Slaying the Badger
2014 · 77 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 934 VOTES · DIR. John Dower
Overview
Before Lance Armstrong, there was Greg LeMond, who is now the first and only American to win the Tour de France. In this engrossing documentary, LeMond looks back at the pivotal 1986 Tour, and his increasingly vicious rivalry with friend, teammate, and mentor Bernard Hinault. The reigning Tour champion and brutal competitor known as “The Badger,” Hinault ‘promised’ to help LeMond to his first victory, in return for LeMond supporting him in the previous year. But in a sport that purports to reward teamwork, it’s really every man for himself.
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00:00:27 >> "Slaying the badger" goes beyond just a story about a cycling race.
00:03:44 Prix, new york city marathon
00:06:58 You know, throwing an american football about. Cycling -- What was the state of
00:10:55 The badger is quiet only at home. >> I don't know anything about
00:14:15 Team, getting ready for the
00:17:56 Greg looked like a p.O.W., he was so skinny, and it was clear. I mean, we had nothing.
00:21:38 I still remember the woman. She came on a motorcycle, black helmet, and a black leather
00:23:49 >> And you've got 22 teams, with 9 men on the squad. The unique character who wins
00:26:50 Shape because of the crash in saint-étienne. >> And you can see there the
00:29:23 >> That's the difference. >> What? >> If hinault was in my -- I
00:33:21 >> Why did bernard hinault then
00:37:58 Momentarily, he has also to ride against lemond. >> Koechli tries to be smarter
00:40:43 To foutre la merde. I was just trying to break up the race.
00:43:28 The summit is in yellow
00:46:05 Sky.
00:49:07 tactics, team strategy? >> Mm... i would say no.
00:51:45 The tension was there, and i
00:55:06 The word several times -- >> It's bull[bleep] [ chuckles ] >> you've used the word several
00:58:36 "All right!"
01:02:08 You know, we had to go hard to bring him back. I mean, i felt terrible chasing
01:06:00 Inch in this tour de france.
01:09:08 Greg would be tutored to take
01:11:30 Laurent fignon. >> So i wrote my story, you know -- "Laurent fignon
01:14:55 "How do i make my son less of an [bleep]" i said, "i don't know.
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Dialogue density27.5 lines / min
First line00:00:27
Final line01:14:55
Production Record
DirectorJohn Dower
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes934