The Flying Scotsman is a new film telling the story of Graham Obree (warning film site plays cheesy trailer with ‘voiceover man’). The film seems to have got mostly good reviews (although not entirely). It has also received quite a lot of press coverage and interviews with Graham, amongst the best being this interview on the BBC.
Haven’t yet seem the film but I hope they don’t turn it into a typical corny triumph over adversity sports film. Mind you, Graham’s story of home-made bikes, marmalade sandwiches and world records does seem to lend itself to the treatment. It’s also a much needed drug-free cycling story. If you want it all in his own words you could buy the book – although it seems a shame that Graham’s picture on the front of his own autobiography seems to have been replaced by one of Jonny Lee Miller.
cool trailer.