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The Silver Dream Racer was a real motorcycle, designed by Barry Hart of the Barton company. [6] English motorcycle racer Roger Marshall did most of David Essex's riding for the film. [7] [8]
Jul 29, 2016 · Released in 1980 and starring David Essex as struggling privateer bike racer Nick Freeman, Silver Dream Racer was the Rocky of motorcycle racing movies. The plot revolved around a prototype...
Dec 17, 2019 · It wasn’t the real bike – it was a just a little 250cc machine with Silver Dream bodywork but that gave us the shot we needed to end the film.” It’s the brutal power and shock of the ending that makes Silver Dream Racer work.
Jun 12, 2019 · Silver Dream Racer was the first movie that would attempt to film a real bike race with a rider entered by the moviemakers. This was real. Top British racer Roger Marshall was actually entered in the GP on the Silver Dream Racer which was actually built by Welsh engineering firm, Barton Motors.
With David Essex, Beau Bridges, Cristina Raines, Clarke Peters. Nick Freeman is a talented motorcycle racer but lacks a decent bike. Then his brother dies and Nick is left the bike he spent the last three years developing. The bike is revolutionary and Nick sees a way to pursue his dream.
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- Action, Drama, Sport
- David Wickes
- 1983-09-16
About 150bhp was typical at the time for top class GP bikes. Like many racing films real race footage is used in the film. However unlike most racing films they didn't just dress up an extant racing machine and use that, they actually tried to race the bike that had been built for the film for real.
Silver Dream Racer. Starring singer David Essex as a motor bike racer and Beau Bridges as his American rival, the $5 million film was shot – largely on location – in 1980.
