Matthew Modine provides an uplifting finish to Cinequest
Matthew Modine provided a great finish to Cinequest on Sunday night, as he was presented with the film festival’s Maverick Spirit Award following the screening of his latest movie, “Hard Miles.”
In the film — which opens April 19 — Modine plays a tough, but fair cycling coach who takes four incarcerated students on a 762-mille bike ride to the Grand Canyon. It’s based on a real story and Modine’s character, Greg Townsend, is a real person at RidgeView Academy, a correctional school, in Colorado.
Director and writerR.J.…