American Flyers
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- Common Sense Age 13+
- Critics Consensus 65%
- HD
- CC
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- Drama
- 1 Hour 52 Minutes
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4.2 • 40 Ratings
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American Flyers takes you on the road for exciting world-class cycling competition as two brothers struggle to win a race and to regain the respect and affection they once shared. Achievement-oriented Marcus (Kevin Costner) is a nationally-ranked cyclist. Younger brother David (David Grant) is a drifter, content to cruise through life on a 10- speed. Time-and the painful events surrounding their father's death- have turned the siblings' differences into an open rift. So they try to bridge the gap by competing together in the Hell of the West, a grueling race through the Rocky Mountains. For the first time ever, the brothers train and race side-by-side...while each privately confronts a nagging fear: the congenital ailment that struck down their father could just suddenly strike one of them. Writer Steve Tesich, and Academy Award winner for his bike-racing opus Breaking Away, now captures the sport's excitement on an even larger scale.
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American Flyers takes you on the road for exciting world-class cycling competition as two brothers struggle to win a race and to regain the respect and affection they once shared. Achievement-oriented Marcus (Kevin Costner) is a nationally-ranked cyclist. Younger brother David (David Grant) is a drifter, content to cruise through life on a 10- speed. Time-and the painful events surrounding their father's death- have turned the siblings' differences into an open rift. So they try to bridge the gap by competing together in the Hell of the West, a grueling race through the Rocky Mountains. For the first time ever, the brothers train and race side-by-side...while each privately confronts a nagging fear: the congenital ailment that struck down their father could just suddenly strike one of them. Writer Steve Tesich, and Academy Award winner for his bike-racing opus Breaking Away, now captures the sport's excitement on an even larger scale.
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- Rent $2.99
- Buy $5.99
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Ratings and Reviews
Critics Consensus: American Flyers shifts between family drama and cycling action gears with enough strength to make this inspirational sports picture more than pedestrian.
Good-hearted '80s biking movie has cursing, sex.
Cast & Crew
- Cast
- Kevin Costner
- David Grant
- Rae Dawn Chong
- Alexandra Paul
- Janice Rule
- Luca Bercovici
- Robert Townsend
- John Amos
- Doi Johnson
- John Garber
- Jennifer Grey
- Director
- John Badham
- Producers
- Paula Weinstein
- Gereth Wigan
- Screenwriter
- Steve Tesich
Information
- Studio
- Warner Bros.
- Genre
- Drama
- Released
- Copyright
- © 1985 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Languages
- Primary
- English (Stereo, CC)
Accessibility
- CC
- Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.