The story of the four minute mile-breaker Roger Bannister.The story of the four minute mile-breaker Roger Bannister.The story of the four minute mile-breaker Roger Bannister.
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 2 nominations total
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Darcy Dale Dunlop
- Mrs. Bannister
- (as Darcy Dunlop)
Shane Mackinnon
- Carson
- (as Shane MacKinnon)
Storyline
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- TriviaLeon Pownall's final film.
- GoofsWhen Roger and his father are boarding the bus, Roger puts his arm around his father so that his father goes up the steps first. When they enter the bus, Roger comes in before his father.
- Quotes
Moyra Jacobsson: You're an odd mix, Roger. Terribly, absolutely English, yet possessing that maddening quality of American independence. I suppose most people don't know what in the world to do with you.
- ConnectionsVersion of The Four Minute Mile (1988)
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Roger Runnit
Let me start by stating the obvious. Yes this is a television movie (but one of the small percentage that are actually of a decent quality), and yes this is a sports movie. So with that established one would know the territory they are in very early, and what to expect along the way. However he we get all of the above but delivered with a nice reined quality by all concerned. The script and direction are good and so are the performances. The film is bases around the events leading up to Roger Bannister becoming the first man to run a sun four minute mile, and to this extent you are invested in the movie and genuinely wish him to succeed. I know an artistic liberty where taken with certain characters, but that really is for athletics historians to quibble about. Jamie Maclachan is very good as the reserved Englishmen Roger Bannister who is continuously struggling to find the right balance between his medical studies at Oxford and his athletics. There is good support leading to the inevitable yet still enjoyable conclusion. Would I watch it again? Yes but not regularly and only if I find it on television.
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- ed_two_o_nine
- Dec 2, 2008
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