Heart Like a Wheel
by Jonathan Kaplan
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Actor: Anthony Edwards, Beau Bridges, Bonnie Bedelia, Bruce Barlow, Leo Rossi (II)Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Brand: Team Marketing
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 113 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-08-15
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Product features:
- Officially Licensed
- Highest Quality Recording
DVD Reviews of Heart Like a Wheel
DVD Review: Shirley's Startling Story
Summary: 3 Stars
This a pretty interesting based-on-a-true life-story of hot-rod racer Shirley Muldowney. Bonnie Bedalia plays the woman who was a pioneer of her sorts, becoming the first female star in thay sport. Whether her life was one big soap opera, I don't know, but the movie concentrates on that sort of thing....with a feminist bias, of course.
I didn't mid the latter because she had to fight a lot of obstacles to become the first female star of drag racing. However, the constant arguments with her husband (a very profane Leo Rossi) and then with crew chief-former lover Connie Kallitta (Beau Bridges) wore thin after awhile. This was just before the PG-13 rating was put into effect, so it's rated PG which is ludicrous with all the profanity.
One very, very memorable scene in here: Muldowney on fire, stumbling down the racetrack after her car caught on fire. That was horrifying and a scene I've never forgotten, and I first saw this over 20 years ago. Other that that, it's a so-so story and better than so-so if you don't let the language bother you.
DVD Review: Heart like a Wheel
Summary: 4 Stars
If you are interested in racing...this movie is a must. True story of the first woman race car driver. We loved it.DVD Review: Satisfied customer
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this video for my husband and he was extremely happy with it. He has seen it numerous times but wanted to make sure it was one he added to his collection.DVD Review: Heart Like a Wheel
Summary: 5 Stars
Shirley Muldowney is a legend in the Drag Racing world, she became a World Champion and proved all the male racers wrong in a time when women were expected to be in the kitchen. She paved the way for many talented women Drag Racers.
An absolute MUST OWN if you are a race fan.
Great interviews with her and others also included.
DVD Review: Marilyn House
Summary: 4 Stars
HEART LIKE A WHEEL IS A FANTASTIC MOVIE. I REALLY ENJOYED WATCHING IT. IN FACT I LIKED IT SO MUCH I HAVE SEEN IT 15 TIMES.
Description of Heart Like a Wheel
Bonnie Bedelia - in the triumphant performance that earned her a Golden Globe? nomination as Best Actress - stars as Shirley "Cha Cha" Muldowney, the young wife and mother who defied the sport of drag racing to become the only female top fuel champion in NHRA? history. But before she could reach the record books, Shirley had to survive an abusive first marriage, her volatile love affair with fellow racer Connie Kalitta (Beau Bridges of THE KILLING TIME and NORMA RAE), a horrific accident, and a sexist world that tried to stand in the way of one remarkable woman who dared to put her heart on the line. Anthony Edwards of ER co-stars in this Deluxe 25th Anniversary Edition of the film Newsweek called "one of the best American movies of the year," now packed with all-new Bonus Materials featuring racing legends Shirley Muldowney, Don Garlits, Connie Kalitta and much more!In the 1950s, Shirley Muldowney (Bonnie Bedelia, Presumed Innocent) was a young mother with a jones for motor sports. Waitressing, however, was how she earned her keep. By the 1960s, Muldowney had ditched the day job for full-time racing. Then in 1977, she won the National Hot Rod Association world championship--and not for the first time. Directed by Jonathan Kaplan (The Accused), Heart Like a Wheel traces the trailblazer's path from Schenectady housewife to "The First Lady of Racing." Along the way, her marriage to mechanic Jack Muldowney (Leo Rossi) hits the skids, but she finds new love with (married) driver Connie "The Bounty Hunter" Kalitta (Beau Bridges in a performance as boisterous as it is sweet). He helps her to become the first woman licensed by the NHRA to drive a Top Fuel dragster, but son John (Anthony Edwards) proves to be more trustworthy. Extras for this special edition include commentary from Kaplan and the featurette Shirley Muldowney: Behind the Wheel, which combines film clips, archival footage, and interviews with technical advisor Tommy Ivo, drivers Kalitta and "Big Daddy" Don Garlits, and "Cha Cha" herself. Feisty as ever, Muldowney admits that she wanted Jamie Lee Curtis for the role and that Bedelia, who garnered a Golden Globe nomination, could be "difficult." Kaplan, meanwhile, who would go on to direct Edwards on E.R., claims he's a real-life racing fan. As he puts it, the Top Gun actor really does have "the need for speed." --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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