BMX bandits

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Movie
German title The BMX gang
Original title BMX bandits
Country of production Australia
original language English
Publishing year 1983
length 87 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Brian Trenchard-Smith
script Patrick Edgeworth
Russell Hagg
production Tom Broadbridge
Paul F. Davies
music Colin Stead
Frank Strangio
camera John Seale
cut Alan Lake
occupation

BMX-Bandits (alternative title on television and in the GDR: The BMX-Gang ) is an Australian action comedy directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith from 1983 . The leading roles were played by David Argue , John Ley and Nicole Kidman .

action

Young people PJ, Goose and Judy live in Manly near Sydney , where a spectacular bank robbery is making headlines. All three are trying to raise money for a BMX course to provide their club with a training ground. The three of them find a packet of two-way radios that they want to sell without knowing that they are police radios. It turns out that the equipment belongs to the gang that robbed the bank and is planning another one. The gangsters now chase PJ, Goose and Judy, who manage to escape several times on their BMX bikes. The police are now also looking for the teenagers, assuming they stole the radios. Meanwhile, the gang leader is putting more and more pressure on his henchmen as the police are now suspicious of them. When the police arrested the three youths and got the radios back, the three were released with a sharp warning. Barely in freedom, Judy is kidnapped by the criminals. They ask for the radios in exchange for Judy. Since PJ and Goose no longer have the radios, they call all the BMX riding children in town together to trick the criminals with a fake package that they have prepared beforehand so that Judy has enough time to escape. When the criminals see through the trick and want to harm Judy, the other children show up and attack the men. As the criminals flee, Goose and PJ are able to jump on a truck and cause an accident in which the scene of the accident is wrapped in fire fighting foam and the criminals are arrested. After the gangsters were arrested, the bank donated the long-awaited BMX course to the young people.

Reviews

The criticism of the British "Empire Magazine" indicated that Nicole Kidman demonstrated her talent in the film. The plot was described as "far too silly to explain" ("the plot is far too silly to explain").

The lexicon of international films wrote that BMX-Bandits is a "professionally made children's film, which is primarily intended to promote the sale of BMX bikes".

Awards

The film received four nominations for the Australian Film Institute Award in 1984 , including for script, for editing and for David Argue .

Production background

Nicole Kidman played her first role in a movie in "The BMX Gang".

In the credits or the last section you can hear “Kangaroo Heart” by Colin Stead and “BMX Bandits” by The Papers. Both variants are generally named, but mean the same song. The original title of the piece, however, is "Ready to Fly" and is from The Papers.

publication

With over 4 million visitors, the film was a great success in the GDR cinemas .

The film was released on DVD in German-speaking countries in 2006. A new DVD release and the first Blu-ray release in German-speaking countries took place on March 7, 2014.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BMX bandits. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ Record information on "discogs.com"
  3. ^ Philipp Kohlhöfer: The Moto-Crossies . In: Spiegel Online . February 12, 2008 ( online [accessed September 22, 2015]).
  4. ↑ Die BMX-Gang , in: Amazon.de , accessed on December 23, 2013
  5. ↑ Die BMX-Gang , in: Amazon.de , accessed on Oct. 8, 2017
  6. ↑ Die BMX-Gang , in: Amazon.de , accessed on Oct. 8, 2017