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Hurley

Hurley

Documentary
2019, Movie, 1h 22min
In the world of 1970s car racing, Hurley Haywood was cool, calm and collected. A five-time 24 Hours of Daytona winner, three-time Le Mans winner and Trans-Am champion, Haywood was a Hollywood archetype: a strikingly handsome man brought up by a good Midwestern family. Yet Haywood was often overshadowed by racing partner and volatile mentor, Peter Gregg—the Batman to his Robin—whose abrupt suicide in 1980 shook the sport to its core. And yet Haywood had secrets of his own. Despite multiple encounters with women, some that included public appearances alongside Penthouse models, he remained elusive about his personal life. With deft use of archival footage and exclusive interviews featuring actor and fellow racer, Patrick Dempsey, Hurley reveals a greater insight into Haywood’s tightrope walk between career and sexuality, while posing the question—will motorsport ever be ready for openly LGBT racers?
Country: United States
Director:
Derek Dodge
Cast:
Patrick Dempsey,
Frank Stella,
Peter Gregg,
JC France
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Derek Dodge
Director
Patrick Dempsey
As Self
Frank Stella
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Peter Gregg
As Self (archive footage)
JC France
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Jim Busby
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Patrick Long
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Bill Warner
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Hurley is a documentary that delves into the life of Hurley Haywood, a renowned race car driver who dominated the 1970s circuit with his unparalleled skills and Hollywood good looks. Despite his success, Haywood's personal life remained shrouded in secrecy, with rumors of encounters with women and a complex relationship with his mentor, Peter Gregg. Through archival footage and exclusive interviews, including with actor and racer Patrick Dempsey, the film sheds light on Haywood's tightrope walk between his career and sexuality, raising questions about the acceptance of LGBT racers in the sport.

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Hurley was released in theaters on March 26, 2019.

 

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