Lance movie

Callistus Valerius said:

Some day Hollywood will make a movie about Lances's 7 Tour de France victories. We all know, as
cyclists, that it will bomb at the box office. Let's face it, if you arn't a cyclist you don't
have a clue about what's going on in the TDF. So I don't expect the movie to be a high budget one,
but I hope, and really pray, that Hollywood doesn't star Robin Williams as Lance.

The real story is about his cancer recovery and the first TdF win. I can't imagine a movie covering
multiple Tours.

Lance would probably want to play the lead role himself. Trek would love it! I agree it would bomb.

Art Harris

Callistus Valerius said:

Some day Hollywood will make a movie about Lances's 7 Tour de France victories.

That would be fiction, then. I think he'll consider himself lucky enough to get 6. 7 -- no way.

Dan

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Callistus Valerius said:

Some day Hollywood will make a movie about Lances's 7 Tour de France victories.

That would be fiction, then. I think he'll consider himself lucky enough to get 6. 7 -- no way.

I agree. If he gets the 6th, he'll probably retire from TdF's.

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David Kerber said:

I agree. If he gets the 6th, he'll probably retire from TdF's.

He recently announced he would ride two more TdFs.

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I agree. If he gets the 6th, he'll probably retire from TdF's.

He recently announced he would ride two more TdFs.

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Ahhh. I hadn't heard that; thanks.

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David Kerber said:

I agree. If he gets the 6th, he'll probably retire from TdF's.

He recently announced he would ride two more TdFs.

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Ahhh. I hadn't heard that; thanks.

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Announcing ain't the same as doing. I think if he doesn't get #6 he'll retire, if he does get #6 he may well try for #7.

The movie will bomb - it's more than an idea but less than a plan at this point. If I were the casting director I'd pick an unknown to play LA.

There was a very short lived TV version of Breaking Away starring that super stud athelete "Shaun Cassidy" as Dave... very painful to watch. Casting is critical to success in movies/TV.

come on man, american flyers was the best movie ever. kevin costner is the man now....

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Callistus Valerius said:

Some day Hollywood will make a movie about Lances's 7 Tour de France victories.

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That would be fiction, then. I think he'll consider himself lucky enough to get 6. 7 -- no way.

Hollywood is all about virtual victories. In the Lemond movie that is coming out, he wins 10.

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Some day Hollywood will make a movie about Lances's 7 Tour de France victories. We all know, as
cyclists, that it will bomb at the box office. Let's face it, if you arn't a cyclist you don't
have a clue about what's going on in the TDF. So I don't expect the movie to be a high budget one,
but I hope, and really pray, that Hollywood doesn't star Robin Williams as Lance.

This is not true at all. I can give plenty of examples of athletes whose stories transcend the
sport. If the film is produced well, it will sell plenty of tickets and may even have a significant
and permanent effect on the popularity as a participant sport and or as a spectatot sport. The sport
of cycling can only get more popular in the US. Sometimes things do change and it is events like
this that cause those changes.

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Some day Hollywood will make a movie about Lances's 7 Tour de France victories. We all know, as
cyclists, that it will bomb at the box office. Let's face it, if you arn't a cyclist you don't
have a clue about what's going on in the TDF. So I don't expect the movie to be a high budget one,
but I hope, and really pray, that Hollywood doesn't star Robin Williams as Lance.

I don't know. I just moved away from the little town of Anderson, SC where a retarded man who was
the local high school football team mascot became the focus of a movie called "Radio." It's done
quite well at the box office. If this story can work for Hollywood, the Lance story certainly can.
It's all in the screenplay and directing. (Of course, the Hollywood version of Radios's life and the
actual facts bear little resemblance.)

I can envision a really awful Lance movie, but if it's done right, I can envision a pretty good
movie. Based on the things I hear about Lance, he's such a control freak that he'll probably dabble
in it to the point that it's completely insufferable.

Bob C.

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come on man, american flyers was the best movie ever. kevin costner is the man now....

Oh jeez, let's not start this again. Phil Brown

Callistus Valerius said:

Some day Hollywood will make a movie about Lances's 7 Tour de France victories. We all know, as
cyclists, that it will bomb at the box office. Let's face it, if you arn't a cyclist you don't
have a clue about what's going on in the TDF. So I don't expect the movie to be a high budget one,
but I hope, and really pray, that Hollywood doesn't star Robin Williams as Lance.

Mr Williams is an avid cyclist. Uncommon in his field I think.
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Some day Hollywood will make a movie about Lances's 7 Tour de France victories. We all know, as
cyclists, that it will bomb at the box office. Let's face it, if you arn't a cyclist you don't
have a clue about what's going on in the TDF. So I don't expect the movie to be a high budget one,
but I hope, and really pray, that Hollywood doesn't star Robin Williams as Lance.

This is not true at all.

Right. They simply have to add a love interest. Maybe a little conflict with Hincapie.

Dan

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Some day Hollywood will make a movie about Lances's 7 Tour

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victories.

That would be fiction, then. I think he'll consider himself

lucky enough

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to get 6. 7 -- no way.

I agree. If he gets the 6th, he'll probably retire from TdF's.

. . . and then he might have time to ride the rest of the season. I don't have my stat book handy,
but didn't Merckx win the Giro five times -- with at least three of those in the same years he won
the TdF? And the Vuelta and Giro in one year? Hinault, Anquetil, Merckx -- all those guys won all
the major tours and rode full calendars. Lance has a compelling cancer story, and his TdF wins are
amazing, but if I were to watch a movie about cycling, it would be about Merckx or some other
champion from the pre-corporate packaging days. -- Jay Beattie.

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Callistus Valerius wrote:
> Some day Hollywood will make a movie about Lances's 7 Tour

de France

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> victories.

That would be fiction, then. I think he'll consider himself

lucky enough

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to get 6. 7 -- no way.

I agree. If he gets the 6th, he'll probably retire from TdF's.

. . . and then he might have time to ride the rest of the season. I don't have my stat book handy,
but didn't Merckx win the Giro five times -- with at least three of those in the same years he
won the TdF? And the Vuelta and Giro in one year? Hinault, Anquetil, Merckx -- all those guys
won all the major tours and rode full calendars. Lance has a compelling cancer story, and his
TdF wins are amazing, but if I were to watch a movie about cycling, it would be about Merckx or
some other champion from the pre-corporate packaging days. -- Jay Beattie.

I agree; Lance's cancer and recovery story is compelling, but Merckx would have a more interesting
and more dominating cycling story.

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Wouldn't a film about Bob Roll be much more interesting and entertaining?
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Some day Hollywood will make a movie about Lances's 7 Tour de France victories. We all know, as
cyclists, that it will bomb at the box

office.

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Let's face it, if you arn't a cyclist you don't have a clue about what's going on in the TDF. So
I don't expect the movie to be a high budget

one,

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but I hope, and really pray, that Hollywood doesn't star Robin Williams

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Lance.

This is not true at all. I can give plenty of examples of athletes whose stories transcend the
sport. If the film is produced well, it will sell plenty of tickets and may even have a
significant and permanent effect on the popularity as a participant sport and or as a spectatot
sport. The

sport

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of cycling can only get more popular in the US. Sometimes things do change and it is events like
this that cause those changes.

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come on man, american flyers was the best movie ever. kevin costner is the man now....

Isn't he dating Sheryl Crow?

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They simply have to add a love interest.

Or perhaps several love interests.

Bob Schwartz [email hidden]

Jay Beattie said:

I don't have my stat book handy, but didn't Merckx win the Giro five times -- with at least three
of those in the same years he won the TdF? And the Vuelta and Giro in one year? Hinault, Anquetil,
Merckx -- all those guys won all the major tours and rode full calendars. Lance has a compelling
cancer story, and his TdF wins are amazing, but if I were to watch a movie about cycling, it would
be about Merckx or some other champion from the pre-corporate packaging days. -- Jay Beattie.

Well, if you want to start the "Lance isn't so great compared to those guys" argument, I disagree.
They were all great for their times. I don't think anyone could do today what they did back then.
Training technology has pushed rider performance so close to the physical limit, that winning a
world class event requires exploiting a peak which (by definition) cannot be maintained. So
maintaining a Tour-winning level of performance over a full calendar is probably impossible. Winning
more than one major event is probably impossible. Lance knows this, which is why he has concentrated
on winning the Tour. The days of Merckx are probably gone forever.

Matt O.