Bicycle Dreams
by Stephen Auerbach
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Director: Stephen AuerbachPrimary Contributor: Jure Robic
Primary Contributor: Bob Breedlove
Primary Contributor: Chris MacDonald
Primary Contributor: Catharina Berge
Primary Contributor: Marko Baloh
Primary Contributor: Patrick Autissier
Primary Contributor: Chris Hopkinson
Primary Contributor: Fabio Biasiolo
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Running Time: 104 minutes
Published: 2010
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Auerfilms
Product features:
- Featuring: Jure Robic, Chris MacDonald, Bob Breedlove
- Winner of Fifteen Film Festivals
- Runtime: 104 minutes
- Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Movie Reviews of Bicycle Dreams
Movie Review: Storytelling at it's best
Summary: 5 Stars
When I ordered this film, I was already familiar with the Race Across America (RAAM) from my ties with the local American Diabetes Association here in RTP. One of the founders of Team Type I (TTI) had spoken of RAAM at a recent event with the juvenile diabetes support group. To hear the effort it took complete RAAM as a team, I could only imagine the effort it would take in the individual competition. "Bicycle Dreams" quickly took the images I formed in my mind about the individual competition and put them into real perspective. Stephen Auerbach sets the initial stage with interviews of several competitors, but you are not sure if these crazy people have already completed the race or if this was pre-race material. What really catches you off guard, is the fact that these folks are not crazy. They are, for the most part, normal cyclists with a desire to compete at the extreme endurance level. Each one of the profiled riders is slowly introduced and their story developed over the next seven days. There is no focus on the equipment or anything other than the riders themselves. Within the first few minutes of actual race coverage, you start to feel like you are part a support team. As the documentary continues, you are drawn deeper into the fray that is RAAM. By the end, you are left with utmost respect for those that race. The photography is on par with most documentaries and it seems at times that there is not a portion of the race that escapes the many embedded camera operators. As a volunteer photographer for several charity rides in my area, I quickly realize that there is a finite set of shots and inevitably some shots will all start looking the same. This is somewhat true with the photography in the film, but fine editing and the backdrop of the American landscape distracts from any repeat offender sequences.
This documentary will touch your heart. The feeling left with me after watching the film is one of great respect for the competitors, their support teams, and families.
Summary of Bicycle Dreams
Bicycle Dreams is the powerful true story of the Race Across America, a 3000-mile bicycle race that challenges riders to cross the country in just ten days. They must overcome searing desert heat, agonizing mountain climbs, and endless stretches of open road, all while battling extreme exhaustion and sleep deprivation. But what begins as the adventure of a lifetime is transformed in an instant when tragedy strikes the race. These voyagers discover what is truly at stake as they pedal on, praying for the deliverance only the finish line can bring. By journey's end, some are saved, others are lost, but all learn that the fuel that takes a soul toward its own true destiny is desire.Bicycle Dreams has won over 15 major awards, including Best Documentary at the Las Vegas, Yosemite, Solstice, and Grand Rapids film festivals. For more on the film, including a trailer, photos, and reviews, visit www.bicycledreamsmovie.com
Also available now is the Bicycle Dreams/Race Across America 2-Pack, which includes director Stephen Auerbach's first cycling film, Race Across America. At under $40 for these two critically acclaimed films, it's an unbeatable deal. Check out www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0045EJLZW for details.
What the critics are saying:
"Bicycle Dreams is a beautiful film that probes deeply into the sport's heart of darkness, offering an inspiring glimpse at the high price of glory." --USA Today
"Winner of fifteen film festival awards, Bicycle Dreams is a truly gripping film, with more drama in 8 days than an entire Tour De France. Bicycle Dreams is riveting, possibly because it's less about bikes and more about people. It's a fierce human drama with bikes simply and literally being the vehicles for hope, pain, disillusionment, despair, happiness, effort, and as the title suggests, dreams. It's an impressive, inspirational film." --CinemaTalk
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