VIVA KNIEVEL! (1977)

[Drillbit Taylor]

Have you ever wanted to see a film where Evel Knievel fights a drug dealing Leslie Nielsen in Mexico with his sidekick Gene Kelly? Did I forget screen legend Red Buttons is also in it? What if you add some kid who sounds 40 years old, who is just trying to love Daddy Kelly after never seeing him in his entire life? Add some orphans to the mix who through the almighty power of Evel's pure awesomeness brought the gift of walking to a crippled orphan boy. How could I forget Everybody's favorite former NFL QB, and husband to longtime daytime TV mainstay Kathy Lee, Frank Gifford just showing up for no real reason other than he his Frank Gifford. If you have wanted to see that check out Viva Knievel. If you have not wanted to see it....you need to, what harm will it do to watch a train, or should I say motorcycle wreck that is this movie.




However, it does have one of the best theme songs that I have heard in a movie in a while.






And THIS speach. Man, this speach is....Well just do not do nitro.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

There's a movie review thread that I posted a review of that a few years ago...  officialfan.proboards.com/post/3657644/thread

[Danimal]

I actually saw this in the theatre back when I was a kid. Damn I feel old.

[Michael Coello]

I think Riftrax recently rifffed the whole thing.

[Deleted]

Speed Channel (when it was still SpeedVision - many years ago) would often show this and make a huge deal out of it whenever it was aired. I watched it as often as I could, hah.