Hurley

Hurley

2019/03/26 • Released • English

Documentary
4.8
1h 22m

It's not always about winning the race.

Overview

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?

Director : Derek Dodge

Casts
Hurley Haywood

Hurley Haywood

Self

Patrick Dempsey

Patrick Dempsey

Self

Peter Gregg

Peter Gregg

Self (archive footage)

Frank Stella

Frank Stella

Self

Sam Posey

Sam Posey

Self

Patrick Long

Patrick Long

Self

Jim Busby

Jim Busby

Self

JC France

JC France

Self

Bill Warner

Bill Warner

Self

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