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From: fred@varian.UUCP (Fred Klink)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: American Flyers
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Date: Wed, 13-Nov-85 18:05:49 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 13 18:05:49 1985
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> >Whatever happened to Hollywood's latest and greatest bicycle racing film,
> >American Flyers?  Did it die at the box office?  It was supposed to be
> >released in coordination with the Coors Bicycle Classic, but I never saw
> >it at any local theater (I saw a special screening).
> >
>     Yes, it bombed at the box office.  I saw it in the short time it
> played here in New York.  I liked it quite a bit, but looking back at
> it, I realize that it had far more in the way of race scenes than in
> the way of real dramatic content.  I don't know what it could have 
> offered for someone who is not an avid fan of the sport.

I've never seen it in the listings in the San Francisco Area which makes
me really wonder about the market research that went into the distribution
of the film.  The start of the Coors was here this year and this is probably
the second most cycling and racing conscious area of the country (Colorado
being first).  If it would succeed anywhere it would be here.