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8 Seconds is based on the true story of Lane Frost, a popular bull rider who lost his life in the rodeo ring.
Release date February 25, 1994
Run Time: 105 minutes
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8 Seconds is based on the true story of Lane Frost, a popular bull rider who lost his life in the rodeo ring. The two primary conflicts that the movie portrays are the marriage between Lane (played by Beverly Hills 90210 star Luke Perry) and Kellie Frost (Cynthia Geary), and the inability for Lane to feel that he meets his father’s expectations.
I have never been a rodeo fan, but have had opportunity to spend many days hanging around bull riders and the backs of chutes while producing television coverage of rodeo events. 8 Seconds accurately captures the wild and lonely career of the professional cowboy. In an understated way, it shows how little money can be earned in a sport that demands you put your life on the line for every performance. When you compare rodeo money to hockey earnings (I won’t even touch baseball), you wonder why there isn’t a shortage of pro rodeo players.
The language presented here may be troublesome for many parents, especially if young children are watching. However, the writers must have spent some time around rodeo rings because the favourite expletive used here is the same one heard most often at the rodeos I attended. I guess when you are surrounded by something, it becomes a major part of your vocabulary. As for violence, 8 Seconds has some well filmed rodeo scenes that realistically depict what you would see in the ring. I am much softer on violence realistically and responsibly portrayed, and I feel 8 Seconds gives the city slicker an accurate taste of what the rodeo is all about.
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"8 Seconds" takes a smooth, sappy ride through the life of a great bucking bull rider. Sweet, sentimental and rose-colored to a fault, this family-oriented biopic has none of the grit, dust and bruises that define the sport in question; it plays more like a reassuring, inspirational TV movie than a big-screen attraction.
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“8 Seconds” takes a smooth, sappy ride through the life of a great bucking bull rider. Sweet, sentimental and rose-colored to a fault, this family-oriented biopic has none of the grit, dust and bruises that define the sport in question; it plays more like a reassuring, inspirational TV movie than a big-screen attraction. Aud for this, if it still exists en masse, is the Middle American one that supported four-walled “Wilderness Family”-type sagas 15-20 years ago, although New Line should be able to generate some coin on basis of star Luke Perry and a “true rodeo ‘Rocky’ ” promotion of director John G. Avildsen.
In his feature starring debut, Perry plays Lane Frost, an Oklahoma boy who became world champion bull rider in 1987 but was tragically killed in a rodeo accident two years later. Virtually all the characters in Monte Merrick’s painting-by-numbers script are based on real people, which is no doubt partly responsible for the caution and reverence with which the film approaches virtually every scene.
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From the outset, it is apparent that the main challenge here should be finding a new way to relate the familiar premise of a young man’s attempt to turn his dream of sports triumph into reality. A secondary goal might have been discovering a fresh approach to lensing rodeos.
Unfortunately, the picture rises to neither occasion. The sketch of Frost’s life and career arc could not be more perfunctory: Early training by his former riding champ dad; hitting the circuit with best pals Tuff Hedeman (Stephen Baldwin), who reps his toughest competition, and Cody Lambert (Red Mitchell), who’s better at scribbling cowboy poetry; shy courtship and marriage with Kellie (“Northern Exposure’s” Cynthia Geary), the only girl he ever loved; winning the championship; dealing with fame, which leads to temptations on the road, a bitter separation from Kellie but eventual mature reconciliation, and a climactic series of rides on a fearsome bull that’s never been ridden in more than 300 attempts.
Treatment of all this, particularly the domestic scenes, is exceedingly polite, making for little conflict even when the characters are arguing. Frost’s ascent to the top of his profession feels more like a glide than a struggle, and his only nagging frustration is that his reserved father (James Rebhorn) can never express his love and support.
Although the riding is expectedly impressive and the atmosphere authentic, Avildsen and lenser Victor Hammer don’t come up with any new visual angles on the rodeo, certainly nothing to compare, for instance, with the stunning images in the new documentary “Colorado Cowboy: The Bruce Ford Story.”
The elaborate preparation for a rider’s quick trip in the arena are largely glossed over, and the vivid immediacy of the man-vs.-beast contests is softened by the gross extension of the rides; even the film’s title is false, in that the rides are made to last upwards of 25 seconds before the buzzer sounds.
Part of the mild impact is also due to Frost’s lightweight personality, at least as written and enacted here. Early on, when Tuff, who thinks he’s John Wayne, is lecturing Frost on how “you can’t be a cowboy and be a nice guy,” Frost is standing in their motel room flossing his teeth, which pretty much sums up his character.
Although his role is one-dimensional, Baldwin again registers strongly as the aptly named sidekick, who in real life has won three world titles himself. Remainder of cast is vanilla.
Tech contributions are pro. Film features one of the most egregiously overextended end-credit sequences ever devised, thanks largely to the liberal amount of Frost family home-movie footage the filmmakers felt compelled to serve up.
- Production: A New Line Cinema release of a Jersey Films production. Produced by Michael Shamberg. Executive producers, Cyd LeVin, Jeffrey Swab. Co-producer, Tony Mark. Directed by John G. Avildsen. Screenplay, Monte Merrick.
- Crew: Camera (Foto-Kem color; Film House prints), Victor Hammer; editor, J. Douglas Seelig; music, Bill Conti; production design, William J. Cassidy; art direction, John Frick; set decoration , Jenny C. Patrick; costume design, Deena Appel; sound, Michael Scott Goldbaum; stunt coordinator, Mike McGaughy; assistant director, Clifford C. Coleman; casting, Caro Jones. Reviewed at the Aidikoff screening room, Beverly Hills, Feb. 4, 1994. MPAA Rating: PG-13. Running time: 104 min.
- With: Lane Frost - Luke Perry Tuff Hedeman - Stephen Baldwin Clyde Frost - James Rebhorn Elsie Frost - Carrie Snodgress Cody Lambert - Red Mitchell Carolyn Kyle - Ronnie Claire Edwards Martin Hudson - Linden Ashby Kellie Frost - Cynthia Geary Teenage Lane - Dustin Mayfield Young Lane - Cameron Finley
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Film review: 8 Seconds
By deseret news , chris hicks, staff writer.
Luke Perry makes a solid big-screen impression with his starring debut in "8 Seconds," playing rodeo star Lane Frost, who died at age 25 doing what he loved most, riding bulls.
This film about Lane's brief life is sentimental and simplistic, old-fashioned in a less than flattering sense of the term . . . and yet, it's also rousing, enjoyable entertainment.
The film begins with Lane's childhood, showing his parents as rural working-class folks who start their son out early on the road to rodeo stardom. As Lane grows up, the rodeo becomes second nature to him as he travels the circuit with two buddies, the rowdy, fun-loving Tuff (Stephen Baldwin) and the more staid, married Cody (Red Mitchell). Lane, meanwhile, gains a reputation as the nicest guy on the circuit, always taking time for fans and giving tidbits of instruction to youngsters.
Eventually, Lane is smitten by a champion horse rider named Kellie Kyle (Cynthia Geary, of TV's "Northern Exposure") and begins to pursue her, though she is initially reluctant. And a good deal of the rest of the movie is devoted to their romance and turbulent marriage.
The turbulence is due largely to Lane's inability to communicate his innermost feelings, which stems directly from his relationship with his stoic, unemotional and highly critical father (James Rebhorn, who plays a similar role to comic effect in the current "Blank Check"). And, of course, Mom (Carrie Snodgress) tries to intercede and help Lane understand that his father cares but just can't express himself.
That "8 Seconds" works as well as it does is due in no small part to the sincerity of the screenplay by Monte Merrick ("Memphis Belle," "Mr. Baseball") and the upbeat style of director John G. Avildsen (the "Karate Kid" movies, "Rocky"). (Avildsen's highly charged bull-riding sequences may leave the average moviegoer with the distinct impression that anyone who would get on a bull in the first place is a little bit nuts — and those who keep repeating the experience most certainly are.)
But the film owes even more to the charisma of its central player and the subtle talents of its supporting cast. Perry does very well in the lead, but the smaller pleasures provided by Geary, Baldwin, Rebhorn and Snodgress lend some much-needed weight to the proceedings.
The result is a real crowd-pleaser, whether or not you are drawn to the rodeo subject matter.
Rated PG-13, "8 Seconds" has a fair amount of profanity and vulgarity, as well as a brief sex scene and some violence.
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Full Review | Original Score: C | Sep 7, 2011
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Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 19, 2004
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Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 7, 2002
A lot of bull.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 25, 2002
The title implies how long you'll be able to sit through it.
Full Review | Original Score: 35/100 | Feb 13, 2001
[Luke Perry] looks capable of rising above the fanzine drivel and proving himself a real actor. But this isn't quite the movie.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 1, 2000
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Full Review | Original Score: C | Feb 25, 1994
8 Seconds Review
01 Jan 1994
105 minutes
Academy Award-winning director John Avildsen has a track record for giving American sports heros the Hollywood treatment (Rocky, The Karate Kid). This time he turns the camera on the world of Americas latterdays cowboys, in particular one Lane Frost, a real-life champion bull-rider who came permanently unseated at the age of 25, here played by Beverly Hills 90210 star Luke Perry.
Its hard to countenance the suave Perry of the hit TV series getting down and dirty with several tons of beef but he does it in style, picking up Frosts story which starts with his childhood around a father too wrapped up in his own bull-riding career to notice the efforts of his eager-to-please son as the champ is on the brink of hitting the bigtime. His father remains a source of unresolved pain, but Frost has his bull-riding chums and bride-to-be Kellie (Geary) to divert him.
Frosts success, rivalries, marital tensions, and the sheer sweat and tears of struggling to stay on top puts paid to the cowboys saccharinely blessed life and, unfortunately, turns an averagely enjoyable biopic into a full-blown soap opera which wouldnt look out of place as an episode of Dallas. The bull-riding sequences remain the most memorable element; clearly nothing less than the real thing, inspiring equal parts admiration, genuine fear and a strangely comforting sense that the Old West is still alive and thriving.
Judged for TV, this might have seemed more impressive but as a feature film it carries the distinct whiff of cow manure. As a vehicle for Perry, it doesnt so much prove his ability outside 90210 as hint at something more behind the pretty face than just another pretty face.
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- Director: John G Avildsen
- Screenwriter: Monte Merrick, Larry Brothers
- Cynthia Geary
- Stephen Baldwin
- James Rebhorn
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MOVIE REVIEW : ‘8 Seconds’: This True Rodeo Story Lacks True Grit : ‘Rocky’ director John Avildsen brings to the screen the life of champion bull-rider Lane Frost.
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If only the filmmakers responsible for “8 Seconds” (general release) were half as good at riding the bull as their rodeo hero Lane Frost. It’s an inspirational bio-pic without a trace of inspiration.
Frost--played here by Luke Perry--was the youngest world champion bull-rider ever, before he died in a rodeo accident in 1989. (The end credits feature clips from his career.) He had worked his way up the small-town circuits, married a stand-by-your-man sweetheart, Kellie Kyle (Cynthia Geary), endured an on-the-road life of cheap-jack motels and finally made it to the top at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.
Frost must have been a cracker-jack character, but the movie turns him into a cardboard good guy. He’s squeaky clean even when he’s straying with a groupie or having a honky-tonk snit. The hellbent passion that would keep a man retrofitted atop a bounding 2,000-pound bull for the competitive minimum of at least eight very long seconds is nowhere in evidence in Perry’s aw-shucks posturing. Neither is the effects of the commercialization of the sport. That’s been purified too. The inspirationalism goes down easier that way.
Director John Avildsen, who directed “Rocky” and “The Karate Kid,” knows something about inspirational movies--and he appears to have forgotten most of it here. Frost never sinks low enough to make his rise exciting; his ordeals--wife problems, father problems, etc.--are standard. The screenwriter, Monte Merrick, must have recognized this--at one point he has one of the characters remark on how much their lives resemble a country-Western song. Actually, their lives resemble a bad country song. The good ones don’t indulge in all this processed heartbreak.
Stephen Baldwin, as Lane’s bull-riding buddy “Tuff” Hedeman, has a few swaggering good moments and James Rebhorn, playing Lane’s father Clyde, has an acrid edge that de-sudses his scenes. (The filmmakers intend Clyde’s competitiveness with his son to be his way of showing love, but that’s not how it plays.)
The most solid presence in the film, though, is the great bull Red Rock, Lance’s perpetual nemesis. He has a gravity lacking in the rest of the movie. He should have bucked a few more of its honchos.
‘8 Seconds’
Luke Perry: Lane Frost
James Rebhorn: Clyde Frost
Stephen Baldwin: Tuff
Cynthia Geary: Kellie Frost
New Line Productions presentation of a Jersey Films production. Director John Avildsen. Producer Michael Shamberg. Executive producer Jeffrey Swab. Screenplay by Monte Merrick. Cinematographer Victor Hammer. Editor J. Douglas Seelig. Costumes Deena Appel. Music Bill Conti. Production design William J. Cassidy. Art director John Frick. Set decorator Jenny C. Patrick. Running time: 1 hour, 48 minutes.
MPAA rating: PG-13, for language. Times guidelines: It includes bone-crushing, bull-goring scenes.
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Underhanded methods result in positive results, but the film also focuses on using courage and perseverance to achieve a common good.
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Franklin is seeking revenge and uses time travel to deceive others, but he also demonstrates courage as he goes undercover, and he perseveres despite extreme hardship.
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Lead character is a White man (Josh Hutcherson), but rest of cast is largely Black, in both main and supporting roles. Anton Burrell (Morgan Freeman) is a Black tech genius in his 80s who's working in STEM, which is positive representation, even though his ideas about preventive care can be scary and overbearing. Hutcherson and Black actress Lovie Simone play an interracial engaged couple. Simone's character is indirectly defined by her relationship with Hutcherson's, but she also has her own dreams and aspirations as an artist. She thinks independently, challenges Hutcherson's character to live within his morals.
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Parents need to know that 57 Seconds is a sci-fi thriller about Franklin Fox ( Josh Hutcherson ), a man who finds a ring that allows him to travel 57 seconds back in time. He uses it to exact revenge on an evil pharmaceutical mogul who created a devastating drug. Mature content includes adult characters drinking alcohol and talking about drug overdoses. There's a scene involving sexual assault against a man, as well as swearing ("f--k," "s--t," and more), gun violence, a plane crash, and fighting. There's lots of Black representation, in both main and supporting roles, especially Morgan Freeman as a Black tech genius in his 80s who's working in STEM. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails .
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57 SECONDS follows Franklin Fox ( Josh Hutcherson ), a tech blogger who wants to interview tech innovator Anton Burrell ( Morgan Freeman ). Their encounter leads to Franklin finding a special ring that can alter time for 57 seconds. Franklin uses the ring to help his relationship with his girlfriend-turned-fiancée ( Lovie Simone ) -- and to exact revenge on a nefarious pharmaceutical executive ( Greg Germann ) who created a super-addictive drug that negatively affected Franklin's life.
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This engaging sci-fi ride puts a new twist on the time-travel conceit. In 57 Seconds , time travel is used more like a drug instead of a mathematical concept (which means that viewers who usually aren't interested in time travel stories might be able to watch without getting a headache). Hutcherson does a great job as Franklin, bringing empathy and humanity to a role that could have been seen as underbaked. The same goes for Freeman and Simone -- their characters aren't written deeply, especially Freeman's, but their acting ability adds depth to what was likely on the page. Freeman's character is very mysterious, but, thankfully, Freeman grounds the role with his own gravitas. Overall, 57 Seconds is a fine film to watch on a Friday night.
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- In theaters : September 29, 2023
- On DVD or streaming : November 14, 2023
- Cast : Josh Hutcherson , Morgan Freeman , Lovie Simone , Greg Germann
- Director : Rusty Cundieff
- Inclusion Information : Black directors, Black actors, Female actors
- Studio : The Avenue
- Genre : Science Fiction
- Character Strengths : Courage , Perseverance
- Run time : 99 minutes
- MPAA rating : R
- MPAA explanation : violence and language
- Last updated : December 5, 2023
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Region Free. “8 Seconds” is the true story of the meteoric rise and all-too-brief career of Lane Frost, the youngest national champion bull rider in history, Luke Perry stars as Lane, a shy but popular young bareback rodeo rider whose gutsy determination catapults him to stardom, As Lane gains a winning reputation, he meets and falls in love with Kellie, a spirited, beautiful young horsewoman, After a passionate courtship, the two young rodeo riders get married, Kellie looks after Lane and sacrifices her own freedom to be his devoted wife, but the pressures of Lane's career soon take their toll, Kellie is often left alone while Lane continues to ride the circuit with his longtime friends and competitors, including three-time rodeo champion Tuff Hedeman, Lane faces his ultimate challenge attempting to ride Red Rock, a dangerous bull known for fatally injuring his riders, Perry gives a fine performance in this gutsy and inspirational tale of a real-life rodeo hero, set to a swinging country-western soundtrack featuring Vince Gill and Brooks & Dunn, among others.
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- Package Dimensions : 7.56 x 5.35 x 0.55 inches; 3.2 ounces
- Director : John G. Avildsen
- Run time : 104 minutes
- Actors : Luke Perry, Stephen Baldwin
- Subtitles: : English
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8 Seconds (1994) Directed by Jon G. Avlidsen Written by Jon G. Avlidsen Starring Luke Perry, Stephen Baldwin, Cynthia Geary Release Date February 25th, 1994 Lane Frost is a cowboy who rises to become a professional bull-riding champion in the 1980s; along the way, he endures some bad injuries and the ups and downs of married life. Tangents Professional Wrestling Luke Perry's son Jack 'Jungle Boy' Perry AEW and Christian Amy Finds out What Vince McMahon Did. And many more.
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Tv/streaming, collections, great movies, chaz's journal, contributors, another chance: on the sustained power of john frankenheimer's seconds.
John Frankenheimer ’s “Seconds” will linger a lot longer than the title suggests in the mind of anyone who chooses to watch it. In fact, it might be one of the most haunting American films to come out of the 1960s, or any decade for that matter. James Wong Howe’s expressionistic cinematography plays a huge part in making this nightmarish vision so memorable. His work was deservingly nominated for an Academy Award, despite the film’s poor reception at the time of its release. Howe uses many different angles, techniques, and lenses to visualize this story, and the opening scene alone makes inventive use of the stead-cam, a distorted 9.7mm fish-eye lens, and plenty of tilted low-angle shots.
The photography instantly puts viewers at unease. It feels like the camera itself is having an out of body experience, which is fitting given the central theme of this cult classic deals with rebirth and fabricated reincarnation. After receiving a call from an old friend who was once thought to be deceased, Arthur Hamilton ( John Randolph ) gets talked into leaving his old life behind to lead a youthful one. His friend tells him about this company that can grant you a second life. If you still haven’t seen this film, I recommend doing so before continuing to read on, as I’ll discuss the film’s philosophical themes.
Once Hamilton gets lured into this dark underground world, there’s no turning back. The company blackmails him into paying for the procedure. He has no other choice. First, they fake his death, then transform the way he looks, and finally they reintegrate him into society with a new job and a new identity. Although the premise itself sounds miraculous for the old man, it’s quite ironic that his existential crisis occurs after the procedure is done not before. Perhaps, “rebirth” only succeeds when an internal awakening sparks the need for a transformation beforehand.
There’s a great scene midway through the film, when the younger version of himself, now played by Rock Hudson , attends a free-spirited festival. Everyone starts to take their clothes off, and they begin stomping grapes while drinking wine. It’s a pivotal moment in terms of character development, yet very few words are ever spoken. It’s quite clear that our main character or “second” feels very uncomfortable by the bohemian nature of this generation. After all, he is an old man in a young man’s body, and he is clearly part of a much more conservative generation. When we were young, we wanted to grow up. When we grew up, we wanted to be children again. Maybe, we would accept the idea of aging if we considered that the times change too.
Frankenheimer’s masterpiece grows in stature with each passing year due the relevant themes of existentialism, and free-will. But much like the main character, the film starts off as one thing, reinvents itself, and becomes something else entirely in the brutal, yet necessary, final moments. In a span of a few seconds, it evolves into a film about the devastating inhumanity caused by corporate greed. The fictional company uses tactics that are very much in line with what is practiced today by mega-corporations. “ The Company ” uses a referral program as its recruiting strategy to encourage more clients to join the false promises of a second chance at life. Customers get rewarded for each new user that signs up, so they very much become a slave to the system. Only this time, each referral is a matter of life and death, so everyone involved is gambling with the lives of others. In 1966, this premise may come off as dystopian, but today, with thousands of lives dying at sweatshops all around the world, the idea of big corporations sacrificing human lives for profit isn’t that far-fetched at all.
Frankenheimer’s third entry of the “paranoid” trilogy also taps into the relationship between physical appearance and personality in a psychological exploration of identity. Does your personality influence your appearance, or does the way you look have a direct effect on the way you are? Through the physical transformation from Arthur Hamilton to Antiochus Wilson, our main character alters not only his face but his vocal cords as well. After the drastic changes take place, I couldn’t help but notice that his demeanor and personality gradually changed too. He becomes more lively, confident, and outspoken, especially in the party sequence. The way people react to the way he looks has a direct effect on the way he responds to them.
In the scene where Wilson visits his former wife, Frankenheimer poses questions on the effects the procedure has on memory. Do the memories of his past self grow more distant the more he spends time as a second? Will they eventually feel like they belonged to another person, another man? Are his current actions and behavior being dictated by his old self or his second self? It’s fascinating how appearance has a direct impact on identity. Frankenheimer once explained, “What the picture really says is that you are who you are; as soon as you try to erase the past, you’re doomed.”
It is said that Frankenheimer included several shots of an actual rhinoplasty operation in the plastic surgery sequence, and when the cameraman fainted, he had to pick the camera up and finish the job himself. Not surprisingly, when it first screened, several viewers were spotted throwing up. Like Antonioni’s “L’Avventura,” Scorsese’s “ Taxi Driver ,” and Malick’s “ The Tree of Life ,” Frankenheimer’s “Seconds” was booed at the Cannes Film Festival for all the wrong reasons—for being way ahead of its time. And while it had a premature death on its initial release, in an ironic twist of fate, "Seconds" found poetic justice. Like its main character, it is reliving a second life.
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Christian Movie The Hill Soars to No. 1 on Netflix
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A Christian movie that’s based on a true story and stars Dennis Quaid has soared up the Netflix charts to No. 1 and won a major mainstream award in recent days, some five months after it was released in theaters.
The faith -based film The Hill hit No. 1 on Netflix’s Top 10 movie chart in late January and stood at No. 5 on Thursday, thrilling the cast and crew behind the movie, which launched in theaters in late August and on Netflix in January. It was No. 1 for at least six days on the chart, which changes regularly.
“No words! Netflix #1 movie in America! Crazy! Keep the thumbs up and we’ll stay awhile. Thank you all for your undying support!!,” director Jeff Celentano wrote on Instagram.
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The Hill reached another major milestone on Jan. 27 when it won Best Family Feature Film at the Family Film and TV Awards , edging Barbie, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and Shazam! Fury of the Gods . The awards show was broadcast on CBS.
“The way it’s touching people, and what it's doing to them has shocked me,” Celentano told ChristianHeadlines.
“I read the script and bawled my eyes out and never looked back. It just got inside my soul. Like Rickey determined to play baseball, I was determined to get this movie made. And I had no choice. People were like, ‘Jeff, give it up, move on. It's taken you years.’ …I just fell in love with the story and this unbelievable resilience this little boy had who was crippled and ended up, you know, going to try out for the major leagues with everything against him.”
The movie is relatable, Celentano said.
“Every little boy and every town across America can relate to being bullied, made fun of,” he said. “...He just kept smiling. That's what got me -- like [he had] unconditional love for everybody. And his faith in God just carried him through.”
Hill said his determination “came naturally.”
“When you have to fight for the first few years of your life, you're fighting all the time -- walking and trying to do all those things. It just came built-in,” Hill told ChristianHeadlines. “And anything I wanted to do, I wanted to be the best at. It just came to me. God gave me the ability to have it. Also, my dad always said, ‘If God gives you the ability to have it, He'll take it away from you if you don't use it.’ And so therefore, I used it every way I could."
“...I was born with problems. I didn't let them take me down. I'm still here. I've still got the same faith. It's very powerful, very strong. I fought the fight and I kept the faith and I finished the course.”
The Hill is rated PG for thematic content, minor language and smoking throughout. Learn details here .
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More Detail: EIGHT SECONDS is about three of the greatest rodeo cowboys who ever lived, Lane Frost, Tuff Hedeman and Cody Lambert. Their lives intertwined, they broke into the sport together and became a family of three. Lane Frost is no longer alive, and Tuff Hedeman (3 time World Champion) is a living legend still competing.
8 Seconds is based on the true story of Lane Frost, a popular bull rider who lost his life in the rodeo ring. The two primary conflicts that the movie portrays are the marriage between Lane (played by Beverly Hills 90210 star Luke Perry) and Kellie Frost (Cynthia Geary), and the inability for Lane to feel that he meets his father's expectations.. I have never been a rodeo fan, but have had ...
"8 Seconds" takes a smooth, sappy ride through the life of a great bucking bull rider. Sweet, sentimental and rose-colored to a fault, this family-oriented biopic has none of the grit, dust and ...
Tuff Hedeman. James Rebhorn. Clyde Frost. Cynthia Geary. Kellie Frost. Carrie Snodgress. Elsie Frost. An ex-bull rider (James Rebhorn) trains his son (Luke Perry), who becomes the world rodeo ...
Powered by JustWatch. "Eight Seconds" comes billed as the true story of Lane Frost, one of the youngest national champions in rodeo history, who was able to win the title more easily than the approval of his father. Obsessed by his father's need to always demand something more, he turned to his fans for easy approval, and that almost destroyed ...
Film review: 8 Seconds. Luke Perry makes a solid big-screen impression with his starring debut in "8 Seconds," playing rodeo star Lane Frost, who died at age 25 doing what he loved most, riding bulls. This film about Lane's brief life is sentimental and simplistic, old-fashioned in a less than flattering sense of the term . . . and yet, it's ...
8 Seconds: Directed by John G. Avildsen. With James Rebhorn, Cameron Finley, Carrie Snodgress, Dustin Mayfield. This movie chronicles the life of Lane Frost, 1987 PRCA Bull Riding World Champion, his marriage and his friendships with Tuff Hedeman (three-time World Champion) and Cody Lambert.
8 Seconds (1994) *** (out of 4) This here was billed as telling the true story of Lane Frost (Luke Perry) who would become the youngest National Champion in bullriding. The story behind the riding was a lot darker as he was married young to a woman named Kellie (Cynthia Geary) and the two suffered many problems.
The title implies how long you'll be able to sit through it. Full Review | Original Score: 35/100 | Feb 13, 2001. Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times. TOP CRITIC. [Luke Perry] looks capable of rising ...
8 Seconds 1994, PG-13, 105 min. Directed by John G. Avildsen. Starring Luke Perry, Stephen Baldwin, James Rebhorn, Carrie Snodgrass, Red Mitchell, Cynthia Geary ...
Original Title: 8 Seconds. Academy Award-winning director John Avildsen has a track record for giving American sports heros the Hollywood treatment (Rocky, The Karate Kid). This time he turns the ...
Perry is too petulant to convince us of Frost's dark side; while Avildsen remains a proponent of the point-and-shoot school of direction. The film redeems itself somewhat by its downbeat ending ...
8 Seconds is a 1994 American contemporary Western biographical drama film directed by John G. Avildsen. Its title refers to the length of time a bull rider is required to stay on for a ride to be scored. The film stars Luke Perry as American rodeo legend Lane Frost and focuses on his life and career as a bull riding champion. It also features Stephen Baldwin as Tuff Hedeman, and Red Mitchell ...
The hellbent passion that would keep a man retrofitted atop a bounding 2,000-pound bull for the competitive minimum of at least eight very long seconds is nowhere in evidence in Perry's aw ...
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Detailed plot synopsis reviews of 8 Seconds. This is a biography of Lane Frost, a rodeo bull rider who was one of the youngest champions in the sport. Lane Frost is an ambitious bull rider who is mentored by his bull rider father Clyde. Clyde is overbearing and stern, and Lane always fails to get his approval.
Region Free. "8 Seconds" is the true story of the meteoric rise and all-too-brief career of Lane Frost, the youngest national champion bull rider in history, Luke Perry stars as Lane, a shy but popular young bareback rodeo rider whose gutsy determination catapults him to stardom, As Lane gains a winning reputation, he meets and falls in love with Kellie, a spirited, beautiful young ...
8 Seconds (1994) Directed by Jon G. Avlidsen Written by Jon G. Avlidsen Starring Luke Perry, Stephen Baldwin, Cynthia Geary Release Date February 25th, 1994 Lane Frost is a cowboy who rises to become a professional bull-riding champion in the 1980s; along the way, he endures some bad injuries and the ups and downs of married life. Tangents Professional Wrestling Luke Perry's son Jack 'Jungle ...
John Frankenheimer's "Seconds" will linger a lot longer than the title suggests in the mind of anyone who chooses to watch it.In fact, it might be one of the most haunting American films to come out of the 1960s, or any decade for that matter. James Wong Howe's expressionistic cinematography plays a huge part in making this nightmarish vision so memorable.
The faith -based film The Hill hit No. 1 on Netflix's Top 10 movie chart in late January and stood at No. 5 on Thursday, thrilling the cast and crew behind the movie, which launched in theaters ...
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