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Unknown Cyclist (The)
- Director: Bernard Salzmann
- Writer: Matthew Carlisle; Betsy Pool
- Producer: Matthew Carlisle; Chris Eguia
CGiii Comment
The opening credits & music are both frightening (horrifically, the music continues to be throughout).
Every cliché in the book is thrown at the screen.
Shameful and shameless sentimentality...with grown men wearing dungarees...ingredients that most certainly do not make a good film.
It's a lightweight stab at something heavy...becoming a little too preachy for its own good.
The premise is actually quite interesting and calls for a more complex script and deft direction (it has neither) - unfortunately, this plays for laughs with cheap and simplified emotion.
Disappointing...to say the least.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
A man's dying wish is for the people in his life to participate in a 450-mile charity bicycle ride through Northern California.
Cast & Characters
Lea Thompson as Melissa Cavatelli;
Vincent Spano as Frank Cavatelli;
Danny Nucci as Gaetano Amador;
Stephen Spinella as Doug Stein;
Michael J. Pollard as Gabe Sinclair;
Lainie Kazan as Rachel;
Scott Atkinson as Lance;
Jaclyn Balacy as Lemonade Stand Girl #1;
Brianna Tiesi as Lemonade Stand Girl #2;
Meredith Basinger as Sandra;
Ismael 'East' Carlo as Farm Worker;
Richard Danielson as Shane - Bartender;
David Hamblin as Doug's Date;
Michael Reid MacKay as Luc Pierre;
William Mapother as By-Stander