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The Flying Scotsman (2006)

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User Rating: 7.1/10 (1,177 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Douglas Mackinnon
Writers:
John Brown (writer) and
Simon Rose (writer) ...
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Release Date:
26 April 2007 (New Zealand) more
Genre:
Drama | Sport
Tagline:
Hope made him a dreamer. Heart made him a hero. more
Plot:
The true story of Graeme Obree, the Champion cyclist who built his bicycle from old bits of washing machines who won his championship only to have his title stripped from him and his mental health problems which he has suffered since. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
7 nominations more
User Comments:
A very good sports biopic more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jonny Lee Miller ... Graeme Obree
Sean Brown ... Young Graeme Obree
Joseph Carney ... Child Gang Leader
Crawford McInally-Kier ... First Child Bully
Jan Plazalski ... Second Child Bully
Niall Macgregor ... Graeme's Father
Julie Austin ... Graeme's Mother
Morag Calder ... First Office Receptionist

Billy Boyd ... Malky

Laura Fraser ... Anne Obree
Jean Marie Coffey ... Woman at Finish Line
Christopher Anderson ... Baby Ewan

Brian Cox ... Douglas Baxter
Ron Donachie ... Scobie
Morven Christie ... Katie
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Flying Scotsman - Allein zum Ziel (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some mature thematic elements and strong language.
Runtime:
96 min
Country:
Germany | UK
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
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FAQ

A "true story"? Just how true is it really?
Was Graeme Obree Jonny Lee Miller's double for the cycling in the film?
Has the film anything to do with the steam train, The Flying Scotsman?
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12 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
A very good sports biopic, 4 July 2007
7/10
Author: Chris Murphy from United Kingdom

What I found most enjoyable about this film is the way it straddles the sport-biopic genres. It maintains the acute acting and psychological fullness of a biopic, aided by a fantastic performance by Miller, while being in keeping with the Hollywood highs and lows aspects of great sports movies.

Those not interested in sport should not be put off by thinking this will be a typically superficial or one dimensional sports film. But those sporty types will also find plenty to satisfy them.

As a big cycling fan I was already well aware of the Obree story and I can assure people that is every bit as incredible if not more so than is shown in the film. Naturally the constraints of a film mean that the Obree story is cut short and we don't see how the Superman position was banned or Obree's subsequent depressions especially after his brother died (indeed his brother is completely missing from the film). But by choosing to limit the time scale it describes it allows time for greater detail particularly in investigated his relationship with the priest and Obree's wife.

Equally the film doesn't embellish the truth a great deal in order to increase the drama. Indeed the world record attempts are incredibly understated, as they should be. Obree was never well known in Britain despite being very popular on the continent. As a result the film isn't filled with cheering crowds but rather focuses the isolation he experienced within Scotland in spite of his amazing achievements.

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