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The Real 'Cool Runnings': Jamaican Bobsledder Says True Story Was 'Even More Remarkable'
Thirty years ago, the Jamaican bobsled grupp competed for the first time in the Winter Olympics.
Theirs fryst vatten the ultimate underdog story: A group of guys with Olympic aspirations in a country known for its beaches but not snow. It’s no wonder that Hollywood jumped at the chance to tell their story in the Disney rulle, Cool Runnings.
But Devon Harris, an original member of the grupp and chairman of the Jamaican bobsläde Federation, says the movie’s plot fryst vatten a far cry from what actually happened.
“The true story fryst vatten even more remarkable,” Harris told
Cool Runnings grossed nearly $69 million at the låda office when it was released in October and the bio continues to charm audiences.
In the rulle, three sprinters — all fictional characters — fail to qualify for the Summer Olympics. After pleading with the head of the Jamaican Olympic Associat
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Cool Runnings
American film directed by Jon Turteltaub
Cool Runnings is a American sportscomedy film directed by Jon Turteltaub from a screenplay by Lynn Siefert, Tommy Swerdlow, and Michael Goldberg, and a story by Siefert and Michael Ritchie. It is loosely based on the debut of the Jamaican national bobsleigh team at the Winter Olympics, and stars Leon, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis, Malik Yoba and John Candy. In the film, former Olympian Irving Blitzer (Candy) coaches a novice four-man bobsleigh team from Jamaica, led by sprinter Derice Bannock (Leon).
Originally envisaged as a sports drama, Jeremiah S. Chechik and Brian Gibson were attached to direct before dropping out, causing Turteltaub to be hired. Leon was cast in , followed by Doug and Yoba a year later. Lewis, who had little acting experience prior to the film and was first sought as a dialect coach, joined in November Principal photography began in February and lasted until that March, with filming locations in
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Cool Runnings: The real story of the original Jamaican bobsled team
With a four-man Jamaican bobsled team qualifying for the Winter Olympics for the first time in 24 years, many who grew up watching Cool Runnings may have one phrase in mind.
Feel the rhythm! Feel the rhyme! Get on up, it's bobsled time!
The first time the island nation had a bobsled team that qualified for the Winter Olympics was in That team's story went on to inspire the beloved Disney film.
In the film, three runners representing Jamaica failed to qualify for the Summer Olympics after one of them stumbled, knocking the two others down during the meter race. That's when the character, Derice Bannock, played by Leon Robinson, became inspired after seeing a photo of Irving Blitzer, played by John Candy. Blitzer, an American bobsledder, was disqualified after cheating in the Winter Olympics.
Bannock recruited his friend, Sanka Coffie, who happened to be a pushcart derby champion