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Crash and Burn

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Crash and Burn

2016

1h 45m

Documentary

Biography

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The rise and fall of Drogheda's Tommy Byrne, who, for a fleeting moment in the early 1980s, was the world's greatest driver.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

Most interesting for the insight it gives into the ugly, elitist attitudes in Formula One.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 1, 2017

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

There's a fascination and poignancy to this gripping sports documentary, about someone who deserves a kind of legendary status for the way he didn't become a legend.

Dec 29, 2016

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Geoffrey Macnab

Independent (UK)

[Byrne is] an excellent subject for a film - full of colourful anecdotes about his excesses and brattish behaviour but perplexed and pained by his own failure

Rated: 3/5

Dec 29, 2016

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Phil W. Bayles

One Room With A View

A fascinating look at a legend that almost was.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 1, 2019

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Seán Crosson

Film Ireland Magazine

Whether you have an interest in Formula One or not, Crash and Burn is an engaging, and at times moving account of an extraordinary life.

Mar 27, 2018

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Aoife O'Neil

Film Ireland Magazine

This documentary is not just a sport film, this is a character portrait of a man's struggles to come to terms with a career that has passed.

Mar 27, 2018

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Seán Ó Cualáin

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Mark Hughes

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Tommy Byrne

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David Burke

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David Burke

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Ray Harman

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The rise and fall of Drogheda's Tommy Byrne, who, for a fleeting moment in the early 1980s, was the world's greatest driver.

Director: Seán Ó Cualáin
Producer: David Burke
Screenwriter: David Burke
Production Co: dot television
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 15, 2018
Runtime: 1h 45m

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