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Cool Runnings
Directed by Jon Turteltaub
Produced by Dawn Steel
Susan B. Landau
Chris Meledandri
Jeffrey Bydalek
Written by Lynn Siefert
Tommy Swerdlow
Michael Goldberg
Story by Lynn Siefert
Michael Ritchie
Starring Leon
Doug E. Doug
Rawle D. Lewis
Malik Yoba
John Candy
Music by Jimmy Cliff
Nick Glennie-Smith
Hans Zimmer
Cinematography Phedon Papamichael
Editing by Bruce Green
Studio Walt Disney Pictures
Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures
Release date(s) October 1, 1993 (1993-10-01)
Running time 98 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $14 million
Money made $154,856,263

Cool Runnings is a 1993 Disney sports comedy movie. It stars John Candy and Doug E. Doug. It is about the first Jamaican bobsled team who wanted to compete in the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Story

Cool Runnings is set in Jamaica. When a Jamaican sprinter gets disqualified during the tryouts for the Olympics because he fell over, he still wanted to compete. After seeing a picture of a bobsled, he wanted to become a bobsledder. He managed to get 3 other people to form a team. The first ever Jamaican bobsled team was trained by Irv, a retired athlete. When they went to the Olympics, they successfully passed the track under 1 minute, so they qualified. After being disqualified, Irv went to talk to the judges, and the Jamaican team were back. After a rough first round, they came back surprisingly. however, during the finals the bobsled broke, crashing. They walked to the finish line, with everyone cheering. When they returned, they were heroes and the competed in the next Olympics.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Cool Runnings para niños

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