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Cool Runnings (1993)

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Based on the true story of the First Jamacian bobsled team trying to make it to the winter olympics.

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Paul Coeur ...
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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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Storyline

Irving Blitzer disgraced himself when putting extra weights into his team's bob in the Olympics, resulting in his gold medal being taken away from him. Years later, Derice Bannock, son to a former friend of Irv, fails to qualify for the 100-yard sprint for the Olympics due to a stupid accident. But when he hears of Irving Blitzer living also on Jamaica, Derice decides to go to the Games anyway, if not as a sprinter, then as a bobsledder. After some starting problems, the first Jamaican bobsledding team is formed and heads for Calgary. In the freezing weather Derice, Sanka, Junior and Yul are only laughed at, since nobody can take a Jamaican bobsledding team led by a disgraced trainer seriously. But team spirit and a healthy self confidence may lead to a few surprises in the upcoming Winter Games. Written by Julian Reischl <julianreischl@mac.com>

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Rated PG for mild language and brief violence | See all certifications »

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Release Date:

1 October 1993 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Jamaica Abaixo de Zero  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£2,503,138 (UK) (4 March 1994)

Gross:

£9,209,124 (UK) (20 May 1994)
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Trivia

In the sport of bobsledding, adding weight to the sled is perfectly legal. Both two and four-man sleds have minimum and maximum weights. The weight of the sled is calculated as the total weight of the sled and its crew. If the fully loaded sled weighs less than the maximum, it is perfectly legal to add weight to make up the difference. See more »

Goofs

When Irv Blitzer is registering for bobsled tryouts, the man at the computer is using a computer that was first introduced in the early 1990s, and the film is set in 1988. See more »

Quotes

[repeated line]
Yul Brenner: Don't touch me!
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Connections

References Die Hard (1988) See more »

Soundtracks

"Dolly My Baby"
Written by William Maragh and T. Sparks
Performed by Super Cat
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
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Cool running has to be the funniest ever made by the late John Candy
22 February 2002 | by (Ottawa, Ontario Canada) – See all my reviews

I have seen this movie at least 7 times and still get the greatest laugh from it. It has humor, sense of competition to win the big event with all their hearts. Just good clean overall fun and great story line which I understand was derived from a true story.


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