Hell on Wheels (2004)
• June 10th, 2004 • 2h 3min
Documentary
Overview
Year after year hundreds of thousands of fans line the route of the Tour de France, cheering on their heroes and willing them to victory, while millions of viewers worldwide tune in on their televisions. Academy Award-winning director Pepe Danquart, fascinated by the spectacle of the three week race, chose to focus on the courage, the pain and the fear of the riders of the Tour. Training his lens on German superstar sprinter Eric Zabel and his loyal domestique Rolf Aldag, Danquart captures the thrill of the race and the teamwork behind the stars of the peleton. He also shines light on the Tour's supporting cast - the director sportifs, masseurs, and, of course, the wildly enthusiastic fans. Reveling in the stunning landscape - from the Alps to the Pyrenees to the Massif Central to Paris - and with a nice dollop of Le Tour's history, HELL ON WHEELS transcends the sport it celebrates to reveal an astonishing human endeavor.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Germany: A Summer's Fairytale
Released on: 2006-10-03
Documentary
A documentary of the German national soccer team’s 2006 World Cup experience that changed the face o...
Stop The Tour
Released on: 2019-12-28
Documentary
Stop The Tour discovers the extraordinary story of how sport helped bring an end to Apartheid which ...
Takedown: The DNA of GSP
Released on: 2014-02-20
Documentary
A look at the life and career of Ultimate Fighting Champion's welterweight world champ Georges St-Pi...
Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist
Released on: 2014-02-17
Documentary
In 1998 Marco Pantani, the most flamboyant and popular cyclist of his era, won both the Tour de Fran...
Seven Years-Journalism without Journalist
Released on: 2017-01-12
Documentary
A total of 17 journalists have been fired since 2008, the beginning of LEE Myung-bak’s presidential ...
Great Sports Moments of the 80's
Released on: 1989-10-10
Documentary
Experience the thrill as your favorite teams and heroes triumph again! Great comebacks, rivalries an...
Les yeux dans les Bleus
Released on: 1998-07-14
Documentary
This documentary follows the French soccer team on their way to victory in the 1998 World Cup in Fra...
On Thin Ice
Released on: 2021-02-02
Documentary, Drama
Athletes who have struggled for acceptance due to race, religion, sexual orientation, and other prej...
Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations
Released on: 1938-04-21
Documentary
Commissioned to make a propaganda film about the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, director Leni Riefen...
Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty
Released on: 1938-06-02
Documentary
Commissioned to make a propaganda film about the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, director Leni Riefen...
My Way: The Life and Legacy of Pat Patterson
Released on: 2021-01-24
Documentary
Pat Patterson and those who knew him best look back at his unlikely path to the top of sports-entert...
100%: Julian Edelman
Released on: 2019-06-28
Documentary
A look inside Julian Edelman's journey from major injury to Super Bowl MVP in 2019.
Icarus
Released on: 2017-06-03
Documentary
While investigating the furtive world of illegal doping in sports, director Bryan Fogel connects wit...
Unrest
Released on: 2017-10-20
Documentary
When Harvard PhD student Jennifer Brea is struck down at 28 by a fever that leaves her bedridden, do...
Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton
Released on: 2017-09-29
Documentary
This is the remarkable story of an American icon who changed the sport of big wave surfing forever. ...
Running for His Life: The Lawrence Phillips Story
Released on: 2016-12-16
Documentary, Drama
Feature length documentary examining the troubled life and tragic death of college football standout...
The Track Movie
Released on: 2021-06-27
Documentary, Adventure, Comedy, Family
A team of misfit runners from New Jersey share fast and fun times as they navigate through their pan...
