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Madison (2001) -- A story about a man's personal struggle to victory in the 1971 Madison, Indiana hydro-plane regatta.

Overview

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6.5/10   461 votes
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Director:
William Bindley
Writers (WGA):
William Bindley (written by) &
Scott Bindley (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
22 April 2005 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Sport more
Tagline:
A town's future is riding with one man.
Plot:
A story about a man's personal struggle to victory in the 1971 Madison, Indiana hydro-plane regatta. full summary | add synopsis
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(3 articles)
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 (From Brothers and Sisters-TV. 6 June 2008, 1:42 PM, PDT)

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 (From WENN. 9 May 2005)

User Comments:
Very Good, But Felt A Little Disappointed more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Caviezel ... Jim McCormick (as Jim Caviezel)
Jake Lloyd ... Mike McCormick

Mary McCormack ... Bonnie McCormick
Bruce Dern ... Harry Volpi
Paul Dooley ... Mayor Don Vaughn

Brent Briscoe ... Tony Steinhardt
Mark Fauser ... Travis

Reed Diamond ... Skip Naughton

Frank Knapp Jr. ... Bobby Humphrey

Chelcie Ross ... Roger Epperson
Byrne Piven ... George Wallin

William Shockley ... Rick Winston

Matt Letscher ... Owen

Richard Lee Jackson ... Buddy Johnson

Kristina Anapau ... Tami Johnson
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for some mild language and sports peril.
Runtime:
94 min | USA:99 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Chicago, Illinois, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
After winning the 1971 Gold Cup, Jim McCormick and the Miss Madison made it 2 wins in a row, when he won the Atomic Cup in Tri City, Washington, three weeks later on July 26, 1971. more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the opening shot of Miss Madison making a test run, the driver has a white helmet and in other shots of the same run, the driver has an orange helmet. more

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12 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
Very Good, But Felt A Little Disappointed, 23 April 2005
7/10
Author: goleafs84 from Seattle, Washington

Being an unlimited hydroplane "nut" (I grew up on the sport and lived only 12 miles away from the Seattle racecourse) I've been excited about this movie's release, since I first heard about it as far back as 1999 when I was at the General Motors Cup at Seafair race. Needless to say, I've waited nearly 6 years for the movie.

The storyline to the movie was good. I liked the story about father and son's and the love of the sport. It's easy to tell, that unlimited hydroplane racing is in their blood. I especially liked Jake Lloyd's character, Mike McCormick, because in some ways, it reminded me of my childhood. Except I used to race wooden hydroplanes with my friends on my parent's lawn and I had hydro pictures and posters on my wall.

I Also liked the story of how the city of Madison, Indiana's struggle to host the American Powerboat Association (APBA), Gold Cup. For those unfamiliar with the sport, the Gold Cup is the oldest motor sports trophy and is one of the most coveted races every hydro team wants to win.

What disappointed me about the movie was, I sort of felt that Hollywood was trying to alter hydroplane history and facts. Here's 's some of them.

- The All red paint scheme of the Miss Budweiser, was not used by owner Bernie Little and the race team until 1994.

-The second race on the circuit was in Chicago. There was no race there.

If they wanted to show another race site in a big city, why didn't they use Detroit? It was the 3rd race on the circuit that year and it has a longtime history in the sport. It seems like they insulted Detroit; I can see many longtime Detroit hydro race fans are insulted over this.

-Seattle was the 3rd race site. I assume they wanted to show Seattle, since it has a longtime history in the sport, like Detroit, but they moved it up about a month early, when it usually follows Madison and the date has traditionally been on the first weekend of August.

-The "us vs them" attitude in the movie or "David vs Goliath". Although it is very true that there are many rivalries in the sport and it looks good in the storyline, it seems seldom that you see this attitude all the time as was depicted.

Many times I've seen when one race team is in trouble, especially the smaller race "camps" ones like the Miss Madison, I've seen many competing race teams help each other out, by sending their pit crew members to the troubled race camp, or loaning them parts for their boat, so they can race. Miss Budweiser owner, the late, Bernie Little for example, has done this over the years because he has said, it is important to have those boats out on the racecourse competing. I'm not saying that what you saw in the movie doesn't happen, but to me, it's very rare.

That being said, when I look at the movie overall, I liked it, despite it's faults. It had many good qualities, like the father/son storyline and the city and race team's struggles, like I mentioned. This will be a good movie for the hydro fan as well as a ports fan. I'll buy the DVD when it comes out.

On a final note, here's a little trivia from the movie:

-The driver of the miss Budweiser at the time was actually, the late Dean Chenoweth (His surviving family probably didn't give their consent to use his name).

-The original Miss Madison from that time, couldn't be repaired and restored in time for the movie. Instead, The Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum put together a replica of that Miss Madison, using the Savair's Mist hull in her place. The boat has affectionately been referred to as the "Mist Madison".

-The Atlas van Lines, was actually, the Pay 'n Pak's 'Lil Buzzard.

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