American Flyers (1985)
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63% of critics liked it
(19 reviews) -
56% of users liked it
(7,277 ratings)
It takes a fierce three-day bicycle race up in the mountains to reunite two formerly feuding brothers in this film written by Steve Tesich, the creator of another cycle movie, 1979's Breaking Away. This film will please the cycling lovers out there, as it includes actual footage taken from the… More It takes a fierce three-day bicycle race up in the mountains to reunite two formerly feuding brothers in this film written by Steve Tesich, the creator of another cycle movie, 1979's Breaking Away. This film will please the cycling lovers out there, as it includes actual footage taken from the famous Coors International Bicycle Classic, held in the Colorado Rockies. The plot revolves around the suspicion that one of the two brothers -- either the pragmatic sports doctor Marcus (Kevin Costner) or the impudent, driven David (David Marshall Grant) -- is likely afflicted with an inherited tendency toward cerebral aneurysms. ~ Rovi
- Directed By
- John Badham
- Written By
- Steve Tesich
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Aug 16, 1985 Wide
- On DVD
- Dec 21, 1999
- Studio
- Warner Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
Unfortunately, overblown production just pumps hot air in too many directions and comes up limp.
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Wally Hammond, Time Out
A pleasant, straight-down-the-road, cliché-ridden ride.
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Vincent Canby, New York Times
The performances aren't bad, but they aren't good enough to give the film the heft it doesn't otherwise have.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
American Flyers is shaky at the core, because it tries to tap-dance around its own central issues.
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Douglas Pratt, DVDLaser
Scriptwriter Steve Tesich returns to bicycle racing, but he's forced to throw in a subplot about an incurable movie disease to make the thing work.
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Cast
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Kevin Costner
as Marcus Sommers
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David Marshall Grant
as David Sommers
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Rae Dawn Chong
as Sarah
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Alexandra Paul
as Becky
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Janice Rule
as Mrs. Sommers
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Luca Bercovici
as Muzzin
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Robert Townsend
as Jerome
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Cathy Carr
as Reporter
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Brian Drebber
as Race Announcer
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John Garber
as Belov
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Jennifer Grey
as Leslie
- Debbie James
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Doi Johnson
as Randolph
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Judy Jordan
as Woman Reporter
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Tom Lawrence
as Timekeeper
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Jessica Nelson
as Hitchhiker
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Jan Speck
as Receptionist
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James Terry
as Hitchhiker
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Kate Sullivan
as Reporter
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Greg Walker
as Photographer
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Gregg Hayden Bilson II
as Race Official
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Christine Blackwell
as Race Official
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Peter Boyles
as Reporter
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Steven Burch
as Reporter
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John J. Caraccioli
as Autograph Hound
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Martin Chenoweth
as Reporter
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Jim Flanagin
as Reporter
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Sig Frohlich
as Mail Clerk
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Michael Harshberger
as Race Official
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Barbara Hinchcliffe
as Autograph Hound
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Katherine Kriss
as Vera
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Craig Manning
as Race Official
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Eddy Merckx
as Himself
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Brad Peterman
as Race Official
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Christopher Ziesmer
as Race Official
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Robert Anderson
as Reporter
- David Grant
- John Amos
- Steven Van Zandt
