Space Riders

Space Riders is a 1984 British sports drama film directed by Joe Massot starring Grand Prix motorcycle racing world champion Barry Sheene as himself. It tells the story of Sheene's pursuit of the world title, including his recovery from a near-fatal accident at Silverstone.

Space Riders
Directed byJoe Massot
Produced byFelicity Hibberdine
Screenplay byFelicity Hibberdine
Story byFelicity Hibberdine
Joe Massot
StarringBarry Sheene
Gavan O'Herlihy
Toshiya Ito
Stephanie McLean
Sayo Inaba
Caroline Evans
Jeff Harding
Marina Sirtis
CinematographyAlec Mills
Edited byJohn Foster
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia-EMI-Warner
Release date
  • 1984 (1984) (UK)
Running time
99 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Italian
Japanese

Cast

Production

A re-enactment of the accident is the opening scene of the movie. Despite his position atop the marquee, Sheene does not appear in about 80% of the film's footage.

Much of the filming of the race sequences with Barry Sheene took place at Donington Park race circuit close to East Midlands Airport. Many of the stunts were arranged by Stunt coordinator Roy Alon.

Soundtrack

An outstanding feature of the film is the use of hit songs from the era as narration; songs such as "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen, "Glittering Prize" by Simple Minds, and "Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran are used to add to the mood.

Home media

Space Riders was released on VHS, but, as of 2019, not on DVD or Blu-ray.

See also

References

  1. "SPACE RIDERS (PG)". Condor Films. British Board of Film Classification. 9 January 1984. Retrieved 25 September 2013.


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