Being A.P. (2015) ( Being AP )

Being A.P. (2015) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Being AP
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( DTS 5.1 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
99 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Alternative Footage
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2015 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Anthony Wonke

Written By:
Anthony Wonke

Actors:
Tony McCoy

Synopsis:

Being A.P. is the incredible inside story of a sporting legend. As A.P. McCoy nears the end of his career, the characteristics that have driven him to dominate the most dangerous of sports remain as strong as ever. Fearless and willing to sacrifice everything to achieve his goals, this film reveals the exhaustive training routine, injuries, doubt, triumphs, failures, and AP's soul-searching to find a way to leave the stage. With unprecedented access to A.P. and those closest to him, Being AP celebrates an incredible man who became the greatest jump jockey the world has ever seen.

Undoubtedly one of Northern Ireland's greatest ever sportsmen, the story of AP's final season is a fascinating mix of sacrifice, doubt, decisions, triumphs and failures, injury and ultimately, finding a way to leave the stage. With unprecedented access to a top athlete, the film tracks all the elements that make up McCoy's life. We see him in action at racecourses across the UK and Ireland. We are with him at the Cheltenham Festival and Aintree. We see him struggling with injury at home, setting himself new targets and grappling with the decision whether to retire or not. We track the successful early part of the season, when AP harbours the outrageous idea of riding 300 winners in a season. We see the shattering effect of injury on body and psyche. We witness the torment of deciding whether this is to be his last season, and we are there as he goes through the public agony of playing out his retirement in public. And then it's no more. Our cast is the team around him; the billionaire owner, JP McManus, the trainers, the fellow jockeys that make up that unique band of brothers, and above all, his wife Chanelle, who has lived through everything at his side. This is far from just being a story about racing, although there will certainly never be another AP McCoy. It is about universal themes, recognisable to the widest audience; relationships, decisions, sacrifices.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 13 April, 2016.