Movies / Cool Runnings (1993)
Runtime: 98 min
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family Sport
Languages: English German Russian
Countries: USA
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.
Keywords (16) |
---|
airport hotel room airplane title spoken by character based on a true story olympics cult favorite sled coach jamaica More Keywords » |
Directors (1) | Credit |
---|---|
Jon Turteltaub | ... |
Writers (4) | Credit |
---|---|
Lynn Siefert | (screenplay) and |
Michael Goldberg | (screenplay) |
Michael Ritchie | (story) |
Tommy Swerdlow | (screenplay) & |
Composers (3) | Credit |
---|---|
Hans Zimmer | ... |
Jimmy Cliff | ... |
Nick Glennie-Smith | ... |
Editors (1) | Credit |
---|---|
Bruce Green | ... |
Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
---|---|
Phedon Papamichael | ... |
Actors (40) | Credit |
---|---|
Al Trautwig | Himself |
Bertina Macauley | Joy Bannock |
Beverly Brown | Lady #1 |
Bill Dow | Registration Official |
Campbell Lane | Karl Schindler |
Charles Harvey | Cop #1 |
Charles Hyatt | Whitby Bevil Sr. |
Cheryl Kroeker | Hotel Clerk |
Christopher Gaze | British Official |
Clive Anderson | Cop #2 |
Craig Lehto | Bobsled Starter |
Cyrene Tomlinson | Lady #2 |
David Lovgren | Swiss Captain |
Deamion Robinson | Boy #2 |
Doug E. Doug | Sanka Coffie |
Fitz Weir | Uncle Ferte |
Jack Goth | August Gremmer |
Jay Brazeau | Kroychzech |
John Candy | Irving 'Irv' Blitzer |
John Morgan | Himself |
Karyn J. Scott | Line Dancer |
Kerwin Kerr | Boy #1 |
Kristoffer Cooper | Winston |
Larry Gilman | Larry |
Leon | Derice Bannock |
Lloyd Roache | Push Cart Derby Starter |
Malik Yoba | Yul Brenner |
Matthew Robert Kelly | Canadian Captain (uncredited) |
Matthew Walker | German Official |
Michael London | Heckler |
Oliver Hunter | Joseph |
Paul Coeur | Roger |
Pauline Stone Myrie | Momma Coffie |
Peter Outerbridge | Josef Grool |
Rawle D. Lewis | Junior Bevil |
Raymond J. Barry | Kurt Hemphill |
Rob McEwan | News Photographer (uncredited) |
Rob Parisien | Olympic Messenger (uncredited) |
Teddy Price | Drunk |
Winston Stona | Coolidge |