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Cool Runnings is a 1993 American sports comedy film directed by Jon Turteltaub from a screenplay by Lynn Siefert, Tommy Swerdlow, and Michael Goldberg, and a story by Siefert and Michael Ritchie. It is loosely based on the debut of the Jamaican national bobsleigh team at the 1988 Winter Olympics, and stars Leon, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis, Malik Yoba and John Candy. In the film, former ...
Oct 1, 1993 · Cool Runnings: Directed by Jon Turteltaub. With Leon, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis, Malik Yoba. 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.
- (114K)
- Adventure, Comedy, Family
- Jon Turteltaub
- 1993-10-01
Cool Runnings rises above its formulaic sports-movie themes with charming performances, light humor, and uplifting tone. Four Jamaican bobsledders dream of competing in the Winter Olympics ...
- (41)
- Jon Turteltaub
- PG
- Leon
When the Jamaican sprinter Derice Bannock is disqualified from the Olympics due to a silly accident, he envisions the chance to participate in bobsled modality. He meets dishonored coach Irving Blitzer, who is living in there after two gold medals and elimination due to cheating and convinces him to coach the first Jamaican bobsledding team.
Oct 1, 1993 · Cool Runnings. Rating: PG. Release Date: October 1, 1993. Genre: Comedy, Family, Historical, Live Action, Sports. 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 Calgary, Canada. Refusing to let anything stand in their way ...
- Jon Turteltaub
- Doug E. Doug
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Oct 1, 1993 · There really was a Jamaican bobsled team. And if the movie "Cool Runnings" can be trusted, the Jamaicans practiced on a bobsled with wheels, in the absence of any snow in their native land. Then they went to the winter Olympics, where the crowds cheered their pluck, if not their speed.
Watch Cool Runnings | Disney+. 19931h 38m. SportsBiographicalFamilyComedy. GET DISNEY+. Based on a true story, four Jamaican athletes go to extremes to compete as bobsled racers at the Winter Olympics. With virtually no clue about winter sports, it's an uphill course for this troupe from the tropics as they go for the gold in Canada.