The Flying Scotsman (2006)

Director:

Douglas Mackinnon

Writers:

John Brown and
Simon Rose ...
(more)

Release Date:

26 April 2007 (New Zealand)

Genre:

Drama | Sport

Tagline:

Hope made him a dreamer. Heart made him a hero.

Plot:

The true story of Graeme Obree, the Champion cyclist who built his bicycle from old bits of washing machines who won his championship only to have his title stripped from him and his mental health problems which he has suffered since.

Plot Keywords:

Bicycle | Bi Polar | Courier | Scot | Based On True Story

Awards:

7 nominations

Cast

Jonny Lee Miller	...	Graeme Obree
Sean Brown	...	Young Graeme Obree
Joseph Carney	...	Child Gang Leader
Crawford McInally-Kier	...	First Child Bully
Jan Plazalski	...	Second Child Bully
Niall Macgregor	...	Graeme's Father
Julie Austin	...	Graeme's Mother
Morag Calder	...	First Office Receptionist
Billy Boyd	...	Malky
Laura Fraser	...	Anne Obree
Jean Marie Coffey	...	Woman at Finish Line
Christopher Anderson	...	Baby Ewan
Brian Cox	...	Douglas Baxter
Ron Donachie	...	Scobie
Morven Christie	...	Katie
Pauline Lynch	...	Second Office Receptionist
Gary Hollywood	...	Cycle Courier
Moray Hunter	...	Armstrong
Kieran Tennant	...	First Kid in Street
Stuart Glen	...	Second Kid in Street
Steven Berkoff	...	Ernst Hagemann
Philip Wright	...	Francesco Moser
Dennis Matsuki	...	First Cycling Official
Erich Redman	...	Second Cycling Official
Peter Majer	...	Third Cycling Official
David Hounslow	...	"Specialized" Representative
Niall Greig Fulton	...	Adult Gang Leader
Adrian Grove	...	Chris Boardman (as Adrian Smith)
Daniel André Pageon	...	French Mayor
Grant Aylward	...	Mayor's Assistant
Gudrun Mangel	...	Mayor's Wife
Caitlin Brennan	...	Daughter on Bike
George Drennen	...	Father on Bike
Ashok Srivastava	...	Doctor
Nathan McGrath	...	Toddler Ewan
Tino Czaja	...	Track Official (credit only)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nikolas Abs	...	Junior Official
Muzaffer Cakar	...	President
Angelika Gersdorf
Forbes KB	...	Bailiff
Ralf Klopotteck	...	Startschiedsrichter
Joseph Balderrama	...	Santiago (uncredited)
Alan Marsh	...	Extra (uncredited)

Directed by
Douglas Mackinnon

Writing credits
John Brown		and
Simon Rose		and
Declan Hughes

Produced by
Peter Broughan	....	producer
Claire Chapman	....	producer
Peter Gallagher	....	line producer
Peter Gallagher	....	producer
Sara Giles	....	producer
Martin Hagemann	....	co-producer
Niccolo Innocenti	....	co-producer
Alan Kaplan	....	executive producer
Kai Künnemann	....	co-producer
Damita Nikapota	....	producer
Simon Rose	....	executive producer
Alasdair Waddell	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Martin Phipps

Cinematography by
Gavin Finney

Film Editing by
Colin Monie

Casting by
Maureen Duff

Production Design by
Mike Gunn

Art Direction by
Ursula Cleary

Set Decoration by
Lee Porter

Costume Design by
Alexandra Caulfield

Makeup Department
Lisa Buscher	....	makeup daily
Maxine Dallas	....	dailies makeup artist
Sarah Fidelo	....	hair designer
Sarah Fidelo	....	makeup designer
Ethian Hugo	....	makeup artist (as Etienne Hugo Carvajal)
Niamh Morrison	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Peter Kreutz	....	production manager
Suzanne Reid	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ian Easton	....	first assistant director: second unit
Ian Easton	....	third assistant director
Michael Queen	....	second assistant director
Francesco Reidy	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Phil Bowen	....	construction manager
Moley Campbell	....	art department assistant
Paul Caswell	....	props
Susan Collin	....	stand-by art director
Anne-Marie Coulter	....	production buyer
Judith Fischer	....	art department trainee: Germany
Derek Gray	....	storyboard artist
Daniel Kolarov	....	property master: Germany
Stephen Mason	....	art department runner
Bob Orr	....	property master
David Richmond	....	carpenter
Zoe Wight	....	petty cash buyer
Martin Kelly	....	art department (uncredited)

Sound Department
Alexander Buck	....	dialogue editor
Tim Dyer	....	sound trainee
Anthony Faust	....	adr mixer
Michael Feinberg	....	supervising adr editor
Tobias Fleig	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gordon Forbes	....	sound trainee
Kahl Henderson	....	adr mixer
Martin Jensen	....	adr recordist
Florian Kaltenegger	....	foley recordist
Emil Klotzsch	....	sound effects editor
David McMillan	....	boom operator
Reg Mills	....	sound mixer
Roland Platz	....	foley artist
Tobias Poppe	....	sound effects editor
Alexander Vitt	....	adr editor
Benjamin Wolf	....	foley editor
Guido Zettier	....	sound designer
Guido Zettier	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Perry Costello	....	rigging supplier
Nick Smith	....	special effects supervisor
Chris Watson	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Wolf Bosse	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Michael Brink	....	visual effects producer
Alex Brommer	....	digital compositor
Joerg Bruemmer	....	lead digital compositor
David Harter	....	digital artist
Nico Hauter	....	digital intermediate assistant colorist
Michael Krämer	....	digital compositor
Christian Laskawi	....	3D artist
Sebastian Locker	....	digital compositor
Heike Mauer	....	digital compositor
Christian Meckel	....	systems administrator
Tim Mendler	....	motion control operator
Rolf Muetze	....	visual effects supervisor
Frieda Oberlin	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Philipp Orgassa	....	digital intermediate colorist
Andreas Rathmacher	....	digital compositor
Bastian Schreitling	....	digital artist
Christian Tröger	....	digital artist
Christian Tröger	....	digital intermediate finisher
Ralf Wacker	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Philipp Schneider	....	visual effects editor (uncredited)

Stunts
Andy Bennett	....	stunt performer
Glenn Foster	....	stunt double
Andreas Petrides	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Ashley Bond	....	focus puller
Brandon Evans	....	gaffer
George Geddes	....	clapper loader
Iain Harrison	....	rigger
Rafael Jeneral	....	second assistant camera: Germany
Tobias Klauke	....	focus puller: "b" camera
Scott Rodgers	....	camera trainee
Xandy Sahla	....	camera operator
Niall Smyth	....	best boy
Bernd Spauke	....	still photographer
Colin Strachan	....	grip

Casting Department
Catherine Gordon	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Katherine Hyland	....	costume assistant
Dani Miller	....	costume assistant
Dee Walsh	....	costume supervisor
Elena Wegner	....	costumer: extras

Editorial Department
Giles Burgess	....	first assistant film editor
Richard Lloyd	....	post production supervisor
Sebastian Mietzner	....	post-production technician
Patty Papageorgiou	....	post-production assistant
Mathieu Reid	....	color timer

Music Department
Michael Connell	....	supervising music editor

Transportation Department
Angus Finlayson	....	runner driver
J.J. Lowe	....	local driver
Paul Mason	....	driver: camera car

Other crew
Lisa Maria Baruffati	....	additional floor runner
David Burt	....	location assistant
Stephen Burt	....	location manager
Peter Büscher	....	runner
Neil Cairns	....	production accountant
Michael Campbell	....	location assistant
Giovannina Cotroneo	....	production secretary
Kirstie Edgar	....	script supervisor
Gemma Gerber	....	stand-in: Laura Fraser
Robin Haig	....	floor runner
Sharon Howat	....	production coordinator
Joanna Johnson	....	legal and business affairs
Jacqui McBride	....	accounts trainee
David McKinnon	....	production runner
Christian Meckel	....	systems engineer
Anya Noakes	....	publicist
Graeme Obree	....	advisor
Holger Veh	....	supervising armorer
Paul Zieleniec	....	assistant accountant

Production Companies

• ContentFilm International
• Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Scion Films
• Scottish Screen
• Zero Film GmbH (coproducers)
• Zero West Filmproduktion

Distributors

• Celsius Entertainment (2005) (worldwide) (all media)
• ContentFilm International (2006) (worldwide) (all media) (sales agency)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation (MGM) (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Central Film (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Lighthouse Pictures (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Verve Pictures (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2010) (UK) (TV) (BBC1)
• Gativideo (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Elements Special Effects

Other Companies

• ARRI Lighting Rental  lighting
• ARRI Media  camera equipment provided by
• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies
• Enterprise Rent-A-Car  cars & vehicles supplied by
• Pictorion_das Werk  digital laboratory
• Ruhr Sound Studios  post-production sound services
• SGO / Mistika  digital equipment
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services
• United Casting  extras casting
• Zettier Sound Design  sound design & editorial

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some mature thematic elements and strong language

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Germany | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Ireland:15A | UK:15 | Germany:6 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | New Zealand:M | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK

Company:

ContentFilm International

Trivia:

David Tennant was cast in this film but had to drop out because of changed dates.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Several vehicles on the 1993 Glasgow streets are models not available at that time (including a Vauxhall Tigra introduced in 1994, and a Ford Focus, which was not introduced until 1998).

Quotes:

Anne Obree:[Graeme is stretching] No you're bum does not look big in those cycling shorts

Obree is a Legend

I would seriously recommend seeing this film which has tremendous performances from Brian Cox, Johnny Lee Miller and the rest of this very strong cast.

I was very lucky to see it during the recent Edinburgh Film Festival and hopefully it will get distribution very soon. It certainly deserves to.

It tells the amazing story of Graeme Obree, a true living Scottish legend as he struggled with both his own situation and ultimately once wins against the cruel World Cycling Authorities.

Go see it!