A newspaper reporter quits his job and travels across America by motorcycle.A newspaper reporter quits his job and travels across America by motorcycle.A newspaper reporter quits his job and travels across America by motorcycle.
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Fabian Gregory
- Pablo
- (as Fabian Gregory Cordova)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaBud Ekins did the stunt motorcycle work for this TV Pilot and series, he was best friends with Steve McQueen, and did the jump in The Great Escape.
- GoofsDuring the hill climbing you can see that the bike Jim is on is not a Sportster, the exhaust pipes give that away.
- Quotes
[opening title sequense]
[Bronson drives his motorcycle next to a station wagon at a stoplight]
Businessman: Taking a trip?
Jim Bronson: What's that?
Businessman: Taking a trip?
Jim Bronson: Yeah.
Businessman: Where to?
Jim Bronson: Oh, I don't know. Wherever I end up, I guess.
Businessman: Man, I wish I was you.
Jim Bronson: Really?
Businessman: Yeah.
Jim Bronson: Well, hang in there.
- Alternate versionsThe TV pilot did not have nudity. That was included in the version that was released to theaters on April 1, 1970.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Morirás con el sol (Motociclistas suicidas) (1973)
Featured review
Snapshot of the late 60's, early 70's
Then Came Bronson was seminal and what I remember most about it (since I was 12 when I saw it for the first time) was the notion that you could lose yourself in America by simply getting on a motorcycle and disappearing. The imagery was perfect for young guys like myself who were watching people come back from Vietnam, utterly broken by the events of the period. The theme of "no ties" was utterly appealing to many people who felt that any connection to the "establishment" was empty and devoid of the satisfaction one could get from simply getting lost and "being free." The main character was far less hardened than other similar leading dropouts of the same genre (Fonda, Brando, Hopper) and far less psychodelic than guys pushing the "trippy" side of late 60's America. Bronson was more of a workin man's dropout and that's what I loved about him. And the mountain climb was unique. I think a whole generation of dirt-bikers caught the bug after seeing this movie for the first time.
Very cool, man.
Very cool, man.
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- mishippp
- Mar 2, 2006
Details
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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