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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Brief Nudity, Questionable for Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1985 DVD Release: 12/21/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 53 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Total Copies: 12 Genres: Drama, Family Drama, Sports Drama

It takes a fierce three-day bicycle race up in the mountains to reunite two formerly feuding brothers in this film written by Steve Tesich, the creator of another cycle movie, 1979's Breaking Away. This film will please the cycling lovers out there, as it includes actual footage taken from the famous Coors International Bicycle Classic, held in the Colorado Rockies. The plot revolves around the suspicion that one of the two brothers -- either the pragmatic sports doctor Marcus (Kevin Costner) or the impudent, driven David (David Marshall Grant) -- is likely afflicted with an inherited tendency toward cerebral aneurysms. ~ All Movie Guide

Kevin Costner - Marcus Sommers
David Marshall Grant - David Sommers
Rae Dawn Chong - Sarah
Alexandra Paul - Becky
Janice Rule - Mrs. Sommers

John Badham directs a young Kevin Costner in the bike racing film American Flyers, which comes to DVD with a pair of transfers. The widescreen anamorphic transfer preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1, and is preferable to the standard full-frame image. English and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Surround. Subtitles are accessible in both of those languages as well. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, making this an acceptable if less than outstanding release from Warner Brothers. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide