"Chasing Evel is the emotional story of legendary Evel Knievel’s son, Robbie. His father was an icon, his father was a tyrant, his father never let him out of his shadow."
“Chasing Evel is a story that draws on some pretty classic themes, namely the relationship between fathers and their sons."
Even with major TV broadcast events, merchandising deals, world records, fame and fortune, Robbie has always been overshadowed by his father’s legacy.
"Chasing Evel pulls back the curtain on the rocky – and sometimes violent – relationship Knievel had with the son who chose to follow in his father’s footsteps."
"Robbie's late-career attempt at sobriety and comeback is the thread that pulls this documentary taut, but it's the father-son conflict that gives it tragic heft—and hints of triumph, for that matter."
“If you, like me, watched Evel Knievel crash into the Snake River Canyon on live TV, or tuned in to watch Robbie Knievel stick the landing at Caesar’s Palace, or ever woke up on Christmas morning to a red, white and blue RV and a plastic ramp and a wind-up motorcycle, you can expect to spend this doc’s two-hour running time entirely enthralled.”
Won:
2017 Best Cinematography in a Documentary Program or Series
Nominated:
2017 Best Feature Length Documentary Program
2017 Best Musical Score in a Feature Length Documentary
2016 Best Direction in a Documentary Program
2016 Best Cinematography in a Documentary Program or Series
2016 Best Musical Score of a Documentary
