8 Seconds is a 1994 biographical film about American rodeo legend and world bull riding champion Lane Frost. It details his life from his youth learning how to ride bulls, until his death in 1989. It was directed by John G. Avildsen and stars Luke Perry as 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. Young Lane Frost learns the tricks of the bull riding trade at the hand of his father, Clyde , an accomplished rodeo bronco rider... himself. As he enters his teenage and early adult years he travels the western rodeo circuit with his best friends Tuff Hedeman and Cody Lambert . He meets and falls in love with a young barrel racer, Kellie Kyle, and eventually they marry in 1984. As Lane's legend and fame increase, so does the amount of pressure he puts on himself, to be what everyone wants him to be, and he wants to show that he is a good as they say he is.
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| Release date: | February 25, 1994 |
| Directed by: | John G. Avildsen |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 105 Minutes |
| Producer: | Clyde LeVin, Danny DeVito, Tony Mark |
| Music by: | Bill Conti |
| Cinematography: | Victor Hammer |
| Screenplay by: | Monte Merrick |
| Estimated budget: | $7,000,000 |
| Genre: | Biography |