![]() ![]() Cru wins, and offers Bart a spot in Rad Racing as the film ends.”įor this trailer was written a good essay about Rad Racing and motors involved in the progress of machines. Bart, who leads the race, slows down so that he and Cru can face each other one-on-one in the final stretch. Smith tells Cru to “pretend he’s in the lumberyard….Go balls out.”ĭuke has his riders hold back while ahead of Cru in an attempt to sabotage his race, without success. Timmer (Ray Walston) and the founding of “Rad Racing,” a small t-shirt business started by Cru’s classmate Matt Weston., Cru is finally able to enter Helltrack. Whether you wanted to trick and freestyle in the streets, hit the ramps and parks, or rip through trails, the flick inspired a lot of kids to get into the sport. With the help of one of the townsfolk, Mr. Flash back to 1986 and BMX reigned supreme in the collective consciousness of kids everywhere thanks to RAD, the movie that made bicycle motocross a widespread sensation. Christian provides Cru with an idea for how he can still enter the race. Duke Best and his flunkie step over to the punchbowl, and “wake up those drinks” to which the mayor/restaurant manager says “don’t mind if I do.” After being blocked from the race due to a last minute rule change on participant sponsorship, Cru is ready to give up his dreams of winning Helltrack. Christian and Cru have an interesting scene at the local high school dance where, instead of dancing like the other couples, they perform freestyle bike stunts on the dance floor, to the awe of many. Racers from all around come to this small town for the Helltrack and Cru meets Christian Hollings (Lori Loughlin), who becomes Cru’s romantic interest. Best keeps adjusting the rules in order to keep Cru out of the race and to ensure BMX star Bart Taylor (1984 Olympic gymnastics champion Bart Conner) has an easy road to victory, thus providing a financial windfall for Mongoose Racing, Bart’s sponsor. The Helltrack race is endorsed by the city and a duplicitous Duke Best (Jack Weston), president of The Federation of American Bicyclists and owner of Mongoose bicycles. Cru chooses the latter option, ignoring his mother’s wishes. However, winning Helltrack means a lucrative sponsorship deal and fame. Cru is faced with a tough decision: the qualifying races for Helltrack are the same day as his SATs, which he must take in order to attend college. The film’s story focuses on Cru Jones (Bill Allen), a young BMX racer who lives in a small town with his mother (Talia Shire) and sister. High School, and at Bowness Park, both in Calgary, Alberta. Parts of this movie were filmed in Cochrane in Cochrane, Alberta, Canada, Colonel Macleod Jr. Watch on Shot locally and released in 1986, the movie Rad tells the story of Cru, a young man with a dream of making it big as a BMX racer by racing the Helltrack and winning the grand prize of 100,000 (and a sweet Corvette). The film was written by Sam Bernard and Geoffrey Edwards and directed by Hal Needham. I got a standard Blu-ray at Best Buy.Rad is a film about BMX racing, first released in the USA in 1986. Other users are reporting RAD on DVD spotted at Walmart. A pre-order is actually available on AppleTV as well: 10% of every rental will also go towards CYCLE Kids:įollowing the early Superfan release, the Rad restoration will also release on all major Digital & On Demand platforms on July 24th. From 7/10 - 24, Supefans have a chance to rent the film early and it will be the only location online to include original bonus footage and, a brand new Q&A with cast/crew hosted by Jorma Taccone of The Lonely Island. Next Friday 7/10 a very special "Superfan Edition" will release on the new platform Altavod. In the meantime, we're focused on our digital release this month. "We are working on the next stage of our home video release (including an official DVD) but don't have news to share formally yet. Heard back about the next release from Utopia for RAD, here is what they said:: ![]() The PR guy I emailed confirmed that there will be a DVD and other versions sometime after the 4k collector's release later this year. Here is direct link if you don't want to read the article: I am not on FB or IG, so, if anyone follows that and gets updates please post here. Chicago's definitely in the works and there's also going to be a special Blu-Ray release this summer as well! Be sure to follow on instagram for more or, (FB) (IG) as well where we'll be sharing the latest." ".the good news is that there's an impending theatrical release (we'll announce soon). ![]() I contacted the distributor, after hearing about the 4k remaster coming to SXSW (that is now cancelled), to see if there are plans for Chicago area theaters and when blu-ray is coming. Larger theatrical release coming soon and blu-ray release supposed to be this summer!!! ![]()
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