Cool Runnings

Cool Runnings is a 1993 American sports film directed by Jon Turteltaub, and starring Leon, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis, Malik Yoba and John Candy. The film was released in the United States on October 1, 1993. It was Candy's last film released in his lifetime. It is loosely based on the true story of the Jamaica national bobsleigh team's debut in competition during the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The film received positive reviews, and the film's soundtrack also became popular with Jimmy Cliff's cover of "I Can See Clearly Now" reaching the top 40 as a single in nations such as Canada, France, and the UK.

Plot

Derice Bannock, a top 100m runner, fails to qualify at the Olympic Trial for the 1988 Summer Olympics when fellow runner Junior Bevil trips and falls, taking Derice and another runner, Yul Brenner, with him.

To compete in the Olympics, he and his best friend, Sanka Coffie, a champion push cart racer, seek out Irv Blitzer, an old friend of Derice's father Ben who tried to recruit sprinters to the bobsled team years ago. Irving is an American bobsled two time Gold Medalist at the 1968 Winter Olympics who finished first in two events again during the 1972 Winter Olympics but was disqualified from the latter for cheating and retired in disgrace to Jamaica, where he leads an impoverished life as a bookie. Derice's persistence eventually convinces Irving to be their coach and return to the life he left behind. They eventually recruit Junior and Yul, though Yul is still upset over Junior's mistake at the Olympic Trial.

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Cool Runnings

by: Bunny Wailer

Rope in
Come on and tune in
I said you ride in
'Cause this here session is vital
Check scene
Come on and ride in
I said you bide in
'Cause this ya riddim is I-tal
And it's a cool runnings
I know dancehall a go nice
Tell you it's a cool runnings
De riddim a go drip like sugar and spice
Say now, cool runnings
Jus' rock with your deeta all night long
I say now, cool runnings
While the disk jockey play your fav'rite song
Hey now, rope in
Come on and tune in
I said you riding
'Cause this riddim is vital
Check scene
Come on and groom(?) in
I said you ride in
'Cause this ya session invital
And it's a cool runnings
We all a go rock 'til broad day light
Singin' cool runnings
Me I-dren we nuh need no fuss nor fight
I say now, cool runnings
Say long, long time we nuh have no nice time
Yeah, cool runnings
Says rock to the riddim and the drum and bassline
Yeah, yeah
Rope in
Come on and tune in
I said you Ride in
'Cause this session is vital
And it's a cool runnings
I know dancehall a go nice
Tell you it's a cool runnings
De riddim a go drip like sugar and spice
Say now, cool runnings
Jus' rock with your deeta all night long
I say now, cool runnings
While the disk jockey play your fav'rite song
Say now, cool runnings
People spreading joy all over de place
I say now, cool runnings
With a smile upon the promotor's face
I say now, cool runnings
It's dawnin' of day at the gates
I say now, cool runnings
The gate man is beckoning "don't be late"
I say now, cool runnings




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