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Audience Rating: Parental Guidance
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 5024165520253
Format: Closed-captioned, Dolby, PAL, Surround Sound
Label: Walt Disney Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageAnalogGermanOriginal LanguageAnalogRussianOriginal LanguageAnalog
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Video
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Home Video
Release Date: April 11, 1995
Running Time: 94 minutes
Studio: Walt Disney Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 01, 1993
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Editorial Review:Amazon.co.uk Review:Based on an improbable but true story,
Cool Runnings concerns the Jamaican bobsled team that competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics. Director Jon Turteltaub (
Phenomenon) does a fine job with both the absurdity of the situation (the athletes had never even seen snow) and the passion behind it (their desire to compete and win). John Candy, in one of his last roles, is touching as a disgraced coach who seizes the opportunity to work with the Jamaicans as a chance for redemption. The bobsled scenes look good and the races are exciting. The climax, which is entirely unexpected, takes the film to a wholly different level, even if events in the story don't quite match the facts.
--Tom Keogh
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An excellent plot line, side-splitting one-liners and brilliant acting. Enjoyable for all ages, heart warming and emotional, I don't think I will ever tire of this film.
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This is one of those films you keep in the cupboard and pull out every time you need cheering up. Very funny, as well as being a great tale of the underdog surprising all the doubters, there are some classic scenes - such as training in an ice cream van -- which will stay with you, but will still make you laugh every time you see them. Easy, lighthearted entertainment which leaves you feeling good.
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Cool Running gives you laughs and power that makes you believe in yourself.
This is such a moving story. I cry every time I watch it.
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When the Jamaican sprinter Derice Bannock (Leon) is disqualified to the Olympic Games due to a silly accident, he envision the chance to participate in bobsleigh modality. He meets the dishonored couch Irving Blitzer (John Candy), who is living in the tropical country after two gold medals and elimination due to cheating, and convinces him to couch the first Jamaican Bobsled Team. They form a group with the push-cart driver Sanka Coffie (Doug E. Doug), the sprinter Yul Brenner (Malik Yoba) and the ...
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Classic comedy and a great way to remember the great John Candy. This film does exactly what it says on the tin. Based on a true story, we follow the trials and tribulations of a Jamaican set of sprinters trying to get the olympics in a Bobsled team.
John Candy is cast in a typical role. He is funny whilst being a victim of circumstance. There are real themes running through this film. Struggling to survive, and daring to dream. Ultimately the main thought to prevail by the end of the ...
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