Motorcycle movie fave 'On Any Sunday' turns 50, to show at Auburn State Theatre

Oscar-nominated "On Any Sunday," the greatest motorcycle film ever made, returns to the big screen with a re-mastered and digitally enhanced 50th-anniversary edition. The Auburn State Theatre, with Fast Fridays sponsoring, will feature a showing of "On Any Sunday" at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 2. Before its release in 1971, motorcycling was always portrayed by Hollywood as a bunch of renegade hoodlums on choppers, causing problems wherever they went. Director Bruce Brown set out to change the perception of motorcycling and capture the sport of motorcycling from his unique perspective and lens. Along with his friends, Steve McQueen, Malcolm Smith and Mert Lawwill, Brown directed his camera at the action while focusing on the various disciplines of motorcycle racing and, most importantly to Brown, the people and the community shaping it. From Lawwill's attempt to regain his Grand National #1 plate in dirt-track and road racing, to McQueen's real-life weekend warrior racing in the desert and at the famed Elsinore Grand Prix, to Smith's otherworldly skills around the world at the International Six Days Trial, Baja racing, hill climbing and trials. Though Brown passed away in 2017, his legacy lives on with this new version of "On Any Sunday" that is ready to be enjoyed by new generations who have never seen it on the big screen. ON ANY SUNDAY Date and time: Thursday, June 2, 7 p.m. Where: Auburn State Theatre, 985 Lincoln Way, Auburn Run time: 1 hour, 36 minutes Admission: $10 Box office: AuburnStateTheatre.org or 530-885-0156