec in the summer of 1965

Rudimentary film-making--but interesting as a historical artifact:
https://www.nfb.ca/film/60_cycles_en/

[fignon's barber]

I'm going with Andy Schleck in.....Le Velo :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn0FF1KwL4I

[quickfeet]

The road uphill (on amazon prime now)

9 ball diaries

Transition 1&2

Off-road to Athens

The list goes on and on...

[deechee]

Hell on Wheels (Höllentour)

Definitely the most enjoyable documentary I ever saw.

I really should re-watch les Triplettes but man, all I remember was falling asleep in the theatre when I watched it the first time and thinking why I did I pay to watch this :P

[drewski]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041203/

A boy, a girl, and a bike. Shows some amazing bikes from the 1940's.
With Anthony Newley in his yout.

Storyline
When a local cycle club, invite a couple of new members to join them, little do the club realise, that they will soon be involved in a couple of illegal bookmakers putting the squeeze on the son of one of the Members, a stolen bike, a deserting soldier on the run from the police, and a love triangle, that's bound to lead to trouble. During the late 40's and the early 50's, there seem to be hundreds of these clubs. This film shows a fascinating look at a North Country mill town, with a refreshing absence of traffic jams, yellow lines , traffic wardens, and other things we have become accustomed to seeing on our roads today.

[rePhil]

Maybe hard to find now, but "All for One", a feel good movie about Team Orica Scott, Greenedge,Mitchelton as they are known today. Similar to their Backstage Pass videos.
I can't believe that I was able to convince my wife to go to the theater. She really enjoyed it. There weren't very many people there, but 90% were women.

[Volksbike]

A little dated, but Breaking Away.


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[martl]

Originally Posted by Clean39T

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0158446/

The French film "2 Seconds" is obscure, but delightful.

Parpaillon ("up and down") by Luc Moullet. Also french, also weird, also delightful. And i'm pretty sure its a documentary of a paceline group ride.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXdyvKKM4rY

[PaMtbRider]

Eat, Race, Win is a pretty good series on Amazon prime. It follows Team Orica Scott at the 2017 Tour de France. It focuses on the chef and crew preparing meals for the team and how they try to source local food.

[AngryScientist]

Originally Posted by PaMtbRider

Eat, Race, Win is a pretty good series on Amazon prime. It follows Team Orica Scott at the 2017 Tour de France. It focuses on the chef and crew preparing meals for the team and how they try to source local food.

i agree, i enjoyed that mini series. it was an interesting look into not only the food aspect but some other behind the scenes logistics and downtime of the teams and staff on a grand tour.