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On Any Sunday

  • 1971
  • G
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
1.6K
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Steve McQueen in On Any Sunday (1971)
Mention the name Bruce Brown in any crowd and someone will reply: “He is the reason I ride”. 

Featuring Steve McQueen with music by the famed Dominick Fronteirie, this is without a doubt the quintessential motorcycle film, now digitally re-mastered and loaded with never-before-seen extras.

Academy Award® nominated Bruce Brown highlighted this intoxicating race world filled with rugged road riders and the grueling excitement of  muddy and murderous motocross, daring dune riding, slicing the ice and the tortuous mayhem of the Baja 1000.  

The grandfather of  motorcycle sport filmmaking now greets a new breed of sport riders and filmmakers,  which include sons Dana and Wade, and  grandson Wes with partner T.J. Barrack - all of whom had a hand in the Bonus Features for this incredible new  DVD set. Wherever a reason, whatever the season, Bruce and his friends for decades, with familiar names like Malcolm and Mert, along with the new breed of riders, taking the sport to the extreme, can conjure up stories and tales of how they “almost made it, jumped it, ate it, killed it or trashed it” on practically every Sunday.
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Documentary on motorcycle racing featuring stars of the sport, including film star Steve McQueen, a racer in his own right.Documentary on motorcycle racing featuring stars of the sport, including film star Steve McQueen, a racer in his own right.Documentary on motorcycle racing featuring stars of the sport, including film star Steve McQueen, a racer in his own right.

  • Director
    • Bruce Brown
  • Writer
    • Bruce Brown
  • Stars
    • Steve McQueen
    • Dave Aldana
    • Mark Brelsford
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    1.6K
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    • Director
      • Bruce Brown
    • Writer
      • Bruce Brown
    • Stars
      • Steve McQueen
      • Dave Aldana
      • Mark Brelsford
    • 31User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
    • 75Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 nomination total

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    Steve McQueen
    Steve McQueen
    • Self
    Dave Aldana
    Dave Aldana
    • Self - National Racer #38
    Mark Brelsford
    • Self - National Racer
    Bruce Brown
    Bruce Brown
    • Narrator
    Don Castro
    • Self - National Racer
    Jack Dunn
    • Self - Mert Lawwill's Companion
    David Evans
    • Self
    Gary Fisher
    • Self - National Racer #99
    John Forker
    John Forker
    • Self - Boy Riding Bicycle
    Mike Gibbon
    • Self - Hillclimber
    Frank Gillespie
    • Self - National Racer #23
    Hawkeye Hillbilly
    • Self - Hillclimber
    Fred Kolman
    • Ice Racer #146
    Mert Lawwill
    • Self - National Racer #1
    Dick Mann
    • Self - National Racer #2
    Whitey Martino
    • Self - Desert Racer #1
    Keith Mashburn
    • Self - National Racer #30X
    Gary Nixon
    • Self - National Racer
    • Director
      • Bruce Brown
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      • Bruce Brown
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    • Trivia
      Access to the beach for the final scenes in the film (shot at Camp Pendleton, a marine base in California), was originally denied to Bruce Brown, but Steve McQueen intervened and the Pendleton officials then gave permission.
    • Quotes

      Narrator: [after a desert racer move a turtle out of the trail] Desert racers are nice people.

    • Connections
      Featured in Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1989)
    • Soundtracks
      On Any Sunday
      Lyrics by Sally Stevens

      Music by Dominic Frontiere

      Sung by Sally Stevens

    User reviews31

    Featured review
    8/10

    Best Bruce Brown Movie

    A couple of years ago, TCM showed a retrospective of Bruce Brown's surfing films from the 60s, including the well known "Endless Summer". But the one that stood out from all the rest was "On Any Sunday", a motorcycle film that still bears repeated viewings.

    From what I understand, it was the film that actually introduced professional motocross racing to the rest of the country. It reminded me a lot of the 80s when I first started on trail bikes and then went to Enduro 2-strokes. I've since given up riding like that for the sake of the family, but man, it did bring back a lot of memories...

    I wish I had seen it before the TCM showing but I never got around to it. Talk about falling through the radar!
    • Bobby_Dupea
    • Jul 11, 2008
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    • Release date
      • December 31, 1971 (Ireland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Teufelskerle auf heissen Feuerstühlen
    • Filming locations
      • Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Solar Productions
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    • Budget
      • $313,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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