Le Ride

Le Ride (2016)

En 1928, un equipo de escasos recursos de Nueva Zelanda y Australia compitió en lo que se considera el evento deportivo más duro del mundo. Muchos consideraron la entrada de estos valientes desvalidos, corriendo como un equipo de 4 contra equipos de 10, una broma. Un periodista francés calificó su intento como nada menos que de asesinato. 168 corredores comenzaron la carrera de más de 3,500 millas, solo 41 terminaron. Sorprendentemente, esta notable historia sobre los logros de estos valientes atletas nunca se ha contado en una película, hasta ahora. Phil Keoghan, personalidad de la televisión, aventurero y entusiasta del ciclismo, recorre la ruta del Tour de Francia de 1928, dando vida a la historia. Siguiendo el curso y el horario originales, montando una bicicleta de época, Phil y su equipo harán un promedio de 150 millas por día durante 22 etapas.

Fecha de estreno
2016-08-01
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (6)
Duración
1 h 32 min
Géneros
Documental, Historia
Director
Phil Keoghan

Reparto

Curiosidades

Le Ride is a film which recreates the 1928 Tour de France ride by the four-person Australasian team, and in particular of the New Zealander in their midst, Harry Watson. The Amazing Race host Phil Keoghan and his riding partner Ben Cornell completed the 5,600-kilometre (3,500 mi) ride in 22 stages spread over 26 days to the original schedule in 2013. Keoghan's wife Louise Keoghan was the producer for the film, which premiered in Watson's home town Christchurch in July 2016.

Production

Phil Keoghan and Ben Cornell are the main two riders during the 2013 re-enactment; Keoghan also narrates off the bike and directed the movie. Produced as a documentary, much historical footage is shown, both as still photos and movie clips. Keoghan found many of the still photos at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra where curators were unaware what exactly the collection of old photographic plates showed.

Keoghan chose Christchurch for the world premiere to give prominence to a forgotten hero. The film first screened at the restored Isaac Theatre Royal on 29 July 2016 as part of the New Zealand International Film Festival; Keoghan walked past the building every day early in his career on his way to the Television New Zealand studio in Gloucester Street.

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