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Cool Runnings

  • 19931993
  • PGPG
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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John Candy, Doug E. Doug, Leon, Rawle D. Lewis, and Malik Yoba in Cool Runnings (1993)
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When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican Bobsled Team.When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican Bobsled Team.When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican Bobsled Team.
IMDb RATING
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107K
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POPULARITY
3,555
164
    • Jon Turteltaub
  • Writers
    • Lynn Siefert(story)
    • Michael Ritchie(story)
    • Tommy Swerdlow(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • John Candy
    • Leon
    • Doug E. Doug
    • Jon Turteltaub
  • Writers
    • Lynn Siefert(story)
    • Michael Ritchie(story)
    • Tommy Swerdlow(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • John Candy
    • Leon
    • Doug E. Doug
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 134User reviews
    • 42Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
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    John Candy, Doug E. Doug, Leon, Rawle D. Lewis, and Malik Yoba in Cool Runnings (1993)
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    Doug E. Doug, Leon, Rawle D. Lewis, and Malik Yoba in Cool Runnings (1993)
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    Cool Runnings (1993)
    John Candy, Doug E. Doug, Leon, Rawle D. Lewis, and Malik Yoba in Cool Runnings (1993)
    John Candy, Doug E. Doug, Leon, Rawle D. Lewis, and Malik Yoba in Cool Runnings (1993)
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    John Candy
    John Candy
    • Irv
    Leon
    Leon
    • Derice Bannock
    Doug E. Doug
    Doug E. Doug
    • Sanka Coffie
    Rawle D. Lewis
    Rawle D. Lewis
    • Junior Bevil
    Malik Yoba
    Malik Yoba
    • Yul Brenner
    Raymond J. Barry
    Raymond J. Barry
    • Kurt Hemphill
    Peter Outerbridge
    Peter Outerbridge
    • Josef Grool
    Paul Coeur
    • Roger
    Larry Gilman
    • Larry
    Charles Hyatt
    • Whitby Bevil, Sr.
    Winston Stona
    • Coolidge
    Bertina Macaulay
    Bertina Macaulay
    • Joy Bannock
    • (as Bertina Macauley)
    Pauline Stone Myrie
    • Momma Coffie
    Kristoffer Cooper
    • Winston
    Bill Dow
    Bill Dow
    • Registration Official
    Jay Brazeau
    Jay Brazeau
    • Kroychzech
    Campbell Lane
    Campbell Lane
    • Shindler
    Matthew Walker
    Matthew Walker
    • German Official
      • Jon Turteltaub
    • Writers
      • Lynn Siefert(story) (screenplay)
      • Michael Ritchie(story)
      • Tommy Swerdlow(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      At the time, it was the highest grossing live action film released under the Walt Disney Pictures banner.
    • Goofs
      While Derice is traveling to various businesses seeking funding for the team, the montage puts all the executives in the same office behind the same desk; only with different decorations.
    • Quotes

      [repeated lines]

      Derice Bannock: Sanka you dead?

      Sanka Coffie: Ya, mon.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Malice/Cool Runnings/Short Cuts/M. Butterfly/For Love or Money (1993)
    • Soundtracks
      Love You Want
      Written by Winston 'Pipe' Matthews (as Winston Matthews), Lloyd McDonald, and Richard Feldman

      Performed by Wailing Souls

      Courtesy of Chaos/Columbia Records

      By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

    User reviews134

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    7/10
    cool movie
    This entertaining movie, based on the true story of the Jamaican Bob Sled Team's (yes, you heard right - Jamaican Bob Sled Team) participation in the 1985 Winter Olympics is a funny film with a warm heart that moves to an inspiring ending. The story, about a group of Jamaican athletes who were prevented from competing as runners and so sought a different (!) venue in order to participate, has many funny moments. The late John Candy, of whom I am no fan, is very good here; his role as the coach with a checkered past calls for some real dramatic work as well as comedy. The team is a very likeable bunch (with varying acting abilities) and the viewer is rooting for them all the way as they demonstrate great courage in snatching their own kind of victory from the jaws of defeat; the ending is a real lump-in-the-throater.

    Good flick, but a caveat for viewing with the kiddos - the language is a tad rough in a couple of spots.
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    5
    • rupie
    • Feb 22, 2000

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    • Release date
      • October 1, 1993 (United States)
      • United States
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      • English
      • German
      • Russian
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    • Filming locations
      • Ocho Rios, St. Ann, Jamaica
    • Production company
      • Walt Disney Pictures
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    • 1 hour 38 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Stereo

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