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Running

  • 19791979
  • PGPG
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
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Michael Douglas in Running (1979)
  • Drama
  • Sport
American marathon runner Michael Andropolis sets his heart on representing his country at the Olympic games. Meanwhile his marriage has fallen apart and his children have no respect for him.... Read allAmerican marathon runner Michael Andropolis sets his heart on representing his country at the Olympic games. Meanwhile his marriage has fallen apart and his children have no respect for him. He sets out on his task with determination and hope that his success will resolve his per... Read allAmerican marathon runner Michael Andropolis sets his heart on representing his country at the Olympic games. Meanwhile his marriage has fallen apart and his children have no respect for him. He sets out on his task with determination and hope that his success will resolve his personal problems.
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
778
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  • Director
    • Steven Hilliard Stern
  • Writer
    • Steven Hilliard Stern
  • Stars
    • Michael Douglas
    • Susan Anspach
    • Lawrence Dane
Top credits
  • Director
    • Steven Hilliard Stern
  • Writer
    • Steven Hilliard Stern
  • Stars
    • Michael Douglas
    • Susan Anspach
    • Lawrence Dane
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    • 17User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 7 nominations

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    Michael Douglas, Lesleh Donaldson, and Jennifer McKinney in Running (1979)

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    Michael Douglas
    Michael Douglas
    • Michael Andropolisas Michael Andropolis
    Susan Anspach
    Susan Anspach
    • Janetas Janet
    Lawrence Dane
    Lawrence Dane
    • Coach Walkeras Coach Walker
    Eugene Levy
    Eugene Levy
    • Ritchie Rosenbergas Ritchie Rosenberg
    Chuck Shamata
    Chuck Shamata
    • Howardas Howard
    • (as Charles Shamata)
    Philip Akin
    • Chuck Stone, Black marathon runneras Chuck Stone, Black marathon runner
    Trudy Young
    • Pregnant womanas Pregnant woman
    Murray Westgate
    • Mr. Finlayas Mr. Finlay
    Jennifer McKinney
    Jennifer McKinney
    • Susan Andropolisas Susan Andropolis
    Lesleh Donaldson
    Lesleh Donaldson
    • Andrea Andropolisas Andrea Andropolis
    Jim McKay
    Jim McKay
    • Selfas Self
    Lutz Brode
    • Boston Race Winneras Boston Race Winner
    Deborah Burgess
    • Debbie Rosenbergas Debbie Rosenberg
    • (as Deborah Templeton Burgess)
    Gordon Clapp
    Gordon Clapp
    • Kennyas Kenny
    Marvin Goldhar
    • Maloneyas Maloney
    David Laurence
    • Commentatoras Commentator
    Donny Cooper
    • Black Teenageras Black Teenager
    Joel Berman
    • Italian Teenageras Italian Teenager
    • Director
      • Steven Hilliard Stern
    • Writer
      • Steven Hilliard Stern
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    • Trivia
      To prepare for his role, Michael Douglas had to get fit. First, Douglas started running twenty minutes a day building it up to 50-60 miles a week. Douglas gave up smoking two packets of cigarettes a day and lost 12 lbs in weight. He would start running at 6.30 am each day in the Beverly Hills canyons.
    • Goofs
      When Michael is running alongside his youngest daughter Susan supposedly down a Queens, NYC neighborhood street on the way to her school, a standard Canadian 'Maximum 50 (km/hour)' speed limit sign is clearly visible instead of the U.S. standard 'Speed Limit 25 (M.P.H.)'
    • Quotes

      Ritchie Rosenberg: Michael, you're my friend. But you spent two years in medical school. And you quit. Two years in law. And you quit. A couple of businesses - quit. And God knows how many jobs. Now your marriage......

      Michael Andropolis: Ritchie, I gotta do it.

    • Crazy credits
      The Marathon Theme is inspired from the original music composed for Games of the XXIst Olympiade, a National Film Board of Canada production.
    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: Running/Head Over Heels/Skatetown, U.S.A./The Legacy/Yanks (1979)
    • Soundtracks
      Homeward Bound
      Written by Paul Simon (uncredited)

      Performed by Simon & Garfunkel

      copyright 1966 Paul Simon

      Courtesy of Columbia Records

    User reviews17

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    Top review
    6/10
    An enjoyable story about courage and determination carried out by a man who tries to prove his worth by running
    An agreeable story about having the courage to be what you are. A film that bring you back everything , dealing with an American marathoner, Michael Andronopolis : Michael Douglas who effortly runs Marathons : 42 kilometers, a man whose main hobbie is running, the only real thing that make him happy, and he is subsequently appointed as US runner in the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. Previously, his marriage to Susan Anspach goes wrong . They have two children who shame their father who is contantly running across the city. He won't be discouraged, he won't be used, he won't be stopped from winning back everything he lost and loved.

    An interesting film about hope, effort, determination and a strong fighting for getting his purports, in which a stubborn jobless runner gets the greatest success. Michael Douglas gives a nice acting as the runner whose marriage has fallen apart,and his two daughters have not due respect for him, but he gets redemption thanks to his partipation at the Marathons as Boston and especially the Montreal Olympic Games. As stock footage of this Game was used including stadium images and Marathon race throughout the Montreal streets. However, the real winner was a German athlete and nor a Canadian athlete as it shows up at the movie. To prepare his character Michael Douglas had to train, and he had to get fit, as well as he lost weight and gave up smoking approx two packets of tobacco a day . He is well accompanied by a good support cast in brief appearances from Chuck Shamata, Eugene Levy, Lawrence Dane, and look at TV secondary stars as Giancarlo Exposito, Tony Rosato and Gordon Clapp.

    It contains an evocative and atmosphetic cinematography by Lazslo George, shot on location in New York , the known Boston Marathon and Montreal, where runner Michael Douglas trains, he runs and he eventually competing. As well as an anticlimatic and unappropriate musical score composed by means of synthesizer. The motion picture was competently directed by Steven H Stern. He was a good craftsman who directed a lot of fims as TV as cinema, such as : Harrard summer, Young love first love, Anatomy of a seduction, A small killing, Miracle on ice, Draw, The devil and Max Devlin, Mazes and monsters, Forbidden love, Obssessive love, The ambush murders, Getting physical , Undergrads, Murder in space, Rolling vengeance, Not quite human, Weekend war, Final notice, Personals, Love and murder, Morning glory, Black Fox , Breaking the surface. Being his most successful movie : This park is mine with Tommy Lee Jones. Rating 6/10. Decent film that will appeal to Michael Douglas fans.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 30, 1979 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Son koşu
    • Filming locations
      • Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Canadian Film Development (CFDC)
      • Guardian Trust Company
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $3,600,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $6,012,556
    • Gross worldwide
      • $6,012,556
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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