Evel Knievel (2004) (TV)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

John Badham

Writers (WGA):

Jason Horwitch (teleplay)
Steve Mandich (book)

Release Date:

30 July 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Cast

George Eads	...	Evel
Jaime Pressly	...	Linda Bork
Lance Henriksen	...	'Awful' Knoffel
Matt Gordon
Peter MacNeill
Fred Dalton Thompson	...	Jay Sarno
Beau Bridges	...	John Bork
Jake Brockman	...	Young Bobby / Evel
Maggie Butterfield	...	Ethel Bork
Brayden Jones	...	Kelly Knievel
Riley Jones	...	Robbie Knievel
Madeleine Butler	...	Tracey Knievel
Thomas Price	...	Younger Robbie
Connor Price	...	Younger Kelly
Elle Dhanani	...	Younger Tracey

Also Known As:

Evel (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:91 min | Brazil:91 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo (as Dolby Digital)

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

ApolloMedia

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In the scene set in 1950 Jerry Lee Lewis' recording of "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On" can be heard, seven years before it actually was recorded.

Movie Connections:

References Evel Knievel (1971)

Evel Knievel 2004

Wow. This movie is so gosh-darn awful I'm not sure where to begin. Production costs must have soared into the thousands, from the look of this cheap-by-1978-movie-of-the-week-Aaron-Spelling-standards. If you are even a modest fan of pop culture history, you will notice horrible gaffs all over this thing (The Ideal Toy Company segment of the movie, wherein toys not yet available until the end of the 70's are on display in 1971), the ages of his children in the 60's sequences, all kinds of dopey crap. This movie purports to be more of a true portrayal of Evel's life than the George Hamilton flick from the early 1970's. It was not half as entertaining as the Hamilton movie and fairly glossed over and skewed in so far as depicting Evel's actual career. The jump shots remind me of some of the really cheap stuff you might have seen on Happy Days, where we get to see the Fonz's view of a jump as he sails over it. The History Channel has an excellent documentary hosted by Mathew McConaughey. It's loaded with actual Evel interviews and tons of footage of jumps that I hadn't seen since they aired in the 70's. Please rent/go see this documentary. Shows every aspect of Evel. Or, rent the Hamilton movie for its camp and fun value. Bypass this ridiculous piece of @#$%. Jeff Graham-Tulsa, OK.