The Movie: On Any Sunday is a documentary about the various forms of motorcycle competition in America and around the world, made by acclaimed filmmaker Bruce Brown, of Endless Summer fame. It's a nice summary of the many facets of motorcycle competition that loosely follows a handful of well known riders, including action movie star and race car drive and accomplished motorcycle rider, Steve McQueen.

On Any Sunday is exciting, entertaining, educational and even quite funny in parts, even for a person like me who is not particularly interested in motorcycles. The film is very well made, and shot in an exciting, dynamic fashion that really makes you feel like you're in the middle of the action, and the subject matter is varied enough that the viewer doesn't get bored from watching the same thing go on forever. And if the action doesn't get you, maybe the funky 70's vibrato guitar licks in the soundtrack will. Many parts of the soundtrack to me were reminiscent of a cross between 70's James Bond movies and Enter The Dragon... smooth and funky!

If you're a fan of motorcycles and motorcycle history, or even if you're not, try checking out this little gem from the 70's... and if you're looking for some credentials, look no further than this film's Oscar nomination for best feature length documentary!

The DVD: The unmatted full frame video transfer itself seemed to be clean, but the film it was made from seemed to be pretty dirty, with hair, and dust everywhere, and stuff stuck to the lens of the camera and whatnot... hey, most of this movie was shot in the middle of clouds of dirt, so what do you expect, right? At least there weren't any artifacts introduced within the DVD production process. Colors were muted and the overall look was grainy, but 100% consistent with other early 70's films.

Audio likewise did not exhibit a full range of frequencies, with muted treble and nonexistent bass, and an incessant high frequency hissing reminiscent of low quality audio tape persisted throughout the entire feature. These all, again, did not appear to be a fault of the DVD production process, but a limitation of the original material.

Special features include a few TV spots and a theatrical trailer (all lumped into one reel), and a tribute to Steve McQueen put together using leftover footage from On Any Sunday by the director and his son, about 10 years after McQueen's death. There's also an audio-only interview with director Bruce Brown, recorded for the DVD release of this film.