The Flying Scotsman

IMDb link: 0472268
IMDb rating: 7 (6,304 votes)
Genres: Drama, Sport
Director: Douglas Mackinnon
Cast: Brian Cox, Jonny Lee Miller, Laura Fraser, Sean Brown, Joseph Carney, Crawford McInally-Kier and others

Release date: 29 Jun 2007
Release year: 2006
Runtime: 96 minutes
Country: United Kingdom, Germany
Keywords: cycling sport, live action, bicycle, underdog, scot, courier, bipolar, based on true story

Plot:

The Flying Scotsman is a feature film based on the remarkable true story of Scottish cyclist Graeme Obree. In 1993, and as an unemployed amateur, Obree broke the world one-hour record on a bike of his own revolutionary design, which he constructed out of scrap metal and parts of a washing machine.

Back to card