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Aug 4, 2000 · Reviews 82% Audience Score 500+ Ratings Filmmaker Mel Stuart chronicles marathon participants on a 135-mile race through Death Valley and up Mount Whitney. Read More Read Less
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IMDb RATING. 7.4 /10. 257. YOUR RATING. Rate. Documentary Sport. Forty runners compete in the most grueling race on earth, the Badwater. The film documents the trials and tribulations of these athletes as they run 135 miles through Death Valley in July and explores the motivations behind this seemingly masochistic contest. A celebration of the...
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Aug 21, 2000 · Reviews. Aug 21, 2000 12:00am PT. Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135. Vet filmmaker Mel Stuart delivers a well-paced trip through one of the most grueling marathons on Earth,...
Running on the Sun follows a handful of these participants, tracing their journey from the start line to the finish while also using pre-race interview footage to give some context to each runner's motivations for tackling the Badwater. What's perhaps most striking about the Badwater 135 runners is that they're very ordinary people in most ...
The film documents the trials and tribulations of these athletes as they run 135 miles through Death Valley in July and explores the motivations behind this seemingly masochistic contest.
