8 Seconds

8 Seconds (originally titled 8 Seconds to Glory) is a 1994 biopic about American rodeo legend and world bull riding champion Lane Frost. The film details his life from his youth learning how to ride bulls, until his death in 1989. 8 Seconds was directed by John G. Avildsen and stars Luke Perry as Lane Frost, Stephen Baldwin as real life rodeo legend Tuff Hedeman, and Red Mitchell as cowboy poet Cody Lambert. The title refers to the length of time... more

8 Seconds (originally titled 8 Seconds to Glory) is a 1994 biopic about American rodeo legend and world bull riding champion Lane Frost. The film details his life from his youth learning how to ride bulls, until his death in 1989. 8 Seconds was directed by John G. Avildsen and stars Luke Perry as Lane Frost, Stephen Baldwin as real life rodeo legend Tuff Hedeman, and Red Mitchell as cowboy poet Cody Lambert. The title refers to the length of time a bull rider is required to stay on for a ride to be scored. The plot follows young Lane learning the tricks of the bull riding trade at the hand of his father, Clyde Frost, an accomplished rodeo bronc rider himself. The film moves through the teenage and early adult years of Lane's life as he travels the western rodeo circuit with his best friends Tuff Hedeman and Cody Lambert. Lane meets and falls in love with a young barrel racer, Kellie Kyle (Cynthia Geary), and eventually they marry in 1984. As Lane's legend and fame increase, so does... less