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Cool Runnings (DVD, 1999)
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Leading Role: John Candy
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Rating: Rated PG
Release Date: Aug 1999
Format: DVD
UPC: 717951002754
Product ID: EPID3213486
Description: Inspired by the true story of the first Jamaican Olympic Bobsled Team. The always appealing Candy is the ex-champion who takes on the four islanders who know nothing about the sport and whips them into champions.
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What put's the 'Cool' in "Cool Runnings"!
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"Cool Runnings" was probably the first movie I ever saw "based on a true story". I've loved it ever since! I really enjoyed the humor, which wasn't simply slap stick, but was very witty, too. Doug E. Doug made the movie extremely funny, while John Candy was immortalized with his great acting ability and humor.
The story is about the first Jamaican bobsled team that made it to the Winter Olympics of '88. However, the 4 Jamaicans do not begin with the ambition of being Gold Medal Bobsledders. Instead, after 3 of the 4 miss out on their chance to go to the Summer Olympics in South Korea for track. Enter John Candy, an American bookie who was originally a 2-time Gold medalist in Bobsledding (however, he was also disqualified and told never to compete again because he cheated on his last sled race!). Candy helps the team of 4 (Derice, Sanka, Yul, & Junior) become an unbeatable force, and they make it to the Winter Olympic tryouts in Calgary! From there, they must overcome the pressures of being a team that is not from a country covered in ice, without a legacy in the sport, and the trials of becoming a team worthy of respect.
I've enjoyed "Cool Runnings" time and again, and I do not believe this classic will ever...EVER...lose it's place in my heart!
The story is about the first Jamaican bobsled team that made it to the Winter Olympics of '88. However, the 4 Jamaicans do not begin with the ambition of being Gold Medal Bobsledders. Instead, after 3 of the 4 miss out on their chance to go to the Summer Olympics in South Korea for track. Enter John Candy, an American bookie who was originally a 2-time Gold medalist in Bobsledding (however, he was also disqualified and told never to compete again because he cheated on his last sled race!). Candy helps the team of 4 (Derice, Sanka, Yul, & Junior) become an unbeatable force, and they make it to the Winter Olympic tryouts in Calgary! From there, they must overcome the pressures of being a team that is not from a country covered in ice, without a legacy in the sport, and the trials of becoming a team worthy of respect.
I've enjoyed "Cool Runnings" time and again, and I do not believe this classic will ever...EVER...lose it's place in my heart!
Review ID: 10000000010609661
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