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| Genre: | Art/Foreign |
| Year: | 1981 |
| Rating: | PG |
| Length: | 123 min |
| Country: | Great Britian |
| Cast: | Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, and Nigel Havers |
| Credits: | Directed by Hugh Hudson. |
| Awards: | Golden Globe
Best Foreign Film
Academy Awards
Best Costume Design - Milena Canonero
Best Picture - David Puttnam
Best Music, Original Score - Vangelis
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen - Colin Welland (1982) |
This film, which weaves the stories of two former British track runners who were both victorious in major events of the 1924 Paris Olympics, is about the will and motivation to win. Charleson and Cross play the respective runners, each driven by impulses that have less to do with fame and national honor than with the struggles of religion and race in the early 1900's. Hudson creates an admirable narrative style, combining slow motion and freeze frames with an evocative soundtrack, using his nominal subjects as occasions for much larger statements about human nature.
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