2004 South Park episode "Goobacks," where various time-traveling techniques in movies are compared. The film's screenplay was written by Michael Nesmith, a member of the band The Monkees. The movie is produced by Zoomo Production, which is a subsidiary of Michael Nesmith's Pacific Arts Corporation. The movie was also released by Pacific Arts Video, another entity of Nesmith's, who appears briefly as one of the Baja 1000 officials in the beginning of the film. DVD release with alternate version Two brief scenes were cut from the above theatrical version for the 2001 Anchor Bay Entertainment DVD release: The scene where the time experiment scientists pinpoint Swann's exact day in the past as being November 5, 1877, is missing. The scene where Reese is struck by the rescue helicopter's tail rotor, leaving only his sheared off, bloody feet and boots is missing. Instead, the original sound effects remain, and a shot of Reese cowering on the ground is inserted. Shout! Factory released the film on Blu-ray on March 19, 2013. It has since gone out-of-print. Critical reception Upon its theatrical release, Vincent Canby of The New York Times commented, "At the point at which I walked out, about 55 minutes into the story, there hadn't been a single characterization, situation, line of dialogue, camera angle or joke to indicate that anyone connected with Timerider had the remotest idea of what he was doing." Contemporary critics reviewed the film upon its 2001 DVD release: Patrick Naugle of DVD Verdict said, "Timerider starts off a bit slow. It seems as if the first twenty minutes are taken up watching Swann ride his bike all over the dry desert plains. After that sluggish beginning, Timerider kicks into a funny and enjoyable fish-out-of-water story." Soundtrack Nesmith also produced, wrote, and recorded the Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann soundtrack. Eighteen years after the soundtrack was recorded, it was finally released by Videoranch (the official website and another subsidiary of Nesmith's Pacific Arts). Track listing References External links 1982 films 1980s Western (genre) science fiction films 1982 independent films American Western (genre) science fiction films American independent films Films directed by William Dear Films set in 1877 Films set in New Mexico Films shot in New Mexico Films about time travel Films with screenplays by Michael Nesmith Films with screenplays by William Dear 1980s American films