The winners - American Flyers

Movie
German title	The winners - American Flyers
Original title	American Flyers
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1985
length	108 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	John Badham
script	Steve Tesich
production	Paula Weinstein , Gareth Wigan
music	Greg Mathieson , Lee Ritenour
camera	Donald Peterman
cut	Jeff Jones , Frank Morriss , Dallas Puett
occupation
Kevin Costner : Marcus Sommers David Marshall Grant : David Sommers Rae Dawn Chong : Sarah Alexandra Paul : Becky Janice Rule : Mrs. Sommers Luca Bercovici : Muzzin Robert Townsend : Jerome John Amos : Dr. Conrad Doi Johnson : Randolph John Garber : Belov Jennifer Gray : Leslie Steven Van Zandt : racing cyclist

The Winners - American Flyers (Original title: American Flyers ) is an American sports drama from 1985 . Directed by John Badham and written by Steve Tesich .

action

The father of the brothers Marcus and David Sommers dies of a cerebral aneurysm . Marcus, who works as a doctor, finds out that he has the same disease. He hides his findings from David, whom he instead accompanies on the The Hell of the West bike race over the Rocky Mountains .

Marcus starts next to David. Marcus' girlfriend, Sarah, accompanies the brothers during the trip.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on August 16, 1985 that the film told the story of cycling as well as that of the "worn out" relationships within the broken family. This is too much all at once and leaves many questions unanswered. The plot was constructed in such a way that the characters' crises would reach their climax at the end - which the critic described in a word that he himself censored a part of. Ebert praised the images of the bike race and the portrayal of Rae Dawn Chong.

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was "a respectable entertainment film with interesting, believable characters, relaxed dialogues and a fundamentally serious topic" .

backgrounds

The film was shot in Missouri , Kansas and Colorado against the backdrop of the Coors International Bicycle Classic . It grossed approximately $ 1.4 million in US cinemas .

Web links

• The winners - American Flyers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The winners - American Flyers in the Lexicon of International Films
• The winners - American Flyers at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Film review by Roger Ebert, accessed April 2, 2008
2. ↑ Die Sieger - American Flyers in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed April 2, 2008
3. ↑ Filming locations for American Flyers, accessed April 2, 2008
4. ↑ The Retrogrouch: America's Tour: The Coors Classic. In: bikeretrogrouch.blogspot.de. April 28, 2014, accessed April 16, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Box office results for American Flyers, accessed April 2, 2008