Bike Movie: How did I not know about this?

[dasgeh]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaFYcai1vK0

The Youtube description says it best:

This movie about the U.S. having to throw a telethon for itself because we run out of money, features one of the coolest opening credit scenes in movie history (if you love bicycles!)

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[PotomacCyclist]

You may not want to watch the rest of the movie. Some good reasons why you missed the movie: 3.7/10 rating on IMDb. 0.5 of 4 stars by Roger Ebert. (I had never heard of it until WashCycle posted about it.) Maybe in this case, the YouTube clip is better than looking up the DVD.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078766/

http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/americathon-1979

[Megabeth]

Just watching the opening credits, this movie lends itself for a few good connections for the “6 degrees to Kevin Bacon” game…a veritable who’s who…

John Ritter
Harvey Korman
Elvis Costello
Meat Loaf
Tommy Lasorda
George Carlin
Cybill Shepard
Jay Leno

[NicDiesel]

Totally suffers from “Hobo with a shotgun” syndrome.

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