Alexandra Paul, David Grant, David Marshall Grant
American Flyers could roughly be referred to as a cross between Breaking Away (also written by Steve Tesich) and Brian's Song. Sports physician Marcus (Kevin Costner, sporting a ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 21, 1999
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June 18, 2008This is a 1985 movie with a very young Kevin Costner in it. The medical test scenes were laughable! I also can't believe someone would refuse to have surgery for a cerebral aneurysm because of the risk of becoming a vegetable, yet participate in a grueling bicycle race where the ...( read more)
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March 29, 2007This movie was a lot better than it should have been. Costner as the sick and dying brother does a good job here.
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June 20, 2008Kevin Costner and David Grant play brothers that have become estranged after their fathers death. Costner is a champion bike racer that convinces Grant to compete with him in The Hell Of The West, the toughest bicycyle race in the country. They train together, and try to rebuild ...( read more)
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September 7, 2009if there was a oscar for greatest on screen mustache... we have a life time winner!
all round, there is not much great acting but when the 80's went full steam with highlighting every sport out there, they didnt go wronmg in including bike racing!
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August 25, 2009This film is a film that you can watch over and over, and still feel happy inside.
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June 6, 2007i saw american flyers at the causeway twin cinema theatre,in mandeville,back in august,16,1985,i was 22 years old,i have a ten speed bike,it's called mountain fury,the same bike that kevin costner rode in the movie american flyers!i rode my bike,in my apartment complex,me and the cowboys were riding our bike,after we saw the movie american flyers!im a cowboy and country boy, i lived in san antonio texas!i saw george strait at the farmer's daughter country and western bar, i was 29 years old!george was 40 years old,after he was in the movie pure country, it was filmed in texas!i moved to texas back in 1994! Bobby Pounds!
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