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Baja 1000 Classic

  NR

Bruce Brown

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Thrill to the only motorcycle race footage never seen before from the sports most legendary filmmaker Bruce Brown (the Academy Award nominated On Any Sunday), in the second running of one of the most famous off road races in the world, the historic Baja 1000. Professional racers, movie stars and thrill seekers from around the globe race across the rugged and unforgiving Mexican Baja peninsula. 1000 miles of punishing desert test man and motorcycle, dune buggies, 4-wheel drive vehicles, and even passenger cars in this exhausting and epic struggle against Baja¹s grueling terrain and against each other. Actor James Garner, racing legends Parnelli Jones and Motorcycle Hall of Famer Malcolm Smith all took part in this famous race. Unearthed from the family vault, with Bruce Brown's all new interviews and commentary, Wes Brown (Bruce's grandson) and partner TJ Barrack bring three generations of the Brown family together to showcase the remarkable talent that forever captured the sport's legendary riders.

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The Innocence and the Adventure of the 1968 NORRA Mexican 1000

Nothing compares to the look in the eye of men who are on a great adventure!

Bruce Brown has managed to keep a low profile on this epic movie capturing the 1968 NORRA Mexican 1000 for ABC's Wide World of Sports. The infamous Jim McKay - tweed suit and wearing the only necktie in Baja California - is thrown in to the "Lion's Den" and finds incredible comorodere with legends like Indy 500 winner Parnelli Jones, the late Mickey Thompson, Malcolm Smith and movie actor James Garner! From the starting line in the small fishing village of Ensenada to a small, dusty ranch named Rancho Santa Ynez, to the half-way point in El Arco and on to the finish line in La Paz; McKay does a yeoman's job of not only staying awake; he is remarkably alert and fascinated with the surroundings - never afraid to stick the microphone in to the face of riders and drivers who have gone "camera shy" (when in reality, they were saying to themselves: "What is McKay doing in 'this place'?"t

Bruce Brown narrates in between segments; detailing the effort, the logistics and the sacrifices to bring this rugged sport to the living rooms of America during the Vietnam War, Nixon, cigarette T.V. commericals and beer and soda cans that actually required the "real" can opener!

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