Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site rocky2.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!lll-crg!seismo!cmcl2!rna!rocky2!reintom From: reintom@rocky2.UUCP (Tom Reingold) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Re: American Flyers Message-ID: <140@rocky2.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 22:52:36 EST Article-I.D.: rocky2.140 Posted: Wed Nov 6 22:52:36 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Nov-85 16:43:03 EST References: <8511052019.AA07921@kim> Organization: Rockefeller Univ., N.Y.C. 10021 Lines: 16 >Whatever happened to Hollywood's latest and greatest bicycle racing film, >American Flyers? Did it die at the box office? It was supposed to be >released in coordination with the Coors Bicycle Classic, but I never saw >it at any local theater (I saw a special screening). > >--Gordon Hamachi > > Yes, it bombed at the box office. I saw it in the short time it played here in New York. I liked it quite a bit, but looking back at it, I realize that it had far more in the way of race scenes than in the way of real dramatic content. I don't know what it could have offered for someone who is not an avid fan of the sport. Tom Reingold