What's being said on the web about "downhill racer"

  • A forgotten Redford film gets the Criterion treatment this week, leading Bob Cashill to reappraise Downhill Racer -- heck, to watch it for the first time. [view original]

  • RE: Downhill Racer. annie Wrote: do you remember Donald Sutherland playing Casanova? It's not released over here but made in the 70's. I don't remember that one and it's not listed on Netflix.com. If you like Sutherland, ... [view original]

  • Ever wonder how a gem like Downhill Racer, which Roger Ebert called “the greatest sports movie ever made,” could get lost in the Hollywood shuffle? In an interview for our release of the film (out next week), the star of and force ... [view original]

  • Simon Difford wrote the book on cocktails – literally. I have several of his books – his photo-filled diffordsguide series is excellent – but his new... [view original]

  • Opening ceremony tonight at the Olympics Without Snow. Must be global warming. The downhill race winner may turn out to be in a different venue: tonight's STU has the market stacked in the dreaded nested 1-2's at four degrees of scale, ... [view original]

  • downhill racer. 'I just hope you don't end up asking yourself a question some folks ask me: 'What's he do it for?' ' 'Well, I'll be famous. I'll be a champion.' 'The world's full of 'em.' More here. Stills: here and here. ... [view original]

  • I am watching her this Saturday Night go down the mountain on snow that is like cement according to the commentator. She is three tenths of a second. [view original]

  • Michael Ritchie's debut feature, Downhill Racer (1969), is a quietly thrilling, beautifully-shot film about a particularly American theme. What does it mean to be a champion? Is it a worthy go. [view original]

  • Suddenly, we were at a clearing, about three hours into the race. There was another pre-downhill pileup of nervous and/or analyzing skiers, filling the trail width and heading up around a corner. I could hear what sounded like a finish ... [view original]

  • The speed skater who almost lost a leg and only started skating last October and Lindsey Vonn who suffered a severe shin injury that was extremely painful when she skied, the woman downhill racer who fell in the downhill and flew 190 ... [view original]

  • Even Robert Redford was captivated, producing and starring in the somewhat campy but gorgeously shot and subtly stylish Downhill Racer in 1969. Really, to anyone who can appreciate an adrenaline rush, there's no denying the sport's ... [view original]

  • Caught up with Criterion's characteristically excellent release of 'Downhill Racer', another film that reveals Michael Ritchie as an under-appreciated director (Honeslty, imdb-chatters, have you really nothing to say about the guy who ... [view original]

  • Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis · Possible Worlds · Red Heat · Vibes · Un conte de Noël · Diva · The Last Days of Disco · Barcelona · Metropolitan · Breaking Bad: The Complete Second Season · The Razor's Edge · The Box · Downhill Racer ... [view original]

  • Troy Lee's Day in the Dirt Grand Prix MotorcycleUSA.com. Guys like Sam Hill, a professional downhill mountain bike racer, who could easily be a pro motocross racer, NASCAR racer Kasey Kahne, and IndyCar pilot Paul … ... [view original]

  • The template is already set in Downhill Racer, Ritchie's 1969 debut about a frigidly avid skier, yet the film's real auteur may be Robert Redford. As ambitious athlete and dedicated asshole David Chappellet, the actor (who personally ... [view original]

  • Scott Macartney, a two-time Olympian, laughed when he was asked what it took to be a downhill racer. “Well, first they gather together all the extremely talented skiers,” he said. “Then they take the dumb ones and make them downhillers. ... [view original]

  • While we 'ski', what these world class downhill racers do is move at speeds reaching up to 80 miles per hour (for the women, and even greater for the men), pushing the limits of their strength, their willpower and the mountain, ... [view original]

  • While only one skier is timed, both skiers have to be great athletes with impeccable timing and trust. Would you dare to look backwards at over 60 miles an hour in a downhill race? These guides do. ... [view original]

  • Rock Champion — Downhill Racer. By AustinJunkie, 17 February, 2010, 1 Comment. Vancouver's XXI Winter Olympics features heroic performances by athletes from the around the world. And no athlete better exemplifies the Olympic motto ... [view original]

  • According to Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert, in 2004 voted Downhill Racer, 1969 "The best movie ever made about sports -- without really being about sports at all." The film stars Robert Redford and Gene Hackman. ... [view original]

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