Hej kamrater Jag fick ett brev från Seamus D. King redaktör för Byke Kultuur Never om filmer med cykelanknytning. Läs åxå gärna Byke Kultuur Never - länk allra längst ned på sidan här - ironiskt och kul om cyklar.
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The list of recumbent films at... [ http://64.4.16.250:80/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=SV&lah=a83193ef667ca2bc542dfc... ]http://uk.geocities.com/mikstar123/films.html has grown.
Bugsy Malone (1976) Features a whole load of pedal-power cars, a bit like a Brox with a big body built around it. Childrens musical set in the days of prohibition Chicago. Songs dubbed.
Americathon (1979) Set in the not-so-distant future a desperate president tries to save the USA by raising money with a telethon! Features several hpv's and a prone tandem. Directed by Neal Israel.
Brainstorm (1983) Science-fiction film in which Christopher Walken's character, Michael Brace, is twice seen riding an Avatar 2000 recumbent bicycle.
A Night in Heaven (1983) Stars Christopher Atkins and features an Easyracer Tour Easy.
2010: Odyssey Two (1984) (Often known as, ten past eight) Early on the hero is seen jogging down a road with son riding alongside on a recumbent trike approximately the size of Rutland. Sequel to classic science fiction film 2001: a Space Odyssey.
Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves (1991) stars Kevin Costner, previously seen in American Flyers doesn't actually feature any recumbents but Neil Coles from Kilham, nr Wooler, Northumberland, was an extra in it and he rides a Ross Festina and his partner Sue rides a Kingcycle!
Fire Next Time (1992) Global warming, eco-disaster movie set in the near future. Initially set in Louisiana with occasional glimpses of fully faired recumbents. Later stars Craig T. Nelson and Jurgen Pruchnow are seen riding a pair of LWB Linears with ASS.
The Flintstones (1994) Features a working, yet slightly stoneaged looking recumbent trike. Live action version of the original cartoon.
Mixed Nuts (1994) Comedy with Steve Martin. Possibly a Rans Rocket makes an appearance.
Get on the Bus (1996) Black men on a cross country bus trip to the Million Man March. Directed by Spike Lee. Various SWBs are seen.
Ngo si sui (1998) Who am I? Jackie Chan directed and starred in this comedy action film about a secret agent who loses his memory. At one point he rides an HP Velotechnik Streetmachine.
The Straight Story (1999) There is a sequence when a group of cyclist pass Straight's ride-on mower. The group includes "more than one" recumbent. Directed by David Lynch
Bicentenial Man (1999) A faired BikeE makes a brief appearance. Robin Williams stretches his skills playing an android called Andrew. Andrew the Android? Doh!
The Lathe of Heaven (2003) Based upon a book by Ursula K. Le Guin, this is a remake of a 1980s TV Film. Set in the future, James Caan plays a psychiatrist whose dreams alter reality, as do those of a patient. In the first few minutes of the movie they show a recumbent tandem and a bunch of people riding other recumbents... apparently, in the world of the movie, recumbents are the normal bicycle transportation used by everyday folks.
There's also now a site, not mine, dedicated solely to recumbent sightings in movies... [ http://64.4.16.250:80/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=SV&lah=1e93825c4364ec7ad814be... ]http://www.geocities.com/z88nd/moviebents.html
ta-ta, Seamus.
Read, "Byke Kultuur Never," at.... [ http://64.4.16.250:80/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=SV&lah=ae4b0bfa273f1e791c794a... ]http://uk.geocities.com/bykekultuur/never.html
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Jan-Inge Ljungberg