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American Flyers (1985)
Directed by John Badham
“Two brothers challenge the road. And life itself.”
Drama · 1h 53m
When Dr. Marcus Sommers realizes that he and his troubled, estranged brother David may be prone a fatal brain disease that runs in their family, he decides to make peace with his sibling, and invites him on a trip to the Rockies. There, the brothers bond over their shared enthusiasm for cycling and decide to enter a grueling bike race through the mountains. However, Marcus' health soon begins to fail, and David must compete without his brother at his side.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- John Badham
- Screenplay
- Steve Tesich
- Director of Photography
- Donald Peterman
- Original Music Composer
- Greg Mathieson, Lee Ritenour
- Editor
- Jeff Jones, Frank Morriss, Dallas Puett
- Producer
- Gareth Wigan, Paula Weinstein
Details
- Release date
- 1985-08-16
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- WW Production, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Box office
- $1,400,000
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