Heart Like a Wheel | |
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Directed by | Jonathan Kaplan |
Written by | Ken Friedman David E. Peckinpah |
Produced by | Lamar Card Marty Katz Charles Roven Arne Schmidt Michael Nolin (produced in association with) |
Starring | Bonnie Bedelia Beau Bridges |
Cinematography | Tak Fujimoto |
Edited by | O. Nicholas Brown |
Music by | Laurence Rosenthal |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $7.5 million[1] |
Box office | $272,278 |
Heart Like a Wheel is a 1983 American biographical drama sports film directed by Jonathan Kaplan[2] and based on the life of drag racing driver Shirley Muldowney. It stars Bonnie Bedelia as Shirley Muldowney and Beau Bridges as drag racing driver Connie Kalitta.
The film garnered two award nominations: Bedelia for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama, and William Theiss for an Oscar for Best Costume Design.