Cool Runnings image

Cool Runnings

Genre
Comedy
Rating
PG
Released
1 October, 1993
Cool Runnings

Cool Runnings is a 1993 American comedy sports film directed by Jon Turteltaub and starring Leon Robinson, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis, Malik Yoba, and John Candy. The film was released in the United States on October 1, 1993. It is loosely based on the true story of the Jamaica national bobsleigh team's debut in competition during the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The film received generally positive reviews. The film's soundtrack also became popular with Jimmy Cliff performing a cover of Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now", which reached the top 40 as a single in the United States, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom.

Director Jon Turteltaub
Produced by Dawn Steel, Susan B. Landau, Jeffrey Bydalek
Screenplay by Lynn Siefert, Tommy Swerdlow, Michael Goldberg
Story by Lynn Siefert, Michael Ritchie
Starring Leon Robinson, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis, Malik Yoba, Raymond J. Barry, John Candy
Music Hans Zimmer
Cinematography Phedon Papamichael
Edited by Bruce Green
Production, company Walt Disney Pictures
Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures
Released October 01, 1993
Running time 98 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $17 million
Box office $154.9 million
Netflix ID 397368

Acerca de Cool Runnings

A Jamaican sprinter enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start a Jamaican Bobsled Team after being disqualified from the Olympic Games.

Los logros de Cool Runnings

The sports comedy film is loosely based on the true story of the Jamaica national bobsleigh team that made its debut during the 1988 Winter Olympics. 

Principales datos que no sabías sobre Cool Runnings

Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics - Several tropical nations have participated in the Winter Olympics despite not having the climate for winter sports. Partly because of that, their entries are a subject of human interest stories during the Games. No tropical nation has ever won a Winter Olympic medal.. Jamaica national bobsleigh team - The Jamaica national bobsleigh team represents Jamaica in international bobsleighing competitions. The men's team debut in the 1988 Winter Olympic Games four-man bobsleigh in Calgary, Alberta, was received as underdogs in a cold weather sport represented by a nation with a tropical environment.. Jamaica at the 1988 Winter Olympics - Jamaica competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They competed in one sport, Bobsledding, in both the two-man and four-man events and finished outside the medal places in both competitions.. Eddie the Eagle - Eddie the Eagle is a 2016 biographical sports film directed by Dexter Fletcher. The film stars Taron Egerton as Michael Edwards, a British skier who in 1988 became the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping since 1928.. White savior narrative in film - The white savior is a cinematic trope in which a white character rescues non-white characters from unfortunate circumstances.. Films directed by Jon Turteltaub.. Jamaica in fiction.. Films set in Alberta.. Films set in Jamaica.. Films shot in Jamaica.. 1990s sports comedy films.. Films shot in Canada.. Films set in Canada.. Sports films based on actual events.. American sports comedy films.. Walt Disney Pictures films.

Información más reciente sobre Cool Runnings actualizada el 28 de Julio, 2021.