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Release Date:
1 October 1993 (USA)
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Tagline:
One Dream. Four Jamaicans. Twenty Below Zero.
Plot:
Based on the true story of the First Jamacian bobsled team trying to make it to the winter olympics. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 wins
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2 nominations
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(6 articles)
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A very cool comedy
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Leon | ... | Derice Bannock (as Leon Robinson) |
 | Doug E. Doug | ... | Sanka Coffie |
| Rawle D. Lewis | ... | Junior Bevil |
 | Malik Yoba | ... | Yul Brenner |
 | John Candy | ... | Irving 'Irv' Blitzer |
 | Raymond J. Barry | ... | Kurt Hemphill |
| Peter Outerbridge | ... | Josef Grool |
| Paul Coeur | ... | Roger |
| Larry Gilman | ... | Larry |
| Charles Hyatt | ... | Whitby Bevil Sr. |
| Winston Stona | ... | Coolidge |
| Bertina Macauley | ... | Joy Bannock |
| Pauline Stone Myrie | ... | Momma Coffie |
| Kristoffer Cooper | ... | Winston |
| Bill Dow | ... | Registration Official |
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MPAA:
Rated PG for mild language and brief violence.
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Runtime:
98 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L |
Peru:PT |
South Korea:All |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:G |
Chile:TE |
Finland:S |
Germany:o.Al. |
Netherlands:AL |
Spain:T |
Sweden:11 |
UK:PG |
USA:PG |
Singapore:PG
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Trivia:
Contrary to the story in movie, the Jamaican team was met with open arms by the international Bobsledding teams. One of the other teams even went so far as to lend the Jamaican team a back-up sled so they could qualify.
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Goofs:
Continuity: In the shot in the bar when the coach is angry, he goes over, picks up a pool stick and repeatedly smashes the radio. You can see the wooden frame fall off the table leaving just the inside parts on the bar during one of the smashes. He then proceeds to place the pool stick back on the rack and walks back and sits down. When he does, you can see the wood frame and inside parts of the radio both sitting on the bar again.
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Quotes:
Irv:
Winning a bobsled race is about one thing: the push-start. Now I know you dainty, little track-stars think you're fast. Well, heh, let's see how fast you are when you push a six-hundred pound sled. Now a respectable start-time is five-point-seven seconds. If you speed demons can't whip off an even six flat, you have a better chance of becoming a barbershop quartet.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Family Guy: Peter's Progress (#7.16)" (2009)
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Soundtrack:
Going Nowhere and Getting There Fast
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It's probably a word game that has been used many times before, but "Cool Runnings" is a very 'cool' movie that offered me a lot of fun and laughter. And since this is a comedy and not a documentary, that's all I'm asking of this movie.
If you hope to see a documentary on how the first Jamaican bobsled team was created and how they got to the Olympics than you'll have to look for something else. This movie has been inspired on the true events, but never pretends to be faithful to the truth. Does that mean that this movie isn't any good? No, certainly not. I loved to see how these four guys were transfered from sprinters to bobsledders and I couldn't help laughing all the time when seeing their reactions on, for instance, the cold and the snow.
This isn't the greatest movie ever and yes it is full of clichés, but they all work and it never bothered me once. However, don't expect to see a ridiculous comedy with no content either, because it still has a good story and plenty of emotions and excitement to offer. I reward this movie with an 8/10.