NFB Collection
Ride for Your Life
19669 min 40 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Robin Spry
Production: John Kemeny
A film about Mike Duff, a Canadian motorcycle racer, and the sport that almost killed him. After a near-fatal crash in Japan and extensive surgery and therapy, he returned to racing and two victories in Canada. In the film Duff explains that he will soon give up racing, which annually takes its toll of the lives of friends and competitors. First, however, his goal is a world championship.
Availability
Other versions
Subject categories
- Sports and Leisure > Cycling and MotorcyclingPortraits
Credits
- director
- Robin Spry
- producer
- John Kemeny
- camera
- Georges Dufaux
- Jean Roy
- Maurice Picot
- Ronnie Whitehouse
- Réo Grégoire
- editing
- Barrie Howells
- sound editing
- Sidney Pearson
- Donald Douglas
- re-recording
- Ron Alexander
- Roger Lamoureux
- music
- The Mothers of Invention
Awards
- Best in Category - accomanied with a cash award of 1,000 DMInternational Sport Film Festival
- First PrizeMelnik Automobile Club Festival