Cool Runnings

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

Other websites

• Cool Runnings on IMDb
• Cool Runnings at Box Office Mojo
• Cool Runnings at Rotten Tomatoes