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"Electra Glide in Blue" movie
« on: June 06, 2023, 03:19:48 PM »
https://youtu.be/MQ_mmWRBSsA

Haven't watched it yet but sounds interesting.
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Re: "Electra Glide in Blue" movie
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2023, 03:34:15 PM »

I've seen it several times.  Not sure what to make of it. 

Definitely a period piece.
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Re: "Electra Glide in Blue" movie
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2023, 04:21:29 PM »
I watched it at the cinema many times when I was younger, any movie with bikes in it had to be watched  :azn: :azn:

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Re: "Electra Glide in Blue" movie
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2023, 06:19:58 PM »
I have seen it a few times years ago. Don't remember it real well. But I do remember it's worth watching as long as you also like movies from that time period.

Let us know what you think.

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Re: "Electra Glide in Blue" movie
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Re: "Electra Glide in Blue" movie
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2023, 06:40:01 PM »
Excellent movie.  Robert Blake does a great job.  Good bike scenes but it's a lot more than a bike movie.  An anti-hero classic.  More proof that the 70's produced the best movies.



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Re: "Electra Glide in Blue" movie
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2023, 07:41:42 PM »
I watched it because I mis read the title.
I thought it read..”Electra Glide” in blue movie…  :wink: :embarrassed:

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Re: "Electra Glide in Blue" movie
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2023, 07:48:04 PM »
I watched it because I mis read the title.
I thought it read..”Electra Glide” in blue movie…  :wink: :embarrassed:

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Re: "Electra Glide in Blue" movie
« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2023, 08:18:34 PM »
Shades of Easy Rider and Vanishing Point.
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Re: "Electra Glide in Blue" movie
« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2023, 08:24:42 PM »
Good movie for the period.  Watched it several times. 

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Re: "Electra Glide in Blue" movie
« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2023, 09:05:36 PM »
There is so much to like from this film. Yes the bikes are cool, but as a Combat Veteran and a former Police Officer, the movie really does touch on some truths. When Robert Blake tells the truck driver who is using Vietnam as a reason he is screwing up all the time, "Im gonna do something for you, that it took people almost a year before they would do it for me." ...Absolutely Nothing.  yup, truth.
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Re: "Electra Glide in Blue" movie
« Reply #10 on: June 06, 2023, 09:16:30 PM »
I remember thinking "that's an hour and a half of my life I'm not getting back."
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Re: "Electra Glide in Blue" movie
« Reply #11 on: June 07, 2023, 03:54:46 AM »
Another classic:



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Re: "Electra Glide in Blue" movie
« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2023, 07:04:46 AM »
Another classic:



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Just flooded back good memories of my late Dad.  Thanks.   :thumb:
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Re: "Electra Glide in Blue" movie
« Reply #13 on: June 07, 2023, 09:37:01 AM »
A little movie trivia...

* Many of the motorcycle riding scenes were filmed up and around the roads around Cave Creek, AZ, near the famous HAROLD's CORRAL restaurant  / saloon...





* Former racing champion / stuntman local Phoenix HD dealer Buddy Stubbs taught Robert Blake how to properly ride that Electra Glide...
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Re: "Electra Glide in Blue" movie
« Reply #14 on: June 07, 2023, 12:29:20 PM »
Thanks for the additional information JJ.   :thumb:
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Re: "Electra Glide in Blue" movie
« Reply #15 on: June 08, 2023, 01:58:55 PM »
The movie site Rotten Tomatoes gives this film a 69-74% approval rating.  Okay, but not great.  Reviews say it has points of insight, but it is lost overall. 
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Re: "Electra Glide in Blue" movie
« Reply #16 on: June 08, 2023, 02:09:24 PM »
I had forgotten that he hated riding the motorcycle.  The main motorcycle chase scene features some pretty good stunt riders.  The big hogs in the arroyos is impressive riding.
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Re: "Electra Glide in Blue" movie
« Reply #17 on: June 08, 2023, 09:12:09 PM »
Wow, I remember seeing that film. At the time I thought it was ok but not great. However the 1970's when it was made was a time when many things happened that changed my life. Some were not fun at all but one was very great indeed. I bought my first Moto Guzzi in 1972 and have continued to ride them until this day.
















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