Biker Fox Movie Debuts At Slamdance Festival

By Ashli Sims, The News On 6

TULSA, OK -- A notorious Tulsa cyclist known for stopping traffic hopes audiences will flip for his silver screen debut.

From the spandex to the signature hairdo, you might have seen his eccentric style on the streets of Tulsa.

But filmmakers say you don't know the man behind the Fox. This Tulsa cyclist is something of a local phenomenon. Biker Fox has his own web site, fan base, and now a documentary film.

This Tulsa cyclist is something of a local phenomenon. Biker Fox has his own web site, fan base, and now a documentary film.

"Basically I met Biker Fox in the street like most people," said filmmaker Jeremy Lamberton.

That is, filmmaker Jeremy Lamberton's first introduction to Biker Fox was the cyclist screaming at him in Tulsa traffic.

"The more I got to know him the more fascinated I was. Because you just peel back the layers of this guy. Honestly the Biker Fox character out on the street is probably the least interesting thing about him," Lamberton said.

Lamberton set out to uncover the real Biker Fox and capture him on film.

"These are my tail lights. As you can see, I got a lot of tail lights in here," said Biker Fox.

From his day job as Frank DeLarzelere to his nocturnal obsessions: feeding dozens of raccoons who live in a nature preserve not far from his back porch.

"Yeah this is my real life I sell muscle car parts," Biker Fox said.

"They're just so beautiful – ow - they got real claws," he said as he fed the raccoons.

"We're making this big wildlife movie, but Biker Fox is the wildlife," filmmaker Jeremy Lambertson said.

And the movie doesn't dodge the efforts to tame the fox, chronicling his series of arrests.

"I think he really means to do good," Lambertson said. "Sometimes his ways of portraying that are eccentric or misunderstood, but I thought he really had a good heart."

"They're just really neat. They're just colorful. and that's what life is all about. Being a rainbow of colors for others to see," Biker Fox said.

Lamberton's film Biker Fox beat out thousands of others to have its world premiere at Slamdance, which is Sundance Film Festival's quirky, indie cousin.

This sly fox is also a bit of a publicity hound, staging bike tricks in the streets of Park City, Utah to draw attention to the film.

And the two say, this is only the beginning.

"I'm kinda like a bird flying around with all of these colors and all of these cute birds are watching me, and I'm just kinda excited about it," Biker Fox said.

Filmmaker Jeremy Lamberton says the film festival debut has peaked interest from some distributors, and they're hoping to premiere the movie here in Tulsa soon.