![]() ![]() ![]() When the townspeople hear about this, they rally around Cru their contributions, particularly a generous donation from wealthy Mr. It reads "Cru is RAD." Inspired by this, Cru and his friends use the money he won from qualifying ($10,000) to found a small T-shirt business: "Rad Racing." However, a few days before the race, Duke changes the rules yet again claiming any company sponsoring a racer must be worth at least $50,000. After being blocked from the race due to a last-minute rule-change on participant sponsorship, Cru is ready to give up Helltrack until Wesley customizes a shirt for him to wear at the event. At Cru's senior prom, he and Christian perform freestyle bike stunts on the dance floor to the awe of his classmates. Cru meets Christian Hollings, who becomes his romantic interest. Numerous BMX racers show up for Helltrack. Duke keeps adjusting the rules, in order to keep Cru out of the race, and also to ensure BMX star Bart Taylor has an easy road to victory thus providing a financial windfall for Mongoose Racing, Bart's sponsor. The Helltrack race is endorsed by the city and by Duke Best, the duplicitous president of FAB (the Federation of American Bicyclists), who's also the owner of Mongoose Racing. Cru chooses the former option, against his mother's wishes. Winning Helltrack means $100,000, a new Chevrolet Corvette, and fame. Cru is faced with a tough decision: qualify for Helltrack, or take the SAT in order to attend college. The film was a box office bomb, grossing $2 million against a budget of $3 million, and received mixed reviews from critics.Ĭru Jones is a teenage BMX racer who lives in a small town with his younger sister Wesley and their mother. ![]() The film stars Bill Allen, Lori Loughlin, Talia Shire, Jack Weston and Ray Walston, along with 1984 Olympic gymnastics champion Bart Conner. A complete list of theater locations is available on the Fathom Events website (Participating theaters are subject to change).Rad (international title: Hell Track) is a 1986 American sports film directed by Hal Needham from a screenplay by Sam Bernard and Geoffrey Edwards (son of Pink Panther creator Blake Edwards). Tickets for "RAD 35th Anniversary" can be purchased online at or at participating theater box offices beginning September 17. Film fans will enjoy this movie that kicked-off decades of BMX popularity," said Ray Nutt, Fathom Events CEO. " RAD is a fun and wild visit to the neon-colored age of the '80s. In RAD, a BMX racer named Cru Jones, who lives in a small town with his mother and sister, is faced with a tough decision, qualify for Helltrack or take his SATs in order to attend college.ĭirected by Hal Needham, "Rad" tells the story of Cru (Allen), a young man with a dream of making it big as a BMX racer by racing the "Helltrack" and winning the grand prize of $100,000 and a Corvette. As part of the "Rad 35th Anniversary" event, fans will see for the first time a trailer for "A Rad Documentary - Inside the BMX Movie That Changed Everything." Featuring never-before-seen interviews with the cast and crew and behind-the-scenes footage, the documentary gives audiences an inside look into the making of the film that helped catapult the extreme popularity of the 1980s BMX fad. ![]()
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