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Oct 1, 1993 · Cool Runnings has a great premise: a movie based on the true story of the Jamaican bobsledders who amused the world at the 1988 Olympics. But this Disney film, a stale and out-of-date offering, is far less interesting than seeing the real athletes during the Olympic telecasts.
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Nov 8, 2013 · Cool Runnings is an anomaly: Released by Disney in 1993, it stands out among the studio’s other sports movies, largely because it’s yet to be properly imitated. The Mouse House had scored a ...
Oct 1, 1993 · 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. Lynn Siefert. Screenplay, Story.
Feb 12, 2014 · About a year before Cool Runnings started shooting, producer Dawn Steel was attempting to cast a film called Blue Maaga. It was a more dramatic take on the Jamaican team’s story, and it was the ...
Feb 8, 2018 · For The Hollywood Reporter, 1993’s Cool Runnings was a “near-perfectly executed tale” that centered on “one of the nuttiest and most inspiring modern sports stories.” The Jon Turteltaub ...
COOL RUNNINGS is loosely based on the real-life 1988 Jamaican bobsled team. When an accident prevents Derice Bannock (Leon) from making Jamaica's Olympic track team, he searches for another way to compete. Derice convinces Irv Blitzer , a former gold medalist, to coach his team. The team overcomes some serious setbacks to make it to the Olympic ...
Oct 1, 1993 · Purchase Cool Runnings on digital and stream instantly or download offline. Based on a true story, this is the comedic saga of four Jamaican athletes going to extremes to compete as bobsled racers at the Winter Olympics. With few resources and virtually no clue about winter sports, it's an uphill course for this troupe from the tropics who are sliding on thin ice as they go for the gold in ...
