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Director
  
Joe Massot

Country
  
United Kingdom

4.8/10
IMDb

Duration
  

Language
  
English Italian Japanese

Release date
  
1984 (1984) (UK)

Writer
  
Felicity Hibberdine (screenplay), Felicity Hibberdine (story), Joe Massot (story)

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.

Contents

Space riders trailer 1983


Cast

  • Barry Sheene as Barry
  • Gavan O'Herlihy as Ron Harris
  • Toshiya Ito as Masao Yamashta
  • Stephanie McLean as Stephanie
  • Sayo Inaba as Mika Yamashta
  • Caroline Evans as Joanne
  • Jeff Harding as Mike Lockwood
  • Marina Sirtis as Girl in Porsche

    • 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 2013, not on DVD.

    References

    Space Riders Wikipedia
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    Space Riders IMDb Space Riders themoviedb.org