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eliot-ness
11th January 2007, 13:55
Mike Hailwoods life story and racing career is to be made into a full length feature film in Hollywood. It will include his 1978 TT comeback on the Ducati.
Should be good if they use original footage. No word yet on who will play the lead.... Any guesses??:
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nudemetalz
11th January 2007, 13:59
I reckon Robbie Williams....

I mean to say didn't he star as a 1970's Grand Prix racer in one of his music videos....
Ghost Lemur
11th January 2007, 14:02
Steve McQueen.
Ivan
11th January 2007, 14:03
I will play him if they want:scooter:
bistard
11th January 2007, 14:12
I will play him if they want:scooter:

Sorry mate Mike Hailwood, was not a Ginga!!
Nice try,I reckon Ewan McGregor
At least he can ride a Bike!!
sAsLEX
11th January 2007, 14:14
Sorry mate Mike Hailwood, was not a Ginga!!
Nice try,I reckon Ewan McGregor
At least he can ride a Bike!!

He is normally prohibited from riding his bikes during filming , guess they would have to drop that bit from his standard contract....
Ivan
11th January 2007, 14:15
Gingas the new black so I think I will be sweet:gob:

Nah will be good to see a movie about racing come out not that biker boyz rubbish were they turned an RSV Aprilia around on a tree by bouncing it what a bunch of bannanas
car
11th January 2007, 14:22
No word yet on who will play the lead.... Any guesses??

Eddie Murphy.
car
11th January 2007, 14:28
I reckon Ewan McGregor

Excellent. Another childhood hero for him to crap all over. Why not get Charlie Boorman in to voice a rastafarian animatronic Barry Sheene while you're at it?

"Meesa knees a' hortin' so moch!"
James Deuce
11th January 2007, 14:54
Be quite good to get the message driven home about how shit Kiwi drivers are.
SPman
11th January 2007, 16:42
Be quite good to get the message driven home about how shit Kiwi drivers are.



Que.....??????
James Deuce
11th January 2007, 16:51
How did Mike Hailwood die? Killed by a Kiwi "driver".
eliot-ness
11th January 2007, 16:54
How did Mike Hailwood die? Killed by a Kiwi "driver".


????? I thought he hit the back of a truck in England.
TLDV8
11th January 2007, 17:01
????? I thought he hit the back of a truck in England.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A9405119


Hailwood returned to the UK to run a bike dealership in Birmingham, as well as helping out various old friends with things such as road safety talks. On Saturday, 21 March, 1981, Mike Hailwood set off in his Rover car with his children Michelle and David to collect some fish and chips. He returned along the A435 through Portway. A truck was making an illegal turn though the barriers in the central reservation. The Rover hit it. Michelle was killed instantly; Mike and David were taken to hospital. Mike died two days later. The lorry driver was fined ?100. Mike Hailwood was 41.


http://www.iomtt.com/TTDatabase/Riders.aspx?ride_id=1845
Dodgyiti
11th January 2007, 17:15
One degree of seperation;

Ewan McGregor- owns a Moto-Guzzi Griso

Mike the bike- Moto-Guzzi test and development rider

Good choice, a prosthetic nose may be required for some authenticity as Mike's hooter was like the Guzzi bird beak fairing, huge. Perhaps it aided in arodynamics, maybe it gave him an edge.

He was my hero as a nipper and I was so ashamed he came to die in NZ, and I just checked my library and the book said he died here, maybe the book is wrong:bye:
roogazza
11th January 2007, 19:12
That'd be a shame to have some Hollywood dick trying to play the part , and then having it turn out like Silverdream racer ?

He was my idol in the sixties when I was sixteen and then with some freaky luck I ended up on the piss with him at a Marlboro Series Ball in the seventies. He struck me as a really nice bloke. I think he died when someone did a U turn in front of him while out getting fish and chips ? Gaz.

sorry TLDV8 , you beat me to it !
nudemetalz
11th January 2007, 20:23
One degree of seperation;

Ewan McGregor- owns a Moto-Guzzi Griso

Mike the bike- Moto-Guzzi test and development rider

Good choice, a prosthetic nose may be required for some authenticity as Mike's hooter was like the Guzzi bird beak fairing, huge. Perhaps it aided in arodynamics, maybe it gave him an edge.

He was my hero as a nipper and I was so ashamed he came to die in NZ, and I just checked my library and the book said he died here, maybe the book is wrong:bye:

Moto Guzzi test rider....didn't know that !!
Dodgyiti
11th January 2007, 21:07
Yeah, he tested the V7 Sport in 1972 and was asked to race for the factory team in the 1972 Imola 200, but Moto Guzzi could not meet his salary demands.:nono:
Shame really... The tight bastards could have had some racing sucess, but in reality they were selling as many V7 Sports as the factory could put out the doors anyway.
nudemetalz
11th January 2007, 21:30
Yeah, he tested the V7 Sport in 1972 and was asked to race for the factory team in the 1972 Imola 200, but Moto Guzzi could not meet his salary demands.:nono:
Shame really... The tight bastards could have had some racing sucess, but in reality they were selling as many V7 Sports as the factory could put out the doors anyway.


And who wouldn't have a V7 Sport....I know I'd happily have one in the garage next to the V11 !!
Dodgyiti
11th January 2007, 21:36
You bet, make mine a lime green one like this
BarryG
12th January 2007, 03:15
He was killed on a wet foggy evening in England, near his home, when a truck did an illegal u-turn in the road. Unbelievable that the driver got off with a small fine, for causing the deaths of Mike and his daughter. Truly, sometimes, there is no justice.
My hero also, met him when I was a spotty 16 year old in Johannesburg, at a party after an SAGP(?) meeting, talked to me as if I was one of his mates, was my hero before, my hero worship sealed at that party.
I fear for the portrayal of someone like him in a movie. I can only hope they do as good a job as they did with Burt Munro.
Cheers
Barry
What?
12th January 2007, 05:30
Movie made in Hollywood means real person's name with made-up story. Even the WFIndian wasn't entirely accurate and truthful.
Sorry, but the simple fact is that it will be bollocks, and will set a whole generation believing fantasies to be fact. Again.
Shewolf
12th January 2007, 05:53
Will watch with interest - he was my mother's cousin.
Juan
12th January 2007, 10:15
>>>>>>>. Waves from The Isle of Man >>>>>>>>>>>>

Pick me >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>:scooter:
Pixie
12th January 2007, 10:18
Steve McQueen.

Great casting - they're both dead
sAsLEX
12th January 2007, 15:01
Even the WFIndian wasn't entirely accurate and truthful.


Mostly was, but rather the bits of his life were mixed together to make one good story.......
Motu
12th January 2007, 15:55
And some of Donaldson's thrown in as well,but I don't think it detracted from the story or man - very hard to put across the man's whole life in one movie about one trip to the salt flats.It will be the same with Mike Hailwoods story....try and fit all his life in one short flick,or do what Donaldson did and concentrate on one event.Maybe the IOM comeback,maybe the story of the ''6''? I'm sure there will be complaints no matter what they do....and I'll be there with mine...
nudemetalz
12th January 2007, 20:53
And some of Donaldson's thrown in as well,but I don't think it detracted from the story or man - very hard to put across the man's whole life in one movie about one trip to the salt flats.It will be the same with Mike Hailwoods story....try and fit all his life in one short flick,or do what Donaldson did and concentrate on one event.Maybe the IOM comeback,maybe the story of the ''6''? I'm sure there will be complaints no matter what they do....and I'll be there with mine...


What's better though? Going to the movies to see a movie about a famous rider which may have some errors or not do one at all?

I for one will definitely go, even if it's just to hear the old bikes they'll use (Honda 6, or Manx Norton, or Ducati...)
Blackbird
12th January 2007, 21:08
My hero too. Have seen him race numerous times in the UK and seeing him in the Isle of Man on that ill-handling Honda 500 was a sight to behold. Thought that the attached picture of him at Clermont Ferrand is one of the best pictures ever. Incredible angles of lean on that Honda 6 even with skinny tyres and crap suspension.

What a guy:rockon:
Rhino
12th January 2007, 21:30
I reckon Robbie Williams....

I mean to say didn't he star as a 1970's Grand Prix racer in one of his music videos....
Shit Nudez, excuse me while I go and throw up.:gob: That tosser would be the last person I would think of.:sick:
nudemetalz
12th January 2007, 23:14
Of course I was, Rhino !!! :yes:

Hope you're feeling better now :dodge:
BarryG
13th January 2007, 05:47
Yep, any decent attempt at a movie would be better than no movie. Just wouldn't be if it's a crap attempt. The way they did Burt's movie showed who he was, I think, and also, wasn't necessarily made for the enthusiast. Not sure if the money-lenders involved in film would give much for a film aimed at anyone other than the great unwashed, that's the problem, and why the likelihood of a repeat success is a worry. I'd still go, tho', and hope.
Cheers
Barry
PS maybe they could wait until Rossi retires and get him - he seems to be in demand for anything else not 2-wheeled, why not movies? :eek: