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by John Hyams
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Actor: Adriano Moraes, Justin McBride, Mike LeeDirector: John Hyams
Brand: Magnolia Pictures
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-09-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
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Movie Review: Close look at a death-defying sport . . .
Summary: 5 Stars
This IFC documentary portrays the life of professional bull riders by focusing on three of the best - Justin McBride, Adriano Moraes, and Mike Lee - all competing in the 2004 Professional Bull Riders final in Las Vegas. The film does not glamorize these men; nor does it find particular fault with them. But it does heighten the viewer's awareness of the sport's risk of physical injury and the riders' almost incomprehensible disregard of it. The camera follows McBride as he hobbles everywhere on an ankle held together with pins. Moraes strips down to shorts to show the scars of all his injuries, and the camera captures his winces of pain after rides that tear further at the damaged bicep of his left arm. A long, jagged scar shows along the right side of Lee's head from surgery following a concussion.
There is little talk of the million-dollar prize money, for these men are driven by a love of the sport that defies logic. Meanwhile, we learn something of their personal lives. Two are married - one of them has two children - and we get to meet the women in their lives. One of the men is a born-again Christian, with a fatalistic belief in a God who has given him athletic gifts and may one day take his life in the arena. Another represents a beer-drinking, cussing cowboy stereotype at a considerable distance from anything resembling piety. The film also takes some time to introduce viewers to the professional bullfighters whose job is to keep the bulls distracted after riders have been thrown or have dismounted. The film begins and ends with the Oklahoma stock growers who provide the bulls for the events. For anyone with even the remotest curiosity about this death-defying sport, this well-made film is illuminating and riveting. Also recommended: a fictional film about bull riding, "Cowboy Up."
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