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Rad movie watch7/29/2023 ![]() “It’s very powerful because Robert was a little boy when we were making Rad. I’m so glad to hear you say that because one of the things I was going to ask about, because I listened to your commentary with your son, is what it was like for you as a parent to raise your sons around this business and seeing Robert venture down this route of helping to bring a project that his family was so involved with back into the public eye? You’ve got to know this as a father: It’s Robert’s way to leave this at his own father as an adult. My son, Robert, has given this movie a new life – a wonderful restoration. What also has meaning for me, honestly, is that we lost Jack some years ago. “What I loved about Rad then (and really love it more today) is the innocence of these young people and how they still have power. ![]() So we did films aimed at the younger generation, such as and Rad.” Talia Shire: “Well, Jack Schwartzman – and you know this as a parent – he became very interested in doing projects that had to do with children, young people, morality and empowerment. I wonder what sort of meanings you have been able to pick out of the film over the years, especially since you did an audio commentary with your son on the film’s 4K/Blu-ray release through Vinegar Syndrome? As a parent myself now, I recognize more sides to the story and pick out new meanings. Preston Barta: I think one of the things that I appreciate more and more as I’ve grown up with Rad is how it represents parents. ![]() To celebrate Rad’s new home on digital, Fresh Fiction spoke with Talia Shire about her memories making the 1986 film, raising her sons in the industry, and the world of physical and digital media. Thanks to Utopia Distribution, co-founded by Shire’s son Robert Schwartzman, Rad can finally be seen again by the masses through the new distribution platform Altavod. Since we’ve graduated from VHS to DVD, and DVD to Blu-ray, and now Blu-ray to 4K and digital HD, more movies are riding into the spotlight. Whether or not Rad was a box office juggernaut and critically-acclaimed piece of filmmaking, it undeniably inspired a generation of extreme sports enthusiasts.įor the longest time, the only way you could watch Rad (legally) was if you had a VHS copy. In the era before the X-Games and viral videos, Rad showed people around the country how to bounce around on their bike handlebars and backflip onto landing ramps crowded by people with dropped jaws. Starring Bill Allen and Lori Loughlin, the film features elaborate and, at the time, revolutionary bike stunts. It’s a classic underdog story of one man’s plight to compete in a notorious race called Helltrack. Jones, the mother of young BMX racer Cru Jones in the 1986 sports movie Rad.ĭirected by legendary filmmaker Hal Needham ( Smokey and the Bandit) and produced by Shire’s late husband, Jack Schwartzman ( Being There), Rad surfaced during the rise of the BMX bike craze. However, in this writer’s household, she will forever be Mrs. Both are works that earned her Academy Award nominations. She played Connie Corleone in brother Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather trilogy, as well as Sylvester Stallone’s lovable partner, Adrian, in the Rocky films. Actor and filmmaker Talia Shire will always be known for her roles in two beloved film franchises.
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