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MotoGP and Tourist Trophy: motorcycle riders make their cinema !

Tourist Trophy - MotoGP and Tourist Trophy: motorcycle riders are making their movies! -

They will not get the Palme d’Or 2011, for the good reason that they are not in competition in Cannes. Still, the two motorcycle films ” Fastest ” and ” TT3D: Closer to the Edge ” are well worth a look.. And in France, we see them when ?

Bikers cinephiles remember that in 2003, the world premiere of the excellent film "Faster" was held in Cannes on the occasion of the 56th edition of the International Film Festival.

Just before the screening of Mark Neale’s documentary film, the Croisette, its stars, onlookers and other little casseroles had to endure the noisy and smoking passage of eight Grand Prix stars. With among them our national representative of the time: Olivier – "who that?" – Jacque on the handlebars of his Yamaha M1 !

Two other pure prototypes of the recent MotoGP category had accompanied the Tech3 car over the kilometer and a half separating the Port Canto from the famous Palais des Festivals: the demonic Aprilia RS Cube driven by Colin Edwards and the equally noisy Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR of Alex hoffman !

Loris Capirossi, Garry McCoy, John Hopkins, Valentino Rossi and Ewan McGregor – the actor / biker, narrator of the film – completed this happy line-up on road models: Kawasaki ZX-6R, Suzuki GSX-R1000 and Honda CBR600RR which n ‘ hadn’t gone unnoticed either !

Fastest

None of that unfortunately this year for the release of Mark Neale’s third opus – the second, titled "The Doctor, The Tornado and The Kentucky Kid", dealt with the return of MotoGP to the United States in 2005 on the Laguna Seca track. – bearing the evocative name of "Fastest"…

According to its director, this film "looks back at a key moment in (this) sport. In search of his tenth world title, Valentino Rossi must take up one of the greatest challenges of his life: a wave of terribly fast young drivers. , a terrible leg injury during the Italian Grand Prix, an agonizing return less than 41 days later in Germany (read in particular, Editor’s note) and the question that any driver – even the greatest of all time – must be ask: who is the fastest now? ".

“To be the fastest is an incredible feeling. To be the fastest involves greater risk,” continues Mark Neale: “this is the essence of MotoGP and this film. Ecstasy and terror at the highest level of motorcycle competition ".

The film is scheduled for release in summer 2011. Will we have the chance to see it on French screens? Site asked the Media X International production company … and is still waiting for the answer! We cross fingers…

TT3D: Closer to the Edge

In an even more impressive style, the film "TT3D: Closer to the Edge" immerses the spectator in the heart of the most popular and arguably the most dangerous motorcycle race in the world: the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy…

Public darling Guy Martin, lap record holder John McGuiness, stage local Conor Cummins and new champion Ian Hutchinson (read were followed by British director Richard de Aragues during the 2010 Tourirst Trophy.

"All pilots know that each race can be their last. They reach and exceed their limits in order to become the King of the Mountain", summarize those responsible for this documentary shot … in 3D, as if watching these aces of handlebars driving over 300 km / h on the road was not impressive enough on a flat screen !

"Just because you breathe doesn’t mean you’re alive"

Needless to say much more, if not to translate the hook of the film: "the simple fact of breathing does not mean that you are alive" … In any case, the images, even in 2D, speak of ‘themselves !

As for Fastest, Site contacted the production (CinemaNX) to know the release dates in theaters and / or on DVD and BluRay … We will keep you informed as soon as possible: stay tuned !

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