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Cool Runnings (1993)
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
John Candy Irving Blitzer
Leon Derice Bannock
Doug E. Doug Sanka Coffie
Malik Yoba Yul Brenner
Raymond J. Barry Kurt Hemphill
Rawle D. Lewis Junior Bevil
Peter Outerbridge Josef Grool
Paul Coeur Roger
Larry Gilman Larry
Charles Hyatt Whitby Bevil Sr.
Movie Details
Genre Comedy; Family; Biography
Director Jon Turteltaub
Producer Dawn Steel; Jeffrey Bydalek; Christopher Meledandri
Writer Michael Ritchie; Michael Goldberg; Lynn Siefert
Photography Phedon Papamichael
Musician Hans Zimmer; Bob Marley; Nick Glennie-Smith; Jimmy Cliff
Studio Buena Vista
Language English
Audience Rating PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time 98 mins
Country USA
Color Color
IMDb Rating 6.4
Plot
Based on an improbable but true story, Cool Runnings concerns the Jamaican bobsled team that competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics. Director Jon Turteltaub (Phenomenon) does a fine job with both the absurdity of the situation (the athletes had never even seen snow) and the passion behind it (their desire to compete and win). John Candy, in one of his last roles, is touching as a disgraced coach who seizes the opportunity to work with the Jamaicans as a chance for redemption. The bobsled scenes look good, and the races are exciting. The climax, which is entirely unexpected, takes the film to a wholly different level, even if events in the story don't quite match the facts. --Tom Keogh
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 354
Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon US
Cool Runnings at Movie Collector Connect
IMDB
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Product Details
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio Widescreen (1.85:1)
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
UPC (Barcode) 717951002754
Release Date 9/3/2002
Subtitles English; Mandarin
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Dolby Surround [English]
Dolby Digital Surround [English]
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Color Closed-captioned Widescreen