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Downhill Racer

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Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Robert Redford Gene Hackman Camilla Sparv Karl Michael Vogler Dabney Coleman Jim McMullan
Genre: Drama Sport
Premiere: 1969
Running time: 101 min
Country: USA

Downhill Racer is a 1969 American sports drama film starring Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, and Camilla Sparv; it was the directorial debut of Michael Ritchie. Written by James Salter, based on Oakley Hall's 1963 novel The Downhill Racers, the film is about talented American downhill racer David Chappellet, who joins the U.S. Ski Team in Europe to compete in international skiing competitions.

Downhill Racer was filmed on location in Kitzbühel and St. Anton, Austria; Wengen, Switzerland; Megève and Grenoble, France; and Boulder and Idaho Springs, Colorado, United States. The film received positive reviews upon its theatrical release; Roger Ebert called it "the best movie ever made about sports—without really being about sports at all".

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Downhill Racer is a movie (1969) from USA. Genre: drama, sport. Directed by Michael Ritchie. Starring Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Camilla Sparv, Karl Michael Vogler and Dabney Coleman. Running time: 101 min. Rating: 8.5/10.

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