Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

William Dear

Writers:

William Dear (written by)
Michael Nesmith (written by)

Release Date:

11 December 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi | Western

Tagline:

Lyle Swann is a champion off-road racer. But to the people of 1877, he's something very, very different...

Plot:

Lyle, a motorcycle champion is traveling the Mexican desert, when he find himself in the action radius of a time machine...

Plot Keywords:

Experiment | Man Forced To Strip | Time Travel | Cult Western | Motorcycle

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Fred Ward	...	Lyle Swann
Belinda Bauer	...	Claire Cygne
Peter Coyote	...	Porter Reese
Richard Masur	...	Claude Dorsett
Tracey Walter	...	Carl Dorsett
Ed Lauter	...	Padre
L.Q. Jones	...	Ben Potter
Chris Mulkey	...	Daniels
Macon McCalman	...	Dr. Sam
Jonathan Bahnks	...	Jesse
Laurie O'Brien	...	Terry
Susan Dear	...	2nd Technician
Bruce Gordon	...	Earl
Ben Zeller	...	Jack Peoples
William Dear	...	3rd Technician

Also Known As:

Timerider (USA) (short title)
Timerider - Die Abenteuer des Lyle Swann (West Germany) [de]
Timerider - henkensä kaupalla! (Finland) (video title) [fi]
Timerider - taistelukone (Finland) [fi]
Timerider - una moto contro il muro del tempo (Italy) [it]
Timerider - vauhti veressä (Finland) [fi]
Zaman sürücüleri (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Germany:12 (TV rating) | Germany:16 (video rating) | Iceland:12 | USA:PG (No. 26726) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Abiquiu, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Zoomo Productions

Trivia:

Andrew Stevens was also seriously considered for the role of Lyle Swann.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Lyle Swann jumps into the helicopter, the motorcycle (which had previously been destroyed) is visible on the right-hand side of the screen (possibly widescreen only). When the helicopter leaves, the bike is missing.

Quotes:

Porter Reese: You shot it. What a bunch of dumb sons of bitches, you *shot* it! A *machine* - you butt-heads!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Daymaker (2007)

I grew up on this movie.

I loved every minute of it, when HBO showed Timerider, I watched it everytime like I see it the first time, it perfectly fit my interest in motorcycles, it was funny (poor old guy), endless enjoy watching it, Years after, I was searching to get this movie, had hard time to find it, and I bought it on a used video tape for $70 bucks, later I find it on DVD, I bought that too. I still watch it ones in a while.