Rad (1986)

The story of one young man, Cru Jones, who has the intensity and desire to win a BMX race called Helltrack.

Director:

Hal Needham

Writers:

Sam Bernard, Geoffrey Edwards

Stars:

Bart Conner, Lori Loughlin, Bill Allen

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bill Allen	...	Cru
Lori Loughlin	...	Christian
Talia Shire	...	Mrs. Jones
Ray Walston	...	Burton Timmer
Alfie Wise	...	Eliott Dole
Jack Weston	...	Duke Best
Bart Conner	...	Bart Taylor
Marta Kober	...	Becky
Jamie Clarke	...	Luke
Laura Jacoby	...	Wesley Jones
H.B. Haggerty	...	Sgt. Smith
Chad Hayes	...	Rex Reynolds
Carey W. Hayes	...	Rod Reynolds (as Carey Hayes)
Kellie McQuiggin	...	Foxy
Beverley Hendry	...	Tiger (as Beverly Hendry)

Storyline

The story of Cru Jones, a young man who can overcome all obstacles that prevent him from participating in the BMX race "Helltrack." As he works towards his dream, Cru falls in love with Christian, an amateur racer. With the help of Christian and her friends, can Cru's "Rad Racing Team" defeat the top BMX factory rider, Bart Taylor ?

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Plot Keywords:

kiss | man wearing glasses | newspaper boy | song during opening credits | breaking the fourth wall | 

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Taglines:

Gettin ready to break the ice, feels like time is standin still. And you ride for your heart, ready to take another spill.

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Genres:

Drama | Sport

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 March 1986 (USA)

Also Known As:

Rad

Filming Locations:

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$408,980, 23 March 1986

Gross USA:

$2,015,882

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,015,882

Company Credits

Production Co:

TaliaFilm II Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The only song that was in the movie and wasn't on the soundtrack was The Charm Kings song, "Caught Up in the Crossfire". Because of this, the song is now lost.

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Goofs

At the very end of the film, when Wesley says "What a team!", her mouth isn't moving.

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Quotes

Wesley: Now that we're official, you think we have room for one more on the Rad team?

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Crazy Credits

R.L. Osborn besides Martin Apariljo perform BMX feats throughout much of the finishing credits.

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Alternate Versions

Scenes included in the final airing on the Canadian cable movie station Superchannel, but absent from the home video version;

• A short sequence, actually made up of three different scenes, right after the confrontation at the Rad Racing T-Shirt stand. These scenes are;
• Luke is sitting at the dinner table with his parents. His father tells him it isn't the end of the world. He excuses himself from the table.
• Amy is sitting in her room listening to music when her mother comes in. They have a short exchange where her mother scolds her for acting childish.
• An unnamed boy storms out of his house late at night.
• Right after this comes a scene where a drunken Bart Taylor stumbles into the restaurant where Cru works just as it's closing. Shouting, Bart challenges him to a one on one race, since Cru has been disqualified from HellTrack. Bart winds up falling over and doing a face plant into a piece of pie on the table where the bald cop is sitting.
• Another scene just before the race, after Duke Best has warned Bart about Cru and instructed the Reynolds twins to take him out;
• Cru thanks Mr. Pratt for him and the town getting behind him and supporting Rad Racing. Mr. Pratt gives Cru a brand new bike from his store.
• All of the characters from the deleted scenes are listed in the credits on the home video version.

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Connections

Referenced in Tosh.0: Crying Giants Fan (2009)

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Soundtracks

Caught Up in the Crossfire
Performed by The Charm Kings
Lyrics by John Brennan & Tom Griffith
Music by John Brennan
Produced by John Brennan

User Reviews

Good Movie

I have seen this movie many times and really enjoyed it. I am still trying to buy this movie in fact. But it's out of print at this moment. I am an 80's person and love most of the movies from that era. This one of the movies that I would really like to own. This is a movie that's great and I can't say that much about it without giving anything away. This brought back the BMX bicycles back to life in the 80's and I would still love to own one. For girls it's not really the girl thing to do but it's pretty cool. The tricks that they do are what the kids still do today and if you are in to the BMX racing kind of stuff then you would like this movie inspite of what some of the critics say about this movie. I hope you will enjoy it like I did.