Summaries

Strap yourself in as four Aussie blokes swap wheelchairs for quad bikes and embark on the ride of their lives. This documentary charts their 5000km adventure across the outback, as they visit the crash sites where their lives changed forever. Three men are paraplegics and one a quadriplegic, making this no ordinary road movie. Their encounters with mud, deserts, floods and exhaustion test their resilience and endurance to breaking point. Fuelled by bold humour and disarming honesty, The Ride is a wild traverse across the terrain of the human spirit, as four men make peace with the tragedy of their past.—Cook, Sandra

Details

Keywords
  • wheelchair
  • extreme sport
  • cross country
  • quadriplegic
  • accident victim
Genres
  • Adventure
  • History
  • Biography
  • Sport
  • Documentary
Release date Dec 2, 2012
Countries of origin Australia
Language English
Filming locations Outback, Australia
Production companies The South Australian Film Corporation Against the Grain Online Story Exchange

Box office

Budget $180000

Tech specs

Runtime 55m
Color Black and White
Sound mix Stereo
Aspect ratio 16:9 HD

Synopsis

All Filters