2 Seconds (1998)
starring Charlotte Laurier
Charlotte Laurier plays a world-class downhiller who misses her start at the Worlds by two seconds and must adjust to life as an ex-mountain bike racer. Although obscure and hard to get, this is an above-average movie with charm and wit.
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Battlefield Earth (2000)
starring John Travolta
The brainchild of John Travolta as a tribute to Scientologist founder and author L. Ron Hubbard, Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 won seven Golden Raspberry™ awards in 2000, including Worst Movie, Worst Actor, Worst Director, and Worst Screenplay. Words cannot describe the magnitude of awfulness in this movie.
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Breaking Away (1979)
starring Dennis Christopher
Undoubtedly the best cycling movie ever made, director Peter Yates' classic is based on the Oscar-winning script by Steve Tesich. The movie focuses on Dave Stoller, aspiring bike racer and high school grad stuck in a college town (Bloomington, Indiana) trying to figure out what he wants to do in life. Nominated for five Oscars in 1980.
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