8 Seconds

Plot synopsis:
While growing up in Oklahoma, young Lane Frost (Cameron Finley) learns the tricks of the bull riding trade at the hand of his father, Clyde (James Rebhorn), an accomplished rodeo bronco rider himself. As he enters his teenage and early adult years, Lane (Luke Perry) travels the western rodeo circuit with his best friends Tuff Hedeman (Stephen Baldwin) and Cody Lambert (Red Mitchell). He meets and falls in love with a young barrel racer, Kellie Kyle, and they eventually marry in 1984.
As Lane's legend and fame increase, so does the amount of pressure he puts on himself, to be what everyone wants him to be, and he wants to show that he is as good as they say he is. His ascent to the world championship is marred by a cheating incident, questions about Kellie's devotion, and a near broken neck. The film also follows him through the true life series between himself and Red Rock, a bull that no cowboy had ever been able to stay on for 8 seconds. It cuts the series down to three rides. In 1989, he is the second-to-last rider at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo. While riding on the bull known as "Takin' Care Of Business", he dismounts after his 8-second ride but the bull turns back and hits him in the side with his horn, breaking some ribs and severing a main artery. As a result of excessive internal bleeding, he dies on the arena floor before he can be transported to the hospital.
The final scene shows Hedeman later that same year at the National Finals Rodeo riding for the world championship. After the 8 second bell sounds, he continues to ride and stays on an additional 8 seconds as a tribute to his fallen best friend.

Tags: tragedy, romantic

Review:
This is a great movie and Luke Perry does a great job of playing Lane Frost.
For those who don't know, 8 Seconds is the length of time one has to remain on the back of bucking bull in the bull riding event at a rodeo.
I'm sure that those cowboys feel that those 8 seconds are like an eternity.This picture is about one of the very best at his profession, Lane Frost.
The three principal players at the time this film was made, Luke Perry(Beverly Hills 90210), Stephen Baldwin(The Young Riders) and Cynthia Geary(Northern Exposure) were all at the height of exposure from popular television series' and brought a built in audience to the show.It helps by the way that Luke Perry bears an absolutely uncanny resemblance to the real Lane Frost.
During the end credits there is some interview footage with the real Lane Frost so I'm sure there were a lot of oohs and aahs from the audience as the movie ended.I remember reading about Luke Perry and that his background before he became a teen heart throb was from a really tiny Ohio town.
This film now joins other good movies about the rodeo scene, like The Lusty Men and Junior Bonner.
Only difference is this one had an actual rodeo champion as a hero/protagonist.The portrayal of Lane Frost was as genuinely nice young man who rose to the top of his chosen profession through, skill, hard work, and dedication.
She's also rodeo people, the real Mrs. Frost was a barrel racing champion.And Stephen Baldwin as Tuff Hedeman who was Frost's best friend and eventual successor as bull riding champion registers well in his role.In 1994 the very year that 8 Seconds came out, professional bull riding spun out on its own as a sport with the formation of the Professional Bull Riders.
Luke Perry stars in this sentimental account of the interesting life of Oklahoma bull rider Lane Frost.
Hard work and faith led to winning the 1987 PRCA Bull Riding World Championship before rodeo finally took his young life.
After I watched this film on video, I did a Google search on Lane Frost and was pleasantly surprised by the excellent web sites in tribute to his life.
Evidently the film follows Lane's life fairly accurately, and the diversions from the truth are acceptable when you consider films are in the business of making money and must appeal to a wider audience than those "who are in the know".It is fitting that his parents said "If people remember one thing about Lane we want it to be that he was a kind person and knew Jesus." I am not a religious-churchy person at all and I add this here show you that this film is about a decent, good person; don't worry though, the film does not preach, etc.The acting is very good, and the characters are quite believable.
I suppose if you cannot connect with the American West, or horses, or rodeos, you may want to leave this film alone, but otherwise it is a refreshing alternative to the usual Hollywood car chases, gun fights, sex and cheap jokes.My hat comes off to Lane Frost, a person to admire..
The story of ill-fated bullrider Lane Frost met my expectations and featured just the right amount of romance, drama, rodeo scenes, action, tear-jerking scenes, and country singer cameos to suit most needs.
I liked Luke Perry's performance, and Cynthia Geary's wasn't bad.
Lane Frost was basically a good person and it was nice to see him depicted that way.
Glad the movie did not dwell on the negative and Lane and Kellie were able to work things out before he died.
My Dad was a "cowboy"--not rodeo--just a real cowboy for many years.Don't miss this movie..
This movie captures the life and times of legendary professional bull rider Lane Frost.
The director felt that Lane's real-life story was "too good to be true" and needed a little pizzazz.
All in all, this was a great movie (even though you'll probably be crying by the time it's all over, yes even you tough men out there!).
Luke Perry is so HOTTTTT:)He is an awesome bull rider and actor.
You will love this movie.The way the movie is persented in this movie is a life recap of Lane Frost.
You will love this movie if you are into all the country, rodeo, and bull riders.
Luke Perry does a great job of portraying Lane Frost.
The love story between Lane and Kelly shows all their ups and downs, through all of Lane's successes and failures (which happen in conjunction with the ups and downs in their personal lives).
The viewers out there who don't want to watch this movie because it is about the rodeo or has a country theme are missing a heck of a lot more than cowboys and cowflop.
Get it for the real Lane Frost end credits!.
Anyone who spent time with Lane or guffawed at Tuff's assessment of lesser riders, ("Ol' so-n-so wants to be a bull rider, problem is, he's skairt o' bulls!") will have a hard time finding the real boys in this film.
Why does the media tear down our heroes?Luke Perry's affected accent borders on parody and Cynthia Geary, (formerly "Shelly" on "Northern Exposure"), is downright unappealing as Lane's wife, Kellie.
Cowboy poetry is a real art form, but the real Cody Lambert wasn't known for his poetical abilities.Further evidence that Perry is no Lane Frost comes from the scene where he tosses his hat, brim down, on a chair.
Tuff really did manage to hang on for 8 more seconds in honor of Lane during his ride at the 1989 National Rodeo Finals.
You can say well, heck, it is only a movie, cut it some slack, but I say this is about a real man who really touched a lot of people's hearts, and those that don't know any better now only get this fractured view of him.
In real life, Elsie is generous and the picture of Christian charity, and bless her for it, but this film showed her and Clyde in a pretty bad light, and doesn't say much for his real life wife either.Still, there are some interesting moments, and an absolutely priceless credit sequence where we get to see the real Lane Frost in action.
Luke Perry died recently, so I decided to watch one of his movies.
I had never heard of Lane Frost before watching John G.
Definitely not something that I'd ever do - especially after reports that the people behind the rodeos use harsh methods to get the bulls worked up - but Frost was really into it, as were large numbers of people in the southwest US.Perry puts in a fine performance, but the rest of the cast isn't that well developed, and the movie contains the occasional cliche that we see in biopics (such as conflicts between characters).
8 Seconds (1994) *** (out of 4)This here was billed as telling the true story of Lane Frost (Luke Perry) who would become the youngest National Champion in bullriding.
The story behind the riding was a lot darker as he was married young to a woman named Kellie (Cynthia Geary) and the two suffered many problems.8 SECONDS was a film that was meant to turn Perry into a major movie star but it was released to a lot of lukewarm reviews and it didn't do overly well at the box office.
Lane Frost had three tries at Red Rock and finally rode him after the bull had thrown some 316 or so, bull riders.
From what I understand Lane's father was not the way he is portrayed in the movie.
I hope many, many people view this movie and remember Lane Frost.
This movie is a great tribute to Lane Frost.This brings out the best in any movie viewer and it makes us take a look at what's important.Get this movie today, but don't forget the box of tissues.The acting, music, and directing of this movie adds to the overall effect.Luke Perry is at his best in this movie.I especially like the montage at the end of the movie-it brings out feelings and realizations that anything can happen at any time.I bought this movie to watch over and over again..
i saw the movie 8 Seconds after going to my first rodeo.
as a huge rodeo fan i loved the movie and give it a ten on the scale.
i watched the movie with Lane Frost's biggest fan and as we were watching the movie he correctly pointed out a couple misleadings in the film.
Lane frost's riding buddy Cody did not write poems in real life.
and one other incorrect fact in the movie was that Lane and his wife Kelli cheated on each other.
even with these mistakes this movie is still kick butt for any country person, especially if you love rodeo, and i do!
Luke perry does a fabulous job of portraying Lane Frost!
A great movie and a very special ending of the real man.
As a youngster, I got hung up on Westerns and that stayed with me most of my life, which is probably the real reason I missed so many good movies.
This movie probably isn't for someone who doesn't like rodeo's or a love story.
This movie and story line does a great job telling one mans passion for what he loves and how (almost) nothing can stop him.
I guarantee if you like rodeo this movie is for you..
Every time I watch it I cry!(Lane Frost's quotes: "Don't be afraid to be what you want to be and what you want to do but most importantly don't be afraid to willing to pay the price") I also think Luke Perry kinda looks like Lane Frost.
(Lane is the reason they made the vest for the bull riders.) (Tuff Hederman named his son after Lane Frost.) This is the best movie I highly recommend it!
This movie tells you a lot about the life the bull riders live.
After my little cousin watched this movie we had to watch everyday and it made him want to become a bull rider.
The movie is great because it doesn't just show everything good about him, it shows the bad too.
I really enjoyed Luke Perry's performance in this movie.
He portrayed Lane Frost so well that when they ran pictures of the real person at the end, I really felt like I had been given a genuine picture of him..
You will always be in my heart and I hope everyone who see's this feels the same way about lane frost or you shouldn't be here, if you ain't a cowgirl who care's you should still care about the guy who lived his life for rodeo and made a line of respect for everyone in the pbr.
I should say right off I'm a big fan of bull-riding and rodeo.
Lane Frost starts out as a nice guy, but he turns into a (pardon the pun) bull-headed, conceited jerk overnight.
And frankly, I think it's better than John Avildsen's other sports movie, Rocky (1976) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075148/combined .A story about a country boy turned world champion bullrider.
Lane Frost was a great cowboy, and he died doing what he loved.
At my school, we always watched this movie in our FFA class.It is definitely a favorite of mine, because, for one thing, it is much better than a lot of westerns you see these days.
This movie is also a great love story between Lane and his wife, Kellie.
It does contain some language and they did change the story line slightly from Lane Frosts real life, but overall it was a interesting video with likable characters.
I'm a big rodeo fan so I especially enjoyed the bull riding and barrel riding scenes (Kelly Frost is a barrel rider) and the behind-the-chute action that the normal rodeo goer isn't able to see.
This is a biopic about Rodeo superstar Lane Frost.
It will be enjoyed by those who like a good honest story about a real person.The acting was really good here and although Luke Perry was a huge star on Beverly Hills 90210, to me this is by far his best acting role.
The movie was good production wise, and whoever is responsible for shooting and arranging the bull-riding sequences did a great job too.It has a lot of heart.
Lane is a great guy and everyone loves him, but he wants his dad to be as proud of him as the rest of the world is, doesn't every boy that looks up to their dad deserve to be told how proud they are.
The movie shows that it takes a lot sometimes to know what love is, and it truly shows that following your dreams can make and often break a person.This movie was a good little drama.
It is often labeled as an action and other than the bull-riding it is not action at all, and its often called a family movie, but although it has a pg-13 rating, I think it is not family friendly, not for younger kids anyway.If you like sad drama's give it a try, or if you like rodeo stuff.
In this story of one of the Greatest bull-riders of the whole USA you may learn just how difficult it was for him, LANE FROST!!!
Lane frost has written his name into Bull-riders history.
Join Lane Frost as he takes us all on the ride of our lives!!!
Lane Frost is still one of the highest regarded Bull-riders in all of the United States of America..
In "8 Seconds" (1994), Lane Frost (Luke Perry) is a young man from Oklahoma who learns to ride, hoping to win the approval of his father.
As Lane works his way up the rodeo circuit with his best friend Tuff Hedeman (Stephen Baldwin), he meets Kelly Kyle (Cynthia Geary), a pretty barrel-race rider with whom he falls in love.
This movie was made to commemorate the life of Lane Frost.
They made the movie to show that Lane lived his life to the fullest.
This just shows us that if a bull rider could do it we could do it also.Growing up always loving animals the movie intrigued me to want to watch it.
After watching the movie I saw that it was about more than just the fact of rodeos.
Before I really say anything, I'd like to mention that if you have something against 'cowboys' or 'country life' then don't watch it.
It helps that Luke perry is great looking in this film.
And it was fairly accurate to his life, although from what I've heard and read, Lane and Kelly never really cheated on each other it was just added for the film for more drama.
I think it is a great movie truly inspirational, it really touches the heart!
I would recommend this movie to anyone, you don't have to have any interest in bull riding or cowboys for that matter, to enjoy this film!.
While a touching story about the famous rodeo sensation Lane Frost, I have a hard time feeling sorry for him at the end.
Not a great movie, but enjoyable if you're in the mood for a sad drama and have a little bit of country in you.Although I must say that if you are a country fan and you don't feel like watching the movie or hate rodeo, the soundtrack is still pretty good as far as country movie soundtracks go.
***SPOILERS***   ***SPOILERS*** The movie "8 Seconds" is one of the best rodeo films I have ever seen.
The movie is a true story about a bull rider named Lane Frost, whose life was taken from him by a bull.
When I watched "8 Seconds," I saw Lane's love for his friends and family, his wife, and his passion to ride bull.The movie starts off slow by going off with his two best pals to start the journey.
When Lane first got hurt and he was laying in the recovery tent, Hedeman came up to him and gave him confidence that he was the best bull rider and all he needs to do is to `Cowboy Up.' One year later after Frost's death, Hedeman was in the big show and rode the best ride ever.
Lanes tries everything to please his dad.During Lane's bull riding and going to rodeos, he meets his wife Kelly Frost (Cynthia Geary) who was a barrel rider in the beginning who hated bull riding.
Like every movie, there has to be a love scene, but in this movie Frost shows how much one can love a person though.
Watching this and knowing what he was doing made me want to punch Luke Perry for being such a jerk.The main point of the movie is Frost's passion for bull riding.
His father was his inspiration to ride bulls, and he wanted to be the best just like him.
At the big show in Cheyenne, competing against the best and riding the best ride of his life made this movie so good.
Touching true story of a great young bull rider..
After I watched the movie I asked her why she liked and remembered it so well.
She said it was because she likes bull riding.
Quite a comment from a 99 pound girl!!Luke Perry is Lane Frost who from a very young age wanted to be a champion bull rider.
Even as Lane was approaching world champion status as a bull rider.
As part of the byline at the end of the movie the real Tuff credits Lane with his successful transition in life.Good movie, has a lot of bull riding and a good dramatic story.SPOILERS: Anyone who knows the history of this story also knows that Lane Frost met an untimely death in 1989, ironically just a few months after Natalie was born.