I will be honest and say that it was more the cast that I was interested in more than the biographical element or what it involved. Basically, set in the 1990's, Graeme Obree (Scottish BAFTA nominated Jonny Lee Miller) was a misfit who started out training on a home-made bicycle to get his chance to break some speed records. His bicycle was made up with the help of some scrap metal and parts of a washing machine, and with plenty of practise he was ready for the track. He managed to set a new record for his near break-neck speed, with a little help and encouragement from friends Malky (The Lord of the Rings' Billy Boyd) and Douglas Baxter (Brian Cox). He tried to do it again, but he has a mishap and falls into a very bad clinical depression, but he does eventually buck up to do it again, and succeed. Also starring Scottish BAFTA nominated Laura Fraser as Anne Obree, Morven Christie as Katie, Steven Berkoff as Ernst Hagemann, Niall Macgregor as Graeme's Father and Julie Austin as Graeme's Mother. Miller is pretty good, but I remember him a bit better in Trainspotting, and I'm afraid I fell asleep in this, so I can't really rate it very highly, but from what I did see, it's not bad. It was nominated the Scottish BAFTAs for Best Director for Douglas Mackinnon, Best Film and Best Screenplay. Worth watching!
Review of The Flying Scotsman
