Cool Runnings
Cool Runnings is a 1993 Disney sports comedy movie. It stars John Candy and Doug E. Doug. It is about the first Jamaican bobsled team who wanted to compete in the 1988 Winter Olympics.
| Cool Runnings | |
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| Directed by | Jon Turteltaub |
| Produced by | Dawn Steel Susan B. Landau Chris Meledandri Jeffrey Bydalek |
| Written by | Lynn Siefert Tommy Swerdlow Michael Goldberg |
| Story by | Lynn Siefert Michael Ritchie |
| Starring | Leon Doug E. Doug Rawle D. Lewis Malik Yoba John Candy |
| Music by | Jimmy Cliff Nick Glennie-Smith Hans Zimmer |
| Cinematography | Phedon Papamichael |
| Edited by | Bruce Green |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $14 million |
| Box office | $154,856,263 |
Story
Cool Runnings is set in Jamaica. When a Jamaican sprinter gets disqualified during the tryouts for the Olympics because he fell over, he still wanted to compete. After seeing a picture of a bobsled, he wanted to become a bobsledder. He managed to get 3 other people to form a team. The first ever Jamaican bobsled team was trained by Irv, a retired athlete. When they went to the Olympics, they successfully passed the track under 1 minute, so they qualified. After being disqualified, Irv went to talk to the judges, and the Jamaican team were back. After a rough first round, they came back surprisingly. however, during the finals the bobsled broke, crashing. They walked to the finish line, with everyone cheering. When they returned, they were heroes and the competed in the next Olympics.
