http://www.metafilter.com/tags/obree Posts tagged with 'obree' at MetaFilter. Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:14:32 -0800 Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:14:32 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/53881/Flying%2Dtonight Tonight is the <a href="http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/movies/show/the_flying_scotsman/">world premiere,</a> at the Edinburgh film festival, of <a href="http://www.list.co.uk/festival/index.php?w=module:article,action:view,id:33">"The Flying Scotsman"</a>, a biopic of <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0037/index.shtml">Graeme Obree,</a> the Scottish cyclist who broke the world hour record on a bike famously made from washing machine parts. Obree has faced many problems in his life, and <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/08/11/bfscots11.xml&sSheet=/arts/2006/08/11/ixfilmmain.html">the film has too,</a> many of the participants haven't been paid yet. Of course, you could just buy the <a href="http://www.obree.com/">book.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.53881 Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:14:32 -0800 cycling film obree aisforal