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Cool Runnings [1994] | ![Cool Runnings [1994]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SAE3D7AXL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Jon Turteltaub
Actors: John Candy, Leon, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis, Malik Yoba
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Category: DVD
List Price: £14.99
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 297
Format: Pal
Languages: English (Original Language), German (Original Language), Russian (Original Language)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5024165785614
ASIN: B00004CXYO
Theatrical Release Date: October 1, 1993
Release Date: April 19, 2004
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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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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One Of The Best Films Ever July 10, 2006
One Love, One Heart, Lets Get Together... (GREAT Britain)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
A bold claim to make, you may feel, as this is only a light-hearted comedy. But there is just something about this film, that makes it far better than any 'family film' I have seen.
The Jamiacan setting is beautiful and sunny, and the actors are a hilarious, perfect combination. Doug.E.Doug is definately the star of the show, playing the uproarious 'Sanka'. The supporting roles are also strong, Leon Robinson as 'Ben Bannock' is delightful, endearing and down-right hot! Also the late John Candy acts brilliantly as the stubborn come gentle 'Irving Blitzer'
Some may think this film is all too predictable, but the ending will bring a tear to the most hardened male's eye! Overall, I'd have to label this film "Un-missable". I honestly think that it is the best family-comedy film ever made, and perhaps did not gain the recognition it deserved.
Don't miss it!
the best film ever!!!!!! January 7, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This film is the best film that i have ever seen, a true high quality family film that still makes a wonderfully refreshing change to all the violence and filth that seems to dominate the big screen nowadays. I have seen cool runnings so many times i have lost count but am still in floods of tears every time in watch the ending. I have the soundtrack to the film and it is also very good. I would recomend this film to anyone.
No Problem man! June 16, 2005
David Woodcock
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
An amazing film which is pure genius. All of the main characters are brilliant, especially Sanka and the Coach. Many hilarious bits in this film, would make anyone split their sides. And also conveys a nice message about prejudice, and my favourite line, 'Everybody's afraid of what's different' .This DVD is well worth buying at under 6, bargain. Quality
Classic Family Film December 21, 2004
A. DEAN (High Wycombe)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've just watched this film and i'd actually forgetten how good it it. It my opinion it is truely a classic family with a great story to tell. All the characters are brilliant and is just such a great film. I've got this film on Video but i think i'm gonna upgrade to DVD just because it is a film that is needed in my DVD collection.
Cool, cold, warm and hearty October 24, 2000
Jacques COULARDEAU (OLLIERGUES France)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Walt Disney knows better than anyone else how to associate comedy and deep reflection for the widest public possible, the family. In this film the situation is of course incongruous : four Jamaican athletes deciding to go to the Calgary Olympics in 1988 as a bobsledding team. Walt Disney uses all possible contradiction to make the story funny : warm Jamaica versus cold Canada, blacks versus whites, Jamaican easygoing spirit versus caucasian single-aimed concentration, father versus son, mother versus son, etc. But, and that is the real ethical genius of Walt Disney, every single laugh they create is there to deepen the best of all human morality. The main two ideas are : 1- Be proud of your roots and nature because that is your winning force ; 2- Refuse any kind of inferiority complex because you're different, and reject any kind of racism against your difference. Your difference is your strength and that is true of anyone, not only of people of a different color. It is true about culture, personality, sex, color, you name it you have it. This film is the best demonstration that the most powerful affirmative action comes from inside the individual, inside the team, inside the group you belong to, not from outside. Yet it is necessary to have a go-between, in this case a caucasian coach. He knows how to rebuff and negociate racist reactions. And he succeeds. And do not forget this marvelous lesson the end of this film gives you : no matter what, it is more important to take part and to cross the finish line than to win the gold medal, especially because if you only look at winning, you may be tempted to cheat. The aim of any human being on this earth is to achieve the best things he or she can, and to reach the finish line, the goal of his or her adventure, the aim of his or her attempt, and reaching that aim takes courage, strength, honor, honesty and moral beauty. This film should be shown in all schools all over the world for everyone to see what it takes to be oneself and what being oneself can give to the world. Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, Paris Universites II and IX.
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