slides do you mean the sidecar racers? an aussie movie.it has made it in the list, on one of the pages but it didn`t get talked about alot.
well mx 250 a deceased mate had a part longer than 3 seconds in it.ron hurdis of hrd sidecars and a couple of race mates are in the open shoots filmed at amaroo dirt track.
In deed it was
Sidecar Racer Mick...
Must be early onset Alzheimer's
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I was at Amaroo for that sidecar scene. What was suppose to happen was the camera would pan from an MX race to an altercation on the side of the track between Ben Murphy and one of the other characters. I was one of the MX'ers in the background racing scene.
The only problem was that Ben Murphy couldn't remember or string together more then two words at a time . So we did the shot time and time again. We had a great old time and had bit of an insight into the film industry. (The stars are not as clever, smart, sophisticated or as debonaire as they would like you to think. They need a good script writer to look smart and make up, a good camera angle and multiple takes to look debonaire
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The sidecars were props for the scene with the sidecar boys lounging around the sidecars watching the two characters punch it out. Ron was undoubtedly one of those 'lounging'.
Synopsis of Sidecar Racers
In this lively sports drama, Jeff Rayburn has no direction in his life since he competed in the Olympic games as a swimmer. The American had been simply bumming around Australia until he teamed up with biker Dave Ferguson and began sidecar racing. When not involved in racing, the two tussle for the love of the wealthy heiress Lynn Carson. While Ferguson is a nice fellow, he is notorious for taking risks that endanger the lives of his partners. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of Sidecar Racers
Ben Murphy - Jeff Rayburn
John Clayton - Dave Ferguson
John Meillon - Ocker
Peter Gwynne - Rick Horton
Paul Bertram - Bob Horton
Brian James Anderson - Store Detective
Liddy Clark - Cashier
Wendy Hughes - Lynn Carson
Peter Graves - Carson
John Derum - Pete McAllister
Serge Lazareff - Bluey Wilson
Patrick Ward - Tex Wilson
Anna-Maria Winchester - Marlene
Director(s): Earl Bellamy
Writer(s): Jon Cleary
Producer(s): Richard Irving
Theatrical MPAA Rating: PG(Suitable for Children)
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