
A documentary following the lives of motorcycle racers and racing enthusiasts, including actor Steve McQueen. First asking the question "Why do they do it?" this film looks at the people who devote (and sometimes risk) their lives to racing on tracks and off-road courses around the world.... (Full plot summary below)
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A documentary following the lives of motorcycle racers and racing enthusiasts, including actor Steve McQueen. First asking the question "Why do they do it?" this film looks at the people who devote (and sometimes risk) their lives to racing on tracks and off-road courses around the world.
Leave your thoughts about On Any Sunday.
| The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe movie itself is anything but anticlimactic. By putting his cameras on the cycles, Brown achieves audience-participation effects with speed that amount to marvelous delirium. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertDoes for motorcycle racing what The Endless Summer did for surfing and it's enjoyable in exactly the same way. |
| Chicago TribuneRoger MooreIt abounds with intelligently applied stop-frame, slow motion and colour treatment knick-knacks which heighten the excitement and visual impact. |
| User ReviewDavid WThis movie captures the soul of motorcycling! |
| User ReviewJohn SCool motorcycle movmentry-movie/documentary. Like that word, I should trademark it. |
| User ReviewJohn Mbest movie ever. it's amazing to see the diversity of the culture back then, and i'm astounded by what they could do on those old machines. i think i've already watched this movie 4 times, and i'd gladly double that |
| User ReviewDenise MBeing a motorcycle rider since childhood, I've watched this movie over and over again in my life. I think I first came to like Steve McQueen through this before I really paid attention to how good an actor he was in his movies. It's a bit dated if you want thrills, due to the age of the film and infancy of the off-road motorcycling sport at the time. But for history and nostalgia purposes, this can't be beat. And when it comes to documentary filmmaking, no narrator/director engages an audience like Bruce Brown does. |
| User ReviewJay Yif you ride dirt bikes then you need to see this movie. |
| User ReviewRalph RFun documentary full of hip music and awesome voice over work. |
| User ReviewRay WProbably made more of an impression on me than any movie then or since. I'd give anything to go back and ride those bikes again. |