American Flyers (DVD)

This movie is a classic! I bought it a long time ago because I caught the end of it on TV, and I'm one of those people that needs to see the beginning of the movie if he sees the end first. All I can say is that I am glad I found this movie! Warning: This review does not contain any spoilers. Read ahead for the overview of the plot. This movie starts out showing David Somers riding through a city to his apartment. He arrives and gets a phone call from his mother, regarding that David's brother Marcus will be arriving in town for dinner that night. Marcus shows up to the house with a great greeting between him and David, and you learn a little about ...  Read the complete review

American Flyers is one of those movie quandaries, not from the perspective of the movie, but for how it was marketed in the UK. Rights owners Warner for some unbeknown reason chose not to let British cinema audiences see American Fliers; however it was featured in trailers at Cannon cinemas for almost half a year. Then a larger publicity campaign took place on Video. All MGM (now Sony) and Warner rental videocassettes featured American Fliers trailers for a legendary year and a half. Six month prior to video release and a year after release. More oddly with so much publicity very few VHS videos were actually released. Meaning that over here many people had to ...  Read the complete review

>>>> Synopsis Sports physician, and ex cycling champion, Marcus (Kevin Costner) persuades his disillusioned and neurotic younger brother, David (David Marshall Grant), to train with him so that they can an enter a cycling race "The King of The Hills" as a team, and put aside all the family feuding which had kept them apart for many years. What he doesn't tell his younger brother is that he is suffering a serious brain tumour, which could kill him at any point, the same thing that killed their father and part of the reason why the family fell apart. As they race through the Rockies, David realises that he has potential while Marcus ...  Read the complete review