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Cool Runnings (1993)

Cool Runnings
Cool Runnings
PG
Adventure
Comedy
family
sport
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Release Date
October 1, 1993
Director
Jon Turteltaub
Cast
Leon , Doug E. Doug , Rawle D. Lewis , Malik Yoba , John Candy , Raymond J. Barry
Runtime
98
Main Genre
Adventure
Studio
Walt Disney Pictures
Writers
Lynn Siefert , Michael Ritchie , Tommy Swerdlow , Michael Goldberg
Tagline
One Dream. Four Jamaicans. Twenty Below Zero.

Summary

Irving Blitzer disgraced himself when putting extra weights into his team's bob in the Olympics, resulting in his gold medal being taken away from him. Years later, Derice Bannock, son to a former friend of Irv, fails to qualify for the 100-yard sprint for the Olympics due to a stupid accident. But when he hears of Irving Blitzer living also on Jamaica, Derice decides to go to the Games anyway. If not as a sprinter, then as a bobsledder. After some starting problems, the first Jamaican bobsledding team is formed and heads for Calgary. In the freezing weather Derice, Sanka, Junior and Yul are only laughed at, since nobody can take a Jamaican bobsledding team led by a disgraced trainer for serious. But team spirit and a healthy self confidence may lead to a few surprises in the upcoming Winter Games.

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