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As the film opens, the title character—Lyle Swann—is a well-known dirt bike racer who is in the desert competing in the Baja 1000, a multiclass vehicle cross-country race. Swann has a reputation for being a great rider, but plagued by technical problems from the high-tech gadgetry he incorporates into his motorcycles. When Swann accidentally goes miles off course he stumbles across a time travel experiment that utilizes "[[maser]] velocity acceleration" to send objects (in this case, a simian subject by the name of Ester G) back in time. Swann rides through the field and gets sent back to [[1877]] but rides off moments before the system can return him to the future. Unaware of what has really happened to him, Swann rides off towards what he thinks is civilization. He soon comes across a small village but his matching red suit and dirt bike scares the local [[Mexico|Mexicans]] who think he is the [[Devil]]. |
As the film opens, the title character—Lyle Swann—is a well-known dirt bike racer who is in the desert competing in the Baja 1000, a multiclass vehicle cross-country race. Swann has a reputation for being a great rider, but plagued by technical problems from the high-tech gadgetry he incorporates into his motorcycles. When Swann accidentally goes miles off course he stumbles across a time travel experiment that utilizes "[[maser]] velocity acceleration" to send objects (in this case, a simian subject by the name of Ester G) back in time. Swann rides through the field and gets sent back to [[1877]] but rides off moments before the system can return him to the future. Unaware of what has really happened to him, Swann rides off towards what he thinks is civilization. He soon comes across a small village but his matching red suit and dirt bike scares the local [[Mexico|Mexicans]] who think he is the [[Devil]]. |
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Swann meets a beautiful woman, Claire Cygne (portrayed by [[Belinda Bauer]]), and sleeps with her, but she is later kidnapped by a ruthless criminal, Porter Reese (portrayed by [[Peter Coyote]]) and his gang of rapists, thieves, and murderers. They also manage to capture Lyle Swann's dirt bike, leading to a series of hijinx, while Swann gets help from a posse trying to capture or kill the gang of criminals. |
Swann meets a beautiful woman with very nice tits, Claire Cygne (portrayed by [[Belinda Bauer]]), and sleeps with her, but she is later kidnapped by a ruthless criminal, Porter Reese (portrayed by [[Peter Coyote]]) and his gang of rapists, thieves, and murderers. They also manage to capture Lyle Swann's dirt bike, leading to a series of hijinx, while Swann gets help from a posse trying to capture or kill the gang of criminals. |
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In a final showdown, Reese and Swann face each other atop a plateau. Just as a helicopter sent by the builders of the time machine shows up to take Swann home, his dirt bike falls off the side of the plateau, distracting Reese. He gets mangled by the copter's tail rotor, leaving only a pair of bloody boots behind. Just as the helicopter pulls away, Claire snatches from Swann's neck a pendant handed down from his great-great-grandfather…and he realizes that he is [[Grandfather paradox|his own great-great-grandfather]] (the sexual liaison with Claire obviously yielding a child), an example of a [[predestination paradox]]. The necklace itself presents an [[ontological paradox]], as it has no creation and is continually in the time-loop. |
In a final showdown, Reese and Swann face each other atop a plateau. Just as a helicopter sent by the builders of the time machine shows up to take Swann home, his dirt bike falls off the side of the plateau, distracting Reese. He gets mangled by the copter's tail rotor, leaving only a pair of bloody boots behind. Just as the helicopter pulls away, Claire snatches from Swann's neck a pendant handed down from his great-great-grandfather…and he realizes that he is [[Grandfather paradox|his own great-great-grandfather]] (the sexual liaison with Claire obviously yielding a child), an example of a [[predestination paradox]]. The necklace itself presents an [[ontological paradox]], as it has no creation and is continually in the time-loop. |
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| File:Frenchtimeriderposter.jpg Timerider: The Adventures of Lyle Swann French theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | William Dear |
| Written by | Michael Nesmith |
| Produced by | William Dear |
| Starring | Fred Ward Peter Coyote Belinda Bauer Ed Lauter L.Q. Jones Richard Masur |
| Cinematography | Larry Pizer |
| Edited by | R.J. Kizer |
| Music by | Michael Nesmith |
| Distributed by | Atlas |
Release date | 11 December 1982 (premiere) |
Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann, directed by William Dear, is a 1982 time travel movie starring Fred Ward as Lyle Swann, a cross country dirt bike racer. The movie was written and produced by former Monkee Michael Nesmith.
Plot
As the film opens, the title character—Lyle Swann—is a well-known dirt bike racer who is in the desert competing in the Baja 1000, a multiclass vehicle cross-country race. Swann has a reputation for being a great rider, but plagued by technical problems from the high-tech gadgetry he incorporates into his motorcycles. When Swann accidentally goes miles off course he stumbles across a time travel experiment that utilizes "maser velocity acceleration" to send objects (in this case, a simian subject by the name of Ester G) back in time. Swann rides through the field and gets sent back to 1877 but rides off moments before the system can return him to the future. Unaware of what has really happened to him, Swann rides off towards what he thinks is civilization. He soon comes across a small village but his matching red suit and dirt bike scares the local Mexicans who think he is the Devil.
Swann meets a beautiful woman with very nice tits, Claire Cygne (portrayed by Belinda Bauer), and sleeps with her, but she is later kidnapped by a ruthless criminal, Porter Reese (portrayed by Peter Coyote) and his gang of rapists, thieves, and murderers. They also manage to capture Lyle Swann's dirt bike, leading to a series of hijinx, while Swann gets help from a posse trying to capture or kill the gang of criminals.
In a final showdown, Reese and Swann face each other atop a plateau. Just as a helicopter sent by the builders of the time machine shows up to take Swann home, his dirt bike falls off the side of the plateau, distracting Reese. He gets mangled by the copter's tail rotor, leaving only a pair of bloody boots behind. Just as the helicopter pulls away, Claire snatches from Swann's neck a pendant handed down from his great-great-grandfather…and he realizes that he is his own great-great-grandfather (the sexual liaison with Claire obviously yielding a child), an example of a predestination paradox. The necklace itself presents an ontological paradox, as it has no creation and is continually in the time-loop.
The original theatrical ending was altered for the 2001 DVD release. Although the original sound effects remain, the "bloody boots" scene was replaced by a shot of Reese cowering on the ground.
Production
The film's screenplay and soundtrack was written by Michael Nesmith, who was formerly a member of band the Monkees. The movie is produced by Zoomo Production, which is a subsidiary of Michael Nesmith's Pacific Arts Corporation. The movie was also released by Pacific Arts Video, another entity of Nesmith. He appears briefly as one of the Baja 1000 officials in the beginning of the film.
Nesmith also produced, wrote, and recorded the Timerider: The Adventure Of Lyle Swann (Soundtrack). The soundtrack was finally released eighteen years after being recorded by Videoranch (the official website and another subsidy of Nesmith).
See also
References
- In the South Park episode "Goobacks," where various time-traveling techniques in movies are compared, this movie's time-travel rules are described as being "just plain silly."