Space Riders

This article is about the 1984 film. For the spaceship, see Space Rider. For other uses, see Spacerider.

Space Riders
Directed by	Joe Massot
Screenplay by	Felicity Hibberdine
Story by	Felicity Hibberdine Joe Massot
Produced by	Felicity Hibberdine
Starring	Barry Sheene Gavan O'Herlihy Toshiya Ito Stephanie McLean Sayo Inaba Caroline Evans Jeff Harding Marina Sirtis
Cinematography	Alec Mills
Edited by	John Foster
Production company	Condor Film Productions
Distributed by	Columbia-EMI-Warner
Release date	1984 (1984) (UK)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	English Italian Japanese

Space Riders is a 1984 British sports drama film directed by Joe Massot starring Grand Prix motorcycle racing world champion Barry Sheene as himself. It tells the story of Sheene's pursuit of the world title, including his recovery from a near-fatal accident at Silverstone.

Cast

• Barry Sheene as Barry
• Gavan O'Herlihy as Ron Harris
• Toshiya Ito as Masao Yamashta
• Stephanie McLean as Stephanie
• Sayo Inaba as Mika Yamashta
• Caroline Evans as Joanne
• Jeff Harding as Mike Lockwood
• Marina Sirtis as Girl in Porsche

Production

A re-enactment of the accident is the opening scene of the movie. Despite his position atop the marquee, Sheene does not appear in about 80% of the film's footage.

Much of the filming of the race sequences with Barry Sheene took place at Donington Park race circuit close to East Midlands Airport. Many of the stunts were arranged by Stunt coordinator Roy Alon.

Soundtrack

An outstanding feature of the film is the use of hit songs from the era as narration; songs such as "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen, "Glittering Prize" by Simple Minds, and "Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran are used to add to the mood.

Home media

Space Riders was released on VHS, but, as of 2019, not on DVD or Blu-ray.

See also

• Silver Dream Racer

External links

• Space Riders at IMDb