Space Riders (1984)
British 'Semi-Fictional' sports drama featuring Grand Prix motorcycle racing world champion Barry Sheene as himself. It tells the story of Sheene's pursuit of the world title, including his recovery from a near-fatal accident at Silverstone.
- Date of release
- 1984-01-01
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Joe Massot
Casting
- Barry Sheene — Barry
- Toshiya Ito — Masao Yamashta
- Stephanie McLean — Stephanie
- Sayo Inaba — Mika Yamashta
- Caroline Evans — Joanne
- Jeff Harding — Mike Lockwood
- Gavan O'Herlihy — Ron Harris
- Hiroshi Kato — Chairman
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: London
Space Riders is a 1984 British sports drama film directed by Joe Massot. It stars Grand Prix motorcycle racing world champion Barry Sheene as himself. It tells the story of Sheene's pursuit of the world title, including his recovery from a near-fatal accident at Silverstone.
Production
A re-enactment of the accident is the opening scene of the movie. Despite his position atop the marquee, Sheene does not appear in about 80% of the film's footage.
Much of the filming of the race sequences with Barry Sheene took place at Donington Park race circuit close to East Midlands Airport. Many of the stunts were arranged by Stunt coordinator Roy Alon.
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