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Heart Like a Wheel is a 1983 American biographical sports drama based on the career of drag racer Shirley Muldowney. Bonnie Bedelia portrays Muldowney as she enters a male-dominated sport and progresses through professional drag racing, while Beau Bridges plays fellow racer Connie Kalitta. The film focuses on the professional and personal pressures surrounding her career. Muldowney became the first woman to win an NHRA Top Fuel championship.
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Who is Heart Like a Wheel about?
Heart Like a Wheel dramatizes the career of Shirley Muldowney, a pioneering professional drag racer. The story follows her efforts to succeed in a male-dominated sport.
Who plays Shirley Muldowney?
Bonnie Bedelia portrays Shirley Muldowney. Beau Bridges plays fellow racer Connie Kalitta, whose relationship with Muldowney is part of the film's story.
When was Heart Like a Wheel released?
Heart Like a Wheel was released in 1983. It is an American biographical sports drama centered on professional drag racing.
Does Heart Like a Wheel show real drag-racing competition?
The film presents Muldowney's progression through professional drag racing and the barriers she faced as a woman in the sport. It is a dramatized biographical film, so some personal and racing events are shaped for cinema.
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