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Chariots of Fire (1981) | User Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: Sep 3, 1997
• R2: 6 Aug 2001
Budget $5,500,000
MPAA Rating
PG
Running Time
2 hours, 3 minutes
Country UK
Studio 20th Century Fox, Allied Stars, Enigma Productions
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• Chariots of Fire
• Die Stunde des Siegers (1981)
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Genre: Drama, Sports, True Story, Buddies, Religion, Biography, School / Campus, Period Piece
Tagline: Two men chasing dreams of glory!
Plot: Director Hugh Hudson's absorbing drama, based on a true story, deals with the personal struggles faced by two very different long-distance runners competing for Britain in the 1924 Paris Olympic Games. Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson) is a devout Christian who sees victory as a testament to the glory of God, while the other, Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross), is a Jewish Cambridge student who sees victory as a challenge to anti-Semitism and his ongoing struggle for acceptance by Britain's elite. Eric, a hometown Scottish hero to the people, gives rousing sermons after victory and works at a local missionary. Harold runs with a zealous commitment, upsetting Cambridge's educational upper crust (played with enjoyable wit and candor by Sir John Gielgud and Lindsay Anderson) while enjoying social life with his university chums and his beautiful showgirl girlfriend (Alice Krige). But when faced with such a competent challenger, Harold hires trainer Sam Mussabini (Ian Holm) to further his dreams of winning the gold. Ultimately, the two runners meet in Paris to run for British victory in a rousing finale. Featuring an unforgettable soundtrack by Vangelis, this Academy Award-winning film is an inspirational story of athletic excellence and spiritual awakening that captures the zeal of post-WWI
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| Directed by |
Hugh Hudson
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, I Dreamed of Africa, Revolution |
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| Cast |
Ian Holm
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Fifth Element |
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 | Nicholas Farrell
Hamlet, Charlotte Gray, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Nigel Havers
Empire of the Sun, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, A Passage to India | Ian Charleson
Gandhi, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Opera | Ben Cross
First Knight, Exorcist: The Beginning, Turbulence | | |
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Vangelis
Blade Runner, Alexander, Bitter Moon |
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