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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 ...
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.
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 ...
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- Comedy, Drama
- PG
Oct 1, 1993 · Directed by. John Turteltaub. 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.
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 ...
Synopsis. In the beginning we see Derice Bannock (Leon) running across the island of Jamaica. Derice is training for the 1988 Olympic Games, and hopes to be a gold-medal winner just like his father. Before the trial run, Derice visits his friend Sanka Coffee (Doug E. Doug), who is competing in a pushcart race.
