'The Rider' is a movie that will stick with you for a long time

Chicago Tribune ^ | 8/16/2018 | John Kass

[Migraine]

That is really neat.

[Migraine]

Said the little toughie who was about 5’0”

[Migraine]

That’s the one — only it wasn’t “made for TV”, it was a real theater movie.

[Spirochete]

That’s the one — only it wasn’t “made for TV”, it was a real theater movie.

Thanks. I like to re-watch old movies and couldn't recall the title of that one. I clearly remember seeing it on TV, though - about 1980.

[Migraine]

I saw it first on TV, too. Then I bought the VHS to show to my HS kids on locker clean-out day. They loved it.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Better know these days as “Rorschach”.

[cherry]

“Breaking Away”....yep....a true gem....

[caddie]

I remember standing in the Main Library on 10th street while they shot some of the race scenes.

Was looking down into the 10th Street Stadium, where they had assembled a crowd (such as it was).

They advertised for students to come out and be unpaid extras to form the crowd.

Didn't have enough to fill the stadium but they did cover maybe 90 degrees, compressing the people into tight areas in the stands to make convincing crowd shots.

If you look, you won't see a lot of panning the crowd for this reason.

[morphing libertarian]

can someone direct me to a thread about The Rider?

[ro_dreaming]

It’s not available on Netflix, and I’ll check Amazon Prime Video later.

/Bump for reminder

[YogicCowboy]

The Man from Snowy River. Tom Burlinson (a Sinatra-style vocalist as well as actor).

More mainstream, but based upon a period poem about a real cowboy (apparently) down under.

They got the best riders available for the authentic and astounding horsemanship.