Drama

Heart Like a Wheel

Michael Nolin

20th Century Fox

Aurora

United States of America

English

Bonnie Bedelia

Beau Bridges

Leo Rossi

Hoyt Axton

Bill McKinney

Anthony Edwards

Elliott Mason

Creed Bratton

Dick Miller

Paul Bartel

Bruce Barlow

Missy Basile

Jesse Aragon

Tiffany Brissette

Paul Bryar

James Burton

Martin Casella

Michael Cavanaugh

Sandy Chanley

Mark Dawson

Diane Delano

Tom Duffield

Jill Carroll

Steve Evans

Dennis Fetchet

Chris Fontana

Ellen Geer

Ashley Graham

Christi Graham

Marvin Graham

Nora Heflin

Mitzi Hoag

Marvin 'Swede' Johnson

Tim Kimber

Terence Knox

Sam Laws

Paul Linke

Dean Paul Martin

Michael Milgrom

Bob Minor

Harry Northup

Byron Thames

Jonathan Kaplan

Ken Friedman

Lamar Card

Rich Irvine

Marty Katz

Charles Roven

Arne Schmidt

James L. Stewart

John Strong

Laurence Rosenthal

Tak Fujimoto

O. Nicholas Brown

Sally Dennison

James William Newport

Peg Cummings

William Ware Theiss

Silvia Abascal

Wes Dawn

Bob Schultz

Conrad E. Palmisano

Gene LeBell

Howard Jensen

Bruce Paul Barbour

Pamela Bebermeyer

Norman Blankenship

Kerrie Cullen

Roger Creed

Vince Deadrick Sr.

David S. Cass Sr.

Eddie Hice

Dick Hancock

George Fisher

Fred Lerner

Tommy Ivo

R.A. Rondell

Debby Porter

Bobby Sargent

Reid Rondell

Sonny Shields

Rick Seaman

Jerry Summers

Gene Walker

Michael M. Vendrell

James Winburn

Rock A. Walker

Harry Wowchuk

Mags Kavanaugh

Freddie Hice

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Long before there was Ru Paul, there was Bonnie Bedelia delivering quite a gutsy performance here in her own drag racing biopic of pioneering driver Shirley Muldowney. Her racing involved cars but otherwise wasn’t a lot less catty as her attempt to establish herself in what was very much a man’s world proved difficult for her and those around her. Initially, her new husband (Leo Rossi) is supportive and encouraging but only insofar as it is a hobby that doesn’t get in the way of their family and their gas station business. She’s more determined than that though, and egged on by fellow driver “Connie” (Beau Bridges), soon finds herself separated and striving for success with her son John helping out. If you follow the history of this particularly American sport, you will know what happens over the next few years of high-octane action peppered with a little romance. That’s about it, really. There’s nowhere near enough race action - staged or archive - to really enliven this and so for the most part there is just loads of chat and plenty of tantrums as Bedelia does just about enough but Bridges struggles to make much impact. It quickly makes it’s point about chauvinism - in not just this sport, but also in it’s media coverage, but not really very powerfully and in the end comes across more of a fluffy celebration of her achievements rather than an assessment of just how tough it was to get to the top. We know she made sacrifices, but these are not really so prominently explored in this disappointingly light-weight drama that really just joins the dots and skims over most of her graft.

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